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Ubuntu + cyberoam client connectivity issue
by Rupesh 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi, I installed ubuntu 5.10 on my system, but on doing a configuration setup i get " segmentation fault" ie after i enter the Server Address. Earlier it worked well on my FC4 setup. I am using powersurfer.net for my Internet connection. Anyone facing a similar problem and any possible solution to this. Thanks, -- Rupesh

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Peculiar problem with Xmms in Fedora-2
by romel dutta 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

hello all, I have got a peculiar problem. Usually i work in gnome,and there only i listen to songs and movies in xmms and mplayer. Oneday,i went to kde and tried playing songs in xmms there in kde..,but to my horror,it showed device not detected ,and souncard busy.Then again i came back to Gnome,and tried playing xmms,and to my surprise no sound was coming..!!!! ,but the song is seen to be played.in the xmms player..,ditto with mplayer too....But,in other OS,i.e Windows i face no problem. But since most of the times i work in Linux(Fedora 2),i prefer working and listening to songs in linux only.. But,after this problem,my life has become hell,and i dunno what to do.. Can,anyone suggest me what may the problem..??? I have checked volume control,it was not in mute..,and if sound-card not ready,then how come in the player song vl play..?? Plzz,help me... cheers romel

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Sharing $HOME across multiple distributions without messing preferences
by Nikhil Marathe 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

How do you share the home directory and its data on multiple distributions which may or may not have similar software without damaging the application preferences. eg. If KDE_DIR is different for two distributions then wallpapers normally blank out. How do you avoid that? Nikhil

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IO Schedulers and drive performance
by Mrugesh Karnik 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Hello, I just compiled kernel 2.6.15. I came across an option that I didn't have any knowledge about: Block Layer-> IO Schedulers-> < > Anticipatory I/O scheduler < > Deadline I/O scheduler < > CFQ I/O scheduler Default I/O scheduler (CFQ)-> ( ) Anticipatory ( ) Deadline ( ) CFQ ( ) No-op Here's what the help text in menuconfig says about the three options: Anticipatory: CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS: The anticipatory I/O scheduler is the default disk scheduler. It is generally a good choice for most environments, but is quite large and complex when compared to the deadline I/O scheduler, it can also be slower in some cases especially some database loads. Deadline: CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE: The deadline I/O scheduler is simple and compact, and is often as good as the anticipatory I/O scheduler, and in some database workloads, better. In the case of a single process performing I/O to a disk at any one time, its behaviour is almost identical to the anticipatory I/O scheduler and so is a good choice. CFQ: CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ: The CFQ I/O scheduler tries to distribute bandwidth equally among all processes in the system. It should provide a fair working environment, suitable for desktop systems. The help text wasn't much help for me either, so I went about googling. I found this: http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/iosched.htm This is very good information. Anyway, now I'm wondering how much effect an I/O Scheduler will have on the drive performance, as compared to hdparm settings. 'hdparm -tT' gives me a read speed of ~55MB/s on my AMD Sempron64 2500+ system. My hard disk isn't even SATA. I don't think it is possible to squeeze out much more. I suppose switching I/O Schedulers on my system won't make much of a difference. Does anyone have more information about this? Mrugesh

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Thumbnails.
by Puneet Lakhina 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Is there any thumbs.db type cache file of thumbnails created by nautilus.. If yes then is possible to read it as an image stream or something. Thanks for any help -- Puneet

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[INFO] Some Kubuntu 5.10 issues resolved
by Rony Bill 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hello All, 1) Kubuntu 5.10 in my system had a peculiar problem of the 'System Settings' package not giving sudo access for administrative settings ( After it did for the first few times just after installing the OS) . It was resolved by updating the 'kcontrol' package through the 'adept' package manager. 2) When my net is off and I start the system, it waits a pretty long time for synchronising the clock with the internet based clock inspite of the service being disabled in the services list. The temporary workaround for it is to press 'Ctrl C' as soon as it shows up on the startup screen. This will bypass the process and move on. Adept is a very good online shopping mall for free software for the Kubuntu 5.10 distro. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Cache hierarchy with/without Squid.
by Nadeem M Khan 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Hi. I have two squids - one physically located at my data center and another with my ISP. My workstations are configured to use the squid at the datacenter. I wanted all cache misses at the data center to be redirected to my ISP's squid, so I added.. cache_peer proxy.myisp.net parent 8080 3130 (8080 = http_port and 3130 = default ICP port) ..to my squid.conf. I have two questions: 1. How do I verify that cache-misses are redirected to my ISPs proxy? 2. Is it possible to implement cache hierarcy if my ISPs proxy was not squid but winproxy, ms proxy, etc? Thanks in advance. Regards, NMK.

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[OT] Triband parallel phone woes
by Rony Bill 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Hello all, Some of my customers expressed reluctance to go for triband as it would need a rewiring of the parallel phones through the splitter. Some existing ones too are using the service at half the speed and even frequent hangups due to parallel phones. They cannot rewire their offices. This gives me an idea that instead of rewiring the lines through the splitter, if we could add extra splitters at every phone point, then this should do the same job. Are these splitters available seperately or do they come with the modem only? Another option would be to copy the filter circuit. As I have only one working set, I don't have the heart to open it and tinker around but my guess is that it is a simple capacitor and inductor circuit. A series low impedence inductor with the phone output will allow low frequencey phone signals to pass and offer high resistance to the high freq. adsl signals. A low capacitance series capacitor with the adsl output will allow high freq. adsl sigs. but block the low freq. phone signals. So if we can get the value of the series inductance for the phone output, we can buy it from the market and connect it in series with all the parallel phones and thus avoid rewiring. JTD and some others have dabbled with the adsl so they could give some tips. :) Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/

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MPEG/AVI/PDF/TEXT files thumbnails
by Puneet Lakhina 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

is there a library(or a set of libraries) that can generate thumnails from avi/mpeg/pdf/text files.. like the way it displays in konqueror or nautilus or something.. I need to use it in a java application.. but even if its a shared library i can use it.. or even like a command line based tool would be perfect.. Thanks!! -- Puneet

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[COMMERCIAL]: Require System Administrator with 2-3 years of experience Perl/Shell/PHP
by Abhishek Daga 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Greetings, If anyone is interested in this opening, please contact me directly. A System Administrator with 2-3 years of experience to work on the *nix platform (RH 7.3, RH 9.0, FC4, FreeBSD). Some salient requirements are: Should be strong in Unix. Programming in Shell/Perl would be a big plus. Knowledge of PHP is desirable. Must have demonstrated understanding of large networks with multiple servers providing network services. Should have a good understanding of network security. Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) is a must with English as the language of choice as the position involves Customer Service and support. Working knowledge of Spanish is a big plus but not a requirement. Willingness to work the Owl shift (8 PM to 4 AM). Should be able to train and manage trainees and freshers. This is a contract-to-hire position that will start within 4 weeks time. This is for a startup based in south Mumbai which provides development and support services on the LAMP platform. As we are growing right now, we need someone to be able to undertake managerial responsibilities too that will involve managing multiple projects. If interested, please send your resume in ASCII format as a file or in the body or the email. Thank you, Abhishek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[commercials] Jobs-Linux Startup Company
by shamshu shaikh 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Hello Everybody, This mail is second, to this group in search of linux techies.Since round one of recruitment was completed after receiving good response from the members, now we are in serach of more people to join the company. It is a StartUp company based on LINUX Platform, i would like to have LINUX techies ( 0-1 years experience and even freshers ) to be on board with me to achieve their as well as company goals in the best and fastest possible way.The company is based in bombay.You can post this mail in your group also and ask your friends to send in their resumes to me.Freshers with an attitude to work hard are also welcome. People interested to join me can feel free to contact me at shamshu.s(a)gmail.com (shamshu dot s at the rate gmail dot com )send in your CV with contact details.The areas of work with strong knowledge should be qmail,sendmail,apache,mysql,ldap,iptables,RPM's , PHP scripting ,shell scripting. Note:people who have already sent in their resumes in the last recruitment drive need not send mails again. Regards shamshu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help regarding Konsole
by Aveek Bhattacharya 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Use Settings>Configure Shortcuts to set a new shortcut for paste. Aveek Bhattacharya M.Tech., Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Where can I get Difference between RHEL3wsTaroonUpdate4 and Update 5
by Nick Sotterwood 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Hello Everyone, We are running one software on RHEL 3WS Taroon Update 4 and Its works abs Fine. I want it to be deployed on Taroon Update 5. I wish to know the Detailed Difference between Update 4 and Update 5. Can Anyone help me out? Nick -From Mumbai __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [OT] Triband parallel phone woes
by Rajesh Rajani 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Hi Rony, > > This gives me an idea that instead of rewiring the lines through the > splitter, if we could add extra splitters at every phone point, then > this should do the same job. Are these splitters available seperately or > do they come with the modem only? Another option would be to copy the > filter circuit. As I have only one working set, I don't have the heart > to open it and tinker around but my guess is that it is a simple > capacitor and inductor circuit. A series low impedence inductor with the > phone output will allow low frequencey phone signals to pass and offer > high resistance to the high freq. adsl signals. A low capacitance series > capacitor with the adsl output will allow high freq. adsl sigs. but > block the low freq. phone signals. > > So if we can get the value of the series inductance for the phone > output, we can buy it from the market and connect it in series with all > the parallel phones and thus avoid rewiring. JTD and some others have > dabbled with the adsl so they could give some tips. :) Check out this link for a filter circuit, it may be of some help. <http://www.epanorama.net/documents/telecom/adsl_filter.html>. Regards, Rajesh

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[Commercial] Linux instructor required...
by Dinesh Joshi 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Hi all, Vidyanidhi Infotech academy is an authorized training centre for C-DAC's DAC courses. They require a Linux instructor for the GNU/Linux module. The only criteria are good working knowledge of the Linux system a bit of C/C++, basic GTK and QT. Good communication skills are a must. Previous teaching experience will be an added advantage. Interested candidates may email me. Regards, -- Dinesh A. Joshi

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Please ignore earlier query
by Abhijeet 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Hi, Sorry about the earlier query regarding Konsole. I just discovered how I could change the shortcuts. Extermely sorry for not going through it thoroughly Cheers. Abhijeet P.S. : Tried cancelling the post but didn't succeed

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Help regarding Konsole
by Abhijeet 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Hi, I just got myself a new keyboard and after buying and installing it, I noticed to my dismay that it doesn't sport an "INSERT" key =( Now the problem is that I'm used to using the "SHIFT + INS" pasting shortcut in Konsole. I know this sounds stupid but would anyone know of any alternate method for pasting using only the keyboard ? Also, if there's any way that I can change the SHIFT + INS shortcut for pasting in Konsole. I tried using the ALT+E key to show me the "Edit" menu but it wouldn't work. Thanks in advance Cheers Abhijeet

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[Commercial] Job opening
by Krushna Dagli 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Dear all, This is in regards to the openings at Infotech Financials. We are looking for two persons with the working knowledge of (1) "C" language & sockets. (2) Java Swing (3) Finite State Machine(FSM) The candidates with the requisite skills may, kindly, mail their updated CVs to kdagli(a)infofin.com,as soon as possible. Regards, Krishna Dagli

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Linux Drivers
by Rony Bill 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Hello All, A few days ago I got a chance to get my hands on an IBM server machine for linux experimentation. It was at my friend's workshop and he wanted to load RedHat. As I had RHEL 3 WS, I loaded it with 'All' as the packages option. Unfortunately it did not detect the network card. The IBM driver cds contained linux source drivers that needed to be compiled. I did as per the instructions in the cd's readme file. however the make, make install happened but the final instructions were not clear and the process was a waste of a few hours. The reason for writing this mail is not to find out what went wrong but to suggest to the kernel writers that just like the Windows OS, Linux too could have a streamlined and simple method of installing device drivers. In Windows, there are 2 methods. 1) An executable file that is run and it does the entire pprocess of installing the driver files. 2) A set of ini and other files in a folder. The device manager or new device installation wizard asks for the location of the driver files and one has to simply point to the folderthat contains the driver files. Now Linux has evolved from a complicated command line system into a full scale gui system with easyto use interfaces that reduce installation time and effort. So it should not be difficult for kernel writers to incorporate a standard interface that automatically loads device drivers from source file folders ( the ones that are .tar.gz ). The other opption is to create rpm or deb files that will do the entire installation, but that will be too system specific and with too many distros, it may be difficult. The first option will allow the system to automatically create relavent driver files from the source files. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Debian based customized install images ...
by Arun K. Khan 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

FWIW, build your own customized iso image https://euronode.com/ -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside

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GRUB dual boot issue - plz help
by Ranjit Sapre 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Hi all, firstly thanks everyone for stretching their hands to help me when i requested for a linux instalation CD. I had windows XP and I hve installed Fedora Core 2 on one of the partitions. Now i cant get into Windows XP. It says : *Booting 'Other'* *rootnoverify (hd0,0)* *chainloader +1* ** ** and the screen stays that way. if anybody has ever faced such an issue n has a solution, plz leme know. PS: dunno if its imp to mention, but, im using an AMD processor n NOT intel. Thanks in advance -Ranjit

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[Commercial] Linux system adminstrator required
by Prashant 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

Hi, We are an engineering/manufacturing company with a setup of 25 pcs. We are using Linux on server (mail, samba) and linux/xp/nt on the workstations. We are looking for someone who can manage the network. Since the setup is not that large, full time commitment (9 to 5) may not be required. Those interested can mail me off the list. GKattukaran(a)mepl.co.in Regards.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Drivers
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 08 Mar '06

08 Mar '06

> I mean a gui utility to do 'make' and 'make install' automatically > without worrying about the distro's directory structure. You might try GNU Source Install. http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall Debarshi

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[OT] My Apologies
by Roshan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

I am sorry, ... In few of my recent mails to the list, I have unknowingly allowed my "biiiggg" signature to be displayed. I'll try my best to avoid it in my future emails to the list. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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evolution 2.4.0 starts and crashes (solved)
by Arun K. Khan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

Last night I shutdown my workstation properly. This morning when I booted the system, evolution 2.4.0 (SuSE 10.0 x64) would display and then crash immediately. Logged out of my X session and re-logged in - same behaviour. Same behaviour manifested for a newly created userid as well, eliminating the possibility of some corrupt setting in my regular login. Refreshed the evolution related RPMs (rpm -h -U --replacepkgs ...) still no go. Finally, rebooted the system and logged in usign my regular userid and voila evolution works! To capture some debugging info, I started evolution from the CLI. I see the same initial warning messages in both cases. Any idea/suggestion what could have gone wrong with the first boot causing the problem is welcome so that I can look for it when it happens next. Went thru /var/log/messages and found a kernel message shown below. <evolution crashes> $ evolution (evolution:8840): camel-WARNING **: camel_exception_get_id called with NULL parameter. (evolution:8840): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_gc_set_foreground: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed </evolution crashes> <from /var/log/messages> Mar 2 15:08:09 genesis kernel: evolution[7936] trap invalid operand rip:2aaaaca50ee2 rsp:7fffff8c68 f8 error:0 </from /var/log/messages> <evolution starts up> $ evolution adding hook target 'source' (evolution:6200): camel-WARNING **: camel_exception_get_id called with NULL parameter. (evolution:6200): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_gc_set_foreground: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed (evolution:6200): camel-WARNING **: Could not find key entry for word 'ea651436a4239010vgnvcm10000024f64189': Success (evolution:6200): camel-WARNING **: Could not find key entry for word '224803d3bca19010vgnvcm10000024f64189': Success </evolution starts up> Thanks, -- Arun Khan Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside

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ILUG-BOM meet after more than 4 weeks?
by Roshan 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

The last meet was on 19th February 2006. And now, its directly on the 26th March 2006? A very big gap in time? Earlier (probably) it was held every two weeks! I express this because, I may not be able to attend and I think I miss out on a great opportunity to learn something ! Any specific reasons for such a delay..? (Just curious) _____________________________ If you don't know something, its always better to learn it and then experiment with components! PLAN THINGS BEFORE EXECUTION! Visit http://www.somaiya.edu You have the ability to change things so that they, not only benefit you but others as well, but you might resist to...think about it! The internet is the biggest Library, laboratory and the Classroom independent of location but dependent on computer with an internet connection! "Intentions are written with pencil. Commitments are carved on Stones!" - CLINT A. D'SOUZA __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] hlp plz
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

You can order some free Ubuntu Breezy Badger CDs from shipit.ubuntu.com. Although I have some, I am too far away geographically to help you. The Ubuntu guys will shipt it to you completely free of cost. You might as well wait a few days dor Fedora Core 5 (mar 15) and Ubuntu Dapper Drake (april) to be released. Cheerio, Debarshi

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Re: help plz
by Roshan 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

>Hi all, > > i wish to install linux on my home pc. Wow!.. > I don hve any CD. i stay in Thane. is there anyone I have many friends who stay in Thane and nearby locations. "Probably" they could meet you at Thane Station. > who can help me for geting a linux CD? I can give you 'a' GNU/Linux CD! for FREE...yes you saw it right! "FREE" . BTW, which distro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distro) are you interested in? Let me know, and then, we may communiate over the phone for further details ;) > i jus need the CD..i'll install it myself. Good! >thanks in advance, > > BTW..im a software eng. working in Atos Origin. I haven't heard of it..but that does not matter much ;) > bye all _____________________________ If you don't know something, its always better to learn it and then experiment with components! PLAN THINGS BEFORE EXECUTION! Visit http://www.somaiya.edu You have the ability to change things so that they, not only benefit you but others as well, but you might resist to...think about it! The internet is the biggest Library, laboratory and the Classroom independent of location but dependent on computer with an internet connection! "Intentions are written with pencil. Commitments are carved on Stones!" - CLINT A. D'SOUZA __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Installer hangs on "Installing bootloader" of Fedora Core 4
by Mandar Khanolkar 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

ANY HELP !!! -Mandar On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 Mandar Khanolkar wrote : >Hi, > >I am facing following problems while installing Fedora 4 on my machine. > >1 Probem: > When I start the machine with CD#1, I get boot: promt. If I hit enter to proceed installation it starts checking machine resorces. Here it gives me this error followed by some exception trace. > *** > RAMDISK: couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. > VFS: couldn't open root device or unknown block "NULL" or (8,3) > *** > After this messages it prints out some exception trace. > > If I enter some invalid value at boot: promp like "/" and enter, it gives error that not a valid boot image. After this it shows again boot: prompt. Not if I hit enter it proceed with instllation and doesnt give above error message (problem#1 error). > >2 Problem: > a# After this I went ahead and selected drives for / and swap through disk druid. I had prepared these partitions through partition magic. > b# I selected boot loader to be installaed on /dev/hda4 (Linux partition) and kept default starting os as windows partition. > c# I went ahead and selected custom packages to be installed. It asked me for all the cds one by one as installation made progress. > d# After completing the packages installation and post installation tasks it displayed a message box stating "Installing bootloader". Here it went wrong. It was showing me hour-glass mouse icon but I guess it was hung. It didnt give me any error message. Finally after waiting for a long time I restarted the machine and my windows os started w/o showing Fedora Grab loader window. > e# I thought it couldnt write bootloader on the /dev/hda4 linux partition as it physically appears in the end of my hard-disk. So i repeated the whole procedure by selecting boot loader installation on MBR (step b#). But this couldnt resolve the problem and I found the same result. > >Can anybody explain the reason behind these two problems? Also any solution to get Fedora core 4 installed on my machine without formatting existing windows partitions. > >The System Details: > MB : Intel D865GVHZ > CPU : Intel P4 2.4 GHZ > H-DISK : Samsung 80 GB (Linux ext2 "/" and swap partitions lies at the end of the physical hard-disk) > RAM : 256 + 256 Total 512 MB > >-Mandar > >-- >http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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help plz
by Ranjit Sapre 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hi all, i wish to install linux on my home pc. I don hve any CD. i stay in Thane. is there anyone who can help me for geting a linux CD? i jus need the CD..i'll install it myself. thanks in advance, BTW..im a software eng. working in Atos Origin. bye all -Ranjit cell phone : 9892536237

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Re: BE Project
by Venkatesh Hariharan 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:35:19AM +0530, Sanket Medhi wrote: > Hello friends, > > I am in my sixth semester of the B.E. (I.T.) course right now. I am required > to submit an abstract for my B.E. project within a month's time. I am > thinking over a few ideas but am not sure if they are feasible enough. So I > need you guys to suggest me some good ideas for a project that would serve > not only my purpose but also be a considerable contribution to the FOSS > community. Any suggestions are welcome. Sanket, take a look at the Red Hat Scholarships program. Details are at; http://www.in.redhat.com/community/rhscholarship.php Venky

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BE Project
by Sanket Medhi 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hello friends, I am in my sixth semester of the B.E. (I.T.) course right now. I am required to submit an abstract for my B.E. project within a month's time. I am thinking over a few ideas but am not sure if they are feasible enough. So I need you guys to suggest me some good ideas for a project that would serve not only my purpose but also be a considerable contribution to the FOSS community. Any suggestions are welcome. -- Regards, Sanket Medhi.

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 35, Issue 7
by Gary Bonzo 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Ranjit Sapre" <ranjitsapre(a)gmail.com> > To: linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org > Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:38:21 +0530 > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] help plz > Hi all, > > i wish to install linux on my home pc. > I don hve any CD. i stay in Thane. is there anyone who can help me for > geting a linux CD? > i jus need the CD..i'll install it myself. Please have a look at LUG's wiki. You can get informations including contact number and distributions available. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php Gaurav Khatri

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[OT] Biometric stand alone device. for access control
by Abhishek Daga 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Is anyone out here using a biometric access control device? I'd reckon that the simplest/most popular ones are thumb or fingerprint based. Say If I want a standalone device which can be used as a lock (or in conjunction with) is that possible? The only one I saw in the market was supporting Win platform (for pc access). So does it have a backup key? in case the batteries fail? I may be wrong here, but someone on this list had mentioned a long time ago that they program such devices. thanks abhi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[OT] Why are you here?
by Philip Tellis 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Out of curiosity, I'd like to know how many people on this list work with computers because it's their job, and how many do it for other reasons. If computer programming/sys admin was the worst paying job in the industry, paying something like Rs 2000/- per month, would you still do it? Philip -- Only great masters of style can succeed in being obtuse. -- Oscar Wilde Most UNIX programmers are great masters of style. -- The Unnamed Usenetter

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Minutes: Feb 2006 GLUG meet at HBCSE
by Anurag 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

*Minutes of February GLUG-Meet @ HBCSE* The GNU/Linux Users Group of Mumbai held its February GLUG meet on 19th February 2006 at HBCSE, Mankhurd. Meet was attended by about 25 people coming from all over the city. This meet consisted more of technical sessions with handson demonstrations. Following talks were held. * Backup and restoring We started with a talk about backup and restore of data. We saw the demonstration on how one can use the utilities like tar/cp/rsync to create incremental/differential backups. * Professional Certifications - By Mr. Shankar Iyer (RedHat) Shankar talked about the value of professional certifications in today's scenario, and the various certifications available from RedHat for upcoming professionals. --- tea break :-) * LaTeX document preparation system - By Ms. Meena (HBCSE) Meena talked about the oldest and best document preparations system availabe, LaTeX. Starting with few simple examples demonstrating the basic text formatting capabilities of LaTeX, we moved on to see how good LaTeX is at rendering mathematical equations, creating books, thesis, letters etc. LaTeX sources of examples covered in the talk are available here: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-meetings/Feb-2006/latex-examples.tar.gz ---- *Details of next GLUG meet* Date: To be decided -> Agenda : Talk on Qt/KDE development -> Location: To be decided * Pictures: Pictures taken in this meet have been posted on ILUG-BOM picture gallery ``http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/pics/''. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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PHP query string parsing
by Sanket Medhi 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

I am currently working on a small PHP project for my college. I am quit new to it, so this query might seem trivial to you. What I am trying to do is use the index.php to act as the front page of the site, as well as be able to handle queries using the GET method. For example, http://localhost/index.php?search=somestring should work as well. That is, there might or might not be a query string. All I want to know is whether such a query string exists or not. And if yes, what is(are) the parameter(s) (in this case, search is the parameter). Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Sanket Medhi.

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Fwd: [ilugd] Fwd: [Indlinux-group] Ubuntu Indian Local Community Team
by Baishampayan Ghose 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

Hello GLUGgers, I am forwarding my own mail :) Let's have a discussion on this ... Regards, BG --- Gora Mohanty <gora_mohanty(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > From Gora Mohanty Fri Mar 3 11:31:51 2006 > Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:31:51 +0000 (GMT) > From: Gora Mohanty <gora_mohanty(a)yahoo.co.in> > To: ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org, orissa-it(a)yahoogroups.com, > oriya-group(a)lists.sarovar.org, ilug-bbsr(a)yahoogroups.com > Subject: [ilugd] Fwd: [Indlinux-group] Ubuntu Indian Local Community > Team > > Hi, > I am forwarding a message to indlinux-group from Baishampayan Ghose > about a proposal to put together an Indian LoCo team for Ubuntu. For > details of what such a team does, please see the appended message, > and > the links that it includes at the end. As I had discussed the > possibility of providing Ubuntu support with various people, I think > that it is great that Baishampayan has taken this initiative. > An Ubuntu council meeting to discuss this will be held via IRC, > from > 17.30-19.30 IST, on Tue., 3 Mar., 2006, in the #ubuntu-meeting > channel > on Freenode (freenode.net). It would be nice to have some discussions > on this beforehand, e.g., what kind of support can we provide for > Ubuntu, how it will be organized, what can we get out of it > (customized > Indian-language Ubuntu distros,...) etc. If you are interested, you > can > add yourself to the Indian LoCo team via the AddYourNameHere link in > the People section of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam. > > Regards, > Gora > > > From: Baishampayan Ghose <b.ghose(a)gmail.com> > > To: IndLinux Group <indlinux-group(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: [Indlinux-group] Ubuntu Indian Local Community Team > > Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:21:56 +0530 > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello everybody, > > We are thinking about forming a Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Team > > for India which will officially act as the support team for all > > Ubuntu related activities in India. > > The main functions of the group will be -- > > * Act as the official contact point for everything Ubuntu in India > > * Organise advocacy / technical sessions about Ubuntu > > * Represent Ubuntu in all major/non-major FOSS events in India > > * Look at the various Indic related issues in Ubuntu and push > fixes > > into Ubuntu main > > * Being a LoCo team will allow us to maintain our custom packages > in > > Ubuntu main repos, we can use that by having a package to > > distribute our customised packages, artwork, translations, etc. > > * More! > > So the main procedure to become an officially recognised team is to > > put our team on the next Community Council agenda and then the > > Community Council will discuss and grant us official status. > > I have created a wiki page for the IndianTeam in the Ubuntu wiki, > you > > are all invited to add your names there and edit the wiki to add > more > > content. I guess we also need to discuss among ourselves before the > > CC meeting which will take place on the 7th. > > Comments are welcome, and please go through the relevant links as > > given below. > > Regards, > > BG > > > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam > > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams > > [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil > > [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Service Unavailability
by Anurag 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hello, Due to routine maintenance work at TIFR's colaba campus, there would be no electrical supply tomorrow, Saturday 4th March 2006. All the services including mailing list and website would be unavailable throughout the day. Any inconvenience caused is regretted. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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CGI in Apache
by Amit 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hi All, I have set up apache webserver(2.0.46/RHEL3) in one of our test-servers.. I want to apache to run cgi-script .. I have put ScriptAlias entry like this ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /etc/httpd/conf/cgi-bin there are certian cgi script inside this dir.. owner of the file is user : apache group : webserver i have given execute permission to these files.. still I am not able to run those scripts .. I do not have selinux installed Plz help Rgds Amit

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lvm with 2.4.21
by santosh rao 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

hello, i was interested in knowing as to whehter kernel 2.4.21 would have to be patced to get dev-mapper support. because in menuconnfig it just shows lvm. whereas in new kernels it shows specificly dev-mapper support. ? any ideas guys. actally my aim is to setup lvm without havin to patch or upgrade the kernel ? -- "He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become one." - Friedrich Nietzche

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[ot][hardware] making redundant connections between switches and a router
by Abhishek Daga 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hi folks, I did attempt a google for this but did not know what search term would actually pull up a meaningful result for this. Apparatus/Equipment. a) SMC wireless dsl router (3 port) b) three 8 port switches, (dlink, dax, smc) Setup: 4 ports in each are used to connect to various PCs. 1 port used up to connect to the wireless router. Problem: I have had issues with routers where frequent reseting is required. So to prevent the entire internal network going down because of a bad router, I decided to make the connections redundant. So connected Port 6 of dlink to port 6 of Dax. Port 7 of dlink to port 6 of smc. Port 7 of dax to port 7 of smc with the assumption that even if the router fails, i'l have uninterrupted access. But this was not to be. Things got messed up, despite enabled connections, machines would not ping each other or the router. Then finally removed the links from Switch 1 and 2 to the router and also the connection from dax to smc and it started working fine. So what got messed up in the above setup? I am thinking its something to do with conflicts but not convinced as to why there would be a conflict? Can anyone throw some light on this? thanks abhi *********************************************************************** According to the theory of aerodynamics, a bumble bee cannot fly. A bumble bee is not aware of this theory and so it decides to fly anyway. *********************************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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MTNL Triband with DSL-Ethernet bridge and Linux PPPoE?
by Amish Mehta 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hello All, Has anybody tried MTNL Triband with entry level (but reliable) DSL-Ethernet bridge/converter? i.e. simple device which converts DSL signals to Ethernet signals? My idea is NOT to go for full fledged router(like DLink-502T) but use Linux with PPPoE because afterall DLink modem itself uses Linux. I have read that it works with DLink-502T in bridged mode so it should work with simple and cheap bridges. eBay shows such bridges to cost just 5-7$ but I am not sure if it works with Triband and PPPoE on Linux. That way one can avoid DSL modem deposit(and have their own bridge at same cost) as well as monthly rental. And have all the power of Linux firewall/NAT/cron jobs etc. Please let me know if someone has tried this and which bridge/converter was used and how much does it cost? Thanks in advance. Amish.

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Re: [ilugd] [OT] Service Tax Applicability on Open Source Software Services
by Manish Kathuria 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Manish Kathuria wrote: > >>Is Service Tax applicable on open source software services namely >>installation, configuration and customization ? Please let me know if >>someone has clarity on this issue. > > > IANAL :) > > Open Source Software Services *is* a service/consultative practice and > thus would (ideally...) have a Service Tax component included > > - -SM As per available information with me, if you classify the services as "Information Technology Services" then probably the services wont fall under the Service Tax net. There is a service category called Business Auxiliary Service (added in 2003) which excludes "Information Technology Services" from the service tax net. Please refer to the Section 2 of the following circular available on the service tax web site: http://www.servicetax.gov.in/servicetax/circular/st_circ_62-2k3.htm There are some news reports also which add to the confusion: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/23/stories/2006012300241700.htm http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/10/15/stories/2005101502421100.htm It would be great if any of the firms / companies charging or paying or not paying service tax can shed more light on this. -- Manish

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[OT] Service Tax Applicability on Open Source Software Services
by Manish Kathuria 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Is Service Tax applicable on open source software services namely installation, configuration and customization ? Please let me know if someone has clarity on this issue. Thanks, Manish

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search looks good - thanks benoy
by Philip Tellis 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Thanks to benoy, our search page now looks like the rest of our website: http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/search/linuxers/ -- Computer programmers never die, they just get lost in the processing.

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Mplayer running slowly in full screen mode
by manish mallan 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi, I compiled Mplayer on ubuntu breezy. It's working fine except that when i change to full screen mode, it runs slowly. The picture moves slowly. I have AMD 64 with MSI K8MMV motherboard. It has unichrome video card. I m using 1280x1024 resolution in vesa mode. I tried changing to VIA Unichrome, but X fails. Can anybody suggest me solution for this. Thanks & regards Manish

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[ANNOUNCE] Finance::Bank::HDFC version 0.12
by Rohan R. Almeida 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hi, I would like to announce the availability of Perl module Finance::Bank::HDFC version 0.12 on the CPAN. >From the docs: NAME Finance::Bank::HDFC - Interface to the HDFC netbanking service SYNOPSIS use Finance::Bank::HDFC; my $bank = Finance::Bank::HDFC->new; $bank->login( cust_id => xxx, password => xxx, ); print $bank->get_balance . "\n"; $bank->logout; DESCRIPTION This module provides an interface to the HDFC netbanking service at https://netbanking.hdfcbank.com/netbanking/ Changes in v0.12: - Module Readonly used for constants - Added method set_timeout - All methods die on errors - Code cleanup - sample script in scripts/get_balance.pl - Added TODO file in distribution You can read more about it and download it here: http://search.cpan.org/~rohan/Finance-Bank-HDFC-v0.12.0/lib/Finance/Bank/HD… - Rohan http://rohan.almeida.in

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Installer hangs on "Installing bootloader" of Fedora Core 4
by Mandar Khanolkar 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hi, I am facing following problems while installing Fedora 4 on my machine. 1 Probem: When I start the machine with CD#1, I get boot: promt. If I hit enter to proceed installation it starts checking machine resorces. Here it gives me this error followed by some exception trace. *** RAMDISK: couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. VFS: couldn't open root device or unknown block "NULL" or (8,3) *** After this messages it prints out some exception trace. If I enter some invalid value at boot: promp like "/" and enter, it gives error that not a valid boot image. After this it shows again boot: prompt. Not if I hit enter it proceed with instllation and doesnt give above error message (problem#1 error). 2 Problem: a# After this I went ahead and selected drives for / and swap through disk druid. I had prepared these partitions through partition magic. b# I selected boot loader to be installaed on /dev/hda4 (Linux partition) and kept default starting os as windows partition. c# I went ahead and selected custom packages to be installed. It asked me for all the cds one by one as installation made progress. d# After completing the packages installation and post installation tasks it displayed a message box stating "Installing bootloader". Here it went wrong. It was showing me hour-glass mouse icon but I guess it was hung. It didnt give me any error message. Finally after waiting for a long time I restarted the machine and my windows os started w/o showing Fedora Grab loader window. e# I thought it couldnt write bootloader on the /dev/hda4 linux partition as it physically appears in the end of my hard-disk. So i repeated the whole procedure by selecting boot loader installation on MBR (step b#). But this couldnt resolve the problem and I found the same result. Can anybody explain the reason behind these two problems? Also any solution to get Fedora core 4 installed on my machine without formatting existing windows partitions. The System Details: MB : Intel D865GVHZ CPU : Intel P4 2.4 GHZ H-DISK : Samsung 80 GB (Linux ext2 "/" and swap partitions lies at the end of the physical hard-disk) RAM : 256 + 256 Total 512 MB -Mandar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to unsubscribe from this list?
by shunya＠vsnl.com 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

thanks . I will learn linux with my resources and then only trouble this noisy group again. To me it sounded like a lot of irrelevant chattering. May Be, it is very useful to the posters and current readers. mahesh naik

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