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Re: Meeting with Firefox Team on 21st at HBCSE: Updated Announcement
by Kartik Mistry 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

vivek khurana wrote: > > guys, mind doing a video recording of meet and posting on net ? Hi, No idea right now. Feel free to do it!! But, I will definitely take some pictures (upto my memory card capacity). Cheers, -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------

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setserial and pnpdump
by Nagarjuna G. 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

hi, I found out recently that Ubuntu distro does not have setserial, pnpdump commands. I could install setserial later from the archives. the question is, which other alternative exists to configure the serial ports other than setserial. Similarly for pnpdump. any clues will be appreciated. btw: What is the status of the same in Debian GNU/Linux? Nagarjuna

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Meeting with Firefox Team on 21st at HBCSE: Updated Announcement
by Kartik Mistry 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

Hi all, Seth Bindernagel (Community Program Manager), JT Batson (Head, International Marketing Efforts) and Chris Hofmann of Mozilla Foundation are coming to Mumbai on 21st. The purpose of the trip is build further community involvement and start to find people who can help localizer drive the adoption of Firefox 3. This includes both supporting current volunteers in contributing more and providing resources. The details: * 10.30AM - Registration * 11AM - Introduction & Welcome * 11.30AM - The State of Mozilla * 12.00AM - Do we need an EN_IN version of Firefox? Local English, local search providers, certain spellings and other India specific items. Brainstorming, and team formation. * 1.00PM - Lunch break * 2.00PM - Brainstorming on promoting Firefox in India (Spread Firefox.in?) * 3.00PM - How to localize Firefox? How did we localize for Gujarati/Other language? Experience from different teams on development with Mozilla/Firefox- small workshop * 4.00PM - Firefox 3 - what's up the sleeve? * 5.00PM - Completion Who should attend? * Everyone who's helped in localization of Firefox / other Mozilla Software * Students and Open Source evangelists who want to promote Mozilla / Firefox * Community organizers & marketing enthusiasts * Anyone who's interested in Mozilla / Firefox Where? Many thanks to HBCSE for hosting this event. To reach at HBCSE, please see: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/Data/ObjectType/c/contact/viewObjectType RSVP: Please add your name to wiki (link below), if you wish (you should!) to attend the event: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------

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networking query -- wifi
by Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Ok, As I wrote some time ago, I am trying to connect two pcs via wifi. I can see the other card via iwlist device scan. But I can't ping each other, this is what I get. --------------------------------------------------- sharukh@natrum:~$ ping -c5 192.168.1.203 PING 192.168.1.203 (192.168.1.203) 56(84) bytes of data. From 192.168.1.202 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.202 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.202 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.202 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable --- 192.168.1.203 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3998ms , pipe 3 ----------------------------------------------------- So what do I need to do ? What more info should I send ? thanks, Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. Homoeopath, Linuxer. Guys: No Shirt, No Service - Gals: No Shirt, No Charge.

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PHP sessions and upcoming GLUG meet
by Roshan 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

List, The upcoming GLUG meet details (plus Firefox meet) have been updated on the wiki and also posted to the list (annoucement). (some of you may have got it and for some, it is somewhere on the internet ;) ) Please refer the following page for details: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Monthly_Meetings Also, please note, for RSVP's on PHP sessions by Prashant Shah, fill in on the following page: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/PHP_Session_RSVP Psst ... Since, it (PHP) is on a Sunday, it is likely, I'll make it. I'm a bit doubtful about the GLUG meet, though (Saturday). -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode 5, 50, 500, 5000. Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html

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[Commercial] Presenting LFY August 2007: Debian Special
by niraj＠efyindia.com 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

LinuxFor You brings to you the biggest issue of the year... Debian Special: August 2007 This mega issue will feature the best of articles on Debian, including: - what makes Debian the universal operating system - history, structure, and philosophy of the Debian project - a complete introduction and review of Debian Etch (version 4.0) - and many more Another highlight of this issue will be a complete 3 DVD pack of Debian 4.0 This special issue will be available for Rs. 125 only Book your copy today with your local newsstand!

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Sify - Deja Vu ... port 143/993 - IMAP :/
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

Hi List, Apparently, somebody at Sify is having a lot of fun at customer's expense. So today sometime in the afternoon some nice admin or someone with admin rights decided - "OK, lets see what happens if I block 143 and 993. Should be fun, I am sure." Or probably the dude pressed the wrong next and "Are you sure? OK" button. Afaics, I can't telnet to port 143/993 on IMAP servers that I use. I am sure the servers are working because I know others are using it just fine and I even saw their telnet output. I have lodged a complaint with sify helpline - it took few hours to get through the executive. First hit - some dude in Vile Parle kept me on hold for few minutes. I cut the phone and called them again, this time the call was directed to Chennai ( even thought I selected "Technical query" ). The dude listened to me and suddenly popped the most important question ever - "Do see the network card?" . I pretty much went "Huh?". I explained to him that everything else is working - like surfing, chatting, emailing - yes those words they understand easily. I was promised that the techie dude will call me in an hour. I am waiting. In the meanwhile I called again and this time a girl spoke to me who ended the discussion with "Yes yes, I can see your complaint. We will call you as soon as it is solved. I would really appreciate, some users in Mumbai, if they could some how check if IMAP is working from their Sify accounts. I know that many people don't use IMAP so chances might just be low. Thanks in advance. Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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PHP Meeting Finalized 1/4
by Prashant Shah 16 Jul '07

16 Jul '07

First meeting on 22nd Sunday morning 9.00 to 11.00. Venue - VJTI (Matunga) Mechanical lab (FOSS lab) Part 1 / 4 The topic covered will be : Short introduction PHP and HTML (server side scripting) Basic language structure Echo statement Variables Arrays Please email me : pshah.mumbai AT gmail.com to register

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Search for PERL web developers
by Kashyap Dalal 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

Hi All, I am heading a startup currently and am looking for a bit of help on the web-development front. We are looking for someone who can handle website development in PERL. I can't seem to find anyone for this through the normal route of contacting web development companies. A friend suggested that I try getting in touch with people at LUG Mumbai and hence this mail. Any help will be appreciated and apologies for this being spam to some of you. Cheers, Kashyap

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ubuntu dapper doesn't work NEED HELP
by bombay news 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

dear all, My ubuntu dapper has gone dead! while trying to log on i get the following message: loading drivers ok mounting root file systems ok and then nothing. while try to boot using ubuntu kernel 2.6.15-27-386 (recovery mode) I get a lot of numbers. the last set of numbers are like this: run -init: /sbin/init :error 20 [17179578.49 2000] kernel panic - not synching: attempting to kill init! and the system just stands still! shortly before i downloaded and installed skype. could that be a reason? please help sk _________________________________________________________________ Wedding bells are ringing. When's your time to walk the aisle? http://ad.in.doubleclick.net/clk;112111293;17571293;v?http://www.simplymarr…

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[Technical] Using the Motorola A1200 mobile phone with Linux
by Raj Mathur 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

As promised, I've done a terse write-up on using the Motorola A1200 (MotoMing) mobile phone with Linux. Rough first cut is available at: http://wiki.kandalaya.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/MotorolaA1200 Feedback welcome. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves

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Interesting Read: Im In Your Leenucks Box Changing Your Password
by Roshan 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

List, The following article describes an event that took place in a "lab" like classroom. Though, there are few setups such as these in Mumbai Colleges / Schools, this article is an interesting read. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/investigator/archives/im-in-your-leenuc… Hope, you will enjoy reading it. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode 5, 50, 500, 5000. Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 51, Issue 14
by Nirav Mehta 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hi All, > VJTI, Mechanical Engineering Department is available as the venue on Sunday > 15th July. > The date is fixed. 21st July. If we can have another venue, that can accommodate more people, we can change the venue. If not, let's keep it the same. So, do we have something else available for 21st July?

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OT: regarding sound card of Sun Fire V210 server OT
by praveen shinde 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hello , We purchased a Sun Solaris Server - Sun Fire V210 from Nortel along with a Nortel product - Media Processing Server 500 We need to install a Sound Card on Sun Fire V210 Server I checked the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Sun Fire V210 Server and found that the following Models of Sound Cards will be suitable for our Server. 1. Sound Blaster MP3+ by Creative Technologies 2. Sound Blaster Live 24 bit External by Creative Technologies 3. Sound Blaster 128 PCI by Creative Technologies Please let me know if any of the above mentioned Sound Cards are available at any vendor. Regards, Praveen Shinde. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

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[OT] Sify Port 22 blocked?
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Hi, Does anybody notice that? Since last few hours, I am unable to ssh, svn+ssh to any servers I would like to. I am getting timeouts from each of the servers. I called the sify helpline, which now even has a "Press 2 for technical support". The dude asked me to click on the trayicon of sifybb thingie. When I told him that I am using Linux, he kept me on hold and had a conference, I think. Another dude spoke to me after that and asked me - if ssh was a program or something? After some more discussion I was promised that everything will be ok in next 1 hour. So I am waiting. I am wondering if somebody with sifybb in Mumbai/New Mumbai can check if port 22 is blocked or is it my figment of imagination? Thanks. Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Are you the Linux type?
by Praveen A 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Interesting comparison of OSes. "I think that our choice of Linux, BSD, Windows, Apple or whatever really boils down to how we look at life. To put things in a simpler way the different types of operating systems floating around in the ether can be broken down into two classes. The first class in which I will include Windows and Apple is what I would compare to an automatic car. You don't need to know how it works you just get in and drive. The second class in which I obviously include Linux, BSD and their ilk I would put in the manual car analogy. In a manual car you don't just get in and drive, the car becomes an extention of yourself." http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/are-you-the-linux-type-17… -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Re: Firefox Community Event + July LUG Meet
by Kartik Mistry 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

> From: Mitul Limbani > Lets start by making a quick post like below, Just make sure you append > your name, and not say me, and me too, count me in. Please put in your > full name. in order suggested. > > List of Attendents : > > *) Nirav Mehta > *) Mitul Limbani *) Kartik Mistry Someone wish here that he/she will come with better venue, he/she didn't came yet -- so, venue is same :) -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------

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Acer 3684 -- ubuntu installation
by saurabh daptardar 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hi, Installed Ubuntu Feisty on Acer 3684 . I have added installation report on the wiki. http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/Laptop_Installation_Report_-_Acer_… Many things are not tested currently -- I shall make changes as I test them. Regards, Sourabh

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PHP Seminar
by Prashant Shah 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hello all, I am keeping a PHP seminar in Ghatkopar/Mumbai. It will be for 2 hours, once a week for 4 weeks. It is for beginers with knowledge about HTML/C/C++ It will cover the basic php knowledge (basics, loops, variables, arrays, error handling, database connectivity) It is free of cost. Email me on <pshah.mumbai at gmail.com> to register for it. Regards. ps : Exact place and timing not decided. It will be in Ghatkopar area.

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Firefox Community Event + July LUG Meet
by Nirav Mehta 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Dear All, I wrote last week about the Firefox Community event happening on 14th July. The event is now rescheduled to 21st because Seth and JT will be attending Open Source Conference in A'bad on 13th and 14th. The plan for the day remains the same. We will be able to accommodate limited people - only 25 - so would like to get your confirmation. If you will be attending the event, please email me: nirav <dot> mehta <at> magnettechnologies <dot> com. You can find more details about the event at: http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/06/29/join-hands-with-firefox/ * Here is the plan for the day: * * 10.30AM - Registration (it’s free!) * 11AM - Introduction & Welcome * 11.30AM - The State of Mozilla * 12.00AM - Do we need an EN_IN version of Firefox? Local English, local search providers, certain spellings and other India specific items. Brainstorming, and team formation. * 1.00PM - Lunch break * 2.00PM - Brainstorming on promoting Firefox in India * 3.00PM - How to localize Firefox? How did we localize for Gujarati? - small workshop * 4.00PM - Firefox 3 - what’s up the sleeve? * 5.00PM - Completion of Firefox event * 5.30PM - LUG Meet starts - Ruby On Rails presentation by Dibya Prakash * 6.30PM - Chai - Coffee and the usual LUG after event gatherings!

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[Commercial] Need Support for RedHat 9 system
by Dinesh Shah 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hi List, A friend of mine needs commercial paid support for his RedHat 9 Linux system. The PC has important data and can not be formated. Minimum requirement is to bring the system up and put it on the network. If you can handle this please send me off-list your contact details. TIA for your quick response. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Join the Revolution!

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Re:[RESOLVED]Compiz-Fusion on Ubuntu 7.04 and HAL problems8
by Easwar Hariharan 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

> > Hi all, > 1)Compiz-Fusion on Ubuntu 7.04 > I am using Compiz-Fusion on a Ubuntu 7.04,ATi Radeon XPress 200 series > onboard using the proprietary fglrx drivers and Xgl.Though the startxgl > script for starting Xgl automatically on boot had a workaround for missing > shutdown and reboot buttons,I'm missing my Suspend(Hibernate?) > button.Isthere a workaround for this? > > 2)HAL problems > I am the sole user on Ubuntu 7.04 hence my userid has system > administration > privileges subject to root password.Since I don't have a printer,I > disabled > cups in System-->Administration-->Services.Also, I disabled Bluetooth > support and the second cron service(non-anacron one) and a couple other > services.Since then,whenever I login,I'm faced with a dialog box saying > "Couldn't initialize HAL" and even after supplying root password,I'm > unable > to access selected system administration components which include Users > and > Groups,Services,Network,etc.A dialog box pops up with this: > > The configuration could not be loaded > You are not allowed to access the system configuration. > > The interesting thing is that after I enabled GUI root login by editing > the > /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file,even when I login as root,I'm unable to access > the above-mentioned components.The above-mentioned dialog box pops up for > root as well. :o > Can someone help or point out a resource please? Turned out I had disabled the dbus service which is used by many system components to communicate among each other.Was solved by a single command to restart the service sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start Thence I could access the service-admin and re-enable the dbus service.Also,the missing suspend/hibernate buttons were also due to the above disabled dbus.As soon as the command was issued,they were back! Thanx and regards, Easwar

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sound working spasmodically
by Kenneth Gonsalves 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

hi, i am trying to use krec to record sounds. Problem is that sometimes the mic works and at other times it doesnt. Last night it was working, I didnt switch off the machine, but in the morning it refused to work. It is an onboard card - headphones work all the time. Would this be a hardware problem or a software problem? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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[OT] Linux Multimedia Guide (Book Anyone?)
by Roshan 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

List, I have a task at hand and need to refer a particular book. The book is titled "Linux Multimedia Guide" authored by Jeff Tranter. If someone has it and wishes to sell it at a reasonable price, please let me know. This book is out of print, and therefore not available in most book shops. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://in.mail.yahoo.com

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kubuntu 7.04 and beryl
by Mohan Nayaka 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi all, I am running Feisty Kubuntu on a Toshiba A135-S2386 notebook. I am trying to setup Beryl on it. facing some problems... My graphics card is a ATI Radeon Xpress 200M on a T2080 ( 1.73GHz) Dual core. Is the machine good enough? Following the documentation, I installed ATI's fglrx driver. Accordingly, I think I should use Xgl and not AIGLX. For this I added the line: Option "AIGLX" "false" in the ServerLayout section of xorg.conf. Without this, launching beryl would simply stop saying that conpositing is disabled. I installed ATI's driver (restricted modules). glxinfo gives "Direct rendering : Yes" fglrxinfo output is: display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: RADEON XPRESS Series OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8) My xorg.conf is uploaded at : http://pastebin.com/944969 lsmod |grep gl gives: fglrx 540004 11 agpgart 35400 2 fglrx,ati_agp X -version output: X Window System Version 7.2.0 Release Date: 22 January 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2 Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux ZION 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 Build Date: 04 April 2007 Also following documentation, I restarted X using Xgl using a script recommended on many websites. This script is uploaded at:http://pastebin.com/944990 and http://pastebin.com/944993 Should I try using AIGLX+mesa instead ? Regards, Mohan S N -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles

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