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Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. opensource application similar to Tally ??
by jtd 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:56 pm, Agnello George wrote: > HI > > I would like to know if there is any account software similar to > Tally According to those who know Tally is the worst possible software you could use to manage your accounting. Search for Saswata and KG's post on this list. -- Rgds JTD

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] is SEO unethical -- going much OT now :)
by Ravindra Jaju 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org> wrote: > > > > Both are related. Increase in business is an absolute goal for most. > > Being near the top in google results _gets_ you more business, > > anecdotally > > speaking. It's one of the aspects for most online businesses > > so which comes first? the chicken or the egg? the aim of a search > engine is to rank the sites according to some criteria - I assume > usefulness and popularity would be the main criteria. So if your site > is useful and popular, it will rank high - and you will get more > business (but only if you remain useful and popular). If only it were so simple. This is already a quite a bit OT, and going into details would be stretching it too far (and I have stretched a bit - see below) But you can look for some guidelines from google itself: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769 SEO has acquired a bad connotation due to unscrupulous elements, as can be seen from the tone of: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291 But, the first link (above) is what 'good' SEO-ers will do. As a very simple example, if you have a page with many advertisements/partner links (needed for business), and useful content of your own, then one SEO guideline would be to use a (non-standard, but search-engine recognized?) "nofollow" attribute within the URL tags. Or, to have better sitemaps. Else, the number of outlinks on a page would drain your "rank" into those external ad/partner links, reducing your own estates' pageranks. Another example: search for "subversion" on google.com. and see what additional information you see along with the first result. See the various categories "found" on subversion's website. These are the kinds of things "good" SEO should help you do. It helps both the business, and search engines. Search engines aren't _exactly_ as intelligent as we would want to believe! They put in place some logic to be "more useful" (this example), and then more people start making sure their pages are designed in a way google will "extract" structure from... Best wishes, jaju

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Accounting Software for Linux
by Ashwin Shah 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi I am very much interested in LInux However i run a business and am not one of the techies who is only taking abount the greatness of opensource Business requires ready made and strong fundamentals of any platform The Linux forum should change their approach from promoting open source to talking about making things simpler to the man on the streets A typical small business requires the following to cover 99% of its needs 1) An operating system 2) Open office 3) Accounting software india compliant And remember there is no way to by pass Microsoft hence all the persons who do not use linux must still get all reports and comunication which can still be compatible to Windows and Microdsoft or the other leading companies who offer thier software viz autocad/adobe etc I wish the LInux platform comes forward and promotes all these together and takes up a challenge of converting ( let us say 25000 ) businesses in 2008 Thanks Ashwin R Shah

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] is SEO unethical [Highly OT]
by Ravindra Jaju 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Nishit Dave <stargazer.dave(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Ravindra Jaju <ravindra.jaju(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Both are related. Increase in business is an absolute goal for most. > > Being near the top in google results _gets_ you more business, anecdotally > > speaking. It's one of the aspects for most online businesses. Google adwords > > wouldn't have taken off in such a big way had this not been the case > > (that's SEM, > > btw). > > I don't know if it's true any longer, but a long time back when > N.Delhi had water scarcity, some people started fitting micropumps on > their municipal pipelines under the pretext that they weren't getting > enough pressure. Within a short time, everyone in their localities > had attached micropumps, so that they didn't lose out. > > End result, lots of wastage of electricity (leading to what - more > theft?) and the same quantity of water as before. > > OK, this is only anecdotal, but may apply to everyone indulging in SEO. Applies to the current power-crunch scenario with many people installing inverters too! Finally, the amount of energy available is the same, and everyone will be drawing in more, leading to more power-shedding, leading to ...

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] India GPS WAS Blender as a primary 3d software for our studio
by Nishit Dave 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:11 PM, jtd <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in> wrote: > > On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:38 pm, Nishit Dave wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM, jtd <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in> wrote: > > > The openstreetmap data for mumbai is bad afaik. > > > > Sorry for going off-topic, but what map? what device? I want to > > know with extreme eagerness. > > gps device used for mapping the area around HBCSE during the > openstreetmap workshop, several of which were held in the country by > the FSF and friends with Schyuler Erle and Mikel Maron last month. > > The map data donated by AND corp for mumbai is randomly inaccurate, > thus requiring people to go into the streets with a gps logger (fat > plug - one such i happen to make and sell), collecting coordinates > and using a combo of your collected data, yahoo imagery and maybe AND > data to generate accurate stuff. > > BTW the personal navigation devices (with data) being sold here claim > 70% accuracy. God help you with that. > > For the record even google maps data is wrong in most places, with > gps data, street maps and satellite imagery producing three > different results. > Have been frantically searching phoren malls, e.g. Singapore for a good, cheap GPS navigator, but they cost Rs.16,000 upwards. And come with maps for S'pore and Malaysia. I really want one, but don't want to spend a big amount. New Symbian S60 phones are also a no-no, and are even more expensive.

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[COMMERCIAL] Software Engineer opening at Red Hat (Pune)
by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

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Blender as a primary 3d software for our studio
by Aniruddha Dasgupta 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

Hi, We at E-dutainment Unlimited and our sister concern, Redstreet productions have been thinking of using blender as our primary 3d software. But we have our apprehensions regarding the shift. firstly, we don't have enough material to train ourselves, as well as train our artists. Can that be arranged by some organisation ? How much support can we expect from the community and in what fields ? what about promotions ? Our concern is : is there an organisation to support us ? or is there a group or an individual who can help us out ? we have a lot more to ask and discuss, but i think, having a personal discussion would be helpful. so if someone thinks likewise, he or she can call us at the below mentioned phone numbers and we can take it further. +91-9860931588 +91-9324696842 Thanking everyone for their help. regards Aniruddha Dasgupta Director Animation E-dutainment Unlimited. Nerul, Navi Mumbai.

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script to send mail when error detected in log file
by Agnello George 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

HI I have a small query !! I need to write a script whenever there is an error generated in the spamd.log or any general log file to send me a mail only once, the bellow script is what i came u with but i doubt it would work. if [ $(grep -e "unable to start service" /var/log/spamd.log) = 1 ] ; then mail -s " pls check server IP 203.185.XXX>XXX" agnello.dsouza(a)gmail.com fi Is there any application that can scan the log file for a specific word or error as soon as the logs are generated. I have even heard of SMS being sent in some cases. Your inputs will be of great help -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com

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opensource application similar to Tally ??
by Agnello George 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

HI I would like to know if there is any account software similar to Tally available for Linux ( Debian based ) . Red hat had tied up with Tally to come up with a software to support Indian customers ( http://www.redhat.in/news/article/41.html ) .But no deb packages. There are application like Gnu Cash , Nola Pro , Grisbi . But nothing close to Tally , because Tally is *specific to Indian Economy*. The reason i am posting this query is cause i have a friend of mine who has a Engineering Business , Pro Linux, and want to convert all his desktops to the Linux OS from a windows. But the only thing stopping him is the the issue with Tally. and few other softwares . Any suggestion That I can pass on to him !! Thanks -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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Blender Workshop at HBCSE
by Rony Bill 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

Hello All, It will be possible this Sunday 9th March to hold the Blender video tutorial workshop at HBCSE Mankhurd so those interested may reply with their confirmation so we can get an idea of the number of people attending. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Posted New small docs on fci.wikia.com
by Neelesh Gurjar 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

Hi All, I have posted two small docs on fci.wikia.com. Here are the links: 1. SNMP over SSH: To make SNMP more secured:---> http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/SNMP_over_SSH_-_Research 2. Accessing iSCSI target from Linux: ---> http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_iSCSI_targets_on_Linux Please have a look into this and modify it to get it better. I wanted to change Title of First article in wiki but I couldnt do that. I just wanted to remove "Research" from the title. Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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[X-POST]: Our next FreeIndian: Kartik Mistry
by Roshan 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

List, I assume it has been almost over a month now and updates to kde.in were far and few. But here it comes, presenting the next FreeIndian: Kartik Mistry. Our current interview features the Gujarati Geek (alliteration attempted ;) ) who runs the Universal OS and is involved in l10n as well as packaging applications for it. Interestingly, he started with Redhat 7.0 in his early days of computing with FOSS and has now become a package maintainer for few packages under Debian GNU/Linux. Read on to know more, from the below link. http://www.kde.in/index.php/Kartik_Mistry

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error: syswrite() to parent failed ..../SpamAssassin/SpamdForkScaling.pm
by Agnello George 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Hi I have a spamassissin server with 512 MB ram cpu speed 1796.635 MHz . i am currently connecting a mailserver called "Smater mail " to connect to my remote spamassissin server and it works fine. but suddenly ( after a few days ) its connection breaks. When I check the log i find the following error !! Thu Mar 6 14:53:05 2008 [2037] error: syswrite() to parent failed: Broken pipe at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/SpamdForkScaling.pm line 576. to start spamassissin again i have to restart the spamd daemon and everthing work fine . Is there a solution to this ?? If there is no solution i need to know how do i get an automated alert throught mail if the system generates ''error: syswrite() to parent failed" in the log file. i tried logwatch ...but not really help full -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com

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Kubuntu problem -- cannot boot without 'all_generic_ide' parameter
by Amit Joshi 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

I have a fully updated Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) installation with the 2.6.22-14-generic kernel. It seems like my computer cannot boot without the all_generic_ide parameter added to the kernel line in menu.lst If I remove the all_generic_ide parameter, my computer won't boot and gives an error "waiting for root file-system". Also, all my ide devices are detected under /dev/sdx. Is anybody experiencing similar problems? Regards, Amit. -- http://mckagan.googlepages.com

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Linux friendly WebCam
by Arun Khan 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

I am considering purchase of a Linux supported web cam. Please suggest brand/model that has worked for you and is available @ the Lam. Rd. shops. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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linux webcam
by Satish Alwani 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Actually, I used to have a techcom webcam. But that didnt work on linux. So I picked up a logitech webcam messenger, quality is pretty good. Cant expect anything too fancy for Rs. 1100 odd. But nevertheless a nice webcam. Works great with ubuntu/hardy. The latest skype beta for linux has video support. With a 2mbit down/512up, its almost brilliant with no lags. Personally, the quality in this case was comparable against the mac isight in terms of refresh rates. Maybe 10-15% lower to the mac isight in reproduction quality. Considering one costs 10 times more than the other, I think 10-15% is very doable. Interestingly it works kinda slow/ poorly as compared on windows. The day has finally come where MOST of my hardware is compatible more with linux than windows, atleast where performance and drivers is concerned. :| Satish

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 59, Issue 4 (Fitzerald sylvester)
by Fitzerald sylvester 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

hi anurag, nitish dave 'content is the king' can u pls elaborate on this i am in to web hosting we hav over 200 domains we hav chosen linux to run the hardware and install Qmail as mailserver we need an Free software alternative for Web content promotion,as* Nitish*insists SEO pls can u send som info on this package wether its available freely with our guys or if some one on the list can share it ,by way i liked your web site lots i came regards F.j.Sylvester -- F.J.Sylvester ---------------------------------------------------- Connect Computer Service Cellular Phone : 9860165647 Use GNU / Linux System ---------------------------------------------------------

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[OT] Harddisk woes!
by Dinesh Joshi 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hello all, I have an Intel Core 2 Duo machine. Configuration is given below. Configuration: --------------- - Processor: Intel Core2Duo E6400 - Motherboard: DG965RYCK - RAM: Kingston DDR2 512x2 ( 533MHz ) - Sony DVD Writer - Harddisks: 1. Samsung 120GB ( SP1213 ) SATA 2. Seagate 80GB ( dont remember the model no. ) PATA 3. Seagate 500GB ( dont remember the model no. ) SATA The 500GB HD is in an external enclosure. I was using it as a backup HD. I got lazy and didn't backup the backup! :( And now that disk has failed. The symptoms are unclear. First, the disk, which would normally show up as an external USB mass storage device, didn't get detected. So I unplugged it from its casing and connected it on my motherboard. But it wouldn't get detected there either. It didn't make the usual "clicking" sound that harddisks do when they're generally busted. So I was hoping it was a cable issue. I changed the cable. It was a no go. I got fed up and unplugged the disk. Then my second disk, 80GB one, stopped being detected. The symptoms it showed were clear. GRUB errors in the beginning but the system booted up fine after reconnecting it's ( HD's ) wires. Funny thing is that the 80GB harddisk was replaced recently because it had failed. I bought the 500GB HD because I wanted to maintain backups but now they too are gone and I'm left with nothing! I've given the harddisk to my vendor who had supplied the disk and he has inquired with several data recovery specialists and they say they'll have to open up the disk. Now my problem is that the disk is very costly and if they open it up, then the warranty will be void and I wont be able to buy a new harddisk. Can someone help me out here? -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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Hall of shame
by Nishit Dave 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

IDBI Bank does not support Firefox. See for yourselves, this is hot off the press (see the outlook window in the background?). Und what's the reason? SECURITY! http://davelok.blogspot.com/2008/02/idbi-bank-does-not-support-firefox.html Oh, and please don't read the other posts on my blog. They won't even amuse you.

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logrotate query !
by Agnello George 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

hi I have set up a spamassissin server . I need to rotate the logs in the /var/log/spamd.log file . I added the following directives in the /etc/logrotate.conf # system-specific logs may be also be configured here. # added by agnello 4 march 08 /var/log/spamd.log { weekly compress rotate 4 } Well i jsut want to verify what "rotate 4" really means --- according to the man pages it says "The *number* of times to rotate a logfile before removing it." Also how do i check if these logs are actually going to be compressed and rotated . Thanks!! all inputs will really be of great help -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to setup Load Balancer on Linux
by Raghu Prasad 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

> I have one email server, and 1 LDAP server for authentication. > In my case all users should go to LDAP for authentication. > For decreasing load on one LDAP server I want to share load > on 2 LDAP servers instead of 1. > For this I am planning to put one Load Balancer for 2 LDAP > servers. A DNS based load balancer should be enough for you. Use DNS round-robin scheme. In this scheme, set up something similar to the following (make suitable changes in IP and FQDN) in your DNS' zone file: ldap.my.tld. IN A 10.1.1.1 ldap.my.tld. IN A 10.1.1.2 Once it is done, use ldap.my.tld wherever you need to give the host name/IP of ldap server. Your DNS will ensure that the IPs are rotated properly while serving the query for ldap.my.tld. You can read more on DNS based load balancing in following links. http://content.websitegear.com/article/load_balance_dns.htm http://ntrg.cs.tcd.ie/undergrad/4ba2.01/group8/DNS.html In a load balanced scenario, it would be better to set up a master LDAP server (say, on 10.1.1.1) and another one (on 10.1.1.2) in slave mode. You need to send all updates to master server and the slave will have everything replicated automatically. See the following link for openldap. http://www.bind9.net/manual/openldap/2.0/replication.html Raghu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to setup Load Balancer on Linux
by Arun Khan 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

> Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:12:06 -0800 > From: "Neelesh Gurjar" <neel.hjs(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] How to setup Load Balancer on Linux > > For this instead of buying LB I want to put Linux box and setup Load > Balancer on that. Is it possible? If yes then how can I do that ? Not sure if this suffices your needs - you can do basic load balancing with Bind round robin resolution. -- Arun Khan

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How to setup Load Balancer on Linux
by Neelesh Gurjar 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi, I have one email server, and 1 LDAP server for authentication. In my case all users should go to LDAP for authentication. For decreasing load on one LDAP server I want to share load on 2 LDAP servers instead of 1. For this I am planning to put one Load Balancer for 2 LDAP servers. So for authentication qmail will send request to Load Balanced IP and then LB will decide where to send the request. For this instead of buying LB I want to put Linux box and setup Load Balancer on that. Is it possible? If yes then how can I do that ? -- Regards NeeleshG LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ??
by Agnello George 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

I am using a debain OS etch 4 .. i am trying to locate /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions .... but can seem to locate this I have a structure like this # ls rc0.d/ rc1.d/ rc2.d/ rc3.d/ rc4.d/ rc5.d/ rc6.d/ rc.local rcS.d/ can some one help me -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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[ILUG-Bom]Gentoo refuses to boot.
by Easwar Hariharan 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi, I recently(yesterday) installed Gentoo 2007 from a CD I obtained from Mehul Ved. Problems that dogged me: 1]The Live CD could not boot the ATi Radeon XPress 200(RC410) integrated card on my Intel D101GGC motherboard. 2]I ran the text mode(pseudo-GUI?) installer and refused to install the Gentoo Grub opting instead to add the relevant entries to my Ubuntu 7.04/boot/grub/menu.lst.So,I added the following for Gentoo: title Gentoo 2007 root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda9 initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 wherein my Gentoo / is partition number 9(hda9)So everything went fine till I tried to boot my Gentoo install.Kernel was recognized and starts booting,but during booting an error message pops up saying >>Booting (initramfs)..switch_root: "Bad init('/sbin/init) Kernel panic-not syncing-attempted to kill init! and the machine hangs there with the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs blinking furiously.I have to press the Reset button to regain control.I tried a Google search and all I got was a topic on a development release of a VM.Cansomeone help me with this error? Regards, Easwar

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Does SEBI dislike FOSS?
by Nishit Dave 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

In 2005, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a circular to stock exchanges directing them to get affidavits from brokers / sub-brokers operating trading terminals, targeting use of unauthorised software. The link to the circular is here: http://www.sebi.gov.in/circulars/2003/cir3403.html Read the first clause of the affidavit format. The requirement that SEBI's prior approval be sought before modifying any part of the terminal software is directly in conflict with terms of FOSS licenses like the GPL. This may have a bearing on the use of open technologies on trading platforms. Can any of the enlightened comment on what can be done to level the playing field for FOSS? Have any of the developers come across emphasis on use of closed technologies for compliance with SEBI requirements?

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Hello
by Rehman 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Hello All, Its good to see you all sharing ideas and contributing towards the open source revolution.Well, I got introduced to linux only a month ago by one of my coworkers, and I must admit that I found it a bit difficult to grasp at first.As I am starting to get used to it I am finding it more productive as compared to Windows and getting more excited about it I recently bought an eeePC, Its a marvellous combination of mobility and productivity, what more would you want in a notebook? Since I am really new to Linux, I would really appreciate if you'll could help me improving my linux skills.Could you please suggest me on whats the best way of learning Linux in your opinion ? I mean do you learn by yourself by means of trail and Error or Its worth attending some professional Linux Training ? Also does anyone know of Good Linux training Institutes in Vashi ? is anyone here from around Vashi area ? Thanks, Rehman

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[Commercial] Fedora Core 8 DVDs at cheap prices.
by Amit Joshi 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

I am selling Fedora Core 8 DVD -- x86 version on Ebay[1]. I would also like to give away Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 7.10 CD (32/64bit) for free with every DVD. [1] http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180219048652&ssPageName=A… More information can be found on the following site. -- http://mckagan.googlepages.com

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[cross post][ANN] Freebsd 7.0 released
by vivek khurana 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hi! All, FreeBSD engineering team has announced release of Freebsd 7.0, first major release in last two years. More at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html . New features of freebsd 7.0 can be found at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/relnotes.html This is what onlamp.com has to say about freebsd 7.0 http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2008/02/26/whats-new-in-freebsd-70.html The making of freebsd 7.0 http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0 Preview.pdf regards VK

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Bluetooth Support Linux
by Aniket Bharaswadkar 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

On Tuesday 26 February 2008 11:30:03 pm linuxers-request(a)mm.glug-bom.org wrote: > On FC6, I had to edit hcid.conf as per my requirements (it might work > without editing) > and run bluez-pin manually for the first time. I downloaded > kdebluetooth but it didnt work. > > But recently I upgraded kdelibs and kdenetwork packages and then I noticed > that it automatically asked for pin. But I didnt try kdebluetooth after > that, I believe it might > be working now. > > For file transfer I use obexftp command line client (phone should > support obex protocol) > and for contacts backup I use gnokii (had to compile latest one). My > mobile is Nokia N70. > > Btw how much speed are you getting with file transfer over bluetooth > for me 1MB takes > abt 45-50 seconds. But over USB cable it takes 2-3 seconds only. > > My motherboard supports USB1 only, so I got PCI2USB card with 5 USB2 ports, > but speed over bluetooth still is the same. I suppose thats because > mobile does not > support faster speeds or do I have to specify parameters to kernel > module to support > faster speed over PCI2USB card? > > Amish. Hi all I have been using bluetooth for the past few years. My experience has been improving all the time! The first time I got a cheap chinese bluetooth when I was using FC3. It was detected and running fine after installing bluez manually. And sometime later , I believe after FC5 , bluetooth kernel support was present . I use KDE , so I have been using kdebluetooth. The versions of kdebluetooth till fc7 , came with KBemused server too, which allowed me to control amarok, xmms and noatun from my Nokia Symbian SMartphone. The version in F8 is lacking this functionality. But the good thing is, if you click on Bluetooth icon in the tray, you get a window showing all detected devices. From there I double clicked on my Phone's (N75) icon, I saw 2 services, OBEX Push and OBEX FTP. On clicking obex-ftp , i can see 2 drives (C: and E:) as seen through USB!! And its usable to drag and drop files, I use this method to copy images clicked on my phone. Also one interesting application for the geeky types, if you have a shared computer at home with 2 siblings fighting for chatting acces :-( , one of you can chat through the cell phone using the computer's net connection via Bluetooth !! I have written a small hot-to for this, at http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=125682 I had written this when I was using FC5 . Some things may have changed in the bluetooth config since then , as I have not tried it in F8 . It worked fine with F7 . For contact sync with KDE, you can use kitchensync . You will have to install libopensync, its plugins and libsyncml using yum . And there is one more plugin needed libopensync-plugin-syncml whose packages are not available but source can be obtained at opensync.org . The contacts are synced with Kontact and even the reminders,notes and stuff I think( which I havent tried). Cheers -- Linux mymachine 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 17:48:34 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Dell Vostro 1400 , C2D 1.6Ghz , Nvidia 8400 128MB , Intel 3945 ABG , Intel HDA-Sigmatel 9228

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Community networks
by shirish 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hi all, I am a GNU/Linux user from Pune. I like to blog about the various happenings that take place or something which interests me in the happenings of GNU/Linux world. I would like very much to know if there are people who would like to do some kind of community based networking. http://freesoftwareexperiences.blogspot.com/2008/02/bandwidth-scarcity-last… Comments, suggestions all are welcome. :) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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[Commercial] Service, support, training in Ubuntu
by shirish 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hi all, We are an p2p group named wikiocean (www.wikiocean.net) which uses & supports free software in whichever way possible. Most of the time when people are looking for solutions on GNU/Linux platform they are unsure of service support. In that context we are looking to make a database of freelancers, small & medium support centres who are providing GNU/Linux service support to Individuals, NGO's, small & medium organisations . As GNU/Linux is a wide-wide world for time efficiency's sake we have chosen ubuntu as it has the commercial support of Canonical while at the same time has the technical stability & expertise courtesy the Debian Universe. So if you are interested in knowing more, please join http://groups.google.com/group/wikiubuntu. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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How to install iSCSI device on Linux
by Neelesh Gurjar 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Hi, I want to install one iSCSI device on my Linux machine. I installed open-iscsi on my Machine. Kernel of my Linux m/c is 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP. -- Regards NeeleshG neelesh_gurjar.livejournal.com LINUX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity

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bluetooth from IVT Corp.
by Arun Khan 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

I have a bluetooth USB device from IVT Corp. Allegedly it has the CSR chip set (from the bluez hardware list). As soon as I plug it in I get the following message ad inifitum with the numbers in the [] ever increasing. [219.240000] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 92 Searched for the above on the 'Net but with no conclusive solution. # lsusb -v does list the device but with a MAC address of 11:11:11:11:11:11 Under WinXP (with supplied drivers) it still shows the above MAC address. Is this is a legal MAC address? Any pointers to solutions appreciated. TIA -- Arun Khan

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Bluetooth Support Linux
by Rony 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Hello All, I am planning to buy a usb-bluetooth device from Lam. Road, that's compatible with Linux too. What are the devices used by you and how easy is it to setup and use? On the net BlueSoleil does not have any Linux drivers for download. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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bsnl database migration
by krazy lizard 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Dear friends, i'm trying to automate the process of finding numbers from the bsnl cd in one of my application. bsnl also provides directory in the form of a cd. i was trying to migrate the database of bsnl customers to mysql. the problem is that the cd is made to run specifically on windows using Visual foxpro & dbase. i can migrate the database, but there is another problem, the address field in the database is encrypted, so i get all the required data in the tables except the addresses. if i try to find the numbers manually, it shows the address but otherwise it's encrypted. any suggestions or work around to this problem? regds, krazy.

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where to report a _kontact_ bug?
by Pradnyesh Sawant 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hey, I want to submit a bug for the kontact application for kde, but couldn't find anywhere to do so. Can someone please tell me where to submit a bug for kontact? -- warm regards, Pradnyesh Sawant -- If I learn from my mistakes, pretty soon I'll know everything. --Anon

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Goolag - a Google based web site vulnerability scanner
by Arun Khan 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

FWIW, came across this in an IT e-zine <http://www.goolag.org/>. -- Arun Khan

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[ANN] Voices in Indian languages released
by Kenneth Gonsalves 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

hi, NRC-FOSS is pleased to announce that IIT Hyderabad has released 4 voices - Tamil, Telegu, Hindi and Kannada under a CC license. This is possibly the first time that an educational institution in India has made such a release. The voices are available here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/iiithyd/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Linux on laptops: furthering the cause
by Nishit Dave 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

List, I wanted to bounce some thoughts off your collective minds. I recently saw an ad for a cheap laptop launched by HCL - probably trying to compete with the XO and the Eee, with a 7" LCD. Contrary to their image so far of being friendly to FOSS, they seem to be preloading MS-ware (discount versions?) on this PC. I think FOSS starts with a big handicap when manufacturers offer preloaded Windows even in case of computers intended for home or educational use. Should the community start the two following, connected initiatives? 1. Lobby local computer makers like HCL and Zenith to offer an option for loading Linux or selling systems without a pre-loaded OS (and with a tiny little discount). The pre-installed OS can be on a secondary partition, to allow Windows to be installed on a primary partition at the user's option later. I know, the manufacturers would risk paying the Microsoft Tax (TM) heavily if they tried to do anything like this, but this could at least help bring an unfair practice out into the open. 2. Build up an effort to force Microsoft to let its boot loader recognize and (hopefully) accommodate other operating systems that have been installed previously. This would at least keep them intact instead of being overwritten / rendered unusable when the user inevitably installs Windows, licensed or unlicensed, thus keeping up the possibility that it will get used sometimes, even out of curiosity. Your constructive comments please.

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<Announce>Pad.ma Launch
by Sanjay Bhangar 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Over the past few months, we have been working on a Public Access Digital Media Archive (www.pad.ma) and are having a beta-launch event on the 28th of February at JnanaPravaha Art Gallery at Fort. The interface has been written in Python (using the Turbogears frame-work) and Javascript and all the code is GPL. We are using Ogg Theora as the video encoding format for all the videos in the archive. The only browser it does not support is IE;-). Very much looking forward to larger involvement from the FOSS community and should be interesting for anyone who is interested in video, the web, and FOSS. All are welcome and very much looking forward to seeing some Linuxers there. For details of the event, directions, etc.: http://www.camputer.org/event.php?id=7 Warm regards, Sanjay

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New project on FLOSS
by Vinay Sreenivasa 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Hello all, Greetings from IT for Change! ITfC (IT for Change) is a non-profit organisation located in India. ITfC envisions a society capable of, and comfortable with, innovative and effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a tool, to further goals of social change.We undertake research, advocacy and field-action projects in the area of ICTs for development. Wanted to share information on a new on FLOSS, which is being coordinated by the European Union. This project will look at increasing FLOSS uptake in various countries, including India. This project called FLOSS Include, will be carried out by a project team of research institutes, government agencies, private companies and non-governmental organizations in 9 countries - Argentina, Cambodia, China, Ghana, India, South Africa, Spain and the UK. The consortium is led by UNU-MERIT, a joint research and training centre of United Nations University and Maastricht University in the Netherlands and includes among other organizations, Canonical Ltd the sponsors for Ubuntu. In India, the FLOSS Include project will carry out an in-depth analysis of the technical, business and socio-political needs for the growth of FLOSS use, deployment and development in the target regions. In the larger effort, partners will implement FLOSS solutions, tools and services to ensure they are cost-effective and practical for each environment. The FLOSS Include aims to ensure a lasting impact beyond the project duration. A project fact sheet is available at http://flossinclude.eu ITforChange (http://www.itforchange.net/) and Sarai, India (http://www.sarai.net/) are the two organizations in India, which will be a part of this project. As part of FLOSS Include, ITfC will focus on FLOSS and the public sector and will study the role of public sector agencies in producing, organizing and stimulating production of FLOSS, including using FLOSS for public administration, and sharing of FLOSS applications among public sector bodies. Much of social processes, like public delivery of health, education and livelihood support services have a central role for public authorities and hence public systems have a crucial role in pushing FLOSS. Currently commercial, proprietary software is often preferred and the project would study the contexts for FLOSS being used in a larger way for Public administration. We will also study government polices for FLOSS an area where which tends to often have a pro-industry / commercial software orientation and not much support or enthusiasm for FLOSS. In addition, since the issues of standards have a strong connection to the role of public sector - both as a major bulk user of software and being able to set default standards through using them in public application , and through direct policy interventions the study will have a strong focus on the interoperability and open standards aspects in our research. The project activities have been kick-started now and the project is currently in progress. Thanks, Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-(0)821-2343527 91-98805-95032 vinay(a)itforchange.net www.ITforChange.net

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need help for ldap integration with qmail
by Advait Raut 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

hey guys... i need an help for integration of ldap with qmail on RHEL 5. if anybody has done this kind of stuff earlier then pls help me .. -- Regards Advait Raut

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] yum error ..unable to install
by Debarshi Ray 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

> I am trying to inall the yum installer ( yum-2.2.0-1.noarch.rpm ) from > http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.2/ Which distribution (and version) are you using? > rpm -ivh yum-2.2.0-1.noarch.rpm I do not know why you need 2.2.0, because 3.2.x has been the current series for sometime now. Cheerio, Debarshi -- "From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life." -- Arthur Ashe

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yum error ..unable to install
by Agnello George 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hi I am trying to inall the yum installer ( yum-2.2.0-1.noarch.rpm ) from http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.2/ rpm -ivh yum-2.2.0-1.noarch.rpm warning: yum-2.2.0-1.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 69886cc7 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:yum ########################################### [100%] i restarted yum and it started with no error [root@esha software]# /etc/init.d/yum start Enabling nightly yum update: [ OK ] but when i try to install gcc it give me the following error [root@esha software]# yum install gcc Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 6, in ? import yummain File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 23, in ? import yum ImportError: No module named yum [root@esha software]# can some one help me with this error ... thanks -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com

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Help required
by Yogesh Kulkarni 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

Dear All, I need help in installing JDK & JRE on debian 2.6.18-6-386. I had tried my level best to install them but could not. Please help me in getting it done. Regards, Yogesh Kulkarni -- योगेश: कुळकर्णी http://yogamegha.blogspot.com https://launchpad.net/people/swamiyogesh

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And the winners for FOSS India Awards are...
by niraj＠efyindia.com 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Here's some great news that I (on behalf of the Linux For You team) wanted to share with all of you... The Gist... Top 20 winners for FOSS India Awards were finalised on 15th of Feb during Open Source India Week's Delhi edition. NRCFOSS sponsored these awards by taking care of the prize money, which is Rs 5 lakh-- where each winner will get Rs 25,000! Here's what M.R. Rajagopalan, director, NRCFOSS, shad to say w.r.t. the awards, Through such incentives, NRCFOSS expects to stimulate young minds, encourage innovative contributions to the FOSS ecosystem and address the digital divide." Complete details about the awards announcement can be had at: http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/24867/news.htm <snippet from the announcement> Here is the complete list of the winners: * Hindawi Indic Programming System * Zmanda Recover Manager for MySQL * Dhvani Indian Language Text to Speech System * Fedora (games and localization spins) * KDE 3.5 Hindi * MayaVi * Jtrac * DeepOfix * Tuxtype * WanEM * Mac4Lin * OpenLX * Anjuta * HarvestMan * Get it I say * KIWI-LTSP * Ffmpeginstall * Belenix * TVTK: Traited VTK * GNUSim8085 </snippet> For more details about the FOSS India Awards, visit: www.openits.com/awards/ Soon, registration will be opened up for FOSS India Awards 2009... Regards, Niraj Sahay

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OFFTOPIC: From India, a magazine that looks at Open Publishing ...
by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया] 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

i4donline.net's February 2008 magazine focuses on open publishing. Some of the articles it has include: * Gutenberg Project * Moodle CMS * Widgit Software * Open Webcasting * Open Architecture Network * Digital Library in India, the million book project * Cape Town Open Education Declaration * Information on the Farm Front * Interview: Gregory Newby and Michael Hart * Workshop on Science Commons * ACIA: Intl Workshop on Asia and the Commons in the Info Age * Training programme on biomedical info retrival * BytesForAll summaries * Books: Community radio guide, empowering tools * Etc You can download it at http://i4donline.net/feb08/feb08.pdf FN -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org

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query about double firewalls
by Rohit V Bhute 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi people. Some of you might remember I had asked about the chaotic performance of a LAMP server a few months ago. My team finally brought the local server where we had tested our sites earlier online. We eliminated each component of the stack. Finally, we were left with the firewalls. At the ISP where we have co located, we have two firewalls - one dedicated hardware firewall shared among three servers and one on the machine itself. There is some NATing also involved since the LAMP server has a 192.168.x.x address. The test server which we were using as our baseline had just its own firewall (iptables). At the firm suggestion of the ISP's tech/network guys, today, we switched off the LAMP server's iptables firewall. Now sites are working like smooooth! <http://pastebin.com/m63e4e613> This is our test server's iptables listing. The LAMP server has ports 21 and 443 also open in addition to one listed here. The OUTPUT chain counters also show a lot of traffic. Otherwise, both iptables are also same. So my doubt is: was the double firewall (and NATing) the reason for the earlier chaotic performance? Is there some configuration we have to do to the iptables before we start it again? Regards. -- Rohit V. Bhute http://rvbhute.org

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Sabayon Linux
by Rony Bill 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Hello All, This month's LFY comes with live + install Sabayon 1.1 Linux. My vendor too has co-operated to exchange defective media. However this month LFY appears to have improved its media quality and I have not found any problems yet. I tried out the live Sabayon DVD and there is only one way to describe Sabayon Linux :- TOO SEXY. It gets even better. Sabayon uses KDE, the great desktop environment. Sabayon is already loaded with popular multimedia codecs and works out of the box. The sound was not coming from my speakers and it was because the 'headphones' channel in the mixer (kmix) did not have its green dot highlighted. Once that was clicked, sound was perfect. Firefox comes pre-loaded with flash player so you can watch/listen flash content too. My system has a 512 MB RAM but I am sure even 256 MB RAM machines will load the live session without a problem as it appears to be quite light on the system. I am writing this mail from the live session. Even if one has his/her own favourite distro, this live DVD is definately worth a look. As one of our members would have put it, it takes the pants off Windows desktops. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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