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replacement of MS-Outlook on opensource
by sameer shinde 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Hi All, Many times we say that email clients like Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, are an open source email clients which are good replacements for MS Outlook Express and MS Outlook. But are these really a replacement for MS outlook? I can agree that they are a good replacement for MS Outlook Express but not for MS Outlook. so if they are not a replacement for MS Outlook, then which open source clients are a good replacement for MS Outlook? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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Mailserver Setup
by Deepak Kashyap 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Dear Lusers, I need to fresh Install a mailserver , please send me some good links which I can use to create one Specs are 1.Virtual users 2.SMTP via ISP 3.Fetchmail from remote server for each user 4.Setup archiving & BCC 5.Run on VMware using ubuntu With regards Deepak See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

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zimbra mail server issue
by . 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Hi All, I have setup zimbra mailserver but when I log in to zimbra as a user zimbra i got follwing error message, I have stopped mysqld,postfix,and sendmail services but still same following error, zimbra@lc zcs-5.0.18_GA_3011.RHEL5.20090707164432]$ zmcontrol status Host lc.zimbra.com antispam Running antivirus Running ldap Running logger Stopped logmysql.server is not running mailbox Stopped mysql.server is not running. mta Stopped postfix is not running snmp Running spell Running stats Stopped Sent at 4:48 PM on Friday -- D J GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware 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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distro junkie
by Suhit Kelkar 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Let me confess it. I am a distro junkie. I change distros nearly every month. I really like distro X, which I'm sending this on. Yet I'll end up installing something else a couple of months later. Productivity hasn't suffered, because I do writing/translation for a living, and OpenOffice is there on anything these days, but I suppose this installmania is a worrying symptom? Would appreciate your advice [comments also, if witty and inoffensive]. Regards, Quavering Hopper

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Our meeting with the secretary school education
by Nagarjuna G. 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Please forward this to your press contacts. Press Release A delegation of seven educationists and activists from Mumbai met the Secretary, School Education, Government of Maharashtra, Shri Sanjay Kumar, at the Mantralaya on 2nd September at 3pm. Their aim was to express their critique of the proposed agreement between the state and a multinational corporation in the area of ICTs in education and to offer an alternative based of Free and Open Source Software. The attached representation (PDF) was submitted to him by the group, who consisted of : Nagarjuna G., Free Software Foundation, India Padma Sarangapani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Ravi Subramaniam, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR J T de Souza GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai Chandita Mukherjee, Comet Media Foundation Sridhar Iyer, IIT Bombay and Sahana Murthy, IIT Bombay. During the meeting, the Secretary informed the delegation that the State government is aware of the pitfalls of working with corporates and is willing to consider alternatives approaches to introducing ICTs in education on a large scale, if any group proposes them. The Govt, he said, will work with all interested parties and will be inclusive in their approach. When told that in the current Maharashtra standard 8 text book, for example, there are brand names mentioned in the text and logos shown in the illustrations, he said that their department does not interfere with textbook content, since that is looked after by the experts of the Maharastra Text Book Bureau. When we suggested that it was the Education Department's role to set policy guidelines, such as not to carry brand names, the Secretary agreed with this in in principle. We suggested that we can help in (i) designing a curriculum for students that focusses on broad concepts from ICT that help develop thinking skills, as well as specific usage skills, (ii) writing books that can implement this curriculum, in a vendor-neutral manner, (iii) designing curriculum for teachers and iv) implementing teacher training programmes After listening to the delegation, the Secretary asked us to submit a proposal to contribute to the effective dissemination of ICT skills within the school system in Maharashtra . The team agreed to do this within two weeks and to subsequently explore possibilities of reaching an MoU with the Government of Maharashtra. We will keep you posted as the story develops. -- Dr. Nagarjuna G. Chairperson, Free Software Foundation of India, Reader, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd. Mumbai India, 400088 -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.gnowledge.org/

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Net book - Ideapad S10
by Mukund Deshmukh 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Hi, Finally I managed to start wifi (BCM 43XX chip set ) with ndiswrapper. Any one interested, let me know. I need small help as regards LCD brightness on Laptops. Every time I start, debian, the brightness of laptop is changed. Is there any way, I can stop debian from interfering with brightness setting? Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022.

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Thin Linux install with Text games
by Deboo 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Which linux would install on old machines with less memory and also have the bsdgames, console games and other text based games packages on the CD image?

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Need Ubuntu Server and Kubuntu
by Mukesh Yadav 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi, I need *Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server* and Kubuntu 9.04. My location is santacruz. I'm ready to come and collect it and I'll bring the media. Please reply if you having it. -- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Internet Blockage
by Deepak Kashyap 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

We are connected in star topology with no domain controller. All the computers are connected to workgroup. The Mail server (Ubuntu Server 8.04LTS+Postfix) runs on vmware running on Win2k pro with bridge network configuration. Certain computers have access to internet but when the mailsever is working we are unable to access the net . We need to shutdown the VM / computer to be able to access the net. I did a http sniff from my 'Host' OS which was showing unusual amount of traffic been sent out by the mailserver. I felt it was because of a bounced mail which it keeps trying to send repeatedly, so I created a local mail archiving address , but this too does not solve the problem. All computers access the internet via a netgear router. Before a computer crash the same mailserver image used to work fine. Hope you can guide me on this See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

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Internet Blockage
by Deepak Kashyap 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Dear Members, I am facing a very strange problem. I have set up a small mail server for my organization running of ubuntu 8.04LTS server using postfix & dovecot +Get mail It downloads mail from our mail server and passes to local users .Outgoing mail has to be routed via ISP (sify's) SMTP server . The whole thing runs on vmware server 2.0 When the mail server is on the the rest of the organization cannot access mail , the moment I turn off the VM image , all of us get the access. All the computers are connected to net via a netgear router acting as gateway. I tried http sniff and found huge amounts of data going through the server though no one seems to have sent anything.. How can I solve this ? With regards See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

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[COMMERCIAL] [JOB] LAMP Developers
by Benoy George 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Dear All, We are looking for LAMP developers with 2-3 years of experiences for our Mumbai office. Required Profile: * Expertise in PHP & MySQL with good skills on HTML/CSS/JavaScript/AJAX and familiar with PHP frameworks (CodeIgniter) * Familiarity with Perl/Python and other languages will be an added advantage. Compensation will be as per the industry standards. Anyone looking for new opportunities can forward their resumes off-list to me. Thanks and Best Regards Benoy George

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Can someone please aid...
by Aasif Shaikh 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hello There, We are getting the below error in /var/log/messages can someone please give us a hint/guide, what is this related to and why this had occurred? Thanks in advance. May 6 15:31:16 l3msps03 kernel: cpu6 pid32755 <1241616676sec 620583164ns> ERROR inet_getname peer=1 May 6 15:31:16 l3msps03 kernel: cpu6 pid32755 <1241616676sec 620583164ns> ERROR getsockopt May 6 15:31:32 l3msps03 kernel: cpu3 pid32755 <1241616692sec 826646862ns> ERROR inet_getname peer=1 May 6 15:31:32 l3msps03 kernel: cpu3 pid32755 <1241616692sec 826646862ns> ERROR getsockopt May 6 15:31:35 l3msps03 kernel: cpu0 pid32755 <1241616694sec 991655372ns> ERROR inet_getname peer=1 May 6 15:31:35 l3msps03 kernel: cpu0 pid32755 <1241616694sec 991655372ns> ERROR getsockopt May 6 15:41:00 l3msps04 kernel: cpu5 pid9495 <1241617260sec 877334560ns> ERROR inet_getname peer=1 May 6 15:41:00 l3msps04 kernel: cpu5 pid9495 <1241617260sec 878334568ns> ERROR getsockopt May 6 15:41:00 l3msps04 kernel: cpu5 pid9495 <1241617260sec 880334582ns> ERROR inet_getname peer=1 May 6 15:41:00 l3msps04 kernel: cpu5 pid9495 <1241617260sec 880334582ns> ERROR getsockopt May 6 15:41:00 l3msps04 kernel: cpu5 pid9495 <1241617260sec 882334596ns> ERROR inet_getname peer=1 May 6 15:41:00 l3msps04 kernel: cpu5 pid9495 <1241617260sec 882334596ns> ERROR getsockopt May 6 15:44:42 l3msps04 kernel: cpu0 pid3489 <1241617482sec 192895259ns> ERROR inet_getname peer=1 May 6 15:44:42 l3msps04 kernel: cpu0 pid3489 <1241617482sec 192895259ns> ERROR getsockopt Thanks & Regards Aasif Shaikh | Xoriant Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Winchester, Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai 400076, INDIA. Tel: +91 22 30511000 | http://www.xoriant.com <http://www.xoriant.com/>

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Immediate Opening for PostgreSQL DBA at Efficient Frontier, Chennai
by Gourav Shah 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Efficient Frontier is looking for dynamic individuals who want to be part of building solutions that change the economics of online marketing. As part of Efficient Frontier's world-class team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of a private company and work in a fast-paced, rewarding environment, addressing a red-hot market. Our products and services rely on patent-pending portfolio management algorithms to deliver search engine marketing solutions to some of the world's largest online advertisers. Efficient Frontier, India is located at Chennai. Our India office is growing fast and attracting the best talent in India. Our compensation is top-notch, we work with the latest open source technologies, and all employees get opportunities to travel to our office locations worldwide. PostgreSQL DBA We are one of the largest users of PostgreSQL and deal with terabytes of data. We are looking for a talented PostgreSQL DBA to be part of our Operations team. Responsibilities: -Monitor, script & maintain a large production and pre-production PostgreSQL database infrastructure. -Troubleshoot database issues and ensure integrity of data -Suggest improvements and continually innovate and improve upon our operational environment -Work closely with our devel teams and DB consultants to provide databases, tools and services as per requirements Qualifications: -Strong knowledge of Linux including configuration, shell, file system, cron, etc. a must. -1.5+ years of Postgresql or MySQL or similar db administration and design a must. -1+ years scripting experience – shell, perl or Python. -Experience in database performance tuning, clustering, backup & recovery, system architecture and design. -Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong work ethic including teamwork, initiative, flexibility, and reliability. -Bachelor's degree in computer related field preferred. Visit us at: http://www.efrontier.com Interested candidates please send your resumes at: india-jobs(a)efrontier.com with subject title "OPS:PostgreSQL DBA"

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[OT]: MSRTC Online Reservation
by Roshan 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Folks, I travel from Pune to Mumbai and back regularly. I don't reserve tickets usually, but I thought of doing so this time. I booked my tickets through the MSRTC Volvo online reservation center at Parihar Chowk, Aundh. To my surprise, I was in for a shock. They were using Mozilla Firefox as the browser and the application was made in PHP. Wow! I was initially assuming that the Firefox was used on Windows, but when I went close, I realized, it was Fedora Linux. Wow! Amazing Superb! I'm so happy to see something like this! Have you had any such experiences in the past? Is MSRTC using Linux distros at all its booking centers? -- Roshan Baladhanvi

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Regarding Rony's comment about slax
by Suhit Kelkar 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi, This email is not very off-topic for this forum, hopefully. There was an interesting turn of phrase in Mr. Rony's email, the one in which he refers to Slax as a 'bomb' with a positive connotation. Now in American and British English, to bomb or to have bombed is a slang term for a flop. If you have noted any new/ potentially new phrases of slang in Indian English, but preferably those more directly related to F/OSS than the above hypothetical example, would you consider dropping me a line? With a large enough number of samples, a collaborative glossary of FOSS slang from India could be compiled and released under a Creative Commons/FreeDoc license. Please drop me an email about anything interesting. Collaborators and critics welcome. Just a thought. Suhit Kelkar.

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[X-Post][Commercial] Job Posting for FOSS Project at IITB
by punchagan 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kadambari Devarajan <kadambari.devarajan(a)gmail.com> Subject: [X-Post][Commercial] Job Posting for FOSS Project at IITB Hello, Project positions are open at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) for a new government funded project on adoption of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in science and engineering education in India. For details regarding the project, visit : http://fossee.in/ For details regarding applying, please refer the following advertisement / job posting : http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/RecruitmentGenerateAdvertisement.js… (Refer the section under Aerospace Engineering in the advertisement link for the project "Assimilation of Open Source Software in Science and Engineering Education" with code "P(06-1)") Interested candidates should fill and submit the application forms provided here: http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/PDF/Application_online.pdf The last date for receipt of applications is August 31st, 2009. Interested candidates may send in their filled applications by email to : recruit(a)ircc.iitb.ac.in explicitly mentioning the job code.It is mandatory to also send the filled application forms by postal mail to the address mentioned in the advertisement. The email submission is simply to accelerate the process of evaluation since we are close to the deadline. Regards, Kadambari Devarajan, Research Assistant, IITB. -- Puneeth Chaganti

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[X-post] Can we have the government legislate inclusion of Indian Root-CA and intermediaries for all browsers downloaded in India
by Tarun Dua 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Also people might want to take a look at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512973 -Tarun

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[OT] Red Pill Linux Tshirt
by narendra sisodiya 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Finally my design got approved - Tshirt is here - http://www.myntra.com/red%20pill%20linux/T-Shirt/FC/PD/1254652371 It will cost in less then 300/- bucks (with delivery) !! Bulk order will come with less price !! -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ R&D Engineer │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘

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Samba server
by Mukund Deshmukh 26 Aug '09

26 Aug '09

Hi, I have a samba server which is servicing window and linux machines. This server has /temp directory with 777 permission. This directory is used for file sharing among all users. This directory is shared in samba with file creation mask 755. When window machine writes to it, the file is correctly created as 755, but when linux machine writes to it the file is created as 700. This file can not be read by other users. What needs to be done for linux machine to write as 755? Thanks in advance for the suggestions. Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022.

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New queries....
by suraj nayak 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

hi Guys, I am new in opensource world. I want to develop one application in PHP. I want an application which count internet surfing. As you all already seen that software in cybercafe where we have to first put our name and timing, after that this software allows you to use the internet. So I need you guys help to develop it in PHP. I don't know how to start it. Thanks, Suraj Nayak

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I have moved to Indyarocks
by amiya sahoo 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

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squid authentication with ads help .
by Advait Raut 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

Hi guys, Can anybody help me in setting up RHEL5 + SQUID+ ADS . I need to authenticate my ads users with squid for net surfing. can anybody please provide me with any kind of proper document or steps. -- Regards Advait Raut

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Help Need to start
by Kishor Kshirsagar 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

I want to start to work for open source organization for linux development , but i don't understand where to start, the programming steps and what is learning procedure. so please help me for same.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Privacy concerns
by Easwar Hariharan 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

In light of JTD's concern regarding the potential for abuse of the UID being planned by the Government,I was browsing Wikipedia when I came across [1].According to Privacy International,we are an extensive surveillance society,but more due to lack of safeguards than real privacy violations,or so is the inference I took from the summary under the India heading on the page. [1]http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-559597 Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065

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Linux Graphical Apps
by RSCL Mumbai 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Hi, I use AutoIT to develop small windows applications which make life simpler. One such application I developed & use is a "PrintScreenRecorder". Its a small application which resides in the system tray and activates when "F1" is pressed. The application will simulate a "ALT + PrintScreen" key press, start paint.exe, paste the image in paint and then save it as .jpg. This prevents me from doing all this manually. I know, there are 100s of better ways of doing this using windows function, DLL and what not; but you see, I am not a programmer. I just use simple tools like AutoIT3 which helps a non-programmer like me to do all with in about 30-60 minutes of time using simple BASIC like scripting. I do not need knowledge of VB, .NET, DLLs, and so much more. I have numerous such application which make life of a layman like me so much more simpler . Once I move to Linux Desktop, I will need some such tools (like AutoIT3) which can help me develop such small applications. Doing my bit on google, I have come across programming languages like Python, Ruby, C, C++. For creating GUIs, I am suggested Qt / GTK. But I need some simple scripting tools which can help me create such applications without having to learn Python, Ruby, C, C++ in detail. I am sure there are application (like AutoIT3) which will help me create small GUI based application for my linux desktop. Application which can interact with MySQL, Firefox, OS functions etc. Seeking help from Linux experts who can point me to such tools which will help me. Thx Sandeep

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[Commercial] Linux Desktop Setup
by RSCL Mumbai 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Hi, Need someone who can setup OpenSUSE (or any other distro for Desktop use) for me with the basic apps: (1) Basic OS with all Video, Audo, drivers (2) OpenOffice (3) Browsers (4) Wine (5) Customization of desktop and optimization of resources to use least momory and CPU. I am located at Andheri (E). Pls send in your offers / questions. Sandeep 98199-88384

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mathwriter-alpha-0.1 release
by Naveen Kumar 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Hi All, I am releasing a software utility named mathwriter at http://code.google.com/p/mathwriter/. The following video link will demonstrate its typical usage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzJLeJgid9U . You may even refer to my blog post on the same at http://moebiuscurve.livejournal.com/25527.html . Please give me your feedback at mathwriter007(a)gmail.com. Thanks & regards Naveen Kumar Assistant Software Engineer Open Source Software Division( http://ossrc.org.in/ ) C-DAC Mumbai ( http://www.cdacmumbai.in/ ) Mobile : +91 9987231547 ( http://naveenk.wikidot.com )

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[OT] FOSS Jobs in India - Mailing list
by narendra sisodiya 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Here is a mailing list for FOSS jobs in India. I request all Foss communities of India to redirect their [Commercial] tagged message to this mailing list. text on mailing list says-- *"If you want a Free and Open Source Jobs or Project in India, You are right place. If you have any opening for Open Source Project in India, This is the best place to make a announcement. If you have any Open Source Project Idea, This is the best place to find project partner."* Hope it will be central place to make job or project announcement *http://groups.google.com/group/foss-jobs-in-india* PS: plz forward to other mailing list. I am not part of all mailing list .. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ R&D Engineer │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘

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[ANN] OSM server for India
by Kenneth Gonsalves 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

hi, I have set up an OSM server for India. Any one interested in customised rendering for India specific use is welcome to use the server. It is here: http://xlquest.net/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Bhuvan works only on M$
by Neelesh Gurjar 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Hi, Today I read news about Bhuvan by ISRO in news paper. And I couldn't hold myself to visit this web " http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/ ". However after visiting this site, I felt sad because it works only on M$. It doesnt work on Linux. Why our Govt is binding this to M$? I registered my protest in feedback of bhuva. -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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The distro wagon
by Suhit Kelkar 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Dear GNU/Linux Users Anonymous, Thank you for your advice and moist shoulders. I have seen the light. Or perhaps. Or at least it sounds like that from where I'm sitting. Or perhaps it only sounds good. Whatever: let's hope it lasts. After all, I've managed to go three months, haven't I, without a single install once before? Yes sir. So maybe I'll stick to it this time. No fresh install for six months. Promise, here recorded, stored in bytes. I'm hopping on the wagon. But it won't be a pleasant ride. Yours affectionately, Quavering Hopper.

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perl (was: Linux Graphical Apps)
by U N Gaitonde 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

This may be a diversion, but could not resist! There are some real gems Unix/Linux. man perl leads to, at the beginning: perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language and, near the end: Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, but don’t tell anyone I said that. :D Sincerely, U N Gaitonde ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:56:36 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Graphical Apps > <SNIP> > > perl -e 'undef$/;$"=chr(10);foreach(@ARGV){open(F,$_); > > $l=<F>;@l=reverse(split(/\n/,$l));close(F);open(F,">$_");print F > > "@l";close(F);}' file1 file2 file3... > > looks like chinese - so it must be perl > -- > regards > Kenneth Gonsalves > Associate > NRC-FOSS > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ >

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Maharastra signs MoU with M$
by Nagarjuna G. 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Alert! let us send a strong letter to the ministers, education dept. as soon as possible. Check out several stories that appeared in all news papers. I have read on page3 in DNA. http://ur1.ca/9n8q -- Nagarjuna G.

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re commercial desktop
by ashwani mahajan 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

dear sandeep, try ubuntu jaunty , its very stable compared to fedora for commercial use and installation set up, community support is strong and u can get most of the answers by googling i am comfertably using all the features u mentioned and have recently switched from fedora and open suse Ashwani mahajan See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

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Iptables Query
by Rony Bill 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Hello, I have to setup a firewall box for someone ASAP and I was going through the tutorials at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=16166 I just have a small query as I am confused with the directions of packets. When setting a rule for the INPUT table, there is a source and destination setting. From the examples given in the above tutorial, when an incoming packet is received, the source is a local IP and destination is the world. Shouldn´t the incoming packet´s source be the world and destination the local LAN IP address? Could the experts please clarify? Otherwise it seems quite easy to setup. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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any FOSS tool to make amplitude of music files uniform
by Kussh Singh 16 Aug '09

16 Aug '09

Hi group, Is there any tool to set all music/audio files to a certain amplitude? While hearing music files, the amplitude changes from one file to another due to which the volume has to be manually adjusted. I tried normalize-audio but maybe don't know whether it will do the job or how to use it properly. Would appreciate any help if a tool can be applied on a set of files in batch mode. Thanks Kussh

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Eureka! Firewall set up.
by Rony 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

Hello, Finally I was able to code the firewall exactly as it is intended to operate. It was tough and I even tried to cheat by using Firestarter on a live session and copy the resulting codes, but they turned out to be even more complex than what I wanted. Even tried Shorewall but it did not suit my purpose. I was almost giving up but finally got the wall up. Now I have understood the main concepts and what goes to which table/chain. In this setup, there are 15 machines in a LAN and except 4 senior users, no one had internet access. However the company decided to get a remote office setup at their website and everyone would pass on memos, to-dos, jobs etc through it. Therefore net access had to be enabled but only to that website. The 4 main users would still have to be allowed to go anywhere on the net. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Microsoft Certification with Red Hat Training
by Siji Sunny 11 Aug '09

11 Aug '09

HI friends,recently I just gone through one of the redhat link which offering Microsoft certification with Redhat training( https://www.redhat.com/training/mcp/). They mentioned that This can achieve - expand your skills, providing you with the open source training that is in high demand - provide you with cross-platform expertise - help your organization leverage the performance and cost savings of open source technology - differentiate you from your peers and maximize your career opportunities. This looks really funny.Anyway congrats to Redhat and Microsoft for this new Business relation. -- Siji Sunny

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Data recovery after formatting ext3 to ex4 partition
by narendra sisodiya 10 Aug '09

10 Aug '09

is it possible to recover data from formatted ext3 partition. Actually while installing ubuntu 9.04 , installer misbehaved with me and formatted my /home partition and thus i lost my valueble data. the new partition is ext4 type. I tried with testdisk but unable to recover any bit !! anythought ?? -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ R&D Engineer │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘

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Random Observations
by Rony 08 Aug '09

08 Aug '09

Hello, I had bought this month's Digit magazine which had 3 distro ISOs in one DVD. OpenSuse, Fedora11 (live+Install) and Ubuntu 9.04 (Live+Install). Thankfully, the ISOs did not throw up any md5sum errors. First the Fedora live cd was booted. Everything came up fine. I checked out the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts folder to check out the ifup-eth0 file but was surprised to see that there was no such file. The command ifconfig threw up the eth0 details. The networking was taken over by 'Network-Manager', the gui utility for gnome. Then Firefox was tried out. It was 3.5 Beta4. Sites opened lightning fast. Out of curiosity I checked out the dns entries in resolv.conf and saw the following DNS server entries (using dhcp). 59.185.0.23 and 59.185.0.50. Then I logged into my MTNL Triband modem to discover that I had earlier disabled DNS relay and my preferred DNS servers were the 203.94..... entries. In the modem's interface however, the DNS is 59.183.63.254. I wonder how 59.185.0.23 got into the DNS entries of the computer. However I am happy as these servers seem to be very quick. The Ubuntu 9.04 cd was then booted and even here the DNS entries were 59.185.0.23 and 50. Again, the sites opened very fast. As with Fedora11, the /etc/network/interfaces file had only one entry for lo. There was no entry for eth0. The observations made were. 1. MTNL's new DNS servers 59.185.0.23 & 50 are very fast and those entries should replace the traditional 203.94... entries in machines with static ips. Before this, at 2 of my clients' places I had to use the open dns ip as the secondary dns entry for sites to open at least. Now I can try out these new IPs. 2. The gui networking utilities have completely taken over the traditional distro network config files and we don't even know how these GUIs are storing their config files to be able to read/modify them. I recollect, before throwing out knetwork-manager from my Lenny, I had a tough time trying to locate the config files for the same and even googling did not help. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 75, Issue 50
by prathamesh 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > 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. VOB file merge and conversion (Ankit Sangwan) > 2. Re: VOB file merge and conversion (Sameep Kaul) > 3. Ultimate ubuntu available with me. (Krishnakant) > 4. Re: using orca to read pdf files in evince (Easwar Hariharan) > 5. Re: Ultimate ubuntu available with me. (Shirish Padalkar) > 6. Canonical releases source code for Launchpad > (Vivek Varghese Cherian) > 7. [OT] [X-Post] Setting Up a GNU / Linux Distro Store (Sameep Kaul) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [ILUG-BOM] VOB file merge and conversion > From: > Ankit Sangwan <ankit_1992s(a)yahoo.co.in> > Date: > Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:01:37 +0530 (IST) > To: > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To: > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > > I am new to linux. I am using Fedora 10. Recently i bought an iPod. I can't get to load my DVDs on my iPod because there are mutiple .vob files and .vob is not supported format of iPod. So please let me know if there is vob merge and convert software out there for fedora 10. > P.S.: It would be better if the software is free. > Regards, > Ankit. > > > > Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local http://in.local.yahoo.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [ILUG-BOM] VOB file merge and conversion > From: > Sameep Kaul <sameep(a)tuxwire.com> > Date: > Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:06:26 +0530 (IST) > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ankit Sangwan" <ankit_1992s(a)yahoo.co.in> > To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 2:01:37 PM GMT +05:30 Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] VOB file merge and conversion > > I am new to linux. I am using Fedora 10. Recently i bought an iPod. I can't get to load my DVDs on my iPod because there are mutiple .vob files and .vob is not supported format of iPod. So please let me know if there is vob merge and convert software out there for fedora 10. > P.S.: It would be better if the software is free. > Regards, > Ankit. > > > > > Hi Ankit , > > There are several ways to do it. Handbrake or Avidemux would be your best bet. Here are a couple of links you can use to get started. They might be for other distributions but should work well for fedora. > > Handbrake : > > http://www.zimbio.com/Ubuntu+Linux/articles/336/Using+Handbrake+Easily+Conv… > http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/ > > > Avidemux > > [Screencast] > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxtxNGX6tJQ > > > Regards, > > Sameep > [tuxwire.com] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [ILUG-BOM] Ultimate ubuntu available with me. > From: > Krishnakant <krmane(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:19:31 +0530 > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > > Hello all, > I got ultimate ubuntu 32 and 64 bit downloaded and iso images (2 gb ) > are available. > > For those who don't know, ultimate ubuntu is an all inclusive distro > built up on ubuntu, with the addition of many softwares and multimedia > libraries. > > Actually it is the usual ubuntu which has be remastered to add all the > codecs for audio vidio and many softwares like inkscape and thunderbird > get installed by default. I also found a lot of admin tools in the > system by default. > softwares like gpartit and other interesting tools are also there by > default. 3D desktop is also enabled by default which can obviously be > switched on and off at will. > > the only down side of this remastered ubuntu 9.04 version is that it > takes about 45 minits to install on an average. > > If any one would be interested I would be most happy to provide dvd for > either 32 or 64 bit. > Even better I will try to download this on a server where I have about > 250 gb for foss related activities. > happy hacking. > Krishnakant. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [ILUG-BOM] using orca to read pdf files in evince > From: > Easwar Hariharan <meindian523(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:09:45 +0530 > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Krishnakant<krmane(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 16:33 +0530, Kussh Singh wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I cud get orca to start up and have configured it. But it is not able to >>> read any page which is open in the evince document reader. The key binding >>> for "reading entire document" is KP_add. I wonder what that means. Can >>> anybody help?. Orca is only able to read menus or echo typed characters, >>> words etc and that too is hardly heard (voice is cut). >>> >>> >> Orca reads every thing for me. >> I use ubuntu 9.04 and all works well. >> I for example not just get to read the full text of an openoffice >> wordprocessor, but also get to know the font attributes like bold >> italics and size, etc. >> >> spreadsheets also work abslutely fine. >> >> I use pdf2text or pdf2html depending on whether formatting information >> is of any interest to me. >> Right now evince is not accessible because the evince guys are not >> really into lot of accessibility, although they are showing some active >> interest into it off late. >> >> Else all works absolutely fine. >> >> > > Was any work on accessibility of Evince done during the recent Mozilla > Firefox 3.5 Release Party/CAMPStudio pad.ma overview,according to the > plan set forth by KK during the MumPy meet at CAMPStudio?No minutes > are available on the wiki. > > Thanks and Regards > Easwar > Registered Linux user #442065 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ultimate ubuntu available with me. > From: > Shirish Padalkar <shirish4you(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:22:42 +0530 > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > To: > "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > > Another drawback of Ubuntu Ultimate (at least I noticed) is it's a bit > unstable. It crashes too often. > > If they have made some improvements in current release, then it's kool. :) > hi, i am using ubuntu ultimate edition 2.2 (32-bit). & i not yet found any crash. also it is loaded with lots of new themes which are more attractive, new features like partition editor, firewall configuration, backup facility, & many packages. must say it is ultimate. regards, Prathamesh. > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Krishnakant <krmane(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hello all, >> I got ultimate ubuntu 32 and 64 bit downloaded and iso images (2 gb ) >> are available. >> >> For those who don't know, ultimate ubuntu is an all inclusive distro >> built up on ubuntu, with the addition of many softwares and multimedia >> libraries. >> >> Actually it is the usual ubuntu which has be remastered to add all the >> codecs for audio vidio and many softwares like inkscape and thunderbird >> get installed by default. I also found a lot of admin tools in the >> system by default. >> softwares like gpartit and other interesting tools are also there by >> default. 3D desktop is also enabled by default which can obviously be >> switched on and off at will. >> >> the only down side of this remastered ubuntu 9.04 version is that it >> takes about 45 minits to install on an average. >> >> If any one would be interested I would be most happy to provide dvd for >> either 32 or 64 bit. >> Even better I will try to download this on a server where I have about >> 250 gb for foss related activities. >> happy hacking. >> Krishnakant. >> >> >> >> -- >> http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [ILUG-BOM] Canonical releases source code for Launchpad > From: > Vivek Varghese Cherian <vivekcherian(a)gmail.com> > Date: > Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:16:10 +0530 > To: > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To: > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > > Hi folks, > > Finally Launchpad is Free/Open sourced :-) > > http://www.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-open-sources-launchpad > > https://dev.launchpad.net/ > > > Regards, > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [ILUG-BOM] [OT] [X-Post] Setting Up a GNU / Linux Distro Store > From: > Sameep Kaul <sameep(a)tuxwire.com> > Date: > Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:15:13 +0530 (IST) > To: > ubuntu-in(a)lists.ubuntu.com > > To: > ubuntu-in(a)lists.ubuntu.com > > > Hi , > > Would anyone be interested in setting up and running an Online Store [India Only] selling CDs / DVDs of different GNU/Linux distributions ? There are a few people selling distros however noboy has a dedicated store yet. > > If anyone is interested , please contact me offlist. > > > Thanks in advance , > > Regards, > > > Sameep > [tuxwire.com] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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first mail from new id, sorry for the inconvineance.
by Krishnakant 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

I have finally changed my membership to this email id which is also similar to my signature. I am extremly sorry for the inconvineance caused to you all by some uncontroled problems, that was a blunder from my side which led to some badwisher indulge in a crack. sorry again. happy hacking. Krishnakant.

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Fwd: [Ilugc] Mirror at iit kanpur
by Mehul Ved 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kapil Hari Paranjape <kapil(a)imsc.res.in> Date: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:39 PM Subject: [Ilugc] Mirror at iit kanpur To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Hello, The following information may be of interest. http://mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in/ Official mirror of: Arch Fedora Ubuntu. The debian mirror is functioning but is not officially listed. This info was received from Piyush Kurur of IIT Kanpur. Regards, Kapil. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request(a)ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- Boucher's Observation: He who blows his own horn always plays the music several octaves highe... - http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1249182910

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Web Based Sify Boradband Connector
by Pravin Dhayfule 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Hi Folks, Recently I got a solution from Sift Authorities regarding Sify Connect, as I complained them about the buggy Linux Dialer. The responded by enabling my id for the web based connector http://202.144.65.70:8090/login_rest.php This is similar to standalone client, instead it opens in web browser and so is good alternative as a cross platform connector, which means no extra back ground processes. If you are Sify user you can just request them to activate your id for using web based dialer. Bye Regards -- Pravin Balaji Dhayfule

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Information about LPI in Mumbai
by Neelesh Gurjar 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Thanks Dinesh & Arun for your response. -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Information about LPI in Mumbai
by Neelesh Gurjar 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Hi, I am interested in doing LPI certifications. Anybody have idea about this certifications and where is center for LPI in Mumbai/Pune ? -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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Making bootable USB stick from openSUSE iso image
by Deepak Kashyap 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

I have installed ubuntu 8.10 on EE Box. The EEE box is 160GB Atom Processor Based system with 1 Gb Ram & 4 Usb out of which 2 are occupied by keyboard & mouse. The Vista Box is hosting the ftp using filezilla . I have tried another ftp software too. but Linuxrc always comes with no repository found error I want to do a ftp install or a usb Install. It will help my future migrations. Please give me a solution where I can make the installer using windows box. Kiwi thing will work only when I have a suse machine .. With regards Deepak See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

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need help on dep packaging for gnukhata.
by Krishnakant 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

hello all, I created the much awaited deb packages for GNUKhata. thy are right now available at http://kk.hipatia.net/public/gnukhata/ (/ at the end needs to be included ). I am facing a few problems as this is actually the very first time that I am building deployment quality deb packages. Right now the way those packages are built, I am sure that they only work on ubuntu 9.04 or perhaps the latest debian. I want to make GNUKhata work on ubuntu 9.04, 8.04 LTS, and also on debian. Can some one volantear for helping me do this? Further more, regarding daemons, I checked on the links provided by siddhesh and JTD in particular. the tutorials were good to understand basic daemon creation. But there are 2 major problems. Firstly GNUKhata is not a c program but an interprited python based application. So daemonising it is alltogether a different ball game. Secondly, if some one could help out in the deb and rpm (deb on priority ), then I would also like to know if there is a way out to write some code that automates the setup completely? For example on any distro the server deb package should first check for dependencies and install them if necessary, then create the gnukhata user, which is dedicated to run the gnukhata application server. Then the deb file should also generate the basic database and add the necessary tables. Is this possible to do with a deb file? I am sure then we can easily make an rpm by even using alien or some other software. Any help from Kartik, Rajiv or any one would be appreciated. As I mentioned the rudimentary deb packages are available at the url given at the top of this email. Help me to help making GNUKhata deployable. Thanks in advance. happy hacking. Krishnakant.

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Struggle with OpenSuse Network Install
by Deepak Kashyap 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Dear Members, Your expertise is appreciated. Goal : To be able to setup OpenSuse11.1 DVD version on my EEEBox first & then on other computers using ftp install , my Vista Laptop running Filezilla or xlight will do the FTP work I have tried a lot of things to boot the OS using Pen drive but always ended up on the linuxrc screen To avoid the "SHA1 Sum wrong" error I now Type "Linux install insecure=1",but I still get "No Repository Found". I have extracted the OpenSuse DVD ISO using 7zip and put it in d:\xampp\htdocs\download So for ftp the path is ftp://192.168.0.101/ & for http://192.168.0.101/download I have made \htdocs\download home directory for ftp Both Ftp & HTTP install start but end with error "no repos... found" I have also tried copying the ISO content into USB, renaming isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg & using syslinux to make it bootable. It too didn't work With regards Deepak Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! Local http://in.local.yahoo.com/

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Install Opensuse11.1 FTP Install
by Deepak Kashyap 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Dear Members, I want to Install OpenSuse 11.1 on my EEE B202 having only LAN & USB . I have the following Hardware at my disposal My Laptop with Vista Business ,This laptop has the DVD ISO image of 11.1. I have a 8GB USB Pen Drive too. So far I tried Unetbootin ( downloaded from Sf.net) to make USB image for open suse but does not work , but I am able to get into "linux rc" using it I then started FTP server on the my WinBox and extracted the ISO to a folder using 7zip . The Linux rc opens the ftp server & then it pops up an error " NO repository found" or "Ftp://192.168.0.100/%2Fboot/i386/branding SHA1 Sum Wrong" After this it exists setup ,How can I solve this.. With regards Deepak Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/

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