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FN'sEyeOnFLOSS *** Freedel on Sept 17/18 at New Delhi *** 09162005
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

................................................................ FN's Eye on FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software ........ ................................................................ IOSN COMES OUT WITH A PRIMER ON OPEN STANDARDS IOSN's open standards primer. * Download the primer: Open Document format (111KB) http://www.iosn.net/open-standards/foss-open-standards-primer/foss-openstds… * PDF format (485KB) http://www.iosn.net/open-standards/foss-open-standards-primer/foss-openstds… [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] MORE USEFUL URLs AND SOME CORRECTIONS TOO Thanks to Komal <agencies_ad1(a)sancharnet.in> for pointing out that the correct link for xfree86 is www.x.org and for the Linux documentation project is www.tldp.org (and not as rendered earlier). And thank you Prachee Agarwal <agarwal_prachee(a)yahoo.co.in> of the Lucknow LUG lucknow-lug(a)yahoogroups.com for responding with *your* favourite links: www.indlinux.org www.gentoo.org www.linuxiso.org www.linuxquestions.org ftp://ftp.funet.fi Just shows how *everyone* benefits when something (information, code) is shared! [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] HOW-TO, ON TALKING THIS TIME... COURTESY PUNE Kanti Jadia <j_kanti(a)rediffmail.com> sent across this useful tip from PLUG, the Pune GNU/Linux Users Group, which explains *how to talk* http://plug.org.in/articles/articles.php?howtotalk [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] NOVELL COMES OUT WITH SOLUTIONS FOR INDIAN TONGUES AD (Andi) Marshall, out there in Vietnam, admarshall(a)gmail.com draws attention to this link, which says: "Novell is introducing Indian language versions of its Suse Linux distribution, according to an executive of the company..." COMPLETE STORY: http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1ur7,1,dvc6,kevq,9a65,aayy IndLinux guru Guntupalli Karunakar <karunakar(a)freedomink.org> responds, to say: "Surprisingly, it doesnt mention Punjabi as supported, when Punjabi is most well supported language on any distribution, while Malayalam where l10n effort is slow pending resolution of Malayalam Unicode issues finds place. Maybe they were trying to be different ;)" [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] DELHI PLANS AN AMBITIOUS FREEDEL MEET, WITH LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE Raj "Raju" Mathur <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> of ILUG-Delhi announces Freedel to be held on September 17/18 2005, 10:00AM to 6:00PM at PHD House, Hauz Khas, New Delhi. Two full days of demystifying [GNU]Linux. PHDCCI and India Linux Users Group - Delhi (ILUG-D) are behind the event. Says Mathur: "ILUG-D in the past has conducted very successful events where over 450 participants attended. This year we are expecting much greater numbers. People from all walks of life are expected to attend; students, professionals, corporates, all will be there. What's more, ILUG-D will have something to show for everyone. Technical talks covering issues from installation, to desktop usage to wireless [GNU]Linux, it will all be there. We will even have young school kids showing how they use [GNU]Linux. Its an event you don't want to miss!" Several stalls showcasing various aspects of Linux from gaming, to audio/video editing to development, servers, databases and applications. The event is organised by ILUG-D and co-hosted by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It is completely volunteer-driven and supported by several organisations. The event is primarily driven by volunteers of ILUG-D and a committed group of computer professionals from PHDCCI. Apart from all the technical stuff happening, there will also be T-shirts, Linux distributions on CDs, tea, snacks and all the elements of fun available at low or no cost. Be there, be counted! Contact: Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] THOSE FREE CDs IN YOUR HAND, THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORTH MILLIONS Value of Debian GNU/Linux. The paper Measuring Libre Software studying the size of the source packages in Debian 3.1 calculates the size of sarge (close to 230 million lines of source code), the use of the various programming languages in which the software has been written, and the size of the packages included in the distribution. It also estimates cost to create something on the scale of Debian from scratch with a classical and well-known cost method (COCOMO) to be over 8 billion US dollar. http://www.upgrade-cepis.org/issues/2005/3/up6-3Amor.pdf Source: Debian Weekly News http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2005/37/ [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] IT'S NEW: A WIKI FOR THE FLOSS COMMUNITY IN INDIA Praveen A <pravi.a(a)gmail.com> has launched a new wiki for the Free/Libre and Open Source Software community in India. See http://fci.wikicities.com [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] AN EXPAT WHO CAN, AND PLANS TO, BUILD BRIDGES Adi Alurkar <adi(a)sf.net> is an Indian expat who could be one of those to build useful bridges. He announced on ILUG-Goa -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa -- recently that he manages all the database related responsibilities for SourceForge.net and will be visiting India shortly. Aditya (Adi) is India between Oct 21 and Dec 9 and says that "during this visit I'd like to meet and chat with like minded folks and see how SF.net could help the F[L]OSS community in india better". He will be visiting family in South Maharashtra and South Gujarat, looks forward to getting feedback on how FLOSS is "taking hold in the Indian subcontinent" and wants an "excuse" to come to Goa, the place where he was raised and graduated (from Chowgule College). You're welcome mate! [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] FOSS.TV, WHAT'S THAT? JUST TAKE A PEEP Navin Dhanuka <dhanukanavin(a)gmail.com> has meanwhile gone ahead with FOSS.tv Says Navin, "Feedback about FOSS.tv is good as of now. Let's see if I can set it rolling soon." If you want to help him, just go for it. Hint: you need software of the video kind. To find out more about Navin, go to http://www.navin.ind.in [</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>]o[</>] Copyleft -- verbatim copying, with credits -- allowed/encouraged. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | fred(a)bytesforall.org Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1995-2005: Ten years of waiting for community radio in India! To know more: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india

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[commercial] Req. Linux Administrators
by Brijesh Mishra 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hi, we require Linux Administrator having 2+ years of experience at Linux Server. We are into open sources. The candidate will have lot of opportunities to learn and implement new functionalities in Linux. With Regards, Brijesh Mishra.

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Mouse Configuration in Fedora Core4
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hi, FC4 installed finally but not without hiccups. I will not mention some weird things that I bumped into during installation. Now I'm stuck with a detected mouse, which is non-operational. I see a pointer at the center of the screen but it won't move from there. I used the keyboard during the entire installation process. This mouse was detected by some other distros of Linux earlier so the H/w is ok. I tried /usr/bin/mouseconfig - Shutting down console mouse services fails. next I get an error message stating Failed to set line discipline .. As always, Help me !!! Thanks, Gishu Pillai

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Dependencies
by Puneet Lakhina 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

HI all, IS there a command that i can use that can recursively check for all dependencies a particular piece of software requires.. Because while installing something i get an error regarding one dependency and for installing that dependency it requires something else which gets pretty frustrating... Thank you, Puneet

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finding mail downloads
by Ramang G 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hi All, Is there any options to find "how many USERS are currently downloading mails from the mail server". thanks in advance, Raman. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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printing problem
by Devendra Singh Mahra 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hi all i have a laser printer that is connected to a windows machine. that machine is part of a particular domain. my machine which is running linux happens to be part of the same network ( not domain ) . i have account for access to the windows domain . the problem is that i m not being able to use that printer from my linux machine. does anyone have some idea, how to do it. regards devendra

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Session on Bugzilla on 23rd Sep 2005.
by Amish Munshi 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hello All, There is a session on Bugzilla, details are as follows. Topics : Introduction to Bugzilla. (Level - Beginning) This session will introduce you to Bugzilla : The Bug Tracking system. Bugzilla is server software designed to help you manage software development. Bugzilla is a "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System". Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. The seminar will help you get introduced to bugzilla. Bugzilla today currently powers majority of open source projects and is one of the major reason for the success of open source software. Features of Bugzilla : * Optimized database structure for increased performance and scalability * Excellent security to protect confidentiality * Advanced query tool that can remember your searches * Integrated email capabilities * Editable user profiles and comprehensive email preferences * Comprehensive permissions system * Proven under fire as Mozilla's bug tracking system Benefits of bugzilla : * Improve communication * Increase product quality * Improve customer satisfaction * Ensure accountability * Increase productivity * Bugzilla can adapt to multiple situations For more information on Bugzilla please visit : http://www.bugzilla.org Venue : Onward Novell Software (I) Pvt. Ltd. 62, 13th Street, MIDC, Andheri (East) Mumbai, 400093 India +91-09820931263 Duration : 5:30 - 7:30 PM Date : Sep 23, 2005 Registration : Limited seats are available, please register at the following URL at the earliest. Seminars are free of charge. http://www.novell.com/offices/asiapac/india/linux/registration.html Please circulate this mail to anyone who might be interested. Amish.

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Install Woes
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

>> Hi, >> I'm back with some more >> A big thank you to Dinesh here. My wish to own an AMD machine has come true. >> (AMD Semp 2500+ with ASUS K8S-MX). Now 2 Linux distros have failed to install .. >> FC4 which came with this month's Chip DVD just keeps rebooting. I see the second line Reading initrd.... >> and kaboom >Regarding you installation problem with FC4, try the following... >When booted off the first CD, type 'fubar' and enter. It will give you >This has been known to work. This HAS worked. Will 'fubar' also work for problematic peripherals :)) ? Installation has begun.. Thank you! Gishu

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from a new Suse Pro user - re SCons
by vinod subramanian 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Hi, I am trying to use scons to build ARDOUR - a digital audio workstation software. i am using Suse Pro 64-bit ver 9.3. I keep getting this error: File "usr/bin/scons", line 143, in ? import SCons.Script ImportError: No module named SCons.Script What am I doing wrong here? best regards -vin +9867290002

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Importing OE6 mails into Evolution
by Richard Chang 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi all, In my quest to shift entirely to Linux, I am facing some problems in getting somethings done. For example, I still use my OE 6 under XP. I am still using it because I have 2 yrs old mails which I need to refer to quite often. I want to import the old mails from OE 6 into Evolution and it only allows OE 4 mails in mbx format to be imported. Can anyone help me in this regard. I need this last thing to be done. Apart from this everything else is looking positive and once I have the old mails under Evolution, it might be bye-bye to Windoze...completely. Thanks rc

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Importing OE6 mails into Evolution
by Chirag Wazir 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi, Richard Chang <richard(a)hinditron.com> wrote: > I want to import the old mails from OE 6 into Evolution and it only > allows OE 4 mails in mbx format to be imported. While there are utilities that convert the OE mailbox into a standard mbox file, one simple but crude method is as follows: OE allows one to select all mails in a folder and drag them into a folder in windows explorer - this creates individual .eml files for each message with filenames based on the subject header. Most mail clients allow importing a whole directory of individual mails into a mail folder - thunderbird does I think & I suppose evolution does as well. Even if evolution doesn't directly support this, you could import into any mail client that does and then export mbox or whatever format evolution requires. Chirag Wazir http://chirag.freeshell.org

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Install Woes
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi, I'm back with some more A big thank you to Dinesh here. My wish to own an AMD machine has come true. (AMD Semp 2500+ with ASUS K8S-MX). Now 2 Linux distros have failed to install .. FC4 which came with this month's Chip DVD just keeps rebooting. I see the second line Reading initrd.... and kaboom Next it was Debian 3.1- Now here I get a weird error that failed to mount CDROM. I have used the same drive to install the same distro on another machine. It is booting from the CD but a modprobe command fails look like. In the end I was forced to put in Win2K and needless to say it installed fine (maybe I need more Linux installs under my belt) What's up with this ? Thanks, Gishu Pillai

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INDIA: Useful GNU/Linux links... [Courtesy: http://ilug-cochin.org/cool_links.htm]
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

************************************************************************* Chennai LUG has a great wiki going there! http://www.chennailug.org/wiki/Main_Page ************************************************************************* 1. The GNU Homepage. http://www.gnu.org/ 2. The GNU philosophy. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ 3. What is free software ? Know it more http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html 4. kernal.org Linux kernel archives http://www.kernel.org/ 5. Linux.org: The official linux page. http://www.linux.org/ 6. Linux.com: The flagship Linux site. http://www.linux.com/ 7. Linuxlinks.com A Linux portal http://www.linuxlinks.com/ 8. Linuxberg.com Download Linux s/w http://www.linuxberg.com/ 9. Linuxmall.com Linux mall on the net http://www.linuxmall.com/ 10. Linuxworld.com Linux news http://www.linuxworld.com/ 11. Linuxjournal.com Linux Magazine http://www.linuxjournal.com/ 12. li.org Linux international http://www.li.org/ Indian Linux Users Group Cochin Chapter The Cochin chapter of Linux India is run by GNU/Linux enthusiasts in and around Cochin. 13. Slashdot.org: News for nerds. http://www.slashdot.org/ 14. Freshmeat.net http://www.freshmeat.net/ 15. xfree86.org http://www.xfree86.org/ 16. The Linux Documentation Project. http://www.linuxdoc.org/ 17. The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html 18. ANSI Escape Sequences. http://www.evergreen.edu/user/serv_res/research/bsi/people/dawn/program/ans… 19. The Linuxbox Network: Free hosting for your free software projects. http://www.linuxave.net/ 20. Linux Weekly News. http://www.lwn.net/ Dr Krishnan C N <cnkrish at au-kbc.org> iheading the National Resource Center on FLOSS housed in MIT, Anna University. This is a joint venture between Anna University and C-DAC. This group has been studying FLOSSt training aspect. ************************************************************************* ILUG-Goa's links * We welcome your participation! ************************************************************************* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa ILUG-Goa's main friendly list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce ANNOUNCE LIST http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux FOR NEWBIES http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxgoahelp TECH HELP LIST WEBSITES: http://ilug-goa.swiki.net http://www.ilug-margao.org *************************************************************************

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[OT]A good Laptop
by Richard Chang 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi all, I would like to go for a Laptop and my budget is not going to permit me to go in for Centrino based ones. It is around 35k. I think sometime back, the list was discussing about Acer Laptop model 3002. I would like to know about the performance of these. I have seen the Acer site and it says that the battery gives a backup time of around 1 hr. and that I think is too low. That apart, Last week when I was in Bangalore, I saw a few AMD 64 based Laptops of SAHARA being displayed. Is there anyone who is using any laptops from SAHARA. I wonder how much is the price and how is their after-sales service. Thanks rc

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[COMMERCIAL] LAMP Developer needed
by biz＠erlepereira.com 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

There is a requirement for a LAMP developer. The Skills required are fairly advanced, Knowledge of OOPS in an absolute must, and previous experience in working with php classes is an must. Ability to develop under the linux enviroment is also requisite since the party concerned would be working on a linux machine (most probably debian). This company is also fairly new to linux, routine linux skills (basic admin :LAMP + networking) would be an asset but is absolutely non-essential as far as the opening is concerned. those Interested Please Forward your Resume *Directly* to: Saumil Gandhi <saumil(a)dreamscape.co.in> ---------------- BRIEF --------------------------- 4 years experience Well versed in: PHP classes : capable of producing clean, efficient, optimized "object oriented" PHP code. MySQL Additional knowledge in xml would be preferred. Detailed job specs will be available @ interview. --------------------------------------------------- those Interested Please Forward your Resume *Directly* to: Saumil Gandhi <saumil(a)dreamscape.co.in> Dreamscape Media Pvt. Ltd. www.dreamscape.co.in <http://www.dreamscape.co.in/> Even Better Than The Real Thing! At least 4 years experience Well versed in: PHP classes, capable of producing clean, efficient, optimized "object oriented" PHP code. MySQL (Erle - anything you can add here would help) Detailed job specs will be available. Dreamscape Media Pvt. Ltd. [1]www.dreamscape.co.in Even Better Than The Real Thing! References 1. http://www.dreamscape.co.in/

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recovering root password
by subramani r 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I forget the root password.How to recover the root password? Thanks in advance. rsm

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R-connect LSP350R
by Rony Bill 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

Hello All, I got myself an LG LSP350R (reliance) and tried to modprobe it using the 3 different commands but none of them seem to have a module suitable for the new lsp350r that uses a usb cable. The configure system in Mandrake 10.1 shows an LG usb modem but no modules installed. Anyone has successfully tried out this new phone using kppp? Just for the information of everyone, the cable available in the ...express shop did not work but a Cheetah brand cable costing only Rs. 300/- works fine. It was bought from a shop in Ville Parle East, Nehru Road. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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A million rupees in prizes... Collabnet is hiring... India's listed user groups touch 139...
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

IT MIGHT BE a bit too late to talk about an August-datelined issue of a magazine, but ... better late than never. Just to highlight some of what one found interesting in the AUGUST 2005 issue of Linux For You magazine. Send in your comments and feedback to lfyedit(a)efyindia.org INDIA IS BEGINNING to contribute to the global FLOSS pool, and thereby erasing the stain of being just a net taker rather than a net contributor. Results are just in from the first Code Scholarship challenge, initiated by the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KreSIT), IIT Bombay, and Red Hat India. It is designed to encourage FLOSS developers in India. Some 2000 students registered. Finally, 34 teams bagged awards. First was VPS 1.6.0 (Virtual Private Server) developed by the Army Institute of Technology, Pune. Next was Octave-GTK by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli; and ranked third was a College Information System, developed by the Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad. Prizes totalled a million rupees in all (Rs 10 lakh!) * An advert from Collabnet says it is hiring people with over five years experience in developing or testing web-based enterprise applications. See http://www.collab.net/cspl.html * Multi-boot your system with dual hard disks. Install and experiment with multiple distributions on one system, which has two hard disks. * Sri Lanka is having a series of major Free/Libre and Open Source Software events. See http://www.fosssl.org * Mandrive Limited Edition 2005. * Intel Compilers 9.0 for Linux * Communication between independent processes by FIFO. * An interview: Jim Stallings, general manager Linux of IBM. * Working with databases in Mono. See how to connect to and query a database in Mono, as it can communicate with almost all FOSS and commercial databases. * BEA brings Java onto Linux. * vsftp -- securing your data behind seven walls. * Easy database development using Rekall. * JCodeFlow, debugging made easy.By Raja RK * Apache for PHP Developers (Part I). By Nirav Mehta. * Sunbird and iCalendar. Sharing calendars. By Reuven M Lerner, courtesy Linux Journal. * Administering Linux Systems. By Sanjay Gupta, Novell, Bangalore. * Network Simulator: an open source design and testing tool. Aniket Jain. * Object creation and garbage collection in Java. By Lakshmi Narayanan N of HCL Technologies. * Blocks functions in Ruby. By Premshree Pillai. Technical Yahoo! * XML Python Part II. By Anand Pillai, H-P India. * Backups in a Snap with rsnapshot. Nilayam Sharma.Silicon Valley. USER GROUPS IN INDIA: Currently, the list spreads over two pages (a few which I tried to check out had bad links though). From 80+ the number of LUGs, FSUGs and GLUGs has grown to 139! Next challenge: let's keep them active! FOR NEWBIES: * Learn how to use Mozilla, the popular Web browser, to find information on the Net. * GIMP, a great image enhancement tool. Get exposed to GIMP and design whatever you want to. Brief updates: * PHP 4.4.0 is released * Qt 4.0 is now available * Firefox 1.5 on its way TOP TEN [GNU]LINUX GIZMOS: Motorola E680i [1] smartphone with 2GB storage camera and touch-screen; Samsung's multi-functional device called the Minikit [2] (camcoder, digital camera, MP3 player, voice-recorder, memory stick and Web cam!); Archos' Pocket Media Assistant PMA400 [3] with a 30GB hard drive, wireless Internet connectivity and direct video recording capability from TV; and Sony Ericsson's robotic camera ROB-1 [4] packed with a VGA camera and four LEDs. There's also the TomTomGo [5], Linux-based in-car GPS navigation system; Jentro Technologies GmbH (Germany) Jentro Car [6] central technology platform for the network and control of in-car functions of a Mercedes; Citizen Watch and IBM Research's WatchPad [7]; Smartvue home security and surveillance system [8]; all-in-one AmstradE3 videophone [9] (to send email, SMS/MMS messages, surf the net and videoconference); GNU/Linux-powered broadband terminal/IP phone [10] from MontaVista. EMBEDDED LINUX gadgets are doing great in Asia, specially in Japan, China and Taiwan, where major players like NTT DoCoMo and NEC are endorsing the GNU/Linux OS. Encore Software Ltd, the makers of the Simputer http://www.ncoretech.com and signup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simputer announced recently plans to launch another GNU/Linux handheld called Mobilis, a "mobile desktop". Mobilis family of products includes Mobilis STN, Mobils TFT and Mobilis SofComp. The first two are tablet computers, that can bridge the gap between PDAs and laptops. SofComp is a low-cost desktop. THIN DOWN ON [GNU]LINUX: Linux may be struggling to break Microsoft's stranglehold on the desktop, but the thinner, leaner and meaner thin clients based on the [GNU]Linux OS are fast becoming the choice of both public and private enterprise. Some popular GNU/Linux thin clients are HP t5525 and t5125, Neoware Capio One and Eon, Netvoyager Lithium LX-104- and LX-1030 and LX-1020, Wyse Winterm 5150SE. SOFTWARE ON THE CDs: MRBS or Meeting Room Booking Schedules; Alfresco for content management, Firefox, Xine, ackerTodo (Web-based to-do list manager), XMMS, D4X (download manager), BMDFM (binary modular dataflow machine), GIMP (GNU image manipulation programme), Pavuk (to mirror contents of WWW documents or files), Pundict (open source Punjabi dictionary for the Windows platform), PyPE (Python programming editor for the Windows platform), pxlib (simple and small C library to read and write), LibGTop (fetches system related info like CPU load, memory usage, etc), Xandros 3.0 OCE, easy to install. [1] http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,103,00.html [2] http://www.samsung.com/za/products/camcoder/minikit/avphh100b1e.asp [3] http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500595_specs.html? sid=j22323o2byk3sy3bcksky4 (long URL) [4] http://www.sonyericsson.com/rob1/main.asp?LangID=1 [5] http://www.tomtom.com/ [6] http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7438726816.html [7] http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/ngm/index_e.htm [8] http://www.smartvue.com/ [9] http://www.armstrad.com/e3_intro.html [10] http://www.mvista.com/ FN

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[COMMERCIAL] Programmer required
by Rohan R. Almeida 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hi, I'm looking for a programmer with hands-on experience in development on Linux. Freshers can apply too. Must have (or be willing to learn) the following: 1) Perl 2) PHP 3) Good understanding on how the internet works (technical i.e. HTTP, SMTP, DNS, etc..) 4) Write code under strict guidelines, coding standards and specs. 5) Willing to hustle 6) Knows the way around a Linux system (Fedora) 7) Good communication is a must Please contact me off-list for more info and send your resumes too! Thanks, Rohan

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[OT] FirmWare update for DLink ADSL 502t
by Arun K. Khan 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

FWIW, V2 FW (20050530) is available for the DLink 502t modem/router used by MTNL TriBand ADSL service. http://www.dlink.co.in/dlink/drivers/support.asp# Click on "Firmware" and search for 502t in the list of products displayed and download the file. The file is in .rar format and you need MS Windows to apply the new firmware. The unpacked .exe is a Windows app that uploads the firmware embedded within it. As always, ensure the router and your PC are powered by a functional UPS - to avoid any problems in case of power loss. This version's web admin interacts well with Firefox unlike V1. It has VPN (and more ...) functionality although I have not checked them out yet. Caveat emptor - update at your own risk. -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) As I was going up Punch Card Hill, Feeling worse and worser, There I met a C.R.T. And it drop't me a cursor. C.R.T., C.R.T., Phosphors light on you! If I had fifty hours a day I'd spend them all at you. -- Uncle Colonel's Cursory Rhymes

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Searching the Internet.
by Varadarajan V 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hi, www.searchlores.org <http://www.searchlores.org> - One of the best websites for learning about searching the Internet. The site explains a lot about different search engines and techniques for getting what what we want from the Internet. I don't know how many of you know this website. Definitely a good one. Regards, Raj

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A Frenchman, and maps ... in the South Pacific
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

A Frenchman, and maps ... in the South Pacific Franck Martin [1] is a Frenchman based in the South Pacific. (You might have noticed his sense of humour on the trip to Angkor Wat.) As a Wikipedia contributor, he's described as someone "checking mainly the pages of the Pacific Islands and updating when neccessary. Promotion of wikipedia in Pacific Islands." But what's more interesting is his Tikimaps [2] work. http://www.iosn.net/events/fossap-2005/blog/franck Mapserver, says Franck, is a tool, for "bringing data to all stakeholders via Internet and Opensource Technology". It promises the tools for e-government, good governance, transparency, sustainable development, asset management, disaster management and security.... provided we have the political will for that. To see what's possible, visit some of these sites from the distant (from us!) South Pacific islands of Tonga [3], Fiji [4], Tuvalu [5], Kiribati [6]. Franck sees many advantages in using Free and Open Source software. These include sustainability, licenses (Internet licences are expensives), software support, no "black box" phenomenon (where we don't understand the technology we use). It also allows you to rely on standards and support many file formats (not vendor dependent). It is reliable. And secure too, provided the administrator cares for it. For more links on what uses Tikiwiki can be put to take a look at the Tikiwiki Community Portal [7]. Uses include uses in educational context [8], using the mobility features of WAP browsing or for use with a PDA [9], and, of course, Franck's interest of maps [10]. -- Frederick Noronha [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Franck_Martin [2] http://maps.tikiwiki.org/ [3] http://www.lands.gov.to/tiki/tiki-map.phtml?mapfile=tonga.map [4] http://map.mrd.gov.fj/tiki/tiki-map.phtml?mapfile=viti.map [5] http://map.tuvalu.tv/tiki/tiki-map.phtml [6] http://map.gov.ki/tiki/tiki-map.phtml?mapfile=tarawa.map [7] http://tikiwiki.org/ [8] http://edu.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php [9] http://mobile.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php [10]http://maps.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | fred(a)bytesforall.org Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1995-2005: Ten years of waiting for community radio in India! To know more: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Linux compatible El-Cheapo PC
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

>>I need a *second* CPU for under 7-8K and I needed on some input on the >I have P III, 866 MHz, 128 RAM, 810e Motherboard, CAbinet and 52X >samsund CD Rom, floppy drivein working condition. You can get it around 7k. Nice try dude! btw if you find someone who actually agrees to that, let me know if he has a twin bro, I have a p2 400Mhz, 96MB SDRAM, 440 BX Mobo, cabinet and TV Tuner card, modem and soundcard (lan too) I was thinking I would be lucky if someone offered me 4 for all this. But you are an optimist

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Comedy !!
by Rony Bill 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hello All, This month's Developer IQ is dedicated to linux and here is the disclaimer given below from its Linux software CD. "...DISCLAIMER.....This CD is programmed to run on Windows 95 / 98 / me / NT / 2000 / XP only." 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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need some perl code to display multiple command output
by BIJU KRISHNAN 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Hi, I need to display multiple command outputs on a single console, this is basically to display multiple outputs of commands like netstat, sar, vmstat on the same screen. dstat works but i need to script something to topas of AIX, it gives a screenful of output of various commands used for performance output. Would like some code in perl to do the same. rgds biju __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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root login in vncserver
by Varadarajan V 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Hi, I have a vncserver running in my FC4 pc. I connect to this pc from another pc where i use Slax Kill-Bill live cd. I use vncviewer for that. But is there any way to restrict root login because when I login to the vncserver it doesnt ask for a username. It just asks for password that I had set through vncpasswd. I could not find any config files in /etc. To my knowledge config files exist only in $home. I could not find anything in google. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Raj

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Download speed less than upload speed
by Nikhil Marathe 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

I took numerous speed tests on the internet and they show that my upload speed is almost double that of my download speed(35.5kbps). Is their anyway to tweak these settings so the come near equal. I use Arch Linux, unpatched kernel, i686 and cable net which advertises a speed of 64 kbps. -Nikhil

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Linux compatible El-Cheapo PC
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Hi, I need a *second* CPU for under 7-8K and I needed on some input on the current known 5 starred tried and tested - no hassle - setups. My personal preference is for an AMD + MSI combo. But I do not know of the specific models. This machine does not need to be the bling machine.. just normal DTP, spreadsheets, sandbox for web/networking apps, an occasional XP testbed machine etc. Debian should run and if possible detect everything in an hour with my molecular knowledge. All hardcore stuff goes on my machine "1". I do not want to buy something and then caned for buying "closed" hardware. So to put it simply I need a processor (anything decent enough) a motherboard (the two need to do well in tandem and not blow my roof off, no I want an AC h/w) 256 RAM (is what I'm thinking right now- manageable.) a cabinet should set me back by 1500 (exclusive of the 7-8K limit) I have an extra LAN card that I can use. Monitor and display switch operational. Input devices AOK. I have an extra CD drive. May go in for a DVD writer later (out of money) Response invited. Thread closes in 2 days. Game for flame too.. Gishu Pillai

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C programming in the Linux environment
by Dinesh Joshi 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Could you guys please suggest me a good book for C programming in Linux? I want a comprehensive one which touches upon all aspects of C in Linux. I have enquired with TATA McGraw Hill and they don't have one. The only book they have is Complete reference to C. Thanks. -- Dinesh A. Joshi

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bash script to select characters from a string
by Harshal 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

hi, i have two molecular dynamics codes, both of them take the same input, but the in different format. let me explain, for one code (named PinyMD) in the input file, we have, ~atom_def[\atom_typ{na}\atom_ind{ 1 } \mass{14.0067}\charge{ 0.15}] ~atom_def[\atom_typ{na}\atom_ind{ 2 } \mass{14.0067}\charge{ 0.15}] ~atom_def[\atom_typ{cr}\atom_ind{ 3 } \mass{12.0107}\charge{-0.11}] ~atom_def[\atom_typ{cw}\atom_ind{ 4 } \mass{12.0107}\charge{-0.13}] ~atom_def[\atom_typ{cw}\atom_ind{ 5 } \mass{12.0107}\charge{-0.13}] and so on........ and for other code (named NMA) the input file, 1 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 5 1 6 2 7 1 8 1 and so on.... the relation between them is very straightforwd. what appears in PinyMD's input file as "na" might be an integer 1 or "cr" be integer 2 for NMA. i am trying to write a bash script, which will read in PinyMD input file and convert in the NMA file, after reading the line, ~atom_def[\atom_typ{na}\atom_ind{ 1 } \mass{14.0067}\charge{ 0.15}] ~atom_def[\atom_typ{cr}\atom_ind{ 2 } \mass{14.0067}\charge{ 0.15}] so on..... it should echo, 1 1 2 3 so on.... how do i pick up elements 'na' (which i will replace with some integer) and atom_ind{ 1 } which i will replace with 1? -- Life is complex. It consists of real and imaginary parts.

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Linux compatible El-Cheapo PC
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

>> I need a *second* CPU for under 7-8K and I needed on some input on >*snip* >Sempron 2200+ >GA-7V400M-RZ >256MB DDR333 >Will cost you about Rs.6500. Ofcourse this doesnt include an HDD. The >gigabyte board is very feature rich. Has onboard lan, sound, video and Thanks Dinesh! btw I have a spare 120 Gig Barracuda (Rs3500). No storage worries. HDD is also out of the 7-8K line (forgot to mention that)

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Checking sofwtares installed in FC4
by Varadarajan V 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Hi, I was just wondering is it possible to check number of softwares installed from source. like rpm -qa for checking rpms installed. Regards, Raj

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sending - recieving buffers over the n/w as a struct in c
by Trevor Warren 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Morning Fellas, Need some pointers from you folks. Am stuck with a simple issue. On the server i have a struct defined as: struct sendbuff { int count; char toprint[10000]; }; My objective is to pack this buffer across the n/w and recv it on the client. count is a simple counter which i am usign to keep track of the lost/unordered packets is any. My recv system call on the client is as follows. mybuff on the client has been declared of type struct sendbuff. while(1) //Beggining of While { while(bytesrcvd<sizeof(mybuff)) { if ((numbytes=recv(sockfd, (char *)&mybuff, sizeof(mybuff), 0)) == -1) { perror("recv"); exit(1); } bytesrcvd=numbytes+bytesrcvd; } printf("mybuff.toprint is %s\n",mybuff.toprint); //Problematic printf("mybuff.count is %d\n",mybuff.count); //Problematic .....etc } //End of While On the client mybuff is of type sendbuff. The whole problem is that i am unable to interpret the contents of mybuff which is being used to store the contents of the recv() system call. Have outlined the two printf() which i need to work out as //problematic. I know this issue centers around the little/big eindian format issue. Am just going round and round in cirles and would apperciate f/b in helping obtain and print the following: mybuff.toprint and mybuff.count Also one last thing. As the buffer(toprint) size changes the charactersitics of the problem i face increases..:D. Thanks in advance folks. Trevor |------|____________________________________|------| ( >- / Scaling FreeSoftware & OpenSource \ -< ) /~\ / In the Enterprise \ /~\ | \) \ | www.fsf.org | www.opensource.org | / (/ | |_|_ \____________________________________/ _|_| __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] sending - recieving buffers over the n/w as a structin c
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Trevor, >>Disclaimer: Might work. This is somewhere I am also stuck at this time >>with a similar problem. >What you seek is called "marshalling the data". google for pragma pack. I believe this prevents any auto alignment. Never done this so do not ask any more :) or my stupidity shall be revealed in its full glory. Gishu

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setting gnome as a default session
by subramani r 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

How to set gnome as a default session in debian at the time of installation? Thanks in advance, rsm

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Linux compatible El-Cheapo PC
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

> > a cabinet should set me back by 1500 (exclusive of the 7-8K limit) > Xtech cabinet with smps only Rs. 1150/-, reasonably good quality. I need a cabinet that needs to occupy minimum space vertically. Space constraints. Thanks for replying. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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[Commercial] An Evening With the Gurus of Open Source
by niraj＠efyindia.com 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Dear Member of Linux Community, IIT Mumbai brings to you leading international Open Source Gurus at the prestigious IIT Mumbai campus on September 12th, 2005. The LINUXAsia team is working with Dr Phatak (Head of Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology) and his team, to put together an evening where you can capture the wisdom and insights of the global technology leaders in a moderated town-hall format. Listen, Interact and Network with the leading experts of open source. Get invited to this exclusive meeting with Michael Tiemann of Red Hat, Inventor of GNU C++, David Axmark, Co-Founder of MySQL, the world's most popular database, and Danese Cooper, a leading guru of open source licenses and trends in developing nations. In addition, this evening promises a you an opportunity to interact with other IT project managers, decision makers and software engineers--the cream of the Mumbai-Pune tech community. The entry is FREE. But, due to limited seats, registrations will be screened. To ensure your entry, you are requested to register yourself immediately at http://www.linuxasia2005.com/evening_with_the_gurus/ Confirmations will be sent to invited attendees only. Details of the entire programme are listed below. See you in Mumbai on September 12th! With best wishes, Atul Goel On behalf of the LinuxAsia Team RSVP: 09899533663 ========================================================================= An Evening With the Gurus of Open Source ---------------------------------------- Venue: Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Date: Monday, September 12, 2005 Time: 5pm to 8pm Host: KReSIT, IIT, Mumbai Program* ======= Time Details 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration and Networking 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm Welcome Address by Dr. Deepak Phatak Nilekani Chair Professor, Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology IIT Mumbai 6:15 pm - 6:45 pm Keynote Address by Michael Tiemann Vice President, Open Source Affairs, Red Hat, President, Open Source Initiative (OSI) 6:45 pm - 7:45 pm Panel Discussion: The Future of Open Source Panel Participants: Michael Tiemann (President, OSI, VP, Red Hat) David Axmark (Co-Founder, MySQL) Danese Cooper (Open Source Diva, Treasurer, OSI) 7:45 pm - 8:00 pm Open Q&A with the Gurus of Open Source * Program is subject to change at any time. Remember attendance to this event is free, but by invitation only. So register early! Pre-registration is required to be considered for invitation. Seating is limited so please hurry. Register at http://www.linuxasia2005.com/evening_with_the_gurus/ ============================================================================

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skype behing proxy
by Harshal 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

anybody got skype working in linux behing a proxy? -- Life is complex. It consists of real and imaginary parts.

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voice chat app
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

http://freshmeat.net/projects/arsenal/

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passwd and pam
by Komal 05 Sep '05

05 Sep '05

Hello, I am facing weird problem with PAM and passwd. I have modified passwd's pam configuration file as per below. Now user should be able to choose any password even all but I am getting error message that sufficient character in password. What am I missing? Thank you Regards, Komal Passwd file #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth System-auth file #%PAM-1.0 # This file is auto-generated. # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run. auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so account sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_succeed_if.so uid < 100 quiet account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_permit.so #password requisite /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 type= password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_limits.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so

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Some Linux Projects
by sundarram 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

i am a final year project. I thought of doing my project in linux OS. I searched topic in net but not able to get some good topic. Can u plz give me some topic in linux. so that i can do it as my project. Plz send it specifically to my id sundar_ram2003(a)yahoo.co.in thank you rsundarram --------------------------------- Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi shopping, contests and lots more. http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html

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Downloader For X, Errors
by Rony Bill 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

Hello All, What does the error below in the output script mean? In simple words, what more needs to be installed? My distro is Mandrake 10.1 Thanks in advance and regards, Rony. "----------------------------------------------------------------------------- d4x -- Web Downloader for X Version: 2.5.2 chuchelo(a)krasu.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for g++... g++ checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking for gcc... gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for gawk... (cached) gawk checking for ranlib... ranlib checking whether NLS is requested... yes checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge checking for library containing strerror... none required checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for egrep... grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking for signed... yes checking for inline... inline checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for off_t... yes checking for size_t... yes checking for long long... yes checking for long double... yes checking for wchar_t... yes checking for wint_t... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for intmax_t... yes checking whether printf() supports POSIX/XSI format strings... yes checking for working alloca.h... yes checking for alloca... yes checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking for getpagesize... yes checking for working mmap... yes checking whether we are using the GNU C Library 2.1 or newer... yes checking whether integer division by zero raises SIGFPE... yes checking for unsigned long long... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking whether the inttypes.h PRIxNN macros are broken... no checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes checking for SIZE_MAX... yes checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for shared library run path origin... done checking for ptrdiff_t... yes checking argz.h usability... yes checking argz.h presence... yes checking for argz.h... yes checking limits.h usability... yes checking limits.h presence... yes checking for limits.h... yes checking locale.h usability... yes checking locale.h presence... yes checking for locale.h... yes checking nl_types.h usability... yes checking nl_types.h presence... yes checking for nl_types.h... yes checking malloc.h usability... yes checking malloc.h presence... yes checking for malloc.h... yes checking stddef.h usability... yes checking stddef.h presence... yes checking for stddef.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes checking for string.h... (cached) yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking sys/param.h usability... yes checking sys/param.h presence... yes checking for sys/param.h... yes checking for asprintf... yes checking for fwprintf... yes checking for getcwd... yes checking for getegid... yes checking for geteuid... yes checking for getgid... yes checking for getuid... yes checking for mempcpy... yes checking for munmap... yes checking for putenv... yes checking for setenv... yes checking for setlocale... yes checking for snprintf... yes checking for stpcpy... yes checking for strcasecmp... yes checking for strdup... yes checking for strtoul... yes checking for tsearch... yes checking for wcslen... yes checking for __argz_count... yes checking for __argz_stringify... yes checking for __argz_next... yes checking for __fsetlocking... yes checking whether _snprintf is declared... no checking whether _snwprintf is declared... no checking whether feof_unlocked is declared... yes checking whether fgets_unlocked is declared... no checking whether getc_unlocked is declared... yes checking for iconv... yes checking for iconv declaration... extern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft); checking for nl_langinfo and CODESET... yes checking for LC_MESSAGES... yes checking for bison... no checking whether NLS is requested... yes checking whether included gettext is requested... no checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes checking whether to use NLS... yes checking where the gettext function comes from... libc checking for autogen... ${SHELL} /root/d4x-2.5.2/admin/missing --run autogen checking for doxygen... ${SHELL} /root/d4x-2.5.2/admin/missing --run doxygen checking for rpm... /bin/rpm checking for dot... no checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for gengetopt... no checking for autogen... (cached) ${SHELL} /root/d4x-2.5.2/admin/missing --run autogen checking for esd-config... no checking for ESD - version >= 0.2.7... no *** The esd-config script installed by ESD could not be found *** If ESD was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the ESD_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to esd-config. checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking for GLIB - version >= 2.4.0... no *** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why... *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the *** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB is incorrectly installed." ___________________________________________________________ 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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USB freezes FC4 system
by Sandesh Singh 04 Sep '05

04 Sep '05

I have a Mercury Intel 810 motherboard. That it has a USB controller, I discovered only recently. However, whenever I plug in a USB pen drive when the system is booted up, the system completely freezes. Disconnecting the pen drive doesn't help, and I have to use the reset button. The device works fine if it's connected prior to boot up. However, if I then unmount it, and try to stick it in again, the system still freezes up. I tried recompiling the kernel, but since I dont know much, all I did was simply enable ALL the drivers in the USB section. The problem persists. Could anyone guide me to a solution? Thanks in advance. -- Sandesh Singh <sandesh.lug(a)gmail.com>

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Assembly %esp
by Nikhil Marathe 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

While messing around with assembly i printed the value of %esp when nothing is on the stack. It was 80. Does this mean that there are only 80 bytes on the stack. If yes then how does all the cmd line args and stuff fit in it. Or is the stack dynamically adjusted for the size of the program Thanks Nikhil -- ******************************************** * do u want to learn web programming? * * Visit http://pagetutor.superihost.com * ********************************************

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GDM configuration.
by Komal 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Hello Every time I choose GNOME over KDE in GDM I asked to choose whether you want to make it default or just for this session. How to disable this? Thanks Regards, Komal

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Squid problem
by vaibhav samant 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Hello, I am using squid v 2.5.STABLE8 (recompiled with x-forwarded-for patch) along with dansguardian v 2.8.0.3 on a FC2 box. Iptables dnat rules make sure that all port 80 and port 3128 requests are sent to port 8080. When I configure squid to enable access based on proxy_auth using /usr/lib/squid/pam_auth, I always get access denied... with the following line in the cache.log : 2005/08/25 11:51:06| aclAuthenticated: authentication not applicable on accelerated requests. Funny thing is -- if the client's browser settings are changed to use Proxy server on port 3128 instead of "automatically detect settings", then the browser pops up for username/password and accepts correct passwords to work just fine. But I was wanting to get this done when the browser hits on port 80 and not port 3128. Even when I try without Accel mode, I get access denied from squid, with the only difference being that instead of saying that the denied page was - lets say - "yahoo.com" -- it will say denied page was -- "/" I googled a bit and found that squid ver 3 (still under DEVEL) has an option to rebuild with "--enable-auth-on-accel" which will probably solve this problem. But i dont want to use v3 as it is still under DEVEL. I am now wondering what can be done about this ..... can someone help? Thanx in advance Vai

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[Commercial]- Linux Tech Support Engineer Position
by Gayatri K 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Hi All, One of clients in Mumbai are looking for Technical Support Engineers. Following is the job description: Job Description Position: Technical Support Engineer No of position: 5 Location: Mumbai Reporting to: Project Leader/ Manager Qualification: Any Graduate/ Diploma Engineer. Experience: 1- 3 year of experience. Experience in Linux is a must. Responsibilities: Interacting with the client and gathering details about the technical issues. Understanding technical issues at client site and resolving it completely within the given time frame. Technical Skills and Competencies: Experience in Linux System Administration, Networking, Kernel, TCP/IP, Mail server, Firewall etc. Troubleshooting complex support issues. Documentation of queries and technical issues. Proactive and self-motivated A problem solving attitude. Ability to work individually and in a team. Pleaes email your profiles to hrconsultant9(a)yahoo.com Regards, Ritika ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Re: Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Regarding Linux network problem
by tramsmai 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

"chirag radhakrishnan"<chiragrkn(a)yahoo.com> wrote: <DIV> tramsmai <tramsmai(a)indiatimes.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> Hi Chirag Thanx for the feedback you gave.    Its okay no problem. Whenever possible inlinux use "man". Best place to learn everything in linux. While configuring i had not selected DHCP configuration hence i had manually entered the relative parameters on the relative tabs with which i dont think this goof up would be possible but as you said i will double check again. Even if you configure DHCP, you need to have a dhcp server in place otherwsie where would your clien t. Hello Everyone, With regards to my problems this is something which i found after "Investigation". This is along email so please beer with it !! LOL When my windows boots up, my system tray shows a network connected icon (two monitors) indicating that it is on the network. Now after this happens i connect to the internet using PPPoE protocol. My cablenet provider has installed a dialer (Windows dialer no special software) which uses this protocol and connects to the internet. On the hand in linux when the system boots up it shows a message saying "Bringing up interface eth0 [ok]" Which indicates that the machine was successfully placed on the network. I guess if not then it just hangs or tries to connect indefinately. To buttress this fact further i would say that when i ssue an ifconfig the output shows Received by as a different value everytime (Increasing everytime) which i suppose indicates that the pc is indeed on the network. One question remains that even if i keep my default gateway address as blank then also my ifconfig shows two different address for eth0 which are 172.25.65.29 and Bcast as 172.25.65.31. i am not sure what this means!! any help would be appreciated. Refer to my if config output below. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:6A:67:E2:3A inet addr:172.25.65.29 Bcast:172.25.65.31 Mask:255.255.255.252 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:14598 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:898426 (877.3 Kb) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xdf00 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The next step i have taken is that i have downloaded the PPPoE protocol for linux and installing that but now other problem arises which is module dependencies. PPPoE expects cc compiler installed but it seems my machine does not have one. So i downloaded an RPM package for the same but that in turn asks for glibc-develp package. I downloaded that and tried installing but it in turn asked for kernel headers Since i dont have the installation cd for linux i have downloaded that also and will give a try but if that fails then i will get the CD and perform the installation. Some questions regarding PPPoE would be what parameters should i provide to this protocol. I checked my windows configuration which says that they are given by DNS i wll try with that else ILUG-BOM zindabad!!!! Bye for now and thanx again for the help given and probably would require in future since i still have some question regarding the usability of linux. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now!

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E667 : Fsync failed
by Gopi K 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Hi All, I am trying to install Oracle 9i Standard edition on RHEL 4. While setting the shmmax value ( as root ) in /proc/sys/kernel to that specified in the Oracle documentation, I am facing a problem. When I edit the value in shmmax using vi editor and try saving it, it gives a message "E667 : Fsync failed." I am unable to edit this file. Can anyone help me out with this ? Regards, Gopi

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Regarding Linux network problem
by tramsmai 01 Sep '05

01 Sep '05

Hi there Following is the output of various commands i issued as requested... line after semicolon is the comment I had to do some editing since i saved the result in linux but when i opened the file in windows it had many unwanted carriage returns. [root@localhost root]# ping 172.25.65.29 ;My ip PING 172.25.65.29 (172.25.65.29) from 172.25.65.29 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.039 ms 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.032 ms 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.031 ms [1]+ Stopped ping 172.25.65.29 [root@localhost root]# ping 202.63.164.17 ;primary DNS connect: Network is unreachable [root@localhost root]# ping 192.168.0.1 ;Secondary DNS connect: Network is unreachable [root@localhost root]# ping 172.25.25.25 ;Gateway connect: Network is unreachable [root@localhost root]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:6A:67:E2:3A inet addr:172.25.65.29 Bcast:172.25.65.31 Mask:255.255.255.252 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:14598 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:898426 (877.3 Kb) TX bytes:240 (240.0 b) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xdf00 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:700 (700.0 b) TX bytes:700 (700.0 b) [root@localhost root]# traceroute 172.25.65.29 traceroute to 172.25.65.29 (172.25.65.29), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 172.25.65.29 (172.25.65.29) 0.407 ms 0.073 ms 0.059 ms [root@localhost root]# ping 172.25.65.29 PING 172.25.65.29 (172.25.65.29) from 172.25.65.29 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.034 ms 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.034 ms 64 bytes from 172.25.65.29: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.031 ms [1]+ Stopped ping 172.25.65.29 [root@localhost root]# ping 172.25.25.25 connect: Network is unreachable [root@localhost root]# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;Contents of Resolv.conf ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script search nameserver 202.63.164.17 nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 172.25.25.25 ~ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now!

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