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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Event
by Surya Sharma 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

> > Surya Sharma wrote: > > People mentioned we haven't had a good linux conference / event for a > long > > time in Mumbai. > > > > I can arrange lecture halls / rooms and computer labs in my college [MGM > > College Of Engineering And Technology, location: http://is.gd/dUPzZ ] on > the > > 8th / 9th of October (or some other Saturday/Sunday before that) > > Why not take a doodle poll first to check who will be able to attend on > which date. I would suggest we keep this on 2nd Oct since it coincides > with Gandhiji's birthday and is also a Saturday. > > I can post a link to doodle poll if we decide on tentative dates. > My suggestions: > 2 Oct: 1400 to 1900 hrs IST > 9 Oct: 1400 to 1900 hrs IST > > Please suggest any other dates as you please. > > Will confirm both dates and let know on feasibility of rooms and labs. MGM stands for Mahatma Gandhi Missions, so we might be having some events on the 2nd already. Will revert asap. Will setup a wiki page and post to other mailing lists too. Surya

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[X-Post] DebConf10 live HTML5 Stream
by pavithran s 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, Debconf10 is live from New York City at http://debianart.org/live/ Also join #debconf at irc.oftc.net for more live information(Yeah text :P ) . Regards, Pavithran http://look-pavi.blogspot.com

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[OT][Announcement] web3.0 mailing list
by Arulalan T 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Dear All, Greetings .!. Do you have awareness about web3.0 ? The Semantic Web is a web of data. There is lots of data we all use every day, and it is not part of the web. I can see my bank statements on the web, and my photographs, and I can see my appointments in a calendar. But can I see my photos in a calendar to see what I was doing when I took them? Can I see bank statement lines in a calendar? Why not? Because we don't have a web of data. Because data is controlled by applications, and each application keeps it to itself. Humans are capable of using the Web to carry out tasks such as finding the Irish word for "directory", reserving a library book, and searching for a low price for a DVD. However, one computer cannot accomplish all of these tasks without human direction, because web pages are designed to be read by people, not machines. The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so computers can perform more of the tedious work involved in finding, combining, and acting upon information on the web. We are going to make web3.0 with the basics of semantic web. Let us discuss about web3.0 in this mailing list. Welcomes you to real data understandable by computer as data not as text ! - To join in the web3 mailing list, subscribe here http://www.freelists.org/list/web3 What is the Semantic Web? Where Web 2.0 is focused on people, the Semantic Web is focused on machines. The Web requires a human operator, using computer systems to perform the tasks required to find, search and aggregate its information. It's impossible for a computer to do these tasks without human guidance because Web pages are specifically designed for human readers. The Semantic Web is a project that aims to change that by presenting Web page data in such a way that it is understood by computers, enabling machines to do the searching, aggregating and combining of the Web's information — without a human operator. :-) More info about semantic web : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2007/Semantic_Web.asp Thank you. -- Regards, Arulalan.T Kanchi Linux User Group Rocks ! http://kanchilug.wordpress.com My Experiments In Linux are here http://tuxcoder.wordpress.com One Day One Cmd via sms http://1day1cmd.wordpress.com

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Spaceman talks about tribes (and gets interesting responses)
by steve 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hi, In context of a couple of mails I sent earlier this week, including the one about GNOME contributions by a certain distro, I thought yesterday's blog post by Mark Shuttleworth is interesting. More interesting are the responses he gets: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/439 This of course, was in response to GergDeK's(*) post: http://gregdekspeaks.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/red-hat-16-canonical-1/ Of course, having to defend oneself by words rather than work in meritocracy based FOSS is ...ahem ...sad. Read all the comments to get a fair idea. cheers, - steve (*) incidentally, calling people like GregDek, who just point out uncomfortable facts, 'The Gregs' is not considered as generalization by spaceman. -- random spiel: http://lonetwin.net/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/

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Linux Event
by Surya Sharma 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Since we were discussing this sometime ago, I'm returning to it. People mentioned we haven't had a good linux conference / event for a long time in Mumbai. I can arrange lecture halls / rooms and computer labs in my college [MGM College Of Engineering And Technology, location: http://is.gd/dUPzZ ] on the 8th / 9th of October (or some other Saturday/Sunday before that) What I'll need is support from you in terms of planning and arranging the event. If any of you are willing to put some effort into this, please let me know. Surya Sharma

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Event
by Ganesh Naik 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

On 01-08-2010 01:52, linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > Subject: > [ILUG-BOM] Linux Event > From: > Surya Sharma <buzz(a)suryas.info> > Date: > Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:56:46 +0530 > > To: > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > > Since we were discussing this sometime ago, I'm returning to it. > > People mentioned we haven't had a good linux conference / event for a long > time in Mumbai. ....... > I would be happy to help in happening this event anywhere in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai. I have Embedded Linux Consulting & Training Center in Navi Mumbai. Information about my activities is on site www.levanatech.in. Even without this event also if anybody needs any help in Embedded Linux development, can communicate to me. Ganesh Naik

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 88, Issue 1
by Ganesh Naik 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

On 01-08-2010 01:52, linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > Subject: > [ILUG-BOM] Linux Event > From: > Surya Sharma <buzz(a)suryas.info> > Date: > Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:56:46 +0530 > > To: > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > > Since we were discussing this sometime ago, I'm returning to it. > > People mentioned we haven't had a good linux conference / event for a long > time in Mumbai. > > ....... > Dear Surya, I would be happy to help in happening this event anywhere in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai. I have Embedded Linux Consulting & Training Center in Navi Mumbai. Information about my activitise is on site www.levanatech.in. Even without this event also if anybody needs any help in Embedded Linux development, can communicate to me. Ganesh Naik

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Event
by Surya Sharma 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

> > From: Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved(a)gmail.com> > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Surya Sharma <buzz(a)suryas.info> wrote: > > People mentioned we haven't had a good linux conference / event for a > long > > time in Mumbai. > > > > I can arrange lecture halls / rooms and computer labs in my college [MGM > > College Of Engineering And Technology, location: http://is.gd/dUPzZ ] on > the > > 8th / 9th of October (or some other Saturday/Sunday before that) > > > > What I'll need is support from you in terms of planning and arranging the > > event. If any of you are willing to put some effort into this, please let > me > > know. > > I am not sure how many people would be willing to attend an event so > far away from the city. Most people are cribbing just to travel within > the city. > I wouldn't mind doing a few rounds of Panvel on weekends. Let's see > what we can get done. > > I live shuttle between Mumbai Central and Panvel, so prelimnary discussions can be done pretty much anywhere. > From: Kartik Mistry <kartik.mistry(a)gmail.com> > > I can come down from Ahmedabad if event is fixed and planned (Can't > help in this much being non-local person). Also, can speak about > Debian development. > > Thanks for your suggestion, we'll let you know once we have a plan. Surya

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Ubuntu 10.04 installation on Acer 5740 Core i5 and 3 GB RAM
by Rony Bill 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hello, Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and all the regular things. It was the linux model. Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit was installed on it. The live CD itself showed all devices working, including wireless. There was one bug during live session. Every time the wireless was connected, the touch pad would go dead. This problem did not appear post installation. The devices working are... Display .... gives full 1366 x 768 resolution. Sound .... After increasing levels and un-muting (maybe) it plays with decent Acer type sound levels. Touch pad ... Works fine. Bluetooth .... Linked with my mobile. Did not try any transfers. Wireless .... Works like butter. Used it in the live session itself for installation. Sound up / down .... Works from the dedicated keys. Brightness up /down does NOT work inspite of adding acpi_osi="Linux" to the grub parameters. Camera.....The gnome package camerama does not detect the video device but cheese does it flawlessly giving bright, crisp and colourfull images. Available in apt. camerama out, cheese in. Bluetooth and Wireless on / off buttons work. ubuntu-restricted-extras installs the non-free stuff including flash player for firefox. Remember.... it is the 64 bit OS. One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off. Overall a 'works out of the box' experience. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Hello!
by Abhijit Navale 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hello all! This is Abhijit from Panvel. I want to be part of lug-mumbai. :) -- *Abhijit Navale.*

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Relocation Error!!!
by Abhijit Navale 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

hello all. I got error while running pgadmin3 and codelite. details is reported here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9657733#post9657733 <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9657733#post9657733>please help. -- *Abhijit Navale.*

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 87, Issue 51
by Surya Sharma 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

> > On Friday, July 30, 2010 01:02:17 pm Kartik Mistry wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Surya Sharma <buzz(a)suryas.info> wrote: > > > Too lazy to post on a wiki that needs me to sign up. > > > > AFAIK, there is no wiki that require no-signup. > > [/OT] > > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ There's another one I've seen around, www.wikipedia.com But I don't think its famous enough yet. I guess I was too lazy to change the topic too / My bad Surya

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gprs and bluetooth
by sanalkumar mr 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Dear all, I've a Samsung C3010S mobilephone.I've to access internet in laptop via blutooth. How is it possible.Can anybody help me. I've no data cable for direct connection.Thanks in advance. sanal -- പറയാതെ പരിഭവം നീയൊന്നു മുടി കോതി- ക്കഴിയുമ്പൊഴായുസ്സു തീരും പറയാതെ പരിഭവം ഞാനൊന്നു നെടുവീര്‍പ്പിട്ടു- കഴിയുമ്പോള്‍ ലോകവും തീരും..........

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 87, Issue 51
by Surya Sharma 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

> > > I purchased a Lenovo G550 around 3 months back. Lucid works flawlessly! > > Another 'works out of the box' experience :). > > Please make a entry here > http://lug-iitd.org/List_of_laptop_with_preinstalled_GNU-Linux_in_India & > http://lug-iitd.org/Articles/My_laptop_is_working_fine_with_linux > > > Too lazy to post on a wiki that needs me to sign up. My Trusty Dell Latitude D820 works perfect since Ubuntu 8.04. I don't meddle with a lot of compiling or change a lot of system settings though. The only issue was multi-monitor setup. (Had no internet and needed to connect to a projector. No go) And the Tata Indicom has its own mind on when to work, though this has nothing to do with Dell, and I know there's a script / fix for the Tata Photon around.

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Linux ADS
by Dattatray Kamble 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Hi, Anyone plz belp me out for creating ...ADS in Fedora/RedHat/CentOS. I wants to go for SAMBA + DNS + DHCP + Kerberos/LDAP..... Is there any other way. My work environment is mixed ( Windows + Fedora/CentOS + MacOS ) I am looking forward to your suggestions. Regards & Thanks, Dattatray Kamble 9766653080

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[OT] mailing list etiquette and reasoning
by Revant Nandgaonkar 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

My question is, how to avoid message recycling on gmail? or for a newbie what (not) to do to not recycle? Why bottom posting? My reasoning; some years ago google search for "linux" returned with mailing lists archives. reading the replies helped me a lot, if the mailing list etiquettes were followed on list it became easier to understand the progression of a problem from identification to the solution. even with outputs pasted in posts. This is not the case today and search strings land me up to some forum where quoting is automatically arranged. Why top posting is a problem? in case of newbie search string like "Installing internet with click9online mahim mumbai on linux" :-) searcher might land up in a confused system of posting and be more confused. I hope this thread will help us discuss everything about etiquettes here Note: for few times, unaware of the meaning, I top posted. I rarely post anyways, but now I always take effort to bottom post Mailing list guidelines: http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/pages/show/6

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new initiatives in foss/oss
by Kenneth Gonsalves 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

hi, the KG group of companies - http://group.kgisl.com/ have a open source department - one of their initiatives is here: http://fossible.kgisl.com/ I happened to visit the group and find they have done extraordinary things using open source. For example there is PAC which does online processing storage and rendering of scans and xrays - they have implemented it in php/msyql and have several TB of data at the cost of about 5 lakhs whereas other hospitals have shelled out 1.2 crores for the same. College ERP, construction ERP and an enterprise wide ticket managing system tied to a zimbra server with things like right-click on a ticket to approve it, or right click on a person's name to send him an sms. The have used sms extensively - like staff can take attendence in class using their cellphones and sms the result to the server. There is an over reliance on php - but we are working to change that. Also they are yet to open source their applications - but that too is going to change. -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC

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Adding fonts on Linpus Linux
by Ashok Sinha 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

How do I add fonts esp Rupee on LinpusLinux.? Thanks Ashok Sinha

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Configure Apache with https/SSL
by Jagdish Chhailkar 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

I have a server which is having RHEL 5.2. I have an application which uses mysql + php + apache I want to access this application with https.. How to do this ? - jagdish.

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The -user option for the find command.
by Rony 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

Hello, I want to use the find command inside a directory which has user1, user2, user3 and user4 in the group to either look for files owned by user1 or user2 or user3 or find files not owned by user4. The -user option allows me only one name. I tried spaces, comas between user_names but the syntax is returned invalid. I can't find the not_owned option either. The -nouser option is for users not in the /etc/passwd file which is not my case. Checked out google too but cannot find any possibility for multi-user options in the same line. Even tried -user user1 -user user2 -user user3 together but not working. If I can write one 'find' line for all the users, I don't have to repeat it per user. Any tips or tricks? -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Arduino Mailing List
by Surya Sharma 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

> > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Arduino Mailing List > Sorry. There is one mailing list already exist for arduino. > > http://arduino.cc/mailman/listinfo/developers_arduino.cc > > If you people wish, we will maintain this list for our Indian Arduino > User/Developer Group. > > I'm decent with AVR. Too lazy to make myself an Arduino, but know my stuff around. Let me know how this goes (off the mailing list). I'm also working on a website dealing with Electronic projects etc, and wouldn't mind help on it. Surya

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[OT] Arduino Mailing List
by Arulalan T 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Dear All, Greetings, As we know there is no mailing list for arduino. So we started a new mailing list for arduino in freelists. Any one can join in this mailing list. Here you can subscribe to arduino malling list. http://www.freelists.org/list/arduino Start your discussion on arduino hardware and arduino software in our mailing list. Share your experience on arduino projects. Arduino official website http://arduino.cc Welcome to arduino mailing list. Spread this news to all over the world :-) Thanks! -- Regards, Arulalan.T Kanchi Linux User Group Rocks ! http://kanchilug.wordpress.com My Experiments In Linux are here http://tuxcoder.wordpress.com One Day One Cmd Sms Service http://1day1cmd.wordpress.com Not only software, hardware also open source

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any memo writing and summarising tool for a local intranet in linux
by Kussh Singh 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hi all, Am looking for a simple utility or opensource tool which can send memos from one computer to another or multiple others in the lan --the issued memos/correspondence can be grouped/searched or indexed/ summarised later with a regex tool. I would like to know if there are some opensource tools in the windows world so that future adoption of the same tools under linux becomes easier once migration takes place from windows to linux in an organisation/department The following are there AFAIK egoupware phpware something also crm ticketing systems etc or the mailman email server or chat utilities but your user experiences and recommendations would be more appreciated since real world experience is very valuable. Care to share a few words. Thanks Kussh

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iRedmail ... error Relay access denied - pls help
by Ratnakar Koli 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hi friends, I have setup a linux server on which I have installed iRedMail. When I do a telnet from the server I get the following error: 554 5.7.1 <ratnakar.koli(a)gmail.com>: Relay access denied and on the server maillog i get the following output Jul 22 12:39:55 mail postfix/smtpd[19337]: connect from unknown[111.23.226.18] Jul 22 12:40:04 mail getmail: getmailOperationError error (POP error (-ERR Authentication failed.)) Jul 22 12:41:12 mail postfix/smtpd[19337]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[111.23.226.18]: 554 5.7.1 <ratnakar(a)gmail.com>: Relay access denied; from=<iam(a)ratnakarkoli.com> to=<ratnakar(a)gmail.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<ratnakar.com> Jul 22 12:45:03 mail getmail: getmailOperationError error (POP error (-ERR Authentication failed.)) my postconf -n is as follows: alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases allow_min_user = no biff = no bounce_queue_lifetime = 1d broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 delay_warning_time = 0h disable_vrfy_command = yes enable_original_recipient = no header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/header_checks.pcre home_mailbox = Maildir/ html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mail_name = iRedMail mail_owner = postfix mail_version = 0.5.1 mailbox_command = /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver mailbox_size_limit = 15728640 mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man maximal_backoff_time = 4000s maximal_queue_lifetime = 1d message_size_limit = 15728640 minimal_backoff_time = 300s mydestination = $myhostname, localhost, localhost.localdomain, localhost.$myhostname mydomain = ratnakar.com myhostname = mail.ratnakar.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mynetworks_style = subnet myorigin = mail.ratnakarkoli.com newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix proxy_read_maps = $canonical_maps $lmtp_generic_maps $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $mynetworks $recipient_bcc_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relay_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relocated_maps $sender_bcc_maps $sender_canonical_maps $smtp_generic_maps $smtpd_sender_login_maps $transport_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix queue_run_delay = 300s readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.5.9/README_FILES recipient_bcc_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_recipient_bcc_maps_domain.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_recipient_bcc_maps_user.cf relay_domains = $mydestination, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_relay_domains.cf relay_recipient_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.5.9/samples sender_bcc_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_sender_bcc_maps_domain.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_sender_bcc_maps_user.cf sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining smtpd_enforce_tls = no smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated, check_helo_access pcre:/etc/postfix/helo_access.pcre smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unlisted_recipient, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname, reject_invalid_helo_hostname, check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10031 smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient = yes smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = no smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_path = dovecot-auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_login_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_sender_login_maps.cf smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/certs/iRedMail_CA.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/iRedMail.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 0 smtpd_tls_security_level = may tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom transport_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_transport_maps_user.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_transport_maps_domain.cf unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:5013 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail/vmail01 virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 5013 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:5013 please help .... thank you in advance Ratnakar Koli

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] open source in engineering/manufacturing industry
by Surya Sharma 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

> > The other linux guy used a uber-sexy tool called prezy for his presentation > (prezy.com). > > Prezi, http://prezi.com/ Surya Sharma

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recommendation for a video capture / TV Tuner card
by Arun Khan 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

I am looking for a video capture card (composite Audio/Video - three wire RCA connectors - yellow, red, white) or TV Tuner card (RF) that is supported in Linux. Please share brand/model if you have purchased something (@ Lam Road) within the past 6 months or so and works for you in Linux. (I realize bttv chip set is well supported however it is difficult to find out the chip set without opening the box which the vendors typically do not allow). TIA -- Arun Khan

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Avoid Top Posting
by Rony 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hello, Just as we have Mailman as the software for our list, could we have a similar FOS software that allows web based replying inside the message itself, like many other sites where the user logs in and replies to the messages using a reply button. The reply box has the original text which is edited manually by the user in the browser itself. Many forums use this method but I don't know if there is a FOSS for that. If it happens, users of non confirming email devices can use their device browsers to log into the web version and reply in the correct interleaved pattern. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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OT: open office usability
by Pratik Anand 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

This is a post related to usability of Open Office Suite. Open office has emerged has one of the best alternatives to MS Office (while Google Docs is still maturing) There are few elemental things not available in Open Office which makes its use little more rough Most important being, Inability to change slides with arrow keys . I don't understand why OO people are not implementing this simple feature. Is there a copyright issue or programming difficulty (?) Second being, compatibility with MS Office 2007 files (esp. .pptx). With these formats being more than 3 yrs old, it should start supporting it fully. Open Office 's saved ppt files change in orientation and design when opened in MS Office, not talking about templates (can be really troublesome). Few more smaller issues. Note: this post is not made for criticizing OO , rather it points out woes of users who want to shift their workspace in open source but are still facing difficulties. -- Pratik Anand B.Tech - CSE (3rd year) Blog: pratik3d.blogspot.com Twitter: twitter.com/pratikone

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Debian conference in Pune - planning meeting this Sunday morning
by Praveen A 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hi, MiniDebConf is planned for 31st July and 1st August. The idea is to bring together debian contributors and guide and mentor new contributors. We are meeting at #DebianIndia @ freenode around 10:00 am IST on 4th July 2010 to finalize the agenda. Join online at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=debianindia&uio=d4 More details about the event at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConf2010 You can add your name if you are interested to participate. Thanks Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)

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Dansguardian: how to block streaming video
by RSCL Mumbai 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

Hi, I have a DG+Squid setup on CentOS5 I have been trying to block streaming video but unsuccessful. I have the following line in my dansguardian.conf # Authentication files location bannediplist = '/etc/dansguardian/lists/bannediplist' exceptioniplist = '/etc/dansguardian/lists/exceptioniplist' exceptionsitelist = '/etc/dansguardian/lists/exceptionsitelist' bannedextensionlist = '/etc/dansguardian/lists/bannedextensionlist' bannedmimetypelist = '/etc/dansguardian/lists/bannedmimetypelist' bannedmimetypelist has: application/x-shockwave-flash application/x-shockwave-flash2-preview application/futuresplash image/vnd.rn-realflash audio/mpeg audio/x-mpeg audio/x-pn-realaudio audio/x-wav video/mpeg video/x-mpeg2 video/acorn-replay video/quicktime video/x-msvideo video/msvideo application/gzip application/x-gzip application/zip application/compress application/x-compress application/java-vm and /etc/dansguardian/lists/bannedextensionlist has a massive list of extensions, the one provided by DG by default. But this configuration is not working, the desktops can still access videos. Any help on what I may have missed how how to block videos ? Thank you in advance. Best regards, Sans

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Open Web India
by narendra sisodiya 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

We are a group of developer and evangelists for html5 and other open web technologies. We are trying to reach similar peers for our activities. Please fill your name if you are interested Thanks http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHdrU29aYnVsSWYtbjV4OFhVcmd… -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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open source in engineering/manufacturing industry
by Kenneth Gonsalves 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

hi, I have been invited by one of the more pro-active engineering and manufacturing associations of the country to present a paper on the role of open source in helping our country compete with the best in the world. This is a great opportunity, because normally hard core manufacturers and industrialists have no exposure to such things. I do not have too much experience in these areas and request everyone to give inputs on this so I could make a dent in this sector. -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC

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Error as XFS dead & pid is available
by Dattatray Kamble 16 Jul '10

16 Jul '10

Hi, I encountered an error . root user can login through GUI in Centos 5.4. while normal user can't login thbrough GUI. The errors i got are... XFS failed.while shutting down the system. But if i check the status of XFS ..XFS dead but pid is working. Regards & Thanks, Dattatray Kamble 9766653080

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Cracking email and facebook accounts.
by Surya Sharma 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

> > I only want to know if it is really possible for some experts to crack > gmail and facebook accounts without access to the users' machines. I don't > want to know the actual method of the same. I feel that people are just > bluffing to create an impression but those who I come across say they know > friends who actually demonstrated it on their friends' accounts. Haven't yet > come across a cracker otherwise I would have observed him. > > Needs brute forcing, will take years if its a complex password. If its a dictionary password, then you have that twitter admin event on your hands again. They could steal it off the network thread if you're not using secure SSL or someone else's internet. That takes minutes. But you'll be accessing the account, so I don't think thats what you're looking for. Surya Sharma me(a)suryas.info 9920482321

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QA and Java Developers
by Shriram Narayanaswamy 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Corporate Overview: TechGaruda (http://www.techgaruda.com) is an innovative high-tech consulting company providing design & development, offshore product development and custom R&D solutions to universities & companies around the world. QA requirement listed below: Job Desc Write/Manage test case library Drive setting up automatic testing scripts and cross browser compatibility Perform testing and reporting on bugs. Bugs verification and closures Exp: 2-4 years Education: BE/Btech/MCA Skills: QA Processes, Load testing, Manual Testing, Test Plans and Test case writing, Setting up QMS, Web 2.0 practices, ERP/CRM Systems Title: Sr. Core Java Developer Location: Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai Job Description: TechGaruda (TG) is looking for an exceptionally talented & intelligent Senior Core Java Developer to participate and drive in projects involving large-scale, high-traffic, enterprise-level web applications for our major client(s). Experience in Spring framework is a must. Technical Skills: * 5+ years of enterprise software development experience * Excellent core Java skills * Solid experience with RDBMS (MySQL & Postgres SQL) * Experience with high-speed, high-volume transactional systems * Good understanding of Object-Oriented design patterns * Extensive experience in multi-threaded programming * Development or contributions to open-source projects a plus General Skills: * Ability to pick up new technologies & platforms * Ability to work with remote teams * Strong verbal and written communication skills * Ability to deal with changing priorities and deliver under pressure If interested please email to shriram2 at ymail.com (or) call 095000 38375 Thanks Shriram

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[OT] Cracking email and facebook accounts.
by Rony 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Hello, I have come across people who know people who can easily crack into facebook and gmail accounts. There are computer courses run by some reputed colleges in Mumbai where hacking (sic) is taught as a subject and those students can crack others' accounts. They don't need access to the other users' machines. Simply give them a user id and they crack it. They do it as ethical testing for friends. How much of this is actually true and how easy is it to crack gmail and facebook accounts without the user's machine being involved? -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Anyone tried Linux desktop virtualization with NComputing L230
by Arun Khan 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

On paper the NComputing L230 looks promising, claiming compatibility with Linux. Their "middleware" desktop virtualization software posted on their website is for only one distribution specifically Ubuntu 8.10 (which has seen end of life). I installed the "middleware" software on Ubuntu 10.04 (as I did not have a 8.10 install handy) but the whole install is hosed and I have lost my 10.04 desktop! Sure I may be able to recover the installation but not without loosing time. I am downloading 8.10 and will try out the middleware on that platform later in the day. Would like to hear about your success/failure experience with NComputing L230 and Linux desktop virtualization (please mention distro name/version/arch). Thanks. -- Arun Khan

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[tip] how to view man pages in pdf format
by narendra sisodiya 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Trick to view man pages in pdf viewer http://lug-iitd.posterous.com/tip-how-to-view-man-pages-in-pdf-format-bash Thanks -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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MCA Industrial Lecture Personality
by pankaj＠glug4muz.org 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hi all, I have been assigned the responsibility of conducting one day Industrial Lecture for MCA 5th semester students of MCA Course, B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. This one day lecture will be conducted in the 3rd week of August 2010. I am in the search of one of the IT industry personality which can deliver lecture to students related to open source software development environment (by giving stress on LAMP development). So please suggest me name and contact details of such personality so that I can contact him immediately and make arrangement for lecture. Name of eminent speakers of GNU/Linux Users Groups are also welcome. Best Regards ... Pankaj Kumar

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mapquest goes open data
by Kenneth Gonsalves 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mapquest_embraces_open_source.php -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC

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[Commercial] Looking for MeeGo UX developers
by Debayan Banerjee 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Hi, My company is desperately in need of people who have expertise in Moblin/MeeGo UX development. We would like the Netbook UX to be customized a bit. People experienced in Gtk may apply too. In case you/someone you know can help us with this (maybe on a per hour consultancy basis), kindly send your CVs or questions to dsingh(a)nivio.com. The positions are based out of Delhi and Bangalore. -- Debayan Banerjee Nivio Technologies

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[Commercial] E-commerce requirement using Magento
by Dinesh Shah (दिनेश शाह / દિને શ શાહ 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

For those who has necessary expertise can directly contact Dhwani. Hello Can you please advise what sort of experience we have in Magento or in our contacts request to connect me on 09821186599 / dhwani(a)opportune.in with experience, profile & commercials Dhwani HTH -- --Dinesh Shah :-) (દિનેશ શાહ / दिनेश शाह) Shah Micro System Pvt. Ltd. +91-98213-11906 +91-9833-TICKET

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[Commercial] Openings at Gnowledge Lab HBCSE Mumbai
by alpesh gajbe 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

We have openings at Gnowledge Lab in HBCSE for the following positions Project Fellow Project Assistant Please refer the links below for more information. http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/advt/one-position-of-project-assistant-for-gno… http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/advt/one-position-of-project-fellow-for-gnowle… -- With Regards Alpesh Gajbe www.gnowledge.org alpesh(a)gnowledge.org

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Forward][Humour][OT][GLUG_Bom] What can the Apple iPad be used as?
by Surya Sharma 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

I don't get the point of this discussion. I use a cheap nokia phone with opera mini and have not had issues bottom posting. People are just being lazy. Surya

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[Forward][Humour][OT][GLUG_Bom] What can the Apple iPad be used as?
by Easwar Hariharan 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

*What can the Apple iPad be used as ? * * * *iPad cannot be used as a phone because …..* ….. It cannot make calls. Period *iPad cannot be used as a replacement for your laptop or netbook because ….. * ….. It does not have a multi-tasking OS ….. It does not have a Drag & Drop file management ….. It does not have a USB port ….. Its storage maxes out at a paltry 64 GB & has no expandable memory slot ….. It does not have a HDMI port *iPad cannot be used as an Internet Browsing device because …..* ….. It does not have support for Adobe Flash which many websites use *iPad cannot be used as a replacement for Amazon’s Kindle because …..* ….. Kindle is cheaper than iPad ….. Kindle has free worldwide 3G coverage; iPad needs a $30/month data plan from AT&T ….. iPad’s IPS LCD screen causes more eye strain as compared to Kindle’s E-Ink display ….. Kindle has better battery life than iPad *iPad cannot be used as a high end gaming device because …..* ….. It has an IPS LCD display which has high motion blur as compared to OLED *iPad cannot be used as a portable TV or video player because …..* ….. It has a display aspect ratio of 4:3 instead of 16:9 ….. It has mono speakers *iPad cannot be used for video-conferencing because …..* ….. It does not have a camera *iPad cannot be used as a Navigation device because …..* ….. It does not have a GPS chip built in *And lastly…* *iPad cannot be used as a feminine hygiene product because …..* ….. It isn’t one. Don’t be confused by the name. *So what can the iPad be used as?* Well, the iPad can be used as a Digital Photo Frame. It can do that just right! But $500 for a Digital Photo Frame? Apple, can we have the next device please? -- Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Privacy issues in India
by gurteshwar singh 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

> What do the informed Linuxers make of the Government threatening to clamp > down on Blackberry, Skype, etc. again, unless they get a back door into the > protocols? Citation please! > Do you think it is primarily motivated by national security concerns, or by > a desire to snoop on citizens? Do we have enough safeguards to ensure that > this government intrusion would not be a tool for political vendetta or > corruption? > > And lastly, what can we do about it? > > Comment. In other news, http://www.deccanherald.com/content/78508/uid-misuse-may-attract-severe.html

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Forward][Humour][OT][GLUG_Bom] What can the Apple iPad be used as?
by vkb 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Friends, Sharing my thought(s) regarding "top-posting". May eventually succeed in allowing more of us to indulge in more of "lime and gin on a beach" (or say just lime-juice for the teetotalers). Given : top posting is inefficient and not desirable Assumption : there will always be people who * do not know this * do not understand this (see PS to this mail) * blame it on the the tools and devices they use Question to ourselves : Is it possible (i.e technically possible) to design some kind software module that can be developed as a plug-in for existing list-manager-software. The existing/current/recent archives of the list would be a sort of backend-reference database for this software module. The module would use some available lexical- parsing engines and/or its own logic as a backbone. The module would parse, edit and/or re-arrange incoming mail trails so that they are suitably trimmed (of legacy mail trails) and re-sequenced to comply with the very desirable bottom-posting convention. Anyone looking for an useful project in our LUG world ? ;-) Then this is food-for-thought (and action) :-) If many of us feel this is viable or plausible, I believe it may just be the most sustainable approach to crack this top-posting issue, and quickly go back for more "Lime and gin on a beach". Thanks for your time. VK PS. Saw this somewhere on the net (cant remember now). Kept a copy to help explain to the newbies... top-posting A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? bottom-posting Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? A: Top-posting. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.

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Getting "grub>" prompt after booting in Ubuntu 10.04
by kaustubh sk 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] <abhishek.amberkar(a)gmail.com> Date: 2010/7/5 Subject: Getting "grub>" prompt after booting in Ubuntu 10.04 To: Kaustubh Kurambhatti <kaussie.27(a)gmail.com> Hi friends, I had WinXP and Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my system. I replaced WinXP with Win7 and lost GRUB (Legacy). Now my system started booting directly into Win7. So I tried installing GRUB (Legacy) again with Ubuntu live cd. But this time I end up removing NT loader as well and now I just get grub> prompt when I boot my system. I am able to boot Ubuntu manually from grub> prompt. So I did and created new menu.lst with all the commands and options I used to do manual boot But still no luck, everytime I boot my system I get GRUB prompt. == My customized menu.lst == default 0 timeout 10 color cyan/blue white/blue title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-22-generic root (hd0,7) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/sda10 ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic quiet title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-22-generic (recovery mode) root (hd0,7) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/sda10 ro single initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic title Other operating systems: root title Microsoft Windows XP Professional rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 ==== == menu.lst generated using update-grub == ## ## End Default Options ## title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-22-generic uuid f6f6c34c-25a3-4542-8247-e592a60cb30b kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=8fcc0582-aa5b-4e4f-9f0b-05b160473842 ro quiet splash initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic quiet title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-22-generic (recovery mode) uuid f6f6c34c-25a3-4542-8247-e592a60cb30b kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=8fcc0582-aa5b-4e4f-9f0b-05b160473842 ro single initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, memtest86+ uuid f6f6c34c-25a3-4542-8247-e592a60cb30b kernel /memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST == fdisk -l (after manual boot from GRUB) == root@kaustubh-desktop:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000080 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 26 287 2104515 b W95 FAT32 /dev/sda2 288 38913 310263345 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 288 6661 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda6 6662 19409 102398278+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda7 19410 19895 3903763+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda8 19896 19913 144553+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 19914 29396 76172166 83 Linux /dev/sda10 29397 38913 76445271 83 Linux == mount (after manual boot from GRUB)== root@kaustubh-desktop:~# mount | grep sd /dev/sda10 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) /dev/sda8 on /boot type ext3 (rw,relatime) /dev/sda9 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime) In GRUB prompt I tried setup(hd0,7) setup(hd0) setup(hd0,0) but I still get grub> prompt. What to do?

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Forward][Humour][OT][GLUG_Bom] What can the Apple iPad be used as?
by Surya Sharma 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

> > > http://www.techtree.com/India/News/MWC_2010_Why_is_Notion_Inks_Adam_an_iPad… > not sure what happened to this > -Yohan > > Some delays due to unknown issues. Some say its the Tegra chip being used. (all Tegra devices are on pre-order) Also, since they're indian, I'd suggest this instead of some other company :D Surya

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Invitation to a flamewar on hypothetical issues
by Suhit Kelkar 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

@ JTD: I thunk I saw a friend struck down by scurvy and rickets upon the release of his software under BSD license. I know that GPL cannot cause rickets and scurvy because it is so sour, as well as bitter. Regards Suhit Kelkar

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