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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Firewall and Triband
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

> If you change your password at the mtnl website and next time you put on >your system the net is down, don't worry. Simply go to the 192.168.1.1 >interface of the ADSL and change your stored password. It is in Advanced > ATM VCC . Do not forget to go to Tools > System and click 'Save and >Reboot' . Now your net is up again. I had to wait 3 disconn days before finding this out. Rony is giving it out free. Which brings me back to that eternal question ... Why is that damn password change option on the MTNL webpage if they are gonna shut you out if you don't login with their password.

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[OT] Firewall and Triband
by Rony Bill 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hello All, Here is a link that can be used to test a firewall online. http://scan.sygatetech.com/ There is a firewall in your ADSL modem too and by default it is disabled. There are additional services that can be disabled in the inbound direction. This will give additional protection over your linux firewall. If you change your password at the mtnl website and next time you put on your system the net is down, don't worry. Simply go to the 192.168.1.1 interface of the ADSL and change your stored password. It is in Advanced > ATM VCC . Do not forget to go to Tools > System and click 'Save and Reboot' . Now your net is up again. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Help with Xandros
by deshpande＠vsnl.com 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

need some help with Xandros internet connection. I am having cable net, but am unable to configure it. I tried to use ADSL, but no success. Any useful tip or any good website is welcome. Please note my changed mobile number Mahesh Deshpande 9324419644

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SuSe 10 Report
by Rony Bill 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hello All, Suse 10 from LFY was tried out. Overall, it is a little disappointing considering that SuSe is generally recommended for desktop usage. This was my first trial of the SuSe distro for a desktop. During installation, its manual partition utility could not detect free unpartitioned space in my hdd and I had to reboot into FC4, my current OS to create a new partition in the free space using fdisk. Then this partition was selected in the SuSe installer. Device detection was good with sound and graphics working fine. However it could not mount CDs in my DVD ROM as well as CD R/W so media players could not be tested. A very big problem. Another important facility that is lacking is a proper gui dialup tool like kppp in kde or anything else in gnome. There was a novell dialup tool found after a lot of hunting in the packages selection list but that does not work even in root login. Otherwise, for ethernet usage this distro appears to have a lot of stuff packed in and its packages selection list in the dvd looks pretty impressive. FC4 may not be very impressive but at lest it gets its basic stuff working pretty well. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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Hall of Shame Websites
by Sameer N Ingole 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hi, Check out Hall of Shame websites here: http://www.lug-delhi.org/wiki/HallOfShame/Websites Regards, -- Sameer N. Ingole /*****************************************************/ Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. /*****************************************************/

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GNU/Linux New Media Awards 2005....
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

http://www.linux-magazine.com/CustomerService/Exclusive/2005_Linux_New_Medi… Linux New Media Awards 2005 Trend Setters ________________________________________________________________________ Linux New Media put together an international jury to recognize outstanding contributions to Open Source. We'll tell you who brought home the prizes when the 2005 Linux New Media awards were presented at Linux World Frankfurt. ________________________________________________________________________ Linux New Media invited an international jury of some 200 members to acclaim outstanding contributions to free software. Besides developers, authors, and industry experts, the 2005 jury also included representatives from public administration, an area in which Open Source software is steadily gaining momentum. Trend to VoIP The award categories reflect current trends. Linux is gaining ground in new fields such as Internet telephony. The free PBX application, Asterisk (http://www.asterisk.org), attracted a majority in the new "Best Voice over IP software" category, followed by Skype, http://www.skype.com, for many the first program to bring the world of Internet Protocol-based communication to the home. Groupware tools that integrate email, address management, and calendar functions are an essential part of the modern workplace. Open Source groupware solutions are ousting MS Exchange in many companies. Kolab, http://kolab.org, came up on top in the "Best Groupware server" category, followed closely by Open-Xchange, http://www.openexchange.com. Corporate environments have very specific requirements for Linux operating systems. More than half the jury agreed that Novell's Suse products offer the best Enterprise Linux solution. The classic Enterprise contender, Red Hat, attracted about one third of the votes. Although industry giant IBM has sold its PC business, it still consistently uses Linux for servers such as the OpenPower series. The jurors awarded first prize for the "Most Linux-friendly hardware vendor" to IBM. Ubuntu, the Shooting Star A retrospective of the 2004 Awards clearly shows another trend. Last year, Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.org) was a promising newcomer that took second place in the "Best Newcomer Distribution" category behind Skole Linux, which is also Debian-based. The trust the jury put in Ubuntu was not misplaced: Ubuntu, which calls itself "Linux for human beings," kept to the promised release cycles in 2005, was well-represented at community events such as Linuxtag, and built up a considerable following in the course of the year. All of this led to Ubuntu taking the category of Best Debian Derivative with 43.5 percent of the votes. A KDE variant of Ubuntu called Kubuntu came in third. 25 percent of the votes went to the popular Live distro Knoppix. Against the backdrop of the Ubuntu boom, it comes as no surprise that Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth will take home a personal trophy in acknowledgment of his entrepreneurial spirit. Mark takes the Special Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Linux and free Software," not only for his work with Ubuntu, but also for the commitment he has shown to many other Open Source projects in his home country, South Africa, as well as in other parts of the world. Mark will be sharing the "Outstanding Contribution" award with someone without whom neither Linux nor any free software would exist: "the anonymous developer." The jury was really excited by this nomination, and as a result, a Linux New Media Award for 2005 goes to everyone who contributes to free software, whether as a volunteer, a full-time employee, or a part-time contract worker: "the anonymous developer" is the true heart of the Open Source community. Table 1: Linux New Media Awards 2005 Hardware Most Linux-friendly Hardware Vendor 1. IBM 23.5 % 2. HP 16.3 % 3. AMD 11.3 % Software Best Groupware Server 1. Kolab 22.2 % 2. OpenXChange 21.5 % 3. OpenGroupware 15.3 % Best VoIP Software 1. Asterisk 42.4 % 2. Skype 18.8 % 3. Gnomemeeting 15.8 % Best Debian Derivative 1. Ubuntu 43.5 % 2. Knoppix 23.7 % 3. Kubuntu 9.6 % Best Enterprise Server Distribution 1. Novell / Suse 53.3 % 2. Red Hat 36.7 % 3. Mandriva 8.3 % Special Award Outstanding contribution to Linux / Open Source 1. Mark Shuttleworth 12.1 % 1. The anonymous developer 12.1 % 2. nosoftwarepatents.com / Florian Müller 9.6 % 3. City of Munich 8.92 %

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.mov to real format converter for fc3
by Abhishek Daga 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Can anyone recommend a good converter to get my .mov files and .dat files into real format. The idea behind doing this is to reduce the size and the streaming time when placed online. Is converting to real from .mov a good idea or it will not make a difference? thanks abhishek Ignorance is Strength. What you don't know cannot hurt you. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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shell script for movind uncommon files
by (रेवंत) Revan t Nandgaonkar 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

can anyone script this for me? I have dir1, dir2 and dir3 dir1/ +--- x.txt +--- y.txt +--- z.txt +--- xy.txt dir2/ +--- x1.txt +--- y.txt +--- z.txt +--- x2y.txt i want to move all files from dir1/ and dir2/ to dir3/ except the common files like y.txt and z.txt dir3 should contain dir3/ +--- x1.txt +--- x2y.txt +--- x.txt +--- xy.txt any command to do this?

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read this.. wht has the rock world come to??
by Apoorva Kulkarni 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

this featured on a site for indian rockers.. *Parikrama* has been chosen by *MICR0$0FT* to do a song for them (not a jingle) for the worldwide release of their 3 new software. The song is about the life of a programmer, the way he thinks, and the way he is, after all. The song is called *SUPERHERO*, it would be band's first release after But it rained. It would be available for free download on the Micro$oft site, in a few days and thereafter on www.parikrama.com. The 3 new software would be released in *Bangalore* on the 09th of December. There would be a full-fledged Parikrama performance for 5000 odd Micro$oft people on that day and *Mr. Gates* himself would be present there. The band just had 2 days to make the song, record it and give it to Micro$oft after the approval of the lyrics. (Read the lyrics here<http://www.gigpad.com/parsuperlyrics.doc> ) -- Apoorva Kulkarni ozzman[AT]phenix[dot]rootshell[dot]be

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] About shipit.ubuntulinux.org
by Roshan 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

>I'd like to know 2 things: >1) Is it for real? I mean, has anyone here tried it? I have tried it. Actually for the first time, and this was on 3rd November 2005. I haven't received the CD's yet. My friend had ordered on 26th August and received the CD's in the last few days of September. I too am waiting for the last few days of November to receive it. >2) Is it safe to give my home address online ? (at >shipit.ubuntulinux.org) >Though it is an AES 256-bit encrypted page, I have my doubts as I >have never disclosed personal info online except in selected >mailing lists. I think, it is safe but I dont have exact details of problems. >Regards, >Mohan S N _____________________________ www.geocities.com/d_rosh2001 If there's anything that you want to ask about related to computers and information technology email me at any of the following addresses 1) d_rosh2001(a)yahoo.co.in 2) dhanvirosh(a)rediffmail.com I think I should be able to help you --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Triband not up in Linux
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

>> I don't think any wire can help me.. + if I tamper with the wires, >> that will be the next reason/excuse for MTNL for the problem. >> >Getting a new wire will not do any harm. About MTNL's objection, well I clocked 225 kbps today. The trouble seems to be parallel connections in my house. What I do is remove all the phones from the connection points and put one into the splitter, >>> ~256 kbps I tried putting one instrument into a parallel conn, switch on the router and again back to 128kbps So case closed. I've buried the hatchet with MTNL, of course no one on their side got off their butts or figured this out. Gishu

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Triband not up in Linux
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

>> Internet connection speed results: >> File Size: 1000KB >> Time to Download: 38.957second(s) >> Your Bandwidth: 236.02Kbps >> (0.230Mbps) >> >Hey consider yourself lucky! 236Kbps isn't bad at all. People have >trouble getting even 210Kbps! :( <Triband Anonymous voice> I am Gishu Pillai. I barely get 128 kbps. The general opinion is something is wrong at the exchange side. But the MTNL gods are yet to grace me with their presence. Till then "it is welcome to MTNL's 1504 service... Aapan rangeth aahaat!" if they show me where their "rang" ends, I'll bloody hire some mercenaries and mark the spot with a glowing X

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[OT] Mail client configuration...
by DJ 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Hi people, I have been using kmail for a long time and now i am experimenting with mozilla's default mail client. It looks ok. But I have a problem with both kmail and this client. I am unable to see my own replies i.e. the mail clients ignore my own emails. Is there a way I can get them to fetch my messages too? This will make tracking threads easier for me. BTW Which mail clients do you use and what configuration do you use for this mailing list? Thanks. Dinesh.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] image merging tool in linux
by Vickram Crishna 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

At 9:15 PM +0530 20/11/05, Harshal wrote: >On 11/19/05, Rony Bill <ronbillypop(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > A split image in a camera is mapped during its capture itself, so >in your case of post capture, you > > will need some mapping software that marks the positions and then >creates the full image as per > > the map. Use a small view level so that you find it easy to merge >smaller squares or rectangles and > > that should reduce the strain on your video processing. > > >thanks for your replies. i tried that gnome pluging for merging, it >works but its not so good. i mean for simpler images it does the job. > >anyways by yesterday evening i got so fed up with this automatic >merging thing that i decided to go manually. finally by the dinner >time, with gimp, i manage to merge all images by drag an drop. In publishing systems, the images do not themselves flow to the make-up pages, only low-res editable aliases. Are there no parallels for pure image processing, without the overhead of page make-up? -- Vickram

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 31, Issue 58
by Sushant Gulati 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Hello group. Thank u Mitul, But actually my problem concerns the archival of mails at a personal or enterprise level. I haven't yet considered the archival at mailing lists. But It'd be helpful if u can suggest an email archival tool or an email client that supports archival. Also can u suggest soome names for these or some help with Aemail and Powermail configuration. Warm regards, Sushant __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Disclaimer !!
by Dinesh Joshi 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

On 11/24/05, Mitul Limbani <mitul(a)enterux.com> wrote: > Dinesh, > > I think that message gets attached by default from the exchange mail > server to every email. > So Vijay, you might need to use your personal hotmail,yahoo,gmail > account to signup on the list. > > Mitul Limbani, Yes, that is but obvious :). We dont like disclaimers on this mailing list and many people have been asked to migrate to personal accounts which dont have annoying disclaimers (only annoying ads at the end of their emails) or they shouldn't be talking on this list on company time if their company is reluctant to remove the disclaimer for this mailing list. And please take care that you reply on list. The last reply you sent was directly to my id. Dunno if the list got it. Regards, Dinesh Joshi.

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help needed regarding mapping of keyboard in network
by romel dutta 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

hello all, I m just trying to understand the Xfree86 code . What i am trying to do is to get the input keys from another keyboard in the network through a socket (not the one attached with my CPU).Now my problem is in getting the keys mapped correctly.I am getting the alphabets correctly,but the other extended functional keys like up,down,left,right,etc. are not being mapped correctly. If somebody can help or suggest in correct keymap,and where from the control for the corresponding extended keys are coming in Xserver. Thanks in advance... cheers Romel

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Email Archival, Email clients, Powermail, Aemail
by Sushant Gulati 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Hello everybody, Friends, I'd like to ask all of u some questions. 1) Can anybody of u help me out with the process of email archival by pointing out any web resources, books, links etc. I need to know what exactly email archival means. 2)I am trying to run two s/w on RedHat Linux FC1 . These are Powermail and Aemail, but I am facing some configuration problems. Can anybody help me out there? Can anybody suggest some alternative softwares on Linux/Unix platfoms for email archival or are there any email clients which offer archival capabilities? Best regards, Sushant __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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a PIL for Linux in India?
by Rai, Vivek BGI UK 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Just got some links to a case filed in Jharkhand High court in 2003. http://www.indianshares.net/law.html http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=36075 Looks interesting.. ! Does anybody know what happenned in this case? i think it is a very sensible thing to have a PIL for government offices to use FLOSS. In masschusets, US there is now a law that enforces open document standards for state records. This message and any attachments are confidential, proprietary, and may be privileged. If this message was misdirected, Barclays Global Investors (BGI) does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and destroy the message without disclosing its contents to anyone. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorised. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail message are the author's own and may not reflect the views and opinions of BGI, unless the author is authorised by BGI to express such views or opinions on its behalf. All email sent to or from this address is subject to electronic storage and review by BGI. Although BGI operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever caused by viruses being passed. Barclays Global Investors Limited is authorised and regulated by The Financial Services Authority. Registered in England. Registered No:796793. Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP.

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Triband not up in Linux
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

>> <Triband Anonymous voice> >> I am Gishu Pillai. I barely get 128 kbps. >> >Hi! Some time back I had mentioned about getting your own wire installed >from the building junction to your comp's location. The standard white Most guys on forums and even a MTNL support guy said that it can be rectified only by the exchange. If that is the bottleneck, I don't think any wire can help me.. + if I tamper with the wires, that will be the next reason/excuse for MTNL for the problem.

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Automatic browsing
by nilesh birari 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Hi Junta daily i need to browse few website and gather data manually daily. Is it possible to grab data automatic using mozilla or any other browser What kind of support it needs regards Nilesh -- Nilesh Birari Software Engg Powailabs pvt ltd. Chandivali,Mumbai -400072 Ph. 9869103306

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Internal modem driver
by Richard Chang 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Can anyone help me get the internal modem (Dlink modem, HSF chipset) up and running. OS is RHEL 3. The system detects the card, but kppp doesn't have any entry for the said card. I am also not sure which entry in /dev corresponds with the card. I may sound strange, but until now I have been using Linux only as a learning platform and not a serious PC for daily use. Thanks in advance, for any and all the help. rc

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Abt Device Driver
by hemendra jain 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Dear Luggers, Is there anybody who could take up a session on Device Driver. I believe there are people who are interested in Device Driver. Rgds, Hemendra

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A Configurator For OpenVPN
by Komal 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Just discovered this, a GTK# configurator for OpenVPN - http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvpnadmin/ Regards, Komal

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A Movie on FOSS
by Navin Dhanuka 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hi, I am making a movie on FOSS. The script is online @ http://navin.ind.in/?p=32 I invite you to apply patches to improve the script. -- Navin Dhanuka I Blog @ http://www.navin.ind.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOSS TV -- http://www.foss.tv eTraining -- http://www.etraining.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] hello to all
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

>> hi everyone, >> >> I want to greet everyone out there as i have joined this group recently. >yeah!!!! i am also very happy you joined I am not able to control my >joy, Oh..... I am going to cry!!!!! Someone please get him a tissue.. Who put this senti guy on the welcome committee ? ILaughter?UG

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Mac OS X Look
by Revant Nandgaonkar 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Is there any program like Stardock's objectbar for gnome? I tried Starterbar on gdesklet but it isnt working. Can anyone make gnome/fluxbox/xfce/anything(not KDE) look like Mac OS X, with the mac like menubar and everything, not like flyakite(http://osx.portraitofakite.com/) but complete OSX like behaviour, because poor people like me cannot get a real mac I wanna try how it feels on linux;) revant

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Multimedia in Linux
by Rony Bill 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hello All, There was some discussion on playing cds on linux distros and the results seem to be 50-50. The experts have been able to play movies on various linux distros whereas the not-so-experts or those experts not into multimedia have not had much luck playing them. My system has the following configuration: P4 2.4 Ghz., Intel Original 845 GEBV2 mobo, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB baracuda hdd, Sony DVD rom, Samsung CD R/W. Now since one year, I have tried out many linux distros in order to find the ideal one that can do everything or atlest do the normal stuff thats done in the 'other' popular OS ;) While its no problem connecting to the net or email or word processing or firewall, a major block exists in the multimedia area. Detection of sound cards is not a very big issue as most of the distros did detect and install sound. The major roadblock is in running the media playes for mp3s, mpegs, VCDs or DVDs. In my system, the RHEL could play mp3s only after real player was downloaded. Debian could not play anything. Mandrake 10.1 was the only OS that played VCDs and DVDs without any extra download or installation. However it had a problem of residue picture frames scattering over the desktop on close of player. FC4, SuSe 10 as well as Ubuntu failed. SuSe 10 has CD mounting problems. Ubuntu 5.04 did not create a root password so it had to be created by booting into recovery mode. Even then, in the user mode gui, it does not accept the root password for admin utilities and says 'password incorrect'. As per the new instructions given about downloading codecs from mplayer and installing them in the /usr/lib/win32 dir, all this was done but the players in FC4, SuSe 10 as well as Ubuntu 5.04 that was tried out, don't play anything and simply give some errors. The latest effort was to download mplayer itself for FC4 and here's the result for the same. warning: mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b error: Failed dependencies: libXvMCW.so.1 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 libaa.so.1 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 libdvdread.so.3 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 libfribidi.so.0 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 liblzo.so.1 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 libmad.so.0 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 libxvidcore.so.4 is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 mplayer-fonts is needed by mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386 The point is that how much time does one have to spend on a linux system to get it running properly? My clients place an order for a computer and within 4 days it has to be ready. On the fifth day it is installed on site. In these 4 days the engineers are busy attending to other calls as well as other installations so the pattern is this: First day get the material from the dealer. Day two, install the system to test for any defects. Day two or day three, load the sofware. Day four keep the system on soak test. Day five, deliver the system. Now in this tight schedule, how is a production engineer expected to load linux for the latest hardware, with all its dependency problems? My users are mainly home and small office ones and they have a lot of multimedia activity going on. Please do not treat this message as a rant or cribbing or a complaint against linux. It is simply an SOS from a junior linuxer on behalf of other junior linuxers too. I am not looking at an individual problem for any particular distro. Its a general problem that I want to highlight. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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hello to all
by neelam patil 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

hi everyone, I want to greet everyone out there as i have joined this group recently. Now to introduce myself to u all i dont have much to say coz I have been using linux as a developement platform only for past 4-5 months and as a newbie to it , facing some problems while using it. I am trying to overcome these problems by refering to some books,net surfing and all that.So joining your grp is one of my efforts to understand linux neatly and enjoy it. I hope i will b guided by u all in this venture. With warm regards, neelam --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

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[OT] 'expect' script to reboot MTNL DLink 502t modem/router
by Arun K. Khan 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Met with GM Broadband @ MTNL last Friday and he told me that their portal software was not ready to handle NU and non NU hours for the NU plan i.e. if the login sessions spans over NU and non NU hours, the traffic could counted towards "additional usage" leading to the overcharge nightmare I posted a few weeks back. He told me to turn the modem off/on @ 00:00 and 08:00 which would create fresh login sessions until the portal vendor provides them with a fix (this method was also discussed in this list). Fortunately, with a Linux/*nix box, the following script can automate this annoying chore. You need expect and tcl packages installed in your box. Enjoy, -- Arun Khan <script> #!/usr/bin/expect -f ########################################################################### # Name: dsl502t-reboot (install in /usr/local/bin, owner:group root.root # and file perms 700) # Purpose: Reboot the DLink 502T ADSL modem/router # Author: Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) # Warranty: None - if it breaks your system, you get to keep all the # pieces :) # Usage: Create a file with the following lines and install it in # /etc/cron.d - do not forget to remove "#" for the 2 entries ########################################################################### # reboot MTNL ADSL modem #1 0 * * * root /usr/local/bin/dsl502t-reboot #59 7 * * * root /usr/local/bin/dsl502t-reboot ########################################################################### # change the ip number if different spawn telnet 192.168.1.1 expect "ogin:" { send "root\r" } # change the password if different expect "ssword:" { send "admin\r" } expect "#" { send "reboot\r" } expect eof </script>

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Thanks for helping me with Shell Variables
by Sushant Gulati 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hello everybody, thanks for taking out time to solve my problem. Ur replies, greatly helped me understand the power of quoting and escaping, which i had failed to forsee. Warm regards Sushant __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Rebuilding partition table.
by Varadarajan V 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi, I just wanted to share my experience so that those who are new to gnu/linux like me can use it better. I have an 80 GB hard disk. I had 9 partitions in it. I use both windows and linux. I was using WinImage to create a virtual hard disk and i ruined my partition table. I have a lot of data in my hard disk so I somehow wanted to recover. I googled. I was continuously getting same kind of solution. Noting down the Partition start and end address and creating it again exactly. Since I lost my partition table completely that solution was of no use to me. Then I found an utility called gpart in the live cd (Slax KillBill) (I use a couple of live cds). Using gpart I was able to rebuild my partition table. though I lost one partition(and some important data). Its unbelievably good that it uses some way of determining the start and end address of filesystems in partitions and rebuilds the partition table almost perfectly. For a newbie like me, it was a great experience and i learnt that gnu/linux can do wonders if u know how to use it. Regards, Raj

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mac OS X Look
by Jeetu Golani 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

>Can anyone make gnome/fluxbox/xfce/anything(not KDE) look like Mac OS >X, with the mac like menubar and everything, not like Hi, Check out the following link http://xpedition.mine.nu/theme/macosx.tar.gz I'm using GNOME 2.10.2 with Metacity and the above looks quite neat with it :)....hope this fits the bill....let me know if you find something better pls Bye for now

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] day unlimited?! (was: 'expect' script to rebootMTNL DLink 502t)
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

>What happens if modem is rebooted at 12AM(00:00) but NOT rebooted at >8AM. May be reverse would happen. You would remain in >unlimited (day unlimited) scheme. Wishful thinking :) At ~7:50, MTNL trips your modem. So from 8 AM onwards you are in PayMode. Their software is highly customized to make mistakes only one way.. Gishu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] 'expect' script to reboot MTNL DLink 502t
by Amish Mehta 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Arun K. Khan wrote: > >On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 18:42 +0000, Dinesh Joshi wrote: >> Mind if I distribute the script "as-is" ? I would know some people that >> would be grateful :) > >Not at all. I know there quite a few TriBand users in this list; that >is why I posted it here. You mean you dont mind at all or distributing is not allowed at all? Amish. P.S. Just kidding. But you might want to use word GPL in script.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] day unlimited?! (was: 'expect' script to reboot MTNL DLink 502t)
by Amish Mehta 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Arun K. Khan wrote: > >Met with GM Broadband @ MTNL last Friday and he told me that their >portal software was not ready to handle NU and non NU hours for the NU >plan i.e. if the login sessions spans over NU and non NU hours, the >traffic could counted towards "additional usage" leading to the >overcharge nightmare I posted a few weeks back. He told me to turn the >modem off/on @ 00:00 and 08:00 which would create fresh login sessions What happens if modem is rebooted at 12AM(00:00) but NOT rebooted at 8AM. May be reverse would happen. You would remain in unlimited (day unlimited) scheme. Is this true? I dont have MTNL broadband but I think the way there software works, it should be true. >until the portal vendor provides them with a fix (this method was also >discussed in this list). Amish.

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Fedora Core 4 problem
by Hitesh Tulsani 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi all, I tried to install Fedora Core 4 on my system thru a DVD. But i got error something like this :"Found errors while installing GAWK-x.xxx. This can be due to media failure/hardware problem. This is Fatal Error and your installation will be aborted. Click OK to reboot." Is there any way by which we can skip the packages that are erroneous and continue with the remaining installation. Regards Hitesh

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Fwd: Requirement for Linux personnel
by Dinesh Shah 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi All, Those who are interested in following positions please directly get in touch with contact person bellow. Dear Dinesh, As discussed, please find as under the name & contact details: Contact Person : Mr. Rakesh Bhavnani Email id : rakesh(a)rankcomputers.com The requirement is for one of our customers, which is a company that is a leader in its field. The requirements are as under: 1 ) Software Programmer - Python / Linux Scripter - 3 positions To write scripts in Python / PHP / Pearl. To write applications pertaining to our pipeline, render management etc., 2) Database Programmer - 2 positions To create and maintain databases which would be part of Maya pipeline and other information systems 3) System Administrator - Linux /Storage Servers - 4 positions Shall maintain and monitor all of the storage, Take daily backups and retrievals. maintain organization of data. To optimize and ensure proper disk throughput for all. Antivirus Management - Certified RedHat Linux, Sun Solaris, Microsoft OS 4) System Administror - Network & Security - 4 positions To manage, secure and optimize the entire network including the internet. Enforcing of security and audits across the entire network. CCNA, Network Thanks and regards, Anil -- --Dinesh Shah :-) <Dinesh(a)ShahMicro.com> Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906

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Boot loader not installed
by Hitesh Tulsani 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi all, I installed RedHat 7 on my M/C and created a boot floppy for booting it. Now the floppy got corrupted somehow and not working now. Is there a workaround to this situation. Regards Hitesh

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Red Hat 9 cds required
by Hitesh Tulsani 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hi, I need RH 9 cds urgently. Nyone having the cds pls reply. Regards

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"Shell Variables" in sed , grep and awk
by Sushant Gulati 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

hello everybody, Can anybody suggest me how can i use the string in a shell variable as a pattern in sed, grep and awk? And tell me if what i am expecting is really possible or not? Anyways, thanks a lot to Vinayak and Dinesh for replying to my small and trivial matters. I hope someday, I'll be able to help others in these matters rather than just askin questions, since i am a loyal member of the linux community, with a strong belief in Linux, although I am still at the periphery of this vast forest. Warm regards, Sushant __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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What is Domain Keys Technology for Mail Servers....
by Hardik Dalwadi 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hello all, What is domain keys.....Follow below link, <http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys> Tools And library of the domain keys <http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=107680> domain keys patch for qmail, <http://www.qmail.org/qmail-1.03-dk-0.53.patch> How to implement with the qmail? <http://qmail.jms1.net/patches/domainkeys.shtml> --Hardik Dalwadi.

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image merging tool in linux
by हष॑ल (Harshal) 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

hi, i am looking for image merging software in linux (preferebly command line). i have a very big print which i have scanned into pieces (scanner size was not sufficient to scan at one go). i tried google, but no luck. tried gimp but it will have to do it manually i guess. but manually merging them border to border is not possible (due to insufficient RAM- even 2Gb is not enough, it stalls for some time even for a small movement of any image). so it would be nice, simply to feed these images to a software and let it take whatever time to do the job. the similar software is present in many digital cameras, to be used to make panorama images. any help is badly needed. thanks.

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Re:Multimedia in linux
by Aniket 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

For newbies:(even i am one!!!) I have been using FC4 since last 4 months. Setting up multimedia in it is very easy. just follow the instructions at http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html or also http://fedorafaq.org/ If you have a decent internet connection (mine was 25kbps pacenet connection then) you can get set it up in just under two hours (it took me 4 hrs!!) -- The Future is Open...The Future is LINUX

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Email Archival Problem !!!!
by Sushant Gulati 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Hello everybody, This is my first post to this group. I hav a problem concerning the archival of emails. I hav been assigned a project to develop a solution to archive emails on a HP-UX system. So, Ihav started work on it on my RedHat Fedora Core 1 system, since I don't hav an HP-UX box. I am trying to test some opensource solutions and take help from them. Some of these are Aemail, Powermail, mairix etc. Some issues in front of me are : 1. I want all of u, who can help, to come forward and suggest ur own approach to this problem of email archival. 2. I am trying to test both Powermail and Aemail, available at the GNU website, but i am having problem making them run. a)In case of Aemail, I am having trouble configuring and administering PostgreSQl for using with Aemail. b)In case of Powermail, I am having trouble configuring Powermail to interact with MySQL in the correct manner. 3)Can anyone of u suggest ant other opensource solutions to handle the problem of email archival? 4) I am currently developing a solution of my own where i use Archmbox, another opensource product under GPL, to archive mails from an mbox file and compress it. then i encrypt it and send it over to a storage server. Before archival, all the emails are indexed on the basis of their date, sender and subject in a simple text file. And whenever the person wants to restore the archived email, he can search the indexfile to find the compressed file which contains the particular email.So then it can be downloaded from the storage server ( maye an ftp server) and then decomressed, decrypted to get the original mail back. can u ppl suggest any improvments in this plan of action? or whether a database can be used, if yes, where? with regards, sushant gulati __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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[OT][ANNOUNCE] Finance::Bank::HDFC CPAN module v0.01
by Rohan R. Almeida 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Hi, Not related to Linux. I hope you have filtered this out if not interested :-) But those with a HDFC a/c may benefit. I would like to announce the availability of Perl module Finance::Bank::HDFC version 0.01 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/ You can read more about it and download it from: http://search.cpan.org/~rohan/Finance-Bank-HDFC-0.01/lib/Finance/Bank/HDFC.… - Rohan http://rohan.almeida.in

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FTP automation & File Sharing
by Sushant Gulati 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

hi everybody, The question i want to ask is how can i automate ftp login and uploading and downloading of files using VSFTP on Linux, using shell scripts? In other words, can explicit login and typing of username password be avoided by using shell scripts in any way to login to a ftp server. can uploading and downloading of files be automated by the shell scripts in any way? Also can anyone suggest me some alternative approach where ftp's explicit login be avoided and if there is some other opensource products like rsync etc . Can they match ftp in functionality? Best regards, sushant gulati __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Boot Problem.
by Rajat malhotra 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi All I had a Redhat Enterprise 4 ES, running on my system and lately i installed a fedora 4, Now i am not able to boot back to Redhat. Here is what i did~ Redhat -OS /boot -> hda1 / -hda2 Swap ->hda3 Fedora Core4 -OS / -> hda4 Uses the same swap And presently Fedora is bootable so i mount Redhat boot hda1 and copy all the main files (vmlinuz, SystemMap, initrd and config) files on to the /boot directory of Fedora Boot directory inside directory called REDHAT. Added title here the /boot/redhat/vmlinuz-EL (path) ro /dev/hda4 Initrd here.../boot/redhat/initrd.El And it boots up and detects everything then Mounting root system kjournald starting ext3-fs:mounted filesystem mount:error 2 mounting none Switching to new root Warning: can't access (null) exec of init ((null)) failed!!!:14 umount /initrd/dev failed:2 Kernel panic Does anybody has a working fedora and redhat-el and why is that grub now doesn't detect the other OS,would this be due to SELINUX? Regards Rajat __________________________________________________________ Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/fabmall/index.html

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linux device driver course
by Ranganadh 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

hi, does anybody know who is offering training in linux and windows device driver development in mumbai.... thanks

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GNU/Linux / RedHat Meetup on 19th Nov. 2005
by Dinesh Shah 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi All, We have attanged a meet up on 19th Nov. 2005. For details about agenda, schedule and venue please visit http://redhat.meetup.com/16/events/ or http://linux.meetup.com/371/events/ With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906

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