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i need crux and darwin cd's
by valmik＠hughestele.com 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

can anyone live in andheri side who can provide me crux and darwin cd's ? just let me know if there are any cdwriting charge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ripunjay Bararia (ILUG-MUM)" <ilug-mum(a)ddcpl.com> Date: Friday, July 18, 2003 2:06 pm Subject: RE: [ILUG-BOM] Re: funded FSF-OS libraries. > Hi, > What all OS CD images are needed to get a FSF-OS library up and > running > I currently have Debian/RH/Knoppix/UnitedLinux/Crux/Darwin and > have access > to 1024kbps > inet link so can get almost anything needed in two days max. Once > CD writer > dedicated > to Linux is also there. > > Other distros eg SuSe/Mndrk are -=commercial=- as I know and > cannot be > freely copied or > leased etc if u do not buy them, what other OS images are good > that have to > keep the library > complete/updated. > > thanks > Ripunjay Bararia > > > -----Original Message----- > From: linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > [linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in]On Behalf Of Trevor Warren > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 20:16 > To: Frederick Noronha (FN) > Cc: Venkatesh (Venky) "Hariharan; Venky H; Prakash Advani; Trevor > Warren; "Dr.Nagarjuna"; Gnu-Linux Users Group of bombay > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Re: funded FSF-OS libraries. > > > GLUG Meeting on 13th July, 4pm at KReSIT, IIT Campus, Powai. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > FN, > > As of now i am gonna push the indivizual run non-profit library which > will be backed by the LUG in terms of support/distros. > > > > We don need a network of people across India who are convinced > that Free > > Software is about sharing and building the community. What say? FN > [snip] > > I believe FN, that in our own ways we should do our best till > the days we > kick the bucket to educate people around us on the variety of options > available. > The choice to choose or reject rests with them always. > > Do you have any sets of cd's to dedicate towards the library. > The bigger > collection i get the better it would be. Later PROBABLY i could > look at Free > Software - Open Source and Linux books as part of the library. > > Trevor > > > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 15:51, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: > > Keeping it running is the challenge. We have tried this in Goa. > > > > The options are: > > > > o Privately-run, user-group supported. > > o Individual non-profit initiative > > o User-group run. > > > > We don need a network of people across India who are convinced > that Free > > Software is about sharing and building the community. What say? FN > > > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Prakash Advani wrote: > > > > > > > This is a good idea. > > > > > > Not just borrowing the software, the library should give an > option to > > > replicate at a nominal cost so like Venky said, traveling > could be an > > > issue so its probably cheaper for a person to travel once to > Andheri and > > > make a copy rather than travel twice to borrow and return > back. Then the > > > issue of damages etc also come up. > > > > > > RenDezvous Cyber should decide how much to charge. I think Rs. > 50 for a > > > CD is a fair amount. > > > > > > Typically the costs of the CD is as follows. > > > > > > - Blank CD of good quality Rs. 10 > > > - Labels Rs. 1-2 > > > - Jewel Case: Rs. 3-5 > > > > > > A good CD Writer costs Rs. 5000-7000. and can burn about 500- > 1000 CDs. > > > So there is a cost of investment which has to be amortised > across the > > > CDs. > > > > > > A cost of CD Writer + Electricity + Labor = Rs. 10 > > > > > > Total Costs: Rs. 25-30 > > > > > > Regards > > > Prakash > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 15:03, Trevor Warren wrote: > > > > Venky, > > > > > > > > All of the same needs to propogate across the city, i do > agree on > the > > > > same. But for this to happen the critical mass who believes > in it also > > > > has to be won over. > > > > > > > > Coming sunday we are meeting at KSREIT, 4:00PM. Even on > the list no > > > > one seems to be taking interest or is plainly jus too busy. > Lets guess > > > > the feel of the audience for the same when we meet. > > > > > > > > Let us know if you have further inputs/ideas about the same. > > > > > > > > Trevor > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 12:01, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > > > > Trevor, > > > > > > > > > > I think this is a very practical idea. Only issue is > > > > > that due to Mumbai\'s humongous size, the collection of > > > > > OS CDs needs to be available in more geographical > > > > > localtions so that people can access it without spending > > > > > a whole day in travelling. Maybe, others on the list can > > > > > replicate this idea in other locations in Mumbai? > > > > > > > > > > Venky > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Trevor Warren <trevorwarren(a)softhome.net>: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Luggers, > > > > > > > > > > > > Am Experimenting with a new concept. FSF-OS > > > > > Libraries. Am formulating > > > > > > one at my place in Andheri where i will rent out > > > > > Copies of all FSF - OS > > > > > > distros....the big to the small for a Fixed > > > > > Deposit(100/-) as a safe > > > > > > keeping, cause very simply i want accountability. > > > > > > > > > > > > Since i will be on travel or busy with professional > > > > > issues, i am have > > > > > > the same kept at RenDezvous Cyber...a close associate > > > > > of mine whose > > > > > > Cable networks i have been managing for years now. > > > > > Will also have a > > > > > > placard put up outside his place displaying \"FSF-OS > > > > > library\". > > > > > > > > > > > > Thinking of starting with all the major distros. And > > > > > then gauge the > > > > > > response. Also, will have a list of these put up on > > > > > the web for > > > > > > Students/Others to access. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any other takers for the same..??. Inputs on the > > > > > same???. > > > > > > > > > > > > What say???. > > > > > > > > > > > > Trevor > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ( >- LINUX, It\'s all about CHOICE -< ) > > > > > > /~\\ __ twarren(a)redhat.com __ /~\\ > > > > > > | \\) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \\ (/ | > > > > > > |_|_ \\ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| > > > > > > \\___________________________________/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Download Milan -- the Hindi interface to GNU/Linux from > > > > > www.indlinux.org. > > > > -- > ( >- LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) > /~\ __ twarren(a)redhat.com __ /~\ > | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | > |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| > \___________________________________/ > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >

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need to borrow red hat 9 installation cd's
by Lech Alves 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

Hello linuxers, Does anyone staying near thane have the red hat 9 installation cd's that they could lend me for a day. Lech Alves.

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[ILUG-BOM] xterm fonts, flush mail in queue and clock and image on console.
by amish_munshi＠sify.com 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

Greetings, I would anwer for a few questions. 1. How do I start xterm with larger fonts? 2. Flush mails that are in a queue in sendmail. 3. Is it possible to have a clock in a corner on the console ( in framebuffer mode?) 4. How do I get an image as the one Trevor had on the corner on the console on his laptop? Thanks in advance. Bye. -- There are a hundred reasons when things go wrong. To get something right all hundred need to be overcomed. Smile you have received this mail successfully :-)

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Debian Woody ISO's
by Satish Alwani 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

If anyone wants I got Debian Woody 3.0r0 I've had this for some time now, and well, if anyone wants it, no problems with me. If anyone has the latest sid's, would be nice to have. - Satish Alwani

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trouble booting into GNU/LINUX
by Lech Alves 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Hello linuxers, I recently upgraded my system to an Athlon XP 2000+ , 256 mb DDR RAM , 80 GB HDD , Asus A7N266-VM motherboard with a built in GEFORCE 2 MX display card. I installed red hat 7.3 on the new system (dual boot with windows 98 se running on the primary partition). However when i try to boot into linux i get the following error message : ------------------------------------------------------------------ root(hd0,8) file system type is ext2fs partition type 0x83 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=/dev/hda9 hdc=ide-scsi [linux-bzimage,setup-0x1400,size=0xff8b0] error 28: selected item doesn't fit into memory. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thinking that it could possibly have something to do with the location on the HDD where linux was installed , I reinstalled red hat 7.3 on an old 4.3 GB HDD as the only OS ; still getting the same error though. Could someone please pin point the cause of the problem and suggest a way of getting around it. -- Thanking You'll, Lech.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] The DEP workshop on 24th August
by Nikhil Karkera 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 Dinesh Shah wrote : >What I suggest is as following. > >1. Free S/W philosophy (Why Free S/W?) >2. Installation of Debian (Has any one tried GUI Debian >Installer?) >3. Various Distros and Package Management (APT, RPM, tgz, >Sources). >4. Hardware Competibility issues and resources. >5. Networking - Ethernet and PPP (Dial-up) >6. Over view of basic apps - OpenOffice, WWW, Mail, Graphics, IM, >Chat >7. Basic SysAdmin - User Management, File Perms, Mount/umount, >basic CLI >8. Basic Troubleshooting and various resources to get help. I know a couple of PC vendors. If an agenda can be worked out soon, and made available in a proper printable format, I could speak to them and ask them to register. Also I work near Lamington street, so I could probably go down to a couple of computer shops there as well and talk to them. Regards, Nikhil. ___________________________________________________ Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl

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FLASH NEWS: Trevor spotted in a GLUG meet!
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Hi guys, Sending in the minutes of the meeting held on 13th July. I put in as much as I could remember, please fill in if I missed anything. First thing to mention is the HUGE turnout for the meet ... the entire KReSIT classroom was filled with people, which means the attendance was roughly in the neighbourhood of 60. And on top of that, if you see faces like Philip, Trevor, Dinesh, Manish, and Terrence in the same meet, you /know/ its BIG! The meeting started out with a session on KDE/Qt programming by Amish Munshi. He talked about the set of tools that go into building a KDE application, with a quick tour of the documentation. Overall impression was the simplicity with which one can build apps the KDE way. After that, though not officially on the agenda, Trevor jumped in with a screeing of "The Code", featuring a lot of the prominent personalities from the FLOSS community. The movie is pretty interesting, and highly recommended for people who aim to convert techies into the FLOSS philosophy. The movie really gives a flavour of the community as a whole and how good software gets done in the Open Source way. An interesting part is where the movie highlights the difference between Open Source and Free Software through their prime advocates ESR and RMS respectively. The next talk was Prof. Jitendra Shah, about the on the ongoing effort on localisation of GNU/Linux for India. He mentioned a website which intends to keep track of the translation efforts and a short introduction to how a non-techie can help in translation. http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~swapnil/indictrans/ Karunakar also demonstrated the IndLinux (Milan) CD based no a re-mastered Morphix CD. The CD has a number of partially completed Indian locales to use normal applications. Answering a doubt raised by Trevor, Karunakar explained that all the work being done in the localisation is already being merged into the mainstream repositories. This means that the new releases of most distros will have built-in Indian Locale support. Debian Sid (unstable) for example, already has Indian Locale support since it is based on bleeding edge package versions. Finally there as a call for volunteers and planning help from SameerDS for a GNU/Linux workshop to be conducted in the IITB Distance Education Program. Such a workshop will be conducted in KReSIT premises, to be attended by participants in 5 different cities over the DEP telecom network. The popular suggestion was to hold this talk for PC Vendors, since they are the best medium to take GNU/Linux to bigger masses such as SOHO users and individuals. The workshop will primarily be a series of talks, to be held on Sunday, 24th of August. Unfortunately, the topic for the venue of the next meet did not come up, which will have to be decided on the List now. Sameer. -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/

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[Announce] Ayttm-0.3.3 is out
by Philip S Tellis 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

ayttm 0.3.3 has just been released. You can download it from: http://ayttm.sf.net/files.shtml * New Features - IRC is multiaccount compatible - IRC uses asynchronous (non blocking) connect - Tabbed chat rooms - Invite people to chatrooms from chat windows - Support for multi-protocol smiley themes (And for all the Xavierites out there, there's a Puddles theme to coincide with Malhar :D ). * Bugfixes - Check for pspell in pspell and aspell - Make some dialogs transients for their parents - Nicer Invite (to chatroom) window - Fix smiley_directory being ignored when nonstandard - Fix automatic protocol fallback failing - Fix MSN file send failing the second time (server socket not closed) - Fix crash viewing Yahoo webcam - Fix crash reading Yahoo addressbook

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] help required with kernel compiling
by linuxdev 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

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help required with kernel compiling
by Pradnyesh Sawant 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

i have compiled the 2.4.20 kernel on my system. i've got the foll problems: 1. i have usb port on my system, but i don't use them. so i disabled the usb support. so i get the foll error while booting: "cannot initialise usb-uhci". is the above thing compulsory to be initialised? does it create any problems if it is not initialised? 2. i get the foll error on bootup: "cannot find module char-major-10.." what does the above error mean? what is it related to? what effects does it have on the system? how can i overcome the error? 3. i cannot get the system to auto-shutdown, as can be done on my default Red Hat 7.3 kernel (2.4.18-3). how do i get the kernel to do an auto-shutdown? i'll be very grateful, if someone could help me out with the above problems -- HACKER: Someone who loves to program and loves being clever about it. --- Pradnyesh Sawant (The Doubtfire) B.E. (I.T.) spradnyesh(a)gmx.net Ph. 91-022-27703060 http://www.geocities.com/spradnyesh ---

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