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[Project] ColourCode 0.2 released
by Nikhil Marathe 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

Hello all developers out there, I have released version 0.2 of ColourCode. ColourCode is a small ruby application to generate syntax highlighted HTML files from a source file. It is released under the GNU GPLv2 Currently it supports Javascript, Java, C++, C#, Python, Ruby and Shellscript(bash). I would appreciate it if some of you could take a look at it. If you find any bugs, that would be helpful too. To download colourcode go to http://22bits.exofire.net/browse.php/code/colourcode Thanks, Nikhil -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reclaim your digital rights, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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congratulations and thanks
by Nagarjuna G. 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

My hearty congratulations to all of you, who made the gnowledge.org portal launch a great event. let us all continue to make this one of the largest collaborative portals in the world. Though the event marks the end of a project, for those who are in it, it is a beginning. The gnowledge portal team is now ready to take calls to conduct workshops to introduce the new way of organizing a very large amount of free knowledge that already exists on the Internet. Best way to begin is to register at the portal and begin contributing in your area of work. We can all decide together, how to shape this portal in future. Nagarjuna

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Errors while Installing the Glibc-2.4.6
by James Smith 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

I'm building and installing the Glibc-2.4.6 library and getting the following errors when I install: Entering state 2 Reading a token: Now at end of input. Reducing stack by rule 2 (line 345), extdefs -> program Stack now 0 Entering state 1 Now at end of input. /tools/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: : No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Execution of gcc failed! The script has found some problems with your installation! Please read the FAQ and the README file and check the following: - Did you change the gcc specs file (necessary after upgrading from Linux libc5)? - Are there any symbolic links of the form libXXX.so to old libraries? Links like libm.so -> libm.so.5 (where libm.so.5 is an old library) are wrong, libm.so should point to the newly installed glibc file - and there should be only one such link (check e.g. /lib and /usr/lib) You should restart this script from your build directory after you've fixed all problems! Btw. the script doesn't work if you're installing GNU libc not as your primary library! make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tools/glibc-2.3.6' make: *** [install] Error 2 root:/tools/glibc-2.3.6-build# I check everything listed above maybe I missed something. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks, Jim --------------------------------- Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started!

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Edubuntu 6.06 LTS on Acer 2428 Report.
by Rony 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

Hello All, The knowledge.org DVD that was released today has an Edubuntu 6.06 LTS iso in it. Just to try it out I burned it into a CD. It loaded smoothly in the pc for a live session. Then it was tried on the Acer 2428 laptop too and not only was the live session good but it installed smoothly into the HDD too. What I remember is that during a demo camp for linux, Ubuntu 6.06 as well as 6.10 threw up problems with Acer 2428 laptops. On mine too Ubuntu 6.10 would hang. Those lappys had to be loaded with Kubuntu 6.06. However Edubuntu 6.06 does not seem to have any issues with Acer 2428 and it uses the gnome desktop just like Ubuntu (which does not work on it). Another advantage of edubuntu over ubuntu is that its gnome comes loaded with graphics softwares like Scribus, Paint, Video Editor, Draw etc. So its more than just a distro for kids. Its for the aunties and uncles. However I could not play VCDs. Anyway I am used to it now. Wireless support for gnome is in-built so unlike kde, there is no separate wireless manager. Its handled by the 'Networking' utility in the 'Administration' menu under 'System'. Once your WAP is up, simply use the networking utility and under the blank list of available networks, a click on the drop down list will reveal your WAP's name below. Don't get confused by the blank space initially. Overall, a much better option than Ubuntu. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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[OT] Hacking is surely a poorly understood term...
by Dinesh Joshi 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Hi, Take a look at this link: http://www.gatestraining.com/bootcamps_CHFI.aspx?Course=15 Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator! :/ This is like some certificate course by Reliance and Ankit Fadia?? Hacking is not a bad thing... Hackers are not bad people... Shouldn't we do something about it??? -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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Computer le lo aur Linux training PHREE!!
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

That's what I heard in the background when my sister called me this evening. I got her to pick up the pamplet and found that a company named Vinsoft Technologies was doing this. It's providing packages of computers+AMC+training. Also, apparently there's some big poster on Churchgate station on Linux as well. I didn't get a chance to see that though. Publicity is good :) At least it will make the name familiar to those who don't have a clue. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.tk

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Fwd: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007
by Kenneth Gonsalves 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

i have been requested to forward this message from ilugd mailing list Begin forwarded message: > From: "Sudev Barar" <sbarar(a)gmail.com> > Date: 1 February 2007 7:15:41 AM GMT+05:30 > To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org> > Subject: Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007 > Reply-To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org> > > On 31/01/07, Sandip Bhattacharya <sandip(a)lug-delhi.org> wrote: > [SNIPPED] >> It is quite obvious what their point of participating in the event is >> about. I don't understand how a company which doesn't contribute to >> Linux is any positive/constructive way, can be allowed to >> participate in >> such an event. What is the criteria for participating in this >> apparently >> Linux event? > > > uummmm....that amongst others is why ILUG-D stayed away from the > event. > >> Conversely, is there any way a Linux company can participate in an >> Microsoft promoting event and talk about the virtues of Linux? > > Let us find out by proposing such a participation at next MS event and > if they refuse try to highlight it in press. Unfortunately most of the > main stream press does not know or care. > > -- > Regards, > Sudev Barar > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Re: Feb Meet and SELF Conference
by C.E. Hariharan 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

> > "gaurav chaturvedi" wrote > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Feb Meet and SELF Conference > I dont care about the gyan i will get for my 200 bucks. What i do care > about > is not to pay 200 bucks to attend my glug-bom meet. It just dosnt seem > right > to me. I dont mind paying the money to attend the conf though. But acccording to a recent mail,students are sponsored by some companies and they don't have to pay the 200/- bucks....does that include engg students? > For those who may want to get an idea of TIFR's location, please visit > the link below. > > Conference Venue : > Homi Bhabha Auditorium > Tata Institute of Fundamental Research > Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India > Day: 2nd February 2007 > Time: 9am - 6pm > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=mumbai&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=18.9095… > > I don't know if any bus directly goes to TIFR. Otherwise there are two > main bus depots, Colaba Depot on Nanabhai Moos Marg ( Colaba Causeway) > and Backbay Bus Depot. From there you can continue by Taxi or walk it up > if you can. To check out the bus routes visit the link below. > > http://www.bestundertaking.com/transport/index.htm > > Thanks Rony,for the information on behalf of the list. Regards, Easwar

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[COMMERCIAL] Linux + Solaris +NetBSD requirements
by Sudhir Gandotra 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

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SELF Conference Venue Map.
by Rony 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Hello All, For those who may want to get an idea of TIFR's location, please visit the link below. Conference Venue : Homi Bhabha Auditorium Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India Day: 2nd February 2007 Time: 9am - 6pm http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=mumbai&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=18.9095… I don't know if any bus directly goes to TIFR. Otherwise there are two main bus depots, Colaba Depot on Nanabhai Moos Marg ( Colaba Causeway) and Backbay Bus Depot. From there you can continue by Taxi or walk it up if you can. To check out the bus routes visit the link below. http://www.bestundertaking.com/transport/index.htm Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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[commercial] linux admin+programmer
by Chandrashekhar Bhosle 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Hi, Need two guys who know basic Linux administration + one programming language, ideally Tcl/Tk but php/perl would do. Ideally 1 or 2 years exp but freshers are fine if they're competent. Contact me. ASAP. - cnb

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help wanted regarding memory model in C program
by romel dutta 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

hello everyone, first of all my apologies to all,for asking a question that may be very silly,but i am not ashamed to tell that i duuno the concept about this... :-(,so i am ready to show my ignorance and not become ignorant my whole life...anyway following is the question,and please can some one define it or give some good link about it.It will be really helpful for me. 1) Where in memory exactly auto,static and extern(global) variables are stored..? 2) Detail explanation of the memory model of a C program. I am confused where in memory these variables are stored and also what are the stages in memory during compilation.. It will be very helpful for me,if someone guide me. Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Romel You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw

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Re: Please test libyahoo2!
by Kartik Mistry 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > i think he labelled it OT because he knows that OT is where the > action is. I propose that we ban all guys who label non-OT stuff as > OT for the sole purpose of getting attention. I don't have any issue if I am banned. Take action!! (atleast, better than flaming me on the list and eating my bandwidth!) By the way, have you tested it? :) -- Regards, --------------------------------------------------- KartiK MistrY | kartikmistry.org 0xD1028C8D | kartikm.wordpress.com ---------------------------------------------------

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[OT for some] Please test libyahoo2!
by Kartik Mistry 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Dear all, I have created libyahoo2 package for Debian. Anyone using Debian unstable can get it from there. Or you can get source and build it your own from: http://packages.qa.debian.org/liby/libyahoo2.html Please report the issue on Debian BTS. Hope that I will not be flamed for this {OT}. -- Regards, -------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | kartikmistry.org 0xD1028C8D | kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------

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OffTopic : BarCampMumbai | University Level
by Ankur Gupta 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

This goes out mainly to the students on this mailing list BarCampMumbai | University Level is being organized on Feb 11th @ K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering. For the unaware "BarCamp is an ad hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees." Registering and more information -> http://barcamp.org/BarCampMumbaiU Some reason why you would want to attend the barcamp are You want to demo some project / programs you are working/worked on. Want to talk on some new language / technology you are using. Or just want to meet some like minded students. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Debian trends and future distros.
by Rony 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

Hello Everyone, Here are some news tips and updates for Debian and its alied distros. During April 07, Ubuntu will come out with a multi-media centric distro called UbuntuStudio http://ubuntustudio.org/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio There is also another media centric Ubuntu called Ubuntu Multimedia Center http://ubuntummc.com/ During that time the new Ubuntu versions 7.04 will be released too. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue28 Debian 4 which is still under 'Testing' and will be finally called Etch http://www.us.debian.org/releases/testing/ can be downloaded for trial using a small netinstall iso http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ from http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ The netinstall iso is the base system only. But saves download of heavy dvds for testing. There are CD isos too but I don't know which iso contains what packages. I downloaded the netinstall iso which was 130 MB and used 'installgui' at boot prompt to use and study its GUI installer. Its really great and very good for non-experts to try out Debian. It works smoothly just like Fedora's Anaconda. Its kernel is 2.6.17. During installation, the Desktop option was selected during package selection and it download 540 MB of Gnome desktop. My 400 MB triband account is screaming and hysterical at the heavy downloads this month. :P Gnome in Etch RC1 is 2.15. In Ubuntu 6.10 it is 2.16. After install, the updates prompter in Etch states that kernel 2.6.18 image is available. So thats a plus point for Debian Etch. Gnome in Etch is a bit buggy. Its printer tool allows you to select and choose printers but at the final 'Apply' button, the entire process vanishes into thin air. You are back to square 1. The best way to setup printers in _any_ linux distro is to ensure that CUPS is running and use a web browser and type localhost:631 in the address bar. 631 is the CUPS port for printing. If you have enabled network administration ( see docs on the CUPS website) you can access your printer from across different machines by typing Your_Printer_PC_IP_Address:631 If you are a command line fan or X is not loaded then use the lynx text browser to do the same in command line. 'lynx localhost:631' You can change printer settings too, like page size, resolution etc. Another bug with gnome is that its automatic NetworkManager applet initially detects the connection established but after a reboot or two, it does not even detect the network device. All this while network is actually working and giving internet access. But Gnome in etch packs in some more packages and utilities compared to Ubuntu 6.10. It has a separate CD burning utility ( cannot recall its name) just like K3B in KDE. The default in-built burning utility still exists. The best option then would be to use both Gnome and KDE in Debian Etch and for that request someone who has its DVD to make a copy for you. ;) Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Gnome under KDM possible?
by Sachin G Nambiar 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

If you install kde over gnome does it overwrite gdm? i mean does gnome work under kdm? I went through a few links under google but none could give me an answer! Or do the display managers work exclusively as in Gnome by default uses gdm whenever you log into gnome and kde uses kdm whenever i log into KDE? Sachin G. Nambiar

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problems with installing ubuntu on an intel ggc based machine Please help.
by krishnakant Mane 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

hello. I had the shock of my life today. I had previously mentioned about a server installation I have to do. I don't find it will be any problem after the feedback I got about fedora. however there is another case which is really very interesting. I am trying to install gnu/linux on a machine with a seluron 2.8 processor and an intel ggc 2 motherboard with ati radeon display (the board is the latest intel mobo) if the case was a very streight forward case I would never have a problem in changing the distro. but I got the following interesting results. 1. ubuntu 6.06.1 (dapper) booted nicely with every device driver but display resolution was very bad probably 640 by 480. 2. ubuntu 6.10 was even more interesting. it did not boot at all on a machine with the same ggc 2 mother board with a seluron processor but booted very well on the same mobo with intel p4 3ghz processor. 3. fedora core 5 did not show up the graphical installer but I managed to install it without any desktop like gnome or kde. so the best part was on all computers ubuntu 6.06 aka 6.06.1 booted without proper display. and ubuntu 6.10 did not boot on the same ggc motherboard with seluron 2.8 processor and booted perfectly well with the same mobo with a p4 3 ghz processor. another small thing although it might not mean any thing. on the seluron and ggc mobo combination 256 mb ddr2 ram is available and on the p4 with ggc mobo 512 ddr2 ram. what shockes me time and again is that how 6.06 boots on every machine being older and 6.10 is so inconsistent. secondly 6.10 not just booted but gave perfect display (umm well at least 800 by 600) on a ggc with p4 and did not boot at all on other seluron machine with same mobo? Please sort out this problem and suggest the perfect distro. Krishnakant.

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[Comics: Dilbert] Interesting
by പ്രവീ ണ്‍‌| Praveen എ|A 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/070125/cx_dilbert_umedia/20072501 Cheers Praveen -- Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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gnu/linux compatible interactive applications for children
by Abhishek Daga 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

Hi, I am running ubuntu dapper drake and works well for my needs. However now the time has come to introduce some interactive applications for toddlers. Its a long shot but are there any such media companies or specific applications that will run on my system? Examples of such CD/DVDs can be: 1) Learning alphabets and numbers 2) Nursery Rhymes 3) Click n paint and so on. I do have wine installed where i run IE6 and other exe applications. In parallel i will try and install some of those apps and see if it works, but in the meantime if anyone can supply me with some known-to-work names or feedback, I'll appreciate it. Thanks Abhi ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 45, Issue 129
by C.E. Hariharan 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

> > Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:Funding is not for GLUG members. It is for > students. What types of students are included eg:undergrad,postgrad,professional courses,...? are engg students allowed? :) Regards, Easwar

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suggest a TV tuner card
by manish mallan 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

Hi, i have AMD 64-bit machine runing Ubuntu (Dapper). i want to make it into a media centre pc can somebody suggest me which TV tuner card to go for?

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Core2 Duo on Linux.
by Rony 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

Hello All, I came across this article on linux for Core2 Duo. http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/22/0415251 What does the author mean by the statement thats quoted below? "Since we have a new core in this review, I decided it was prudent to pull out both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Linux. We wanted to find out where Core 2 shows the most performance and how it did versus AMD in each mode. The table below shows the compile options for each OS and processor type. I didn't go all out and be over-aggressive here. It was important to compile the applications for each specific processor type but not be too aggressive and cause instability." What compilation has he done? Is he actually compiling the kernel or packages or does he give the specific commands at boot prompt? Could someone briefly explain the process? Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: Debian trends and future distros
by Kartik Mistry 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

On 1/27/07 Rony <ronbillypop(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > There are CD isos too but I don't know which iso contains what packages. Please install popularity-contest package to get your favourite package in earlier CDs! > Gnome in Etch is a bit buggy. Its printer tool allows you to select and > choose printers but at the final 'Apply' button, the entire process > vanishes into thin air. You are back to square 1 Please report the bug! > Another bug with gnome is that its automatic NetworkManager applet > initially detects the connection established but after a reboot or two, > it does not even detect the network device. All this while network is > actually working and giving internet access. Please report the bug!! Thanks. -- Regards, --------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | kartikmistry.org 0xD1028C8D | kartikm.wordpress.com ----------------------------------------------------

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File Deletion
by neelam 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

hi, I want to delete files older than a particular date or older than a particular no of days. the command i used for this is on a usual linux machine was- find /dir -type f -mtime +7 | xargs rm -f ( also i used a combination of "touch" and "find" which too worked fine) now my problem is i have to perform the same task only in C (without using shell script ) as the device for which i m writing this module has its own small linux kernel and hence doesnt support many commnads like "find" , "more" ,"mv" etc .......... i am aware of the remove() function in C but how do i get the date a file was last modified and then delete it ??? Any solution / suggestions will b of great help to me ........... thnx .......... --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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