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experiment in cron
by Nitesh Mistry 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

I am doing this little experiment in cron, but not able to make it work. I want cron to play a certain mp3 file at a certain time. So I add the usual time parameters and add the following to the command field: /usr/bin/ffplay <path to my mp3 file> But cron mails me an error which I have attached as text file. I also tried "/bin/bash /usr/bin/ffplay <path to my mp3 file>" but it does not work. Where am I going wrong? When I simply give the following command from terminal, it plays the file: ffplay <mp3 file> -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: CC580416

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Rajasfoss by LUGB
by NIKHIL BANSAL 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

Hello Everyone , Myself Nikhil Bansal from Linux User Group Bikaner[1] <http://www.lugb.in/>. Hope you all are familiar with LUGB and its activities in recent days. Last year at Sakshama GN'09 we had celebrated FOSS GN'09 at Engineering College Bikaner with chief guest Mr. Niyam Bhushan. We had a nice response from different LUGs that time. This year we are back, going to celebrate another FOSSfest known as RAJASFOSS with new zeal and zest. Rajasfoss named by Mr. Niyam Bhushan is Rajasthan's FOSS event. During Rajasfoss different talk sessions and hackfests are planed to organize. Call for paper are open now. You can get complete information regarding Rajasfoss at our site[2]<http://www.rajasfoss.lugb.in/> This year we are having different developers with us during Rajasfoss. A list of confirmed Speakers are as below - 1. Mr. Narendra Sisodiya - Founder Project Eduvid, SchoolWiki, School OS 2. Mr. Nandeep Mali - Freelancer at National Institute of Public Finance and policy, working for Sarai 3. Mr. Shishir Sharma - aka CantGetANick, working for Slideshare, co-designer LNTAL 4. Mr. Jai Pandya - Designer, expertise in XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, GIMP etc working for Wordmint. We hope a nice support from all LUG communities and FOSS lovers. Anyone interested for talk can submit their papers at www.rajasfoss.lugb.in/cfp Stay tuned to our mailing list [3]<http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in> as well. You can contact us for further details at admin(a)rajasfoss.lugb.in [1] www.lugb.in [2] www.rajasfoss.lugb.in [3] http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in

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experiments in cron
by Suhit Kelkar 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

http://mandrivachronicles.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-wake-up-to-music-with… For those wishing use GUI (here, KDE) for playing music at a scheduled time. In this blog post, the writer has scheduled his computer to fire up and play music to wake him. Interesting post. Best Suhit Kelkar

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BOF on 23rd anyone?
by Kenneth Gonsalves 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

hi, will be in Mumbai next week - am free on 23rd evening (Bandra area) and would love to meet up with old friends (and old enemies ;-)). Any one game for a BOF? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves

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[Commercial] Job openings for technical support
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

Hi, We at Red Hat Software Services (India) Ltd. have job openings in a technical support role. Primary responsibility of this role is to understand and resolve technical issues of customers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These positions are open to freshers as well, provided you can demonstrate capability in writing and/or debugging programs. The following are requirements you need to meet for the opening. Those interested may please mail in your resumes to me at spoyarek [AT] redhat [dawt] com in odt, pdf or text format: * Should have experience using Linux or another UNIX-like operating system. * Basic understanding of software development and debugging required. * Experience with C/C++ development tools (gcc, gdb or comparable) desired. * Some experience with Python, Java, or C/C++ programming desired. * Well developed writing and English speaking skills. * Conveys information concisely and clearly to all levels of client. * Understanding of operating systems, especially Linux, programming languages, and software engineering will be an added advantage * Degree in Computer Science or related technical field preferred. * Preference would be given to candidates who have worked on support role * Active participation in LUGs (Linux Unix Groups) and Open Source projects will be an added advantage * Should be comfortable working in shifts. Regards, Siddhesh -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in

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[X-Post] SciPy 2010 Call for Papers & Participation
by Anoop Jacob Thomas 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

========================================== SciPy 2010 Call for Papers & Participation ========================================== The second SciPy India Conference <http://scipy.in> will be held from December 13th to 18th, 2010 at IIIT-Hyderabad <http://www.iiit.ac.in/>. At this conference, novel applications and breakthroughs made in the pursuit of science using Python are presented. Attended by leading figures from both academia and industry, it is an excellent opportunity to experience the cutting edge of scientific software development. The conference is followed by two days of tutorials and a code sprint, during which community experts provide training on several scientific Python packages. We invite you to take part by submitting a talk abstract or register as a participant on the conference website at: http://scipy.in Talk/Paper Submission ===================== We solicit talks and accompanying papers (either formal academic or magazine-style articles) that discuss topics regarding scientific computing using Python, including applications, teaching, development and research. Papers are included in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings, published online. Please note that submissions primarily aimed at the promotion of a commercial product or service will not be considered. Important Dates =============== Monday, Oct. 11: Abstracts Due Saturday, Oct. 30: Schedule announced Tuesday, Nov. 30: Proceedings paper submission due Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 13-14: Conference Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 15-17: Tutorials/Sprints Saturday, Dec. 18: Sprints Organizers ========== * Jarrod Millman, Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley, USA (Conference Co-Chair) * Prabhu Ramachandran, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, India (Conference Co-Chair) * FOSSEE Team

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mailing lists
by Prakash N. Shetty 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

Try google groups - http://groups.google.com ------Original Message------ From: Surya Sharma Sender: linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in To: Linuxers ILUG BOM ReplyTo: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Mailing lists Sent: Sep 20, 2010 8:10 PM I'd like to setup a mailing list for my college discussion. For now, it needs to be a private / closed mailing list. Does anyone know where I could set one up or if any site offers free this for free? Maximum number of members is 15 - 20. There's freelists, but it publicly lists the conversations Surya -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Sent on my Android N1

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Mozilla's Learning Freedom and the Web Festival, Barcelona
by Nagarjuna G 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

The internet is revolutionizing how we learn. It's exciting. And it's only the beginning. Mozilla's Learning, Freedom and the Web Festival will gather teachers, learners and technologists from around the world who are at the heart of this revolution. http://www.drumbeat.org/festival Taking place Barcelona from November 3-5, we're planning three days of making, teaching, hacking, inventing and shaping the future of education and the web. We want you to be a part of it: http://www.drumbeat.org/festival/register Whether your a teacher or a technologist, this is your chance to help shape the future of learning *and* the web. We hope to see you in Barcelona. Forward this email to a friend: http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=603ab0aa30ca5d93fe51300d4&id=55d… -- GN

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Problems with Reliance connection on Karmic Koala
by Suhit Kelkar 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hello, Several attempts are required to get online with my Reliance NetConnect modem on Karmic Koala. The connection usually drops without connecting at all, or after a half hour or so. On Jaunty Jackalope, the modem connects without problems (using wvdial). Request help with this gross net loss. Please let me know if you need additional info. Offline-and-hating-it

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[OT] Looking for old laptop 2.5" hard disks.
by Arun Khan 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

I am looking for old laptop hard disks (2.5"), capacity 10-80 GB, PATA or SATA. Must be in working condition. Please contact me off list if you have any that you would like to unload from your inventory. Alternately, if you know of any of any vendor that deals with such, please send across contact info. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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Mailing lists
by Surya Sharma 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

I'd like to setup a mailing list for my college discussion. For now, it needs to be a private / closed mailing list. Does anyone know where I could set one up or if any site offers free this for free? Maximum number of members is 15 - 20. There's freelists, but it publicly lists the conversations Surya

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first annual general body meeting of the IPSS
by Kenneth Gonsalves 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

hi, the first annual general body meeting of the Indian Python Software Society will be held at 6 pm on Sunday the 26th September after the conference. Details are here: http://ipss.org.in/newsfull/1/ all are welcome to participate and contribute to the meeting. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves

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Linux installation tied to Harddisk
by Kshitiz 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Dear Friends Want to know how to tie up an installation to a particular HDD. We do Linux implementations and had seen people ghost the whole harddisks to save on implementation charges. Currently we are using a commercial solution that costs us dear and does not let us bring down the cost of deployment. What we thus require is: 1. We can tie up the installation with the hdd serial number with some command / application that can... a. Check the harddisk serial number before booting (may be through GRUB - but to my knowledge, such a command does not exist within GRUB). b. Delete the installed partition where we have installed our deployment and applications if not matching. c. Encrypt the data partition with a key that only we can decrypt. 2. We can run our entire installation from a DVD provided that is tied with an online system which will not allow the system to boot unless the key matches with the one in our database. Thanking you in anticipation of a reply. If your reply includes a commercial proposal, please inform us accordingly on my email id privately. Regards Kshitiz

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Linux installation tied to Harddisk
by Kshitiz 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Dear Friends Want to know how to tie up an installation to a particular HDD. We do Linux implementations and had seen people ghost the whole harddisks to save on implementation charges. Currently we are using a commercial solution that costs us dear and does not let us bring down the cost of deployment. What we thus require is: 1. We can tie up the installation with the hdd serial number with some command / application that can... a. Check the harddisk serial number before booting (may be through GRUB - but to my knowledge, such a command does not exist within GRUB). b. Delete the installed partition where we have installed our deployment and applications if not matching. c. Encrypt the data partition with a key that only we can decrypt. 2. We can run our entire installation from a DVD provided that is tied with an online system which will not allow the system to boot unless the key matches with the one in our database. Thanking you in anticipation of a reply. If your reply includes a commercial proposal, please inform us accordingly on my email id privately. Regards Kshitiz

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Fwd: Its been a while
by pranav2905＠yahoo.co.in 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

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[Commercial] Opening: Linux Systems Admin for Web18
by Kishor Gavali 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Hi AllWe are looking urgently for the 2 Linux System Administrator.1. Minimum 46 years experience in Linux Administration.2. Minimum 12 years experience in Linux Administration.Interested please forward resume to:kishor.gavali@web18.inamit.singh@web18.inrohan.thale@network18online.comRegardsKishor GavaliGet Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now!Report spam

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Fwd: Call For Papers: Rajasfoss | 8-10th October 2010
by nmudgal 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: nmudgal <techno.x007(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:57 AM Subject: Call For Papers: Rajasfoss | 8-10th October 2010 To: Linux User Group <lugb_ml(a)lugb.in> Hi all, So plans are done & things are managed & working as proposed . So why not you propose something ? Propose a paper ? RajasFoss <http://rajasfoss.lugb.in>, the fundamental motto of this event is "Free your Conscience." Next version of FOSS GN09<http://www.scribd.com/doc/22469857/FOSS-GN09-Report>we organized last year & LUGB <http://lugb.in> came into existence . This year LUGB <http://lugb.in>trying to take last year initiation to the next level . So thrilled to invite your papers for the Event Rajasfoss<http://rajasfoss.lugb.in/>, a FOSS Conference dedicated to the concept of Free Software that gonna take place from 8 to 10th of october 2010 .Streams of papers & information regarding to the same are there on the web <http://rajasfoss.lugb.in/cfp> . Hurry up before the times runs out submit your paper, come & share what you got with society & help in making it a better place to live . Contribute to the society & help us to make this event a grand success. So let's enlighten each other . *"Jyot se Jyot Jagate Chalo"* http://rajasfoss.lugb.in -- Nitin Mudgal http://nitiniamme.wordpress.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E/MU d+(-) s:- a-- C+++ UL+++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++>+++ N>+ o>+ K- w-- O-- !M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+ 5++ !X R tv- b+ DI-- !D G+ e++ h+>+ r>+++ y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- Nitin Mudgal http://nitiniamme.wordpress.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E/MU d+(-) s:- a-- C+++ UL+++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++>+++ N>+ o>+ K- w-- O-- !M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+ 5++ !X R tv- b+ DI-- !D G+ e++ h+>+ r>+++ y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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strange cant open website in Firefox.
by Advait Raut 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hi guys, Am unable to open http://tatadocomo.com/ on any versions of Firefox were as same can be opened by IE or opera had anybody faced such problem ?? Firefox reports following error in windows as well as linux. "The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression." any suggestion how can i view this site in Firefox? -- Regards Advait Raut

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wikimedia meet in Mumbai on 20th evening.
by Nagarjuna G 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

hope to see some of you there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai1

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Software freedom day celebration along with Eben Moglen at IISc, Bangalore on 17th at 3p.m.
by VIGNESH PRABHU 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi friends, This is a gentle reminder about the Software Freedom Day celebration event that FSMK is organizing along with SFLC-ND at IISc tomorrow, 17th of Sept at 3 p.m. I hope all the free software enthusiasts can come and celebrate with us Software Freedom Day and also interact with Prof. Eben Moglen. Details of the event are as follows: * Interaction with Prof.Eben Moglen on the Freedom in the Cloud at Indian Institute of Science, on 17th September , 3p.m – 5 p.m, faculty hall IISc. * Speaker: Prof. Eben Moglen Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University Founder, Director-Counsel & Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center Time: Fri. Sep 17 2010 3pm-5pm Venue: Faculty Hall, IISc Title of Talk: "Freedom in the Cloud: Software Freedom, Privacy and Security for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing" Abstract: Everyone wants a piece of you these days: Google, Facebook, Flickr, Apple, AT&T, Bing. They'll give you free e-mail, free photo storage, free web hosting, even a free date. They just want to listen in. And you can't wait to let them. They'll store your stuff, they'll organize your photos, they'll keep track of your appointments, as long as they can watch. It all goes into the "Cloud." How we got here is quite a scary story. But nowhere near as scary as getting out again. This talk will discuss how much worse things have become since the pre-cloud era and explain what you can do to reclaim your freedom in the era of Web 2.0. -- Regards, Vignesh B. Tech in Computer Science National Institute Of Technology-Durgapur

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Software freedom day celebration along with Eben Moglen at IISc, Bangalore on 17th at 3p.m.
by VIGNESH PRABHU 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi friends, This is a gentle reminder about the Software Freedom Day celebration event that FSMK is organizing along with SFLC-ND at IISc tomorrow, 17th of Sept at 3 p.m. I hope all the free software enthusiasts can come and celebrate with us Software Freedom Day. Details of the event are as follows: * Interaction with Prof.Eben Moglen on the Freedom in the Cloud at Indian Institute of Science, on 17th September , 3p.m – 5 p.m, faculty hall IISc. * Speaker: Prof. Eben Moglen Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University Founder, Director-Counsel & Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center Time: Fri. Sep 17 2010 3pm-5pm Venue: Faculty Hall, IISc Title of Talk: "Freedom in the Cloud: Software Freedom, Privacy and Security for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing" Abstract: Everyone wants a piece of you these days: Google, Facebook, Flickr, Apple, AT&T, Bing. They'll give you free e-mail, free photo storage, free web hosting, even a free date. They just want to listen in. And you can't wait to let them. They'll store your stuff, they'll organize your photos, they'll keep track of your appointments, as long as they can watch. It all goes into the "Cloud." How we got here is quite a scary story. But nowhere near as scary as getting out again. This talk will discuss how much worse things have become since the pre-cloud era and explain what you can do to reclaim your freedom in the era of Web 2.0. -- Regards, Vignesh B. Tech in Computer Science National Institute Of Technology-Durgapur

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] BOF on 23rd anyone?
by Surya Sharma 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

> > > am happy to offer the CAMP roof again if that's convenient for > > people, and Kenneth, if you don't mind navigating the lanes and > > walking up the stairs again :) CAMP! I want to see the office :D Surya

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Cairo cross compile
by Giriprasad Deviprasad 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Hi All, I am trying to cross compile GTK+ in hawkboard (www.hawkboard.org). I have already cross compiled the following successfully for hawkboard: atk fontconfig freetype glib libxml2 pixman Now when I try to cross compile cairo, configure gives the following error: configure: error: Cairo requires at least one font backend. Please install freetype and fontconfig, then try again: But, I have already installed both freetype and fontconfig for this architecture. ls -l /opt/asdlab/freetype/lib total 2640 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2688158 2010-09-03 20:08 libfreetype.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 764 2010-09-03 20:08 libfreetype.la drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-03 20:08 pkgconfig [root@localhost cairo-1.6.4]# ls -l /opt/asdlab/freetype/include total 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-09-03 20:08 freetype2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3890 2010-09-03 20:08 ft2build.h ls -l /opt/asdlab/fontconfig/lib/ total 776 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 778546 2010-09-04 19:28 libfontconfig.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 922 2010-09-04 19:28 libfontconfig.la drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-09-04 19:28 pkgconfig Any ideas why cairo is not cross compiling? Thanks & Regards, D.Giriprasad

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hardware gurus..?
by h.godavari 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

Is there an adapter card to install a PS2 style mouse in an ISA slot of a 486 Mobo? Thanks for your help. regards hg

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Debian
by Akshay Narkar 14 Sep '10

14 Sep '10

I stay at Mahim(W). I need debian cd with essential softwares. ISO will also do. also some freeBSD iso. please.

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