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Invitation to join FSUG-Goa mailgroup
by Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो नया] فريدريك نورونيا 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Hi, We are writing to you as you are interested in Free Software issues. Some of the issues mentioned below have been discussed informally by some of us, including Frederick Noronha, Vidyadhar Gadgil and Animesh Nerurkar, after there were moderation and ownership changes in ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com over the past year or so, which completely reversed the nature of the mailgroup we had become used to and fond of in the period 2000-2008. To get to the point, the only mailgroup in Goa dedicated to free software issues (ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com) is de facto oriented towards technical issues only, and discussion on philosophical and political issues is blocked, under one pretext or another. This overly restrictive moderation policy and practice run counter to the principles of Free Software because technical issues are only half the story. The other, more important, part is the philosophy and politics which have guided Free Software. If these are ignored, then Free Software will inevitably become unfree. Also, such an approach creates serious blocks in the process of Free Software popularisation, and restricts all discussion to existing users who have some understanding and experience of technical issues. We increasingly see this approach not only in ilug-goa but in FLOSS groups and meets all over the country, and find it exceedingly disturbing. Whereas we have certain issues with the way ilug-goa is run, there is no inherent conflict between the two groups – in fact, our differences would be similar to those between the Free Software movement and proponents of Open Source software. But we feel the need to create another space where the discussion will not be restricted, and philosophical and political issues will get the importance they deserve. We are therefore setting up a group: fsug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com. This group is an attempt to recover lost space, which has been lost due to an overly restrictive moderation and ownership policy which has been implemented over the past year or so on ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com . We (the moderators of FSUG-Goa) will continue to be members of ilug-goa -- if the owners and moderators of that groups permit this, of course. We would like to invite all members of ilug-goa (including its owner and moderators) and other lovers of free software in Goa to join this group too. The moderation policy of this group will be as follows: 1. Abusive posts will not be allowed. 2. Posts should be restricted to Free Software issues, broadly defined. 3. Members' posts will be unmoderated. Only if a poster offends against these rules despite three warnings, (s)he will be placed on moderation. Moderators' decisions on this matter will be taken by a majority decision of the moderators (currently three, as below). 4. We believe in free speech. Other rules, if any, will be evolved only as and when there is an overwhelming opinion that they are needed. Posts will not be blocked, except under exceptional circumstances, as we see this as an attempt to block dissent and discussion. If you would like to join this group, please send a blank mail to fsug-goa-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com. And do pass the message on to other people you feel may be interested. Looking forward to having you as a member of this online community. Regards, Vidyadhar Gadgil, Frederick Noronha, Animesh Nerurkar -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Updated: http://goabooks.wordpress.com

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[X-Post][OT][Commercial]Job openings in Free Software Company
by Anoop John 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

Hi, Apologies for cross posting. Zyxware, a Free Software company, is looking for capable people who are passionate about Free Software, for their software development team. Experience: 0 - 2+ years Technologies: PHP, MySQL Framework: Drupal More details about the position are available at <http://www.zyxware.com/articles/642/software-engineer-se1-positions-open-at…> <http://www.zyxware.com/careers> A brief profile about Zyxware Zyxware Technologies was founded with a vision to drive the change we wish to see in the world. It has been very active in the Free Software community in Kerala and has been involved in significant Free Software campaigns like - Freedom Walk, Freedom Toaster - and several Install fests and Free Software programs in Kerala. On the Free Software contribution front, Zyxware, is active in the Drupal community and contributes a lot in terms of modules, patches and issues. Zyxware is also a member of the Drupal Association. Best Regards Anoop John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Be the change you wish to see in the world", M. K. Gandhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[X-Post][OT]Fwd: [HeadStart] Announcing Barcamp Mumbai 6 on Sunday 11th Oct.
by Mehul Ved 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vivek Khandelwal <kvivek05(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:29 AM Subject: [HeadStart] Announcing Barcamp Mumbai 6 on Sunday 11th Oct. To: HeadStart Network <headstart-network(a)googlegroups.com> Hello People, We would like announce the 6th edition of our favourite unconference – BarCamp Mumbai on Sunday, October 11th, 2009 at S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research. What is Barcamp BarCamp Mumbai is an ad-hoc gathering of people born from the desire to share and learn in an open environment. It is an event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. BarCamp Mumbai is in essence a conference without a pre-set agenda. We prefer the term ‘unconference’ actually. A bunch of smart people meet up over the weekend, put up a schedule on a wall and spend the rest of their time taking up sessions and discussions with each other. There is no audience. Only participants. So host a session, help out with planning, ask questions, spread the word- Everybody is invited. There really are no walls – or rules for that matter! You can register your attendance for the event at http://bcm6.eventbrite.com/. If you wish to speak, you can register your topic at http://barcampmumbai.org/register/ Date and Day - Sunday, October 11th, 2009. Venue - S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Bhavans College Campus,Andheri Mumbai You can find more details on how to reach there on the website. Curious about the last BarCamp in Mumbai? Check out photographs, and the newspaper coverage from previous barcamps: http://linkbun.ch/ebh0 (Photos) and http://linkbun.ch/ebmi (News) See you all there. Cheers -- Vivek Khandelwal Expert Voicetap Technologies Pvt. Ltd (M): + 91 9920055571 (O / F): +91 120 4320405 (E): v(a)voicetap.in --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ www.HeadStart.in When you respond to any email, please use "Reply" to send mail to the 'Sender' and "Reply All" to send to the Group. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT Note for Start up Job Postings http://groups.google.com/group/headstart-network/browse_thread/thread... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/headstart-network -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

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Chess game in linux
by Deboo 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

I want to set up some computer-versus-computer chess gamesin linux, so that they can be running all the time and I can watch the computer play chess- preferably, a series of games that go on forever. Most software doesn't allow this but I think there is a linux program which does. Can someone suggest the app that can do this for me? Regards, Deboo

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Qmail Integration With Active directory
by Sandeep Deshmukh 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Hi All, Can somebody help in integrating Qmail with Active Directory on Win2k3 server. Presently i am using qmail-ldap on Suse, but i now i want that the qmail should integrate with AD and authenticate the users from there. Please send me the procedure & the installables for the same. It's urgent. Regards, Sandeep Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 38
by Sandeep Deshmukh 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

i think so nobody has given exact solution S A N D E E P --- On Thu, 24/9/09, linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> wrote: From: linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: Linuxers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 38 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 12:00 PM Send Linuxers mailing list submissions to linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in You can reach the person managing the list at linuxers-owner(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Linuxers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. geek directory (Suhit Kelkar) 2. Qmail Integration With Active directory (Sandeep Deshmukh) 3. Re: Qmail Integration With Active directory (Kenneth Gonsalves) 4. Re: Qmail Integration With Active directory (Mitul Limbani) 5. Re: Qmail Integration With Active directory (steve) -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo.com/trynew

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Beagle board / OMAPL 138 training in Pune ... !
by Siji Sunny 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Khasim Syed Mohammed <kha...(a)beagleboard.org> Date: Sep 3, 4:02 pm Subject: Beagle board / OMAPL 138 training in Pune ... ! To: Beagle Board Hi all, I will be visiting Pune (India) this month on 24th and 25th September, any body interested in getting to know about beagleboard or hands on trainings or to discuss any issues on OMAP3, OMAPL 137/138 or Leopard board can get in touch with me directly. I will be giving training sessions on beagle, leopard and OMAPL 138 platforms. If you would like participate in any of these sessions then please send me a mail. Regards, Khasim ---------------------- I am mailing individuals the time and location, it is on 25th Sept, 9:30 AM onwards 4th Floor, Muttha Towers, Yerwada, Pune, Maharashtra 411006 Seats are limited, so please do let me know if you are attending to make necessary arrangements. Regards, Khasim -- Siji Sunny

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Beagle board / OMAPL 138 training in Pune ... !
by Siji Sunny 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Khasim Syed Mohammed <kha...(a)beagleboard.org> Date: Sep 3, 4:02 pm Subject: Beagle board / OMAPL 138 training in Pune ... ! To: Beagle Board Hi all, I will be visiting Pune (India) this month on 24th and 25th September, any body interested in getting to know about beagleboard or hands on trainings or to discuss any issues on OMAP3, OMAPL 137/138 or Leopard board can get in touch with me directly. I will be giving training sessions on beagle, leopard and OMAPL 138 platforms. If you would like participate in any of these sessions then please send me a mail. Regards, Khasim ------------- I am mailing individuals the time and location, it is on 25th Sept, 9:30 AM onwards 4th Floor, Muttha Towers, Yerwada, Pune, Maharashtra 411006 Seats are limited, so please do let me know if you are attending to make necessary arrangements. Regards, Khasim -- Siji Sunny

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geek directory
by Suhit Kelkar 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

I guess it would be a good idea to start the geek list for the community. So, if anyone wants to list themselves on the ilug-bom wiki as a FOSS resource person, please email me with your contact details. I will take the initiative to put the details up. Any resource persons are welcome, naturally enough. Coders, planners, migration specialists, or anyone a client might want to contract with. Since there are online job fora aplenty, this list should list only freelancers, at least for now. Drop me a line offlist and I'll get started! Anyone else wanting to take part of the responsibility might also want get in touch. Mention in your email to me your full name and any web moniker (Yuvi "Six Shooter" Singh), your telephone numbers and an email address. If you're on chat or IRC, mention that, that's great. Your prospective contacts might like that. Also write a brief paragraph on your work. Just the way you would explain to a client. Simple and to the point language would work best. Also you might mention if you want this brief intro edited for language or not. What name shall we call this e-yellow pages? Regards Suhit Kelkar

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geek directory for newbies to the list
by Suhit Kelkar 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Is there any such thing as a resourceperson list in the Ilug bom? Who to contact for (configuring my linux network to X) (teaching granny y desktop) (migrating my office from swine flu to linux). A kind of e-yellow pages, but specific to Ilug Bom. If there isn't, would admins and domain experts consider getting it started? Regards Suhit Kelkar

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Linux laptops
by Lynus Vaz 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hi All, I'm looking to buy a linux laptop. Since my friends recommended Dell, I had a look at their options (the India site). None of them seem to come with linux. Also, I had heard about zareason. I sent them a mail asking whether they delivered to India, but they haven't replied yet. Does anyone know where to look for a laptop, preferably with linux or even without an installed OS? Thanks, Lynus

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new to LUG Bom
by Pratik Anand 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

====Noob alert==== Hello everyone, Greetings to all I m new member in this very active community of LUG Bombay.... I came in influence of Linux and FOSS an year ago (1st year of my college, now in 2nd year) and now , an active member and contributor in its LUG there(LUG manipal http://www.lugmanipal.org). Now, after following this mailing list for more than a month a so, i think i m ready to enter it fully Will u people plz tell me how can i actively contribute in this LUG (coz its of my city)....also are there any regular meetings too?...i can attend them during my holidayz... Pratik Anand areas of interest: Bash scripting , python scripting, C/C++ coding in Qt platform, GIMP worshipper, Newer distros and desktop environments in linux(mostly in VBox), tweaking/customizations at itsvery best (like compiz, emerald etc.) and *new bash commands*......... Platforms: Windows Vista SP1, Ubuntu Studio 9.04 and Hackintosh Mac OS X, soon will be upgrading to Slackware 13....

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] new to LUG Bom
by Pratik Anand 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

@Shirish Padalkar Sure sir, will surely take care of that from now on. Now, as i have read in previous replies that I can contribute in FOSS projects here...can u people can give me name and link of few to start with where other LUG-Bom are already working?

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[OT] Wifi hotspots
by Nadeem M. Khan 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hi, Are there hotspots in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai where I can get at least 512 kbps connection on my laptop? TIA, Nadeem.

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Space bar in a here document.
by Nadeem M. Khan 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hello. I'm trying to automate a script in ksh using a here document, but need to enter the space bar between two commands. Is there any way I can achieve this? command1 < EOF command2 space bar command3 EOF How do I translate the space bar? I tried \r, \n, " " but no luck. TIA, Nadeem.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 31
by Ashok Sinha 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Thanks Rony. Ashok Sinha

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Dics Mirroring revisited
by RSCL Mumbai 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Hi, I am still without a solution for disc mirroring.... Let me explain the setup once again. I have 2 identical PCs (same Motherboard, RAM, Processor). -- using FC9 1st one is a Primary server which is ON all the site. 2nd one is a Backup server which is only switched on when BACKUP is being taken. Rest of the time its switched off. I need to create an identical copy of the HDD of Primary PC on Sec PC. I tried Disc Image software -- "g4l". When I restore the image on the Sec PC's HDD, there is a MAC address. Is there any way to solve this problem ? Apart from RSync, is there any way to mirror DISC of 1st PC on the 2nd PC? And in such a scenario, how to address MAC address conflict issue ? Ideally, I would like a solution with least human interaction when PRI crashes and Backup PC has to be used. Pls help me! Thx

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 28
by Ashok Sinha 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

I bought an acer aspire one with linpus linux for 17.3K Working well. Superb net connectivity and wireless. Some problem with printing. CUPS doesn't recognise many HP printers. Like the colour laser 2700, HP laser 1017. Gives an error msg stating some file missing "foo....." Ashok Sinha

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Fwd: [ilugd] IT returns form for OpenOffice
by Mehul Ved 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: narendra sisodiya <narendra.sisodiya(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:56 PM Subject: [ilugd] IT returns form for OpenOffice To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, glug-meerut(a)googlegroups.com Great Work by DeepRoot Linux ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Terence Monteiro <terence(a)deeproot.co.in> Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:37 PM Subject: [fosscomm] IT returns form for OpenOffice To: network(a)lists.fosscom.in Dear fellow FOSS-enthusiasts, I'm a FOSS lover and Perl hacker working for DeepRoot Linux. I've been using GNU/Linux for some 8 years now. I'm a strong believer in the philosophy of FOSS. Being a Perl hacker, I've also contributed a few modules to CPAN. Like many of you I've also suffered due to the preferential treatment of our Income Tax department towards users of MS Excel. Celebrating Independence day with my colleagues at DeepRoot Linux, we were discussing about the sad state of affairs and what can be done about it. We decided that the best way to show what freedom means to us was to go ahead and migrate the spreadsheets to OpenOffice.org. Nothing would come in the way, even the fact that it was past the last date for filing returns. What better message to give the Income Tax department, we thought, than a show of how much we are will to put on the line for software freedom. Today, as we celebrate Software Freedom Day, I'm pleased to announce that the form 1 is ready for download at http://freedom-matters.in . There is bug tracking id itr-forms-bugs AT freedom-matters.in for bugs and feature requests. This has been tested with OOo version 2.4 and 3.0 and 3.1. I encourage all those who wish to try out the spreadsheet to do so and give your bug reports and feedback. -- Regards, Terence. with Perl, there's more than one way to do it _______________________________________________ network mailing list network(a)lists.fosscom.in http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

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A Linux Printer Driver Website
by Rony 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hello, Epson has come out with an all-in-one PSC with USB, LAN and WiFi for 9K and I was just browsing for printer support in Linux. Google threw up this interesting site. http://avasys.jp/hp/menu000000500/hpg000000442.htm Has anyone used drivers from this site? How are they? -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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All at sea with the 'at' command
by Suhit Kelkar 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

New Note 9 Dear linuxers! I regret to inform you that the 'at' command on my shell doesn't work. I tried stuff, of course. I checked my syntax with the man pages and even made myself an at.allow file in /etc to make AT let me use it. The atq command shows the AT jobs, without executing them. At the due time it treats the AT jobs as done. Except that nothing happens. I am using a Jaunty. Clearly, the command's alright and I'm missing some important step in the process. Could you help? Regards Suhit Kelkar

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Reply to RSCL Mumbai
by Suhit Kelkar 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hello Sandeep, Have you looked at this link? It lists software that may do what you're looking for. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=895 Hope this helps. Suhit Kelkar

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Come join me on DineshJadhav
by dinesh 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

DineshJadhav: http:\\dineshjadhav.wordpress.com -------------------- Hey All Pleze join thsi community Click the link below to Join: http://dineshjadhav.ning.com/?xgi=4huxJKFOUBdthr If your email program doesn't recognize the web address above as an active link, please copy and paste it into your web browser -------------------- About DineshJadhav DineshJadhav includes: Blogs Events Photos Videos -------------------- To control which emails you receive on the corner, or to opt-out, go to: http://dineshjadhav.ning.com/?xgo=dnWrGvVWD-ToGeRlAOznrLKiu7Ng7/QIvdkLZW25X…

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squid3 with dansguardian in non-transparent mode
by sameer shinde 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hi All, I'm having squid 3.0 running on my Ubuntu 8.04 server in n NON-transperant mode. (I want it that way). I'm trying to configure the Dansguardian as a content filtering and restricting access to unwanted sites, for which I've installed Dansguardian 2.9.9.7 The DansGuardian is also seem to be configured. But it is not doing the filtering. can someone tell me how to link it with squid3 in a non-transparent mode? I'm checking with google, but everyone is talking about the transparent proxy with iptables. I don't want to do all this things. I want to configure it in non-transparent mode itself. so just want to link it with squid3 so that it works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

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NFS error
by DJ....... 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

i I have a NFS Server ( Just added an entry and started the services ) and had the Filesystem shared as : share -F nfs -o ro=MY-CLIENT-01 /u01 > showmount -e lists /u01 MY-CLIENT-01 But when i try to mount from MY-CLIENT-01 as mount -F nfs -o -rw MY-SERVER:/u01 /u01 it gives nfs mount: MY-SERVER:/u01: Permission denied - Any suggestions? -- D J GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers http://dineshjadhav.wordpress.com http://dineshjadhav.ning.com/ Only Freedom. Love that heart,that hurts u, But never hurt that heart,that loves u. Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. Proverbs 10:4 Only dead fish go with the flow! Some say knowledge is power, I say knowledge without action is powerless. - lotuseclat79 Don't confuse action with movement.

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Zimbra Server error
by DJ....... 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hi all Following are errors and version Hi [root@zimbra ~]# cat /etc/issue CentOS release 5.3 (Final) Kernel \r on an \m [root@zimbra ~]# uname -arm Linux zimbra.dinesh.in 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 10:44:23 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux zimbra error ============ [zimbra@zimbra root]$ zmcontrol status Host zimbra.dinesh.in antispam Running antivirus Running ldap Running logger Stopped logmysql.server is not running zmlogswatchctl is not running mailbox Stopped mysql.server is not running. mta Running snmp Running spell Running stats Stopped Services ========== stats Stopped [zimbra@zimbra root]$ zmcontrol start Host zimbra.dinesh.in Starting logger...Done. Starting mailbox...Done. Starting antispam...Done. Starting antivirus...Done. Starting snmp...Done. Starting spell...Done. Starting mta...Done. Starting stats...Done. ============================================ zimbra version ================= zcs-5.0.18_GA_3011.RHEL5.20090707164432.tgz So little curios about this things -- D J GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers http://dineshjadhav.wordpress.com http://dineshjadhav.ning.com/ Only Freedom. Love that heart,that hurts u, But never hurt that heart,that loves u. Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. Proverbs 10:4 Only dead fish go with the flow! Some say knowledge is power, I say knowledge without action is powerless. - lotuseclat79 Don't confuse action with movement.

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meetup anyone
by Kenneth Gonsalves 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

hi, am in Mumbai and free on 16th and 17th evenings - anyone interested in a meet up? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Looking for Cent0S 5.2 or 5.3 CDs/DVD in Mumbai
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Hi, Anyone having CentOS 64 bit CDs/DVD in Mumbai ? Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Website : http://vivekvc.freeshell.org Blog: http://vivekvc.wordpress.com IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint: 0F53 447E A8D1 C4F7 C14E F117 A040 E935 7DFA D159

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Welcome to a limited 1984...WAS Welcome to a limited 1984
by Easwar Hariharan 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Kartik Mistry <kartik.mistry(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Easwar Hariharan <meindian523(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> We have the government attempting to play Big Brother in the financial >> capital.[1] Looks like India will soon go from Extensive Surveillance >> to Endemic Surveillance in Privacy International's rankings, if this >> keeps up. >> >> [1]http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/traffic-cops-advisers-on-electron… > > This is OT unless that cameras are powered by GNU/Linux and firmware > is opensource. Marked as such for the nitpickers. Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065

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need volantery testers for improved Gnukhata features.
by Krishnakant 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

hello all, I am happy to announce that we have already gone pritty much ahead in the first deployment of GNUKhata at Comet Media Foundation and have got a few other interested parties. While this is a great news for the GNUKhata project, we have made some drastic changes to GNUKhata which has resulted in a practical improvement of the software to a large degree. Thanks to all of you specially Kenneth, JTD, Mehul and many many others. Right now we need Some people to test the new source. There are 2 branches of GNUKhata, the bleeding edge is http://gnukhata.gnulinux.in/svn/gnukhata_alpha and the stable version is http://gnukhata.gnulinux.in/svn/trunk. Some of the major improvements include the way gnukhata is installed. A database can be setup using the client itself specially on the first time lonch of the front-end. We have also incorporated a lot of things based on the feedback we hav got. I would be intersted to know how people feel about this. right now due to some reason the mailing lists are down at the sid-india server so I can't get through. Do let me know off the list or on this list if other members won't mind. happy hacking. Krishnakant.

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Ayttm 0.6.0 is out!
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hi, Ayttm 0.6.0 is out. You can get the sources for the latest release here: http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/files.php The binaries should be available in a while for respective distributions via their own repositories. What is ayttm? Find out here: http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ Report bugs: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77614&atid=550744 Request Features: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77614&atid=550747 Submit patches: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=77614&atid=550746 Rant about what you want to have by the next release: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ayttm-users This is by far the biggest release in that last two years because of the sheer number of components that have been touched. Here's an overview of the things that have changed in this release: * MSN Protocol updated to MSNP15 * Yahoo protocol updated to YMSG16 * Fixes to jabber. We now have service discovery and GMail notifications if you want it. The option is in your account preferences * Spellcheck is now provided by aspell by default. Pspell is long dead and we have finally let go * Overhaul of the networking code. We now have a transparent connection layer which takes care of SSL, proxies, etc. for the protocols. What's more, it's multi-threaded, and hence lives life on the edge. The good thing is that the interface will no longer hang when you're looking up a host name or connecting to your proxy. * Improvements in support of character encodings other than UTF-8. Ayttm now tries to convert incoming data into the correct encoding than crashing or whining. Look up the "encodings" option in your ~/.ayttm/prefs if you want to tweak its behaviour * Ayttm now uses stock icons wherever possible. This has resulted in a fair decrease in binary size (do I see Barry Kauler smiling? ;) ) and also makes the interface a little prettier. * Various fixes to the status window and chat window UI * Removed deprecated AIM-TOC, ICQ-TOC and ICQ modules from the package. You can still get them out of CVS, but I'll be removing them from there too pretty soon. A full ChangeLog is available here: http://ayttm.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/ayttm/ayttm/ChangeLog?view=log&pathrev=AYTTM… There is a lot more coming up. If you have any ideas you want to share, do get in touch with us in any of the ways stated above. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Meetup anyone.
by Zubair Loladia 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hello everyone, The meetup date and time sounds cool to me I am in. Zubair Loladia, RDG Library Services.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 17
by Praveen 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Hmm if a few more people join in we can make this a nice "meet". there hasnt been one for a while iirc.

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Welcome to a limited 1984
by Easwar Hariharan 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Hi all, We have the government attempting to play Big Brother in the financial capital.[1] Looks like India will soon go from Extensive Surveillance to Endemic Surveillance in Privacy International's rankings, if this keeps up. [1]http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/traffic-cops-advisers-on-electron… Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065

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Hardware Compatibility List for Debian
by Mayank 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi, Maybe the question has been asked already and I could find one of the posts by Wouter Verhelst where he has mentioned about some kind of installer which can be used for Hardware Compatibility Testing. I need to deploy Debian for purpose of running a web service based application on JBoss. My first worries are about purchase of hardware for this project and I am pretty much stuck up as no major vendor except HP is providing support for Debian and pushing the idea of installing a unsupported OS to top management would not be an easy task as well. Is there any way in which I can be assured and hence push my top management to move to Debian despite it not being supported by major hardware vendors ? I know that's more of a management issue then technical but if there is someway through which I can find compatibility of Debian with different servers provided by various vendors (primarily HP, Dell and IBM) then it would be really helpful for me in decision making. I tried to install Debian 5.0 on a HCL Infinity Global Line 2700 series server and the installation went hassle free, however when I did lspci -n and tried to verify the compatibility using the web based utility provided at http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl I was surprised to see several hardware components as not being supported. Can I consider the report displayed by http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl as final and dump my idea of installation of Debian or will the lack of support for some of the drivers won't have much effect on functioning of my system. This is the question which is worrying me the most as of now, because I don't want my servers to hang up in middle of operations at later stage and it would be really nice if someone can help me out on this front. Also if possible please let me know how to find which all hardware is supported by a specific kernel. For e.g. I'm using kernel 2.6.22-3-486 and would like to know which all hardware components does it support. If there is someway to find a categorical list of such hardware components then that would be lot more helpful. Thanking you for your kind concern. Regards, Mayank

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marathi/hindi font in openoffice 3.x
by sameer shinde 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hi All, I'm using Openoffice 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 Desktop. I wanted to type With Marathi/Hindi (pneumatic) font in Openoffice 3.x version. Can you suggest me any font with which I can do this? I've also tried to install Keyboard layouts of Marathi / Hindi font but it is still not working. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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Fwd: [PLUG] [Commercial] course on LaTeX
by Mehul Ved 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Manjusha Joshi <manjusha.joshi(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:51 PM Subject: [PLUG] [Commercial] course on LaTeX To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <plug-mail(a)plug.org.in> NOTICE A course on LaTeX is starting from 12th Nov. 2009, at Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana. LaTeX is an open source software for technical documentation. It is useful for writing research papers, books, notes, presentations (beamer, pdfscreen, prosper, etc.). It is a collection of many other packages which make LaTeX useful for every type of document preparation. More details on website www.tug.org. Prerequisites : Familiarity with computer. The course will be conducted in English. Duration : 2 hrs. Lab session on every day, on 5 Saturdays (sometimes on other days if Saturday is not available) Fees : Rs. 500/- ( Notes and CD included in the cost) Coordinator : Mrs. Manjusha Joshi Mail for correspondence : bhaskara_p(a)vsnl.com Registration : Open till 12th Sept. 2009. Registration by email is possible. Time : 4pm - 6pm Venue : Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Pune ( www.bprim.org) S. A. Joshi (Admin. Officer) Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana -- Manjusha Joshi _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

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[COMMERCIAL] mysql database performance tuning help required
by Abhishek Daga 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

Hello, Looking for mysql performance tuning assistance on commercial terms. Anticipating a two day gig which would involve working with developers to help them fine tune the database and the queries (if possible). Please contact me off list if this interests you with any other relevant information. Regards Abhishek Daga

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Beware of Intel 4965AGN Wifi issues
by Dinesh Joshi 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

I recently came upon a weird and obscure problem with Ubuntu 9.04 and intel 4965AGN wireless adapters. Apparently in an area with a high density of access points one cannot connect. This was / is a known issue ( http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1885 ). I believe this maybe a regression. I switched to Fedora 11 and kernel 2.6.29 and upwards dont exhibit the same issue. Just a heads up for everyone! -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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Ubuntu 9.04 / Karmic Koala Alpha4
by jtd 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Wanted to give ubuntu a spin. So downloaded the ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso and burned to cd. Then booted. Splash screen comes up with the language option followed by Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer. Then nothing. Hit enter. still nothing Check all the options and try to edit the command line. No go. Same with karmic Koala Alpha4 so what witch craft is needed to proceed beyond the splash screen? -- Rgds JTD

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Reply to Sameer Shinde
by Suhit Kelkar 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Hi, Have you investigated these fonts: Gargi, Lohit Hindi (FOSS) and Shivaji or Shusha (proprietary). Keymaps are different to fonts. A keymap is the relationship between keyboard keys and alphabets. E.g-- in Hindi bolnagri, type p and you get the hindi letter 'pa'. In Remington, typing p will yield some other letter. Type in whatever keymap you want. It's up to you. Just make sure, before saving the file, select the text and you save it in the above fonts. If you want to email the doc/odf file, simply also email the font. When the recipients install that font, they will be able to read your document. Hope this helps.

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[COMMERCIAL] - Red Hat Certified Architect
by Varad Gupta 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

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Wiki: Protected mode? Block it?
by Roshan 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

List, I've been trying to clean spam for quite sometime (months?) but the attacks have increased severely. It actually doesn't make sense to just manually delete every page created by the bot, because it is easy for the bot to do it, but it a tedious process to clean it and wait for its next attack! Is there a 'protected-mode' for this wiki, for the time-being till it is upgraded? Or can it be blocked, till it is upgraded to a better CMS? I guess, I may be asking for too much, but the wiki needs to be saved from spam bots. Can the super-admins block the wiki? or do something like that? -- Roshan Baladhanvi

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Call For Speakers - 4th IndicThreads.com Conference On Java, Dec 09, Pune India
by Harshad Oak 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Hi, Writing to inform you of the call for papers for the 4th IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Tech, scheduled for 11-12 Dec 09 in Pune, India. The conference call for papers<http://j09.indicthreads.com/call-for-speakers/> is currently open and we would like to invite subject experts & speakers to respond to the CFP. Do check out & respond to the CFP at ( http://j09.indicthreads.com/call-for-speakers/). Visit the conference website http://j09.indicthreads.com/ for conference details. Your suggestions are welcome at conf @ rightrix.com. Last but not the least, if you think the conference is interesting, do find the time to share the conference info / link on your blog and twitter ( #indicj). Thanks, Harshad --- Harshad Oak Founder, Rightrix Solutions Oracle ACE Director, Sun Java Champion

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any tool to split and join large files
by Kussh Singh 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

In windows there were many GUI programs that could split large files and then join the fragments as required. But i couldnot find any programs in ubuntu/linux yet. "split" works only for text files, i think and so does "join" on the commandline. It would be good to know about some GUI programs which could give similar functionality as found under windows applications. Kussh

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Flag to detect presence of usb modem?
by Rony 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

Hello, What is the system's flag to detect the presence and absence of a usb modem that gets up on /dev/ttyACM0 when plugged in? I need to put that line in a cron based script running every minute to automatically trigger a dialup connection whenever a usb modem is plugged in and shut it down whenever it is pulled out. The recent flood on 'visarjan' day has knocked out my client's telephone lines and triband too has stopped after the 24 hour period. I don't want to give any admin access to the users. Whenever triband will be down, this usb modem will be their alternate connection. Simply plug it in and use. I only need the line to check for the presence and absence of a usb modem on ttyACM0. Any help will be highly appreciated. In the meantime I am already checking up google but no results so far. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Net book - Ideapad S10
by Mukund Deshmukh 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

> It works, and the function keys also works, > I think acpi module in kernel is playing with brightness, will black list > acpi and then check. Black listing video module has solved irritating brightness variation on Netbook and laptop too. Thanks for the help. Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022.

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Tks4advice. My problem's solved
by Suhit Kelkar 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

Linuxers, rock on! @ Roshan Singh: Tks dude for showing me your net backup script and *gently* nudging me to learn cron. Tks to JTD for the autoshutdown idea. Suhit Kelkar

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Information about joining open source projects
by SHASHANK SALVI 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

Hello, I liked to what are the requirements for anyone to join a certain open source project? I have been studying python language and like to join some projects related to it to see how much did I really learn and also to know more about how a open source project works. As I have never worked on any such projects before I like to know where do newbies start for a project. Thank you. -- ACK and you shall receive. :) Keep smiling and be happy.

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Need help with writing a shell script
by Suhit Kelkar 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Dear linuxers, Needing to regularly backup my work, and having recently developed an interest in shell commands, I wrote myself a script that backed up a particular file; renamed the previous backup; and then unmounted the pen drive. Fairly beginner stuff but a time-and-effort-saver. I was wondering if I could add to this script the capability to make a net backup-- invoke wvdial, fire up evolution; in evolution, mail to gmail; then close evolution; then close wvdial (I use Rel. Netconnect, so wvdial); and write me a logfile which I could check. I'm on Ubuntu 9.04. I'd heard that g/lin is great for automating stuff like this. Would appreciate your help. Do tell me what additional information you would require. I'm sure this script will help many beginners like me. Thanks and regards Suhit Kelkar

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