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Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??
by jtd 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:56 pm, Agnello George wrote: > HI > > I would like to know if there is any account software similar to > Tally According to those who know Tally is the worst possible software you could use to manage your accounting. Search for Saswata and KG's post on this list. -- Rgds JTD

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] is SEO unethical -- going much OT now :)
by Ravindra Jaju 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> wrote: > > > > Both are related. Increase in business is an absolute goal for most. > > Being near the top in google results _gets_ you more business, > > anecdotally > > speaking. It's one of the aspects for most online businesses > > so which comes first? the chicken or the egg? the aim of a search > engine is to rank the sites according to some criteria - I assume > usefulness and popularity would be the main criteria. So if your site > is useful and popular, it will rank high - and you will get more > business (but only if you remain useful and popular). If only it were so simple. This is already a quite a bit OT, and going into details would be stretching it too far (and I have stretched a bit - see below) But you can look for some guidelines from google itself: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769 SEO has acquired a bad connotation due to unscrupulous elements, as can be seen from the tone of: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291 But, the first link (above) is what 'good' SEO-ers will do. As a very simple example, if you have a page with many advertisements/partner links (needed for business), and useful content of your own, then one SEO guideline would be to use a (non-standard, but search-engine recognized?) "nofollow" attribute within the URL tags. Or, to have better sitemaps. Else, the number of outlinks on a page would drain your "rank" into those external ad/partner links, reducing your own estates' pageranks. Another example: search for "subversion" on google.com. and see what additional information you see along with the first result. See the various categories "found" on subversion's website. These are the kinds of things "good" SEO should help you do. It helps both the business, and search engines. Search engines aren't _exactly_ as intelligent as we would want to believe! They put in place some logic to be "more useful" (this example), and then more people start making sure their pages are designed in a way google will "extract" structure from... Best wishes, jaju

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Accounting Software for Linux
by Ashwin Shah 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi I am very much interested in LInux However i run a business and am not one of the techies who is only taking abount the greatness of opensource Business requires ready made and strong fundamentals of any platform The Linux forum should change their approach from promoting open source to talking about making things simpler to the man on the streets A typical small business requires the following to cover 99% of its needs 1) An operating system 2) Open office 3) Accounting software india compliant And remember there is no way to by pass Microsoft hence all the persons who do not use linux must still get all reports and comunication which can still be compatible to Windows and Microdsoft or the other leading companies who offer thier software viz autocad/adobe etc I wish the LInux platform comes forward and promotes all these together and takes up a challenge of converting ( let us say 25000 ) businesses in 2008 Thanks Ashwin R Shah

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] is SEO unethical [Highly OT]
by Ravindra Jaju 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Nishit Dave <stargazer.dave(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Ravindra Jaju <ravindra.jaju(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Both are related. Increase in business is an absolute goal for most. > > Being near the top in google results _gets_ you more business, anecdotally > > speaking. It's one of the aspects for most online businesses. Google adwords > > wouldn't have taken off in such a big way had this not been the case > > (that's SEM, > > btw). > > I don't know if it's true any longer, but a long time back when > N.Delhi had water scarcity, some people started fitting micropumps on > their municipal pipelines under the pretext that they weren't getting > enough pressure. Within a short time, everyone in their localities > had attached micropumps, so that they didn't lose out. > > End result, lots of wastage of electricity (leading to what - more > theft?) and the same quantity of water as before. > > OK, this is only anecdotal, but may apply to everyone indulging in SEO. Applies to the current power-crunch scenario with many people installing inverters too! Finally, the amount of energy available is the same, and everyone will be drawing in more, leading to more power-shedding, leading to ...

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] India GPS WAS Blender as a primary 3d software for our studio
by Nishit Dave 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:11 PM, jtd <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in> wrote: > > On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:38 pm, Nishit Dave wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM, jtd <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in> wrote: > > > The openstreetmap data for mumbai is bad afaik. > > > > Sorry for going off-topic, but what map? what device? I want to > > know with extreme eagerness. > > gps device used for mapping the area around HBCSE during the > openstreetmap workshop, several of which were held in the country by > the FSF and friends with Schyuler Erle and Mikel Maron last month. > > The map data donated by AND corp for mumbai is randomly inaccurate, > thus requiring people to go into the streets with a gps logger (fat > plug - one such i happen to make and sell), collecting coordinates > and using a combo of your collected data, yahoo imagery and maybe AND > data to generate accurate stuff. > > BTW the personal navigation devices (with data) being sold here claim > 70% accuracy. God help you with that. > > For the record even google maps data is wrong in most places, with > gps data, street maps and satellite imagery producing three > different results. > Have been frantically searching phoren malls, e.g. Singapore for a good, cheap GPS navigator, but they cost Rs.16,000 upwards. And come with maps for S'pore and Malaysia. I really want one, but don't want to spend a big amount. New Symbian S60 phones are also a no-no, and are even more expensive.

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[COMMERCIAL] Software Engineer opening at Red Hat (Pune)
by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

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Blender as a primary 3d software for our studio
by Aniruddha Dasgupta 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

Hi, We at E-dutainment Unlimited and our sister concern, Redstreet productions have been thinking of using blender as our primary 3d software. But we have our apprehensions regarding the shift. firstly, we don't have enough material to train ourselves, as well as train our artists. Can that be arranged by some organisation ? How much support can we expect from the community and in what fields ? what about promotions ? Our concern is : is there an organisation to support us ? or is there a group or an individual who can help us out ? we have a lot more to ask and discuss, but i think, having a personal discussion would be helpful. so if someone thinks likewise, he or she can call us at the below mentioned phone numbers and we can take it further. +91-9860931588 +91-9324696842 Thanking everyone for their help. regards Aniruddha Dasgupta Director Animation E-dutainment Unlimited. Nerul, Navi Mumbai.

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script to send mail when error detected in log file
by Agnello George 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

HI I have a small query !! I need to write a script whenever there is an error generated in the spamd.log or any general log file to send me a mail only once, the bellow script is what i came u with but i doubt it would work. if [ $(grep -e "unable to start service" /var/log/spamd.log) = 1 ] ; then mail -s " pls check server IP 203.185.XXX>XXX" agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com fi Is there any application that can scan the log file for a specific word or error as soon as the logs are generated. I have even heard of SMS being sent in some cases. Your inputs will be of great help -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com

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opensource application similar to Tally ??
by Agnello George 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

HI I would like to know if there is any account software similar to Tally available for Linux ( Debian based ) . Red hat had tied up with Tally to come up with a software to support Indian customers ( http://www.redhat.in/news/article/41.html ) .But no deb packages. There are application like Gnu Cash , Nola Pro , Grisbi . But nothing close to Tally , because Tally is *specific to Indian Economy*. The reason i am posting this query is cause i have a friend of mine who has a Engineering Business , Pro Linux, and want to convert all his desktops to the Linux OS from a windows. But the only thing stopping him is the the issue with Tally. and few other softwares . Any suggestion That I can pass on to him !! Thanks -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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Blender Workshop at HBCSE
by Rony Bill 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

Hello All, It will be possible this Sunday 9th March to hold the Blender video tutorial workshop at HBCSE Mankhurd so those interested may reply with their confirmation so we can get an idea of the number of people attending. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Posted New small docs on fci.wikia.com
by Neelesh Gurjar 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

Hi All, I have posted two small docs on fci.wikia.com. Here are the links: 1. SNMP over SSH: To make SNMP more secured:---> http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SNMP_over_SSH_-_Research 2. Accessing iSCSI target from Linux: ---> http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_iSCSI_targets_on_Linux Please have a look into this and modify it to get it better. I wanted to change Title of First article in wiki but I couldnt do that. I just wanted to remove "Research" from the title. Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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[X-POST]: Our next FreeIndian: Kartik Mistry
by Roshan 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

List, I assume it has been almost over a month now and updates to kde.in were far and few. But here it comes, presenting the next FreeIndian: Kartik Mistry. Our current interview features the Gujarati Geek (alliteration attempted ;) ) who runs the Universal OS and is involved in l10n as well as packaging applications for it. Interestingly, he started with Redhat 7.0 in his early days of computing with FOSS and has now become a package maintainer for few packages under Debian GNU/Linux. Read on to know more, from the below link. http://www.kde.in/index.php/Kartik_Mistry

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error: syswrite() to parent failed ..../SpamAssassin/SpamdForkScaling.pm
by Agnello George 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Hi I have a spamassissin server with 512 MB ram cpu speed 1796.635 MHz . i am currently connecting a mailserver called "Smater mail " to connect to my remote spamassissin server and it works fine. but suddenly ( after a few days ) its connection breaks. When I check the log i find the following error !! Thu Mar 6 14:53:05 2008 [2037] error: syswrite() to parent failed: Broken pipe at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/SpamdForkScaling.pm line 576. to start spamassissin again i have to restart the spamd daemon and everthing work fine . Is there a solution to this ?? If there is no solution i need to know how do i get an automated alert throught mail if the system generates ''error: syswrite() to parent failed" in the log file. i tried logwatch ...but not really help full -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com

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Kubuntu problem -- cannot boot without 'all_generic_ide' parameter
by Amit Joshi 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

I have a fully updated Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) installation with the 2.6.22-14-generic kernel. It seems like my computer cannot boot without the all_generic_ide parameter added to the kernel line in menu.lst If I remove the all_generic_ide parameter, my computer won't boot and gives an error "waiting for root file-system". Also, all my ide devices are detected under /dev/sdx. Is anybody experiencing similar problems? Regards, Amit. -- http://mckagan.googlepages.com

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Linux friendly WebCam
by Arun Khan 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

I am considering purchase of a Linux supported web cam. Please suggest brand/model that has worked for you and is available @ the Lam. Rd. shops. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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linux webcam
by Satish Alwani 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Actually, I used to have a techcom webcam. But that didnt work on linux. So I picked up a logitech webcam messenger, quality is pretty good. Cant expect anything too fancy for Rs. 1100 odd. But nevertheless a nice webcam. Works great with ubuntu/hardy. The latest skype beta for linux has video support. With a 2mbit down/512up, its almost brilliant with no lags. Personally, the quality in this case was comparable against the mac isight in terms of refresh rates. Maybe 10-15% lower to the mac isight in reproduction quality. Considering one costs 10 times more than the other, I think 10-15% is very doable. Interestingly it works kinda slow/ poorly as compared on windows. The day has finally come where MOST of my hardware is compatible more with linux than windows, atleast where performance and drivers is concerned. :| Satish

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 59, Issue 4 (Fitzerald sylvester)
by Fitzerald sylvester 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

hi anurag, nitish dave 'content is the king' can u pls elaborate on this i am in to web hosting we hav over 200 domains we hav chosen linux to run the hardware and install Qmail as mailserver we need an Free software alternative for Web content promotion,as* Nitish*insists SEO pls can u send som info on this package wether its available freely with our guys or if some one on the list can share it ,by way i liked your web site lots i came regards F.j.Sylvester -- F.J.Sylvester ---------------------------------------------------- Connect Computer Service Cellular Phone : 9860165647 Use GNU / Linux System ---------------------------------------------------------

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[OT] Harddisk woes!
by Dinesh Joshi 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hello all, I have an Intel Core 2 Duo machine. Configuration is given below. Configuration: --------------- - Processor: Intel Core2Duo E6400 - Motherboard: DG965RYCK - RAM: Kingston DDR2 512x2 ( 533MHz ) - Sony DVD Writer - Harddisks: 1. Samsung 120GB ( SP1213 ) SATA 2. Seagate 80GB ( dont remember the model no. ) PATA 3. Seagate 500GB ( dont remember the model no. ) SATA The 500GB HD is in an external enclosure. I was using it as a backup HD. I got lazy and didn't backup the backup! :( And now that disk has failed. The symptoms are unclear. First, the disk, which would normally show up as an external USB mass storage device, didn't get detected. So I unplugged it from its casing and connected it on my motherboard. But it wouldn't get detected there either. It didn't make the usual "clicking" sound that harddisks do when they're generally busted. So I was hoping it was a cable issue. I changed the cable. It was a no go. I got fed up and unplugged the disk. Then my second disk, 80GB one, stopped being detected. The symptoms it showed were clear. GRUB errors in the beginning but the system booted up fine after reconnecting it's ( HD's ) wires. Funny thing is that the 80GB harddisk was replaced recently because it had failed. I bought the 500GB HD because I wanted to maintain backups but now they too are gone and I'm left with nothing! I've given the harddisk to my vendor who had supplied the disk and he has inquired with several data recovery specialists and they say they'll have to open up the disk. Now my problem is that the disk is very costly and if they open it up, then the warranty will be void and I wont be able to buy a new harddisk. Can someone help me out here? -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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Hall of shame
by Nishit Dave 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

IDBI Bank does not support Firefox. See for yourselves, this is hot off the press (see the outlook window in the background?). Und what's the reason? SECURITY! http://davelok.blogspot.com/2008/02/idbi-bank-does-not-support-firefox.html Oh, and please don't read the other posts on my blog. They won't even amuse you.

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logrotate query !
by Agnello George 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

hi I have set up a spamassissin server . I need to rotate the logs in the /var/log/spamd.log file . I added the following directives in the /etc/logrotate.conf # system-specific logs may be also be configured here. # added by agnello 4 march 08 /var/log/spamd.log { weekly compress rotate 4 } Well i jsut want to verify what "rotate 4" really means --- according to the man pages it says "The *number* of times to rotate a logfile before removing it." Also how do i check if these logs are actually going to be compressed and rotated . Thanks!! all inputs will really be of great help -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to setup Load Balancer on Linux
by Raghu Prasad 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

> I have one email server, and 1 LDAP server for authentication. > In my case all users should go to LDAP for authentication. > For decreasing load on one LDAP server I want to share load > on 2 LDAP servers instead of 1. > For this I am planning to put one Load Balancer for 2 LDAP > servers. A DNS based load balancer should be enough for you. Use DNS round-robin scheme. In this scheme, set up something similar to the following (make suitable changes in IP and FQDN) in your DNS' zone file: ldap.my.tld. IN A 10.1.1.1 ldap.my.tld. IN A 10.1.1.2 Once it is done, use ldap.my.tld wherever you need to give the host name/IP of ldap server. Your DNS will ensure that the IPs are rotated properly while serving the query for ldap.my.tld. You can read more on DNS based load balancing in following links. http://content.websitegear.com/article/load_balance_dns.htm http://ntrg.cs.tcd.ie/undergrad/4ba2.01/group8/DNS.html In a load balanced scenario, it would be better to set up a master LDAP server (say, on 10.1.1.1) and another one (on 10.1.1.2) in slave mode. You need to send all updates to master server and the slave will have everything replicated automatically. See the following link for openldap. http://www.bind9.net/manual/openldap/2.0/replication.html Raghu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to setup Load Balancer on Linux
by Arun Khan 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

> Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:12:06 -0800 > From: "Neelesh Gurjar" <neel.hjs(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] How to setup Load Balancer on Linux > > For this instead of buying LB I want to put Linux box and setup Load > Balancer on that. Is it possible? If yes then how can I do that ? Not sure if this suffices your needs - you can do basic load balancing with Bind round robin resolution. -- Arun Khan

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How to setup Load Balancer on Linux
by Neelesh Gurjar 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi, I have one email server, and 1 LDAP server for authentication. In my case all users should go to LDAP for authentication. For decreasing load on one LDAP server I want to share load on 2 LDAP servers instead of 1. For this I am planning to put one Load Balancer for 2 LDAP servers. So for authentication qmail will send request to Load Balanced IP and then LB will decide where to send the request. For this instead of buying LB I want to put Linux box and setup Load Balancer on that. Is it possible? If yes then how can I do that ? -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ??
by Agnello George 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

I am using a debain OS etch 4 .. i am trying to locate /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions .... but can seem to locate this I have a structure like this # ls rc0.d/ rc1.d/ rc2.d/ rc3.d/ rc4.d/ rc5.d/ rc6.d/ rc.local rcS.d/ can some one help me -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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[ILUG-Bom]Gentoo refuses to boot.
by Easwar Hariharan 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi, I recently(yesterday) installed Gentoo 2007 from a CD I obtained from Mehul Ved. Problems that dogged me: 1]The Live CD could not boot the ATi Radeon XPress 200(RC410) integrated card on my Intel D101GGC motherboard. 2]I ran the text mode(pseudo-GUI?) installer and refused to install the Gentoo Grub opting instead to add the relevant entries to my Ubuntu 7.04/boot/grub/menu.lst.So,I added the following for Gentoo: title Gentoo 2007 root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda9 initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 wherein my Gentoo / is partition number 9(hda9)So everything went fine till I tried to boot my Gentoo install.Kernel was recognized and starts booting,but during booting an error message pops up saying >>Booting (initramfs)..switch_root: "Bad init('/sbin/init) Kernel panic-not syncing-attempted to kill init! and the machine hangs there with the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs blinking furiously.I have to press the Reset button to regain control.I tried a Google search and all I got was a topic on a development release of a VM.Cansomeone help me with this error? Regards, Easwar

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