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Re: How to compare various linux products?
by gnurpreet＠softhome.net 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

> Dear linuxers, > i'm want to know how 2 compare linuxes w.r.t. > functionality,performance etc. the difference in the distros actually comes in the following points according to me. o the installation program (user friendlyness etc) o the configuration support it provides o packaging techniques thats all i can think of, can anyone add to this list?? > i want 2 know where 2 find these aspects in respective > products.or in other words how to check these aspects? > or is there any such comparision documentation which i > can follow. a few days back, there was a review of rh10 beta version. the writer had considered exhaustive points for reviewing the distro. you may search for that in the archives. regards ------------------------------------ GNUrpreet Singh MPIT 1 (Nw specialization) Symbiosis Center for IT www.scit.edu

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Want to know about RHCE & RHCT
by Prashant Arbat 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

Well I am to know how to prepare for RHCE or RHCT. Well it not like microsoft or cisco exam. There are two tracks to do that I think. I go to redhat.com but I can not understand well. Can youn please tell me how tom exactely give the RHCE exam. I want to do it in pune but I do not want to go throuth the training modules. also can you tell me the linuxers mail group of pune city ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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Digit has RH9 ISOs
by Chirag Wazir 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

Hi all, Just FYI, this month's Digit magazine has a DVD on the cover that includes the following ISO images: RedHat 9 (3 CDs) Mandrake 9.1 (1 CD) Peanut 9.5 (1 CD) Knoppix 3.2 (1 CD) There's also lots of other Linux software onboard. I haven't tried it yet but for those of us with a DVDROM & CDRW but no broadband, it seems great value for 100 bucks :-) Chirag Wazir http://chirag.freeshell.org

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[ILUG-BOM] Fw: [lw-online] Microsoft Urges Users Not to Use Windows on the Internet
by Saswata Banerjee & Associates 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

Hi Thought you guys would get a kick out of this article Regards Saswata ----- Original Message ----- From: <nevilleb(a)vsnl.com> To: <lw-online(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 4:43 PM Subject: [lw-online] Microsoft Urges Users Not to Use Windows on the Internet > Nice interesting viewpoint for those of your clients using linux - > > http://www.linuxworld.com/story/33969.htm > > Also, those using linx should be aware of this latest vulnerability > > Mandrake PHP Advisory : > http://www.phparch.com/news/461 > > > Cheers, > Neville > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark > Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 > http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/ktVolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > lw-online-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

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proxy & firewall
by T Roy 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

1. i wanted to know names of some good free proxy servers and also how to configure Mozilla for the same. 2. how to know that all my data is going through the proxy. can any tool like 'tcpdump' help ? 2. also how to get the Internet Firewall working( i am using RH 8.0 ). 3. how to know whether the firewall is working or not. any tools ? 4. One last question, i know i shouldnt be asking on this list, but then i am sure many people on this list use windows. i got infected by 'msblast.exe' and my Windows Management Instrumentation(WMI) seems to be screwed up, for which i cannot activate internet firewall( so i cant download DCOM patch from microsoft site ) nor can i do a system restore. my windows partition(Windows XP Professional) is disconnected from the internet and i have removed all traces of msblast.exe( ie /windows/system32 and registry ) but WMI just doesnt seem to work. Any suggestions ?? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

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[ILUG-BOM] Invitation to meeting of indictranc.org - Gujrati Initiative.
by dinesh＠shahmicro.com 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

"IndLinux Gujarati" <indlinux-gujarati(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Cc: "Prof. Jitendra Shah" <jitendras(a)vsnl.com> Bcc: Subject: Reply-To: Hello LUGers, Prof. Jitendra Shah of VJTI is organising a meeting of all like minded ppl for a meeting on Thu. 21st Aug. 2003 @ 10.00 am. to discuss and kick start translation efforts for Gujarati. All LUGers whose mother tounge is Gujarati or who has good command over Gujarati and willing to chip in for translation work are welcome. Address B-103, Bldg. # 1 (Sarovar Society) MHADA, Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Near Police Station, POWAI, Mumbai. Those who are interested and willing to attend the meeting pls confirm your attendance by writing to me or Prof. Shah or call us on the cell. Prof. Jitendra Shah - jitendras(a)vsnl.com Dinesh Shah - Dinesh(a)ShahMicro.com - 98213-11906 Hopping for the large turnout. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Dinesh(a)ShahMicro.com +91-98213-11906 +91-22-56919423

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Invitation to meeting of IndicTranc.org - Gujarati.
by dinesh＠shahmicro.com 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

<jitendras(a)vsnl.com>, IndLinux Gujarati <indlinux-gujarati(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Cc: Bcc: Subject: Invitation to meeting of indictranc.org - Gujrati Initiative. Reply-To: Hello LUGers, Prof. Jitendra Shah of VJTI is organising a meeting of all like minded ppl for a meeting on Thu. 21st Aug. 2003 @ 10.00 am. to discuss and kick start translation efforts for Gujarati. All LUGers whose mother tounge is Gujarati or who has good command over Gujarati and willing to chip in for translation work are welcome. Address B-103, Bldg. # 1 (Sarovar Society) MHADA, Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Near Police Station, POWAI, Mumbai. Those who are interested and willing to attend the meeting pls confirm your attendance by writing to me or Prof. Shah or call us on the cell. Prof. Jitendra Shah - jitendras(a)vsnl.com Dinesh Shah - Dinesh(a)ShahMicro.com - 98213-11906 Hopping for the large turnout. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Dinesh(a)ShahMicro.com +91-98213-11906 +91-22-56919423

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Onboard sound card problem VIA 8233 AC97
by Netbaba 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Hi to every linuxite ! Help YANB with Onboard sound card problem. It is VIA 8233 AC97 audio controller Distribution is Redhat 8.0 (PCQ) on AMD 1.8 Ghz using Krypton mother board Running sndconfig it doesn't find drivers bla bla... aumix gives an error Please help Deepak 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 on Air Sahara Flights at Prices Lower Than Before. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now!

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Wireless Key Board issues
by balajeec＠mastek.com 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Hi all, Yesterday I was trying to Install PCQLINUX 8.0 on my PC. Configuration AMD Athlon, ASUS Mother Board 512 Mb ram 80gb HDD Neotech Wireless keyboard with Built in Mouse.(This keybord comes with a InfraRed receiver that has two PS2 plugs coming out one for mouse and one for key board) I have Windows XP in the First 5GB of my HDD. When i start the install process, Its asks for installation mode I type in LINUX TEXT My CPU, HDD, CD , FLOPPY are all detected a) If both my Keyboard plug and Mouse plug are connected, None are detected and I'm not able to type os move my trackball No response is received by the system. b) If I disconnect my Mouse Plug, My key board workks fine, and I'm able to do my installation in text mode, In XConfig, Since I have not connected any mouse the setup fails. (Its keyboard and mouse are properly running for Windows XP, My Keyboard sticker says that it supports WIN 9x and NT, may be they mean the extra multimedia keys) Also I need help on setting up my Linux properly. This is what i want to do First 5 GB win XP Next 100MB /boot Next 500MB swap Next 10000 / Next 5000 /g Next 5000 /h Remaining Windows Partitions While creating all the partition i Specify size in MBs and not in cylinders Is that Ok? When i try to do that using Disk Druid It give me an error while trying to create a partition "/g" as "Cannot Create Cylinder Based Partition" I hope I'm clear in explaining my issues thanks in advance for your help bala ----------------------------------- Balajee Chandrasekaran Software Engineer Majesco Software Inc. Phone: 91-22-5695 2222 Extn No 7911 ------------------------------------ Motivation Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose. Max Schmelling --------------------------------------- MASTEK "Making a valuable difference" Mastek in NASSCOM's 'India Top 20' Software Service Exporters List. In the US, we're called MAJESCO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual and not that of Mastek Limited, unless specifically indicated to that effect. Mastek Limited does not accept any responsibility or liability for it. This e-mail and attachments (if any) transmitted with it are confidential and/or privileged and solely for the use of the intended person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail and its attachments have been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to run the virus check on e-mails and attachments before opening them. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly delete this e-mail from all computers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Qmail forwarding some email
by Subba Rao 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Hi, I have never done this before with Qmail. There is some email that I receive which I would like to be forwarded to a different email address. How can this be done in Qmail? If this cannot be done, I can use procmail to copy to the other address. However I would like to use Qmail to do it. Any information and pointers appreciated. Thank you in advance. -- Subba Rao subba9(a)cablespeed.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Old American Wild West saying: God created men but Colt made them equal. Today: Linus created Linux and Linux made IT companies equal.

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Sound card driver problems in Linux Mandrake
by daneel＠mail.utexas.edu 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Hi, I have recently installed the open source distro of Linux Mandrake on my IBM Thinkpad 770Z Laptop on a journalised ext3 partition together with win XP on an NTFS partition. My soundcard is a crystal Semiconductors cirrus logic card whose specs are given below: Cirrus CS4610/1 CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio The mandrake conf tool says that the required driver is labelled cs46xx, and that it has been moduled in the kernel, but I am getting no sounds at all. The hardware is fine, because I get sound when I boot to XP. The dmesg output says that my drivers are not moduled in the kernel. Therefore, I did make xconfig and looked it up. I moduled the relevant drivers and did make dep, make modules, make modules_install etc and created new boot images and recompiled. The recompiled kernel clobbered my linux as I could not access any services at all, let alone sound. I restored the earlier images and kernel files from backups and was able to restore my system to it's original configuration, but still not getting any sound. Since I am new to Linux, I do not know details about linux kernels and how to compile them properly, despite my following the LINUX KERNEL HOWTO doc to the hilt. I am in dire need of assistance from a more knowledgeable linux user/administrator who can instruct me on what to do. Thanks, AR

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help 4 Mandrake 7.0 Installation
by linuxdev 17 Aug '03

17 Aug '03

> > If you go for manual partitioning, you'll have options like > /dev/hda1, > > /dev/hda2, etc. /dev/hda1 is your Windows C drive, so leave it > alone. > > /dev/hda2 is (most likely) what is known as an extended partition - > one > > who's only purpose is to contain other partitions. > > that would be /dev/hda4 afaik. > > > > > These other partitions will be numbered /dev/hda5, /dev/hda6 and up. > > You will probably not have anything other than hda1 and hda2, so > choose > > Also his d drive will most likely be a normal dos partition /dev/hda2. >I seem to recall from my early days that the deleted >D: will show up as >/dev/hda5. Something to do with windows fdisk only >being able to create >one primary partition. I *may* of course be wrong. I >presently do all my >partitioning using linux fdisk. >Sharukh. a simple "/sbin/parted" + print in RH9.0 or cfdisk in most other distros reveals the partition table layout. Use knoppix to find out if you are unsure. has cfdisk C 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 on Air Sahara Flights at Prices Lower Than Before. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now!

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Help 4 Mandrake 7.0 Installation
by Linlov L 17 Aug '03

17 Aug '03

Dear Linuxers, I wish to install Mandrake Linux 7.0 I have partitioned drives C and D on which I have WIN ME. I tried 2 install Lnx4win on drive D but the msg say that since WIN ME does NOT hve REAL MS DOS, the installation CANNOT proceed. For that, I need Win98 for Lnx4win to be installed. The other option is to install it directly by rebooting. Since I dont knw much about partitions etc. I cannot proceed because I get stuck at the installation dialog box that aks me to choose the drive where I wanna install Linux. However, it also warns that UNLESS I'm comfy with Partitions etc I should not fiddle around because all data might be erased. And the confusion about Mount point, Resize precludes me from going ahead with the installation. I wish to retain WIN ME and other important data on drive C and yet have Mandrake on D. How do I go about it? I wud appreciate any help in this regard. Thanks in advance. Linlov. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Solaris Zero Day Exploit
by Warren Norrix 17 Aug '03

17 Aug '03

Dear Luggers. Solaris - Zero Day Exploit http://cms.mtvasia.com/ Some harsh language... -- Regards, Warren Norrix. warren(a)freedomink.org http://warren.freezope.com Key fingerprint = 13B3 9EAB A74C 9C75 BFA0 33B4 A8FC 2979 7234 4246 Online Linux Shop: http://www.cafeshops.com/norrix

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X Restarts(Mangesh Bhalerao)
by Vidhata Deshpande 16 Aug '03

16 Aug '03

Thanx Mangesh The same problem came up when I initially installed Gnu/Linux. Subsequently I just re-installed Redhat 8.0, and the problem disappeared. But now I will download the the latest i810 drivers for X and do things correctly. Vidhata. On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 Mangesh Bhalerao wrote : >The problem is with the i810 drivers if u have these boards. >Now the way to get out of it is only to upgrade the X-server's >driver. > Download the letest XFree86(i810) driver and compile them. >This may solve your problem. > >Mangesh >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: X Restarts > From: "Dipu Kumar M" <dipukm(a)coolgoose.com> >Date: Wed, August 13, 2003 5:29 pm >To: vale(a)it.iitb.ac.in > > >I am having RedHat Linux 8.0 installed in my PC.After I'm in >console >mode for about 30sec or more X restarts and logs me out of Gnome. >This >is really annoying!.Its working fine with the GUI and problem >comes only >when I tries to switch to Console mode. (Ctrl+Alt+F1) > >If anyone have any suggestions please do forward to me > >Thanking in anticipation, > > Dipu Kumar M >------------------------------------ > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.478 / Virus Database: 275 - Release Date: 5/6/2003 > > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Foundation of a good theory is to invent it and keep it open for questioning. ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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Re: X Restarts(Mangesh Bhalerao)
by Mangesh Bhalerao 16 Aug '03

16 Aug '03

The problem is with the i810 drivers if u have these boards. Now the way to get out of it is only to upgrade the X-server's driver. Download the letest XFree86(i810) driver and compile them. This may solve your problem. Mangesh -------- Original Message -------- Subject: X Restarts From: "Dipu Kumar M" <dipukm(a)coolgoose.com> Date: Wed, August 13, 2003 5:29 pm To: vale(a)it.iitb.ac.in I am having RedHat Linux 8.0 installed in my PC.After I'm in console mode for about 30sec or more X restarts and logs me out of Gnome. This is really annoying!.Its working fine with the GUI and problem comes only when I tries to switch to Console mode. (Ctrl+Alt+F1) If anyone have any suggestions please do forward to me Thanking in anticipation, Dipu Kumar M ------------------------------------ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.478 / Virus Database: 275 - Release Date: 5/6/2003

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Re: cluster Vs Grid
by VC Bothra 14 Aug '03

14 Aug '03

Here's a link to my blog post which answers your question: http://www.jainnet.com/knowledgeeldorado/archives/2002/09/05/index.html#gri… Grid is a type of parallel and distributed system that enables the sharing, selection, and aggregation of resources distributed across "multiple" administrative domains based on their (resources) availability, capability, performance, cost, and users' quality-of-service requirements. If distributed resources happen to be managed by a single, global centralised scheduling system, then it is a cluster. In cluster, all nodes work cooperatively with common goal and objective as the resource allocation is performed by a centralised, global resource manager. In Grid, each node has its own resource manager and allocation policy. Veer. http://www.blogstreet.com/ http://www.jainnet.com/knowledgeeldorado/ > What would be the exact difference between a GRID and a CLUSTER. > as far as my reading goes, both appear to be the same!

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How to compare various linux products?
by vivek b 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

Dear linuxers, i'm want to know how 2 compare linuxes w.r.t. functionality,performance etc. i want 2 know where 2 find these aspects in respective products.or in other words how to check these aspects? or is there any such comparision documentation which i can follow. hoping 4 better help regards, vivek. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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ESWare Linux
by Warren Norrix 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

dear luggers. does any one have a copy of EsWare Linux or the install programm source code. -- Regards, Warren Norrix. warren(a)freedomink.org http://warren.freezope.com Key fingerprint = 13B3 9EAB A74C 9C75 BFA0 33B4 A8FC 2979 7234 4246 Online Linux Shop: http://www.cafeshops.com/norrix

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cluster Vs Grid
by gnurpreet＠softhome.net 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

What would be the exact difference between a GRID and a CLUSTER. as far as my reading goes, both appear to be the same! regards ------------------------------------ GNUrpreet Singh MPIT 1 (Nw specialization) Symbiosis Center for IT www.scit.edu

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 4, Issue 19
by gnurpreet＠softhome.net 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

> > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: 13 Aug 2003 05:05:33 -0000 > From: "Joseph S" <jose_ska(a)rediffmail.com> > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Help Not able to login through F1 to F6 session > To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > Message-ID: <20030813050533.32730.qmail(a)webmail25.rediffmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > I am not able to login from F1 to F6 sessions nor through telnet > remotely. From F1 to F6 sessions I am able to get login but not > the password prompt. From remote session I am not able to get > login itself. > Only through F7 GUI i am able to enter in to system. > > My telnet service is enabled. > The only changes I did was changed my DNS setting. > > Can any one help me in this regard. maybe your login script has gone bad somehow. try reinstalling (forcefully) the rpm which has the login script. regards ------------------------------------ GNUrpreet Singh MPIT 1 (Nw specialization) Symbiosis Center for IT www.scit.edu

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X restarts when I switch console to Ctrl+Alt+F1
by Gnana Vadi Vale 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

We're facing a strange problem as desribed below: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: X Restarts From: "Dipu Kumar M" <dipukm(a)coolgoose.com> Date: Wed, August 13, 2003 5:29 pm To: vale(a)it.iitb.ac.in I am having RedHat Linux 8.0 installed in my PC.After I'm in console mode for about 30sec or more X restarts and logs me out of Gnome. This is really annoying!.Its working fine with the GUI and problem comes only when I tries to switch to Console mode. (Ctrl+Alt+F1) If anyone have any suggestions please do forward to me Thanking in anticipation, Dipu Kumar M ------------------------------------

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Help Not able to login through F1 to F6 session
by Joseph S 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

Hello everyone, I have a problem with my Linux mail server . I am not able to login from F1 to F6 sessions nor through telnet remotely. From F1 to F6 sessions I am able to get login but not the password prompt. From remote session I am not able to get login itself. Only through F7 GUI i am able to enter in to system. My telnet service is enabled. The only changes I did was changed my DNS setting. Can any one help me in this regard. Thanks regards joseph ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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offtopic: books for sale
by akshaysalkar 13 Aug '03

13 Aug '03

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Need some help here.
by Vidhata Deshpande 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

Hello Devdas.... Thanks for the help... but I want to check the exit code.... How can I access the exit code and assign the exit code value to a variable. I tried using the command var=`ping -c1 -w3 202.54.1.30` echo $var This still outputs the regulr ping output | if my eth crd is down...it still o/p's "connect : Network is unreachable" directly to the monitor,without assigning the Exit Code value to the variable. Vidhata Foundation of a good theory is to invent it and keep it open for questioning. ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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Thankx Philip.
by Vidhata Deshpande 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

Thanks for the help... and yes...I will try to use meaningful 'subject lines' next time onwards. Vidhata On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 Philip S Tellis wrote : >On 12 Aug 2003, Vidhata Deshpande wrote: > > > How can I access the exit code and assign the exit code value >to a > >exit codes are stored in $? when the program exits. I suggest >you read >the bash man page. > >Oh, and please use a meanigful subject line. > >Philip > >-- >Sigmund Freud is alleged to have said that in the last analysis >the >entire field of psychology may reduce to biological >electrochemistry. > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Foundation of a good theory is to invent it and keep it open for questioning. ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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Problems with mm.ilug mailman?
by J. T. D'souza 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

On Tuesday 12 August 2003 10:23, linuxers-bounce(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > Your membership in the mailing list Linuxers has been disabled due to > excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated > 12-Aug-2003. You will not get any more messages from this list until > you re-enable your membership. You will receive 2 more reminders like > this before your membership in the list is deleted. > > To re-enable your membership, you can simply respond to this message > (leaving the Subject: line intact), or visit the confirmation page at > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/confirm/linuxers/76dc6de26ec112a0cc10e26f… > Replying to this mail results in a mail with: - Results: Invalid confirmation string. Note that confirmation strings expire approximately 3 days after the initial subscription request. If your confirmation has expired, please try to re-submit your original request or message. - Unprocessed: Confirmation string should not expire as the reply is on 12th. > You can also visit your membership page at > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/options/linuxers/jtdsouza%40softhome.net > > > On your membership page, you can change various delivery options such > as your email address and whether you get digests or not. As a > reminder, your membership password is going to the membership page and entering the password take you to the option page. However after enabling delivery and submitting the form i am returned to the members option page. Browser is Konqueror 3.1.2 (Kde 3.1.2), cookies enabled. The same thing happened last month. rgds jtdsouza(a)softhome.net

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Sendmail configuration problem
by Abhijeet More 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

Hi there, I've been trying to configure sendmail on my office box. (version 8.12 on Debian 3.0 Woody) I would be using the office smtp router as the smarthost. I need to configure my daemon to authenticate (AUTH = LOGIN) to this smarthost before trying to send mail. I have checked out the procedure using the telnet to port 25. It sure works. Now to configure sendmail for this we have two options: DefaultAuthInfo ( and provide the mapping in the file thats the argument of DefaultAuthInfo) or The 'authinfo' ruleset : This can be done by using FEATURE('authinfo') and providing the mapping. The problem: 1.> I could not find the exact syntax for mapping the auth using DefaultAuthInfo. Yes, I have checked the documentation. It seems that this option is deprecated and would not be supported in the future versions. 2.> So I went on and used FEATURE('authinfo') and provided the mapping in the appropriate file ( The syntax is documented for this) 3.> However what happens is that, even though sendmail correctly tries to use the smarthost for delivering all non - local mail, it does not try to AUTH before the MAIL FROM: ! I checked this using the '-X' option. It returns the non - local mail to me saying it gave a 505 - Authentication required error. Incidentally, I had even tried to configure exim before this for the same situation. Even after making all the required configurations for exim, it would not AUTH itself to the smarthost. I have tried to be lucid enough and hope to have explained the problem clearly. Has anyone out here experienced this before. If so what's the way out? ciao Abhijeet More Here's my sendmail.mc file (generated using the sendmailconfig program) but I have removed the comments. divert(0)dnl define(`_USE_ETC_MAIL_')dnl include(`/usr/share/sendmail/cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl VERSIONID(`$Id: sendmail.mc, v 8.12.3-4 2002-04-15 17:35:56 cowboy Exp $') OSTYPE(`debian')dnl DOMAIN(`debian-mta')dnl LOCAL_CONFIG define(`SMART_HOST', `10.6.12.207')dnl FEATURE(`nocanonify')dnl FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl FEATURE(`local_no_masquerade')dnl FEATURE(`authinfo')dnl LOCAL_CONFIG Cwmymachine.world.com FEATURE(`use_cw_file')dnl FEATURE(`use_ct_file')dnl FEATURE(`nouucp', `reject')dnl HACK(`nodns')dnl FEATURE(`smrsh')dnl define(`confME_TOO', True)dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `1h')dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `1d')dnl include(`/etc/mail/dialup.m4')dnl include(`/etc/mail/provider.m4')dnl MAILER_DEFINITIONS MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^End of sendmail.mc file

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YANB-(yet another newbie)
by Netbaba 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

I traditionally try out linux for short bursts of time and get sick of it or it stops dual booting and go back to m$ for day to day work. I wanted to install redhat 8.0 from PCQ with win 2000 pro Is PCQ 8.0 different from redhat or only change is with the name and some instyallation options. How can I do that? What partition schemes to use for a 20 Gb? Is grub better than LILO ? How do I ensure in case of a booting problem my data in NTFS or FAT partitions are intact and easily recoverable ? I know regular back up helps but That may be too much at times. Will ge force nivada card and Proview LCD monitor be supported and what's the settings I need to use? Thank you linuxites Deepak 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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ISR called reentrantly
by Harshul Nayak (ealcatraz) 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hello all, one of the servers which is under my administration is a Linux box with dual processor, currently running redhat 7.3 while checking through the logs (/var/log/messages) found out this error Jul 31 19:03:46 XXXXX kernel: ISR called reentrantly!! Jul 31 19:26:55 XXXXX kernel: ISR called reentrantly!! Jul 31 22:27:50 XXXXX kernel: ISR called reentrantly!! The server is running a webserver and a mailinglist server When interacting with the hosting company they said it is BIOS issue , hence we updated the BIOS. then upgraded the kernel. Kernel Upgrade: ============ Latest linux kernel version: (as of 10/08/203) Linux version 2.4.20-19.7smp Old linux kernel version (when the error did occurred) ================== Linux version 2.4.18-24.7.xsmp Now I wanted to knw how the error message shown above and the BOIS was related. Can someone throw some light in the right direction, I do understand that the hardware and the kernel as closely related... Is there more proper explanation of the relationship. Since the upgrade the reenatrant error has not appeared. but take a note the mailing list server is not yet LIVE, so the actual test would be when I bring back the mailing list server into production. thanks for reading , tried to keep it short and brief. -regs Harshul ---------------------------------------------------------------- The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. - Robert Frost

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Need some suggestions on this topic
by Vidhata Deshpande 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Thanks for the reply, Philip. I am newbie at linux.I did go thru the diald Howto... I just wanted to clear one small glitch. When my eth crd is not detected, the system will give me an output "connect : Network is unreachble" on trying to ping.(ping,say VSNL) In cse I want to divert this commnd to an evaluation n it's value to variable in a script,I will need to 'grep' the output of ping. This I have tried already(grep o/p of ping when the network card is down) The o/p of ping is not fed to grep for comparing patterns, rather, the script just puts up the message of 'Network is unreachable' on the monitor,and goes ahead executing the script. I would like to know,is there any specific way I can catch this output and then grep it to evaluate and set the condition right for the script to detect the eth card is not being detected and perform the necessry software resolving. Thank you Vidhata ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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web camera + emb_linux
by Ramesh 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

I am designing web based surveillance system. It is basically embedded linux based system... I need 10 frames/sec speed.. Resolution can be 800x600, but even less resolution is also ok for me... I want to use low cost one... and its driver size should be very less ... Can anyone tell me what r the cameras available in local market and what r the drivers needed for it.... if camera with parallel port is available, then i will be more happy it is urgent..... thanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Internet Connectivity
by Kamlesh Shah 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Suggest the conf for following requirement. Linux Server with ISP supplied ip address connected with ethernet cable. Also server to conf apache and DNS. Regards -- Kamlesh Shah Parth Information Technology, Mumbai. Cell:9820947222 Email:pitcom@vsnl.com

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Need some suggestions on this topic
by Vidhata Deshpande 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hi, I am running Redhat as a proxy using Squid.The connection through internet is through cable internet. When the cable internet goes down, the modem automatically dials up to the ISP. I want the modem to dial up to the ISP only when the script detects any requests to be sent out to the internet. All, I don't know is, how to go about this. Guys.....ne ideas on how I could implement this? All idea's are welcome. Thanks. Vidhata ___________________________________________________ Meet your old school or college friends from 1 Million + database... Click here to reunite www.batchmates.com/rediff.asp

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running .msi files on linux
by vidyasagar venkatesh 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

can .msi files be run on linux? if yes how? where can we get the software for download?

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Partial internet connectivity under linux but windows gives full connectivity
by ourpassions＠vsnl.net 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

I have uploaded tcpdumps and other useful information about my network connection so that we can solve this problem of parital connectivity fast. Pls visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BNPGs/files/ . also read "readme_first.htm" file present in same folder. thanks awaiting response -vishal

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problem with shared libraries
by Pradnyesh Sawant 10 Aug '03

10 Aug '03

i've done a fresh install of RedHat GNU/linux 7.3 (gcc-2.96-110, gcc-c++-2.96-110) on my m/c. i then installed the rar utility. but when i try to run it, it gives the following error: "error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" i then did a "locate libstdc++.so", only to find libstdc++.so.2* in the /usr/lib directory. then i installed "wine" from the source code, that i'd obtained from a linuxforu cd. when i tried to run a windoze .exe file using it, it gave me the foll error: "error while loading shared libraries: libntdll.dll.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" i'd installed gcc-3.2.1 previously (i did a fresh install to get rid of it, since there wasn't a "make uninstall" option available with the source code. i'd then installed blacksun java (j2sdk1.4.1). but when i tried to write a java program, and compile it using "javac", i got the error: "error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory") is there some specific way in which i need to install gcc again, or do i have to make some changes to my path? if i search for libstdc++.so.5 on the Internet, then do i copy it to /usr/lib, or somewhere else? what changes do i make to system variables? thanks for all the help. -- HACKER: Someone who loves to program and loves being clever about it. --- Pradnyesh Sawant (The Doubtfire) B.E. (I.T.) spradnyesh(a)gmx.net Ph. 91-022-27703060 http://www.geocities.com/spradnyesh ---

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small foot-print GNU/Linux
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 10 Aug '03

10 Aug '03

Hello All, Looking for resources on working on a very small footprint GNU/Linux for project we plan to start in the Affordable Solutions Lab. The idea is to put enough stuff on 32MB Flash RAM, in a thin machine that can run Mozilla and some apps, probably based on it using XUL. We looked at uclinux, but that's not what we are looking for ... The project aims to squeeze a normal network enabled kernel, with display, VMM etc into as small a size as possible. Any pointers? Sameer. -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/

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Partial internet connectivity under linux but windows gives full connectivity
by ourpassions＠vsnl.net 10 Aug '03

10 Aug '03

when i checked my ipchains and iptables..it gave following output ================================================================ [root@localhost net]# ipchains -L ipchains: Incompatible with this kernel [root@localhost net]# iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination ================================================================= why is it saying ipchains incompatible with this kernel?

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IPTables kazaa v2 blocking
by Ripunjay Bararia (ILUG-MUM) 10 Aug '03

10 Aug '03

hi, I had posted a query a very long time a go about blocking/stopping Kazaa ver 2 Clients on my internal network from reaching the outside world. Did not get many responses for ver 2 blocking, ver 1 was port 1214 . Asking the question again. How to block Kazaa Ver 2+ clients from connecting and or transferring files via a Linux box, running IPTables/Kernel 2.4.19+. thanks Ripunjay Bararia

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Partial internet connectivity under linux but windows gives full connectivity
by ourpassions＠vsnl.net 10 Aug '03

10 Aug '03

Hi, i access internet using lan. i have windows 98 and linux red hat 7.3 installed. While i can surf any website and use yahoo messenger in windows 98, i cannot surf most of the sites in linux and cannot use yahoo messenger. Only some sites like google.com can be accessed by both linux and windows.I can get my mails using email client in both linux and windows properly. On analying TCP Dumps , i figured out that my machine sends TCP Reset often..in linux while in windows it sends it rarely . In general internet connection under window is good while under linux is pathetic!!! What to do so that i get same internet connectivity in linux as i get in windows? highly in need of your idea, suggestions -vishal

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Problem With kernel 2.6.0-test2
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Really sorry for the trouble. I should have read the docs in the source first. They explicitly tell me to upgrade my mod-init-utils package. I did that and atleast the modules are being detected. Rest should be ok as the config utils have become even more cleaner and well structured. Thanx for all the responses. Siddhesh. -- A little inaccuracy saves a world of explanation. Siddhesh. einstein_is_back(a)hotmail.com sssp(a)softhome.net siddheshpoyarekar(a)softhome.net progman(a)vsnl.net progman(a)sify.com

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Just a test... Pls ignore...
by dinesh＠shahmicro.com 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

... -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Dinesh(a)ShahMicro.com +91-98213-11906 +91-22-56919423

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Problem With kernel 2.6.0-test2
by siddhesh poyarekar 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

I finally convinced myself to try out beta kernels. And I downloaded the 2.6 test version. But the problem now is that modules don't work. Is there anything different that I have to do compared to the normal kernel compilation procedure? My 2.4 kernel still works fine (compiled it from source... so I guess I'm no a complete stranger to it.) Thanx in advance, Siddhesh -- If everything seems to be going well, you've obviously overlooked something. Siddhesh. einstein_is_back(a)hotmail.com (Default) sssp(a)softhome.net siddheshpoyarekar(a)softhome.net progman(a)vsnl.net progman(a)sify.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Problem With kernel 2.6.0-test2
by goldwyn rodrigues 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Welcome to the world of kernel compilation!! Even I had the same problem, and i posted to the list. You need to install module-init-tools and then recompile the kernel. There could be other packages you must upgrade, check out the README/INSTALL files with the kernel. -- Goldwyn :o) I finally convinced myself to try out beta kernels. And I downloaded the 2.6 test version. But the problem now is that modules don't work. Is there anything different that I have to do compared to the normal kernel compilation procedure? My 2.4 kernel still works fine (compiled it from source... so I guess I'm no a complete stranger to it.) Thanx in advance, Siddhesh -- If everything seems to be going well, you've obviously overlooked something. Siddhesh. einstein_is_back(a)hotmail.com (Default) sssp(a)softhome.net siddheshpoyarekar(a)softhome.net progman(a)vsnl.net progman(a)sify.com -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Problem creating usernames with dots
by Kapil Karekar 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

On Thursday 07 Aug 2003 6:13 am, Philip S Tellis wrote: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Vinayakam Murugan wrote: >> Are you sure about Debian? Coz while googling, I came across an >> article which said that the latest kernel doesn't support this. > The kernel has nothing to do with usernames. This is handled by the > shell. Where did you read this? I really don't think that the shell is up to his evil tactics to restrict us from creating usernames with dot(s) in it ;) Jokes apart... If we use dots in our usernames then how will we execute the command "chown username.groupname filename" ?? Regards, Kapil Karekar

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How to mount linux filesystem
by ChoongHooi.Lee＠seagate.com 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Hi All, Need some helps here. Previously i have a hard-disk with linux 7.3 which recently crashed. I decided to setup a new hard-disk with linux 9, a install the previous hard-disk as secondary. Does anyone know, how could i access the secondary hard-disk contents? by using mount? Thankx

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] gnu/linux and gprs
by EH 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

>You could charge while using GPRS if your phone >has separate charging >and data cables. My Siemens has a common slot, so >I can't charge while >using data. or use bluetooth !!!! - Sagar. 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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ref for curl and widgets
by Sarfaraz＠gmx.net 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

I would like to know if there is any reference for using widgets also wanted details for using curl...

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Hurd Cd's
by Apurva Mehta 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Hi, Is there anyone here who has Debian GNU/Hurd cd's? (preferably the K4 release). I have tried the vendors listed at http://www.gnu-india.org/ but that is a dead end. I tried emailing a couple of people off this list but that has not led anywhere. It seems terribly hard to find Hurd cd's in Mumbai. On a dial-up line, downloading is unfortunately not a viable option. If someone does have the cd's and is willing to sell copies to me, please let me know. Thanks, - Apurva

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