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AXIGEN mailserver
by Agnello George 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Hi I would jsut like to know if AXIGEN mailserver is opensourcre , and if its possibel to edit the source code . -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza

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recycling a thread
by Mukesh Yadav 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

On 9/6/07, Dinesh Joshi <dinesh.a.joshi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 19:19 +0530, Philip Tellis wrote: > > > I applaud Roshan :) You people should be ashamed of themselves. A poor > > > n00b makes one mistake and everyone goes yapping and yapping and yapping > > > > his question was answered in a separate thread, however, it is also > > the list's responsibility to teach newbies about the etiquette of > > communities that they join. > > By doing what? Jumping on the poor kid and pounding him till his atoms > are split? I say kick him out for recycling a thread. That way he'll > learn better and quicker. Nobody learns when 20 people make sarcastic > comments to a already confused person! > > I distinctly remember when I came here as a newbie and posted a > question. It was you who told me not to top post. I didn't know what it > was, so I read up on it and modified my subsequent posts accordingly. > And if *you* ( and everyone of you ) think back, then you too were > newbies at some point. Nobodys a born genius... > > -- > Regards, > Dinesh A. Joshi > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > why we r doing same mistake again & again we should realize that we were doing the same mistake as that boy did. every one learns from mistake we have to just point out that mistake of his/her. even i did mistake of top posting but someone realized me so now i know how to post. -- Mak as *Mukesh*

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[OT] You are being watched.
by Rony 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Hello All, There is an article in BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6972079.stm about how search engines record details of users' search patterns. I am curious to know, how do search engines get user details when a person uses the search facility. Normally only the IP address of the computer is available and that too changes dynamically. So except for city location of the computer, how do they know the user details? Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Fwd: [foss.in] FOSS.IN/2007 Project Days sessions
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Hi, A heads up ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Atul Chitnis <listadmin(a)linux-bangalore.org> Date: Sep 5, 2007 10:42 AM Subject: [foss.in] FOSS.IN/2007 Project Days sessions To: "FOSS.IN" <foss-in(a)yahoogroups.com> All: Here are the selected Project Days sessions, in alphabetical order: * Debian/Ubuntu * Fedora * Gnome * IndLinux * KDE * Mozilla * OpenOffice.org * OpenSolaris These eight Project Days sessions will be part of the CfP that will be published next week, and people will be able to submit talk proposals for each of them (and the Main conference, of course). Congrats to the eight projects, and my sympathies as well - having been selected, you now carry the burden of ensuring that you produce many Indian contributors. That means that your sessions have to be structured in such a way that it is easy for people to get in at the ground floor and the take the elevator up :) A reminder as well: if you are unable to get credible subsessions (talks and workshops) together through the CfP, you *may* face dropping. The same applies to the nature of the subsessions - if they are not contributor oriented (just user oriented) or if we find that the majority of subsessions are by people from a single commercial organisation, we will reconsider your selection. Remember that to us, the usefulness to the audiences (to bootstrap them into becoming contributors) and the quality of the subsessions comes first. So make sure that you get it right, in line with your accepted PD proposal. That completes phase 1 of the process - next is the Call for Participation, that will go out next week, after Team FOSS.IN meets this Sunday. Cheerio! Atul -- F O S S . I N / 2 0 0 7 India's Premier FOSS Conference December 4-8, 2007 Bangalore, India http://foss.in Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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[Job] GTK+, C programmer
by Shakthi Kannan 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Hi, Requirements: * C, GTK+ programming experience. * Know-how of UI design. * Good debugging skills. * Understanding of D-Bus, a plus. * Prior experience in GTK+ Free/Libre/Open Source projects. * Know-how on how to work with the FLOSS community. * Attitude. If you are interested, please send me (shakthimaan at gmail dot com) your resume in OpenOffice or .pdf or .txt format _only_. In your resume, mention what *your* role and contribution in the project was. Don't just mention and describe the project in which you were part of. No contractors. Position will initially be in Hyderabad, but, opportunities exist for traveling. Thanks, SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

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Re: .. [ILUG-BOM] Get a black screen when logoff in Debian Etch..also get the same black screen when i do Ctrl+alt+f1...
by jtd 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

On Tuesday 04 September 2007 11:56, Raza Sayed wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed Debian Etch as a dual boot on my > laptop . I am having an issue with logging off . > Also ctrl+alt+f1 does not bring me to the shell . All > I get is a black screen in both the cases console is in graphics mode with wrong driver. > 2) Added vga=771 at the end of the kernel line in > /boot/grub/menu.lst . Also tried vga=773,vga=791 vga=0 > > 3) Ran the command > su cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep "Driver" to get > information on driver and the output of the above > command is : > > Driver "kbd" > Driver "mouse" > Driver "vesa" driver vesa should be via or the unichrome drivers from via. -- Rgds JTD

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OOXML failed to get approval of ISO/IEC
by Praveen A 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Great News! Hats off to all who worked hard for this. "The five-month ballot process ended on 2 September and was open to the IEC and ISO national member bodies from 104 countries, including 41 that are participating members of the joint ISO/IEC technical committee, JTC 1, Information technology. Approval requires at least 2/3 (i.e. 66.66 %) of the votes cast by national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 to be positive; and no more than 1/4 (i.e. 25 %) of the total number of national body votes cast negative. Neither of these criteria were achieved, with 53 % of votes cast by national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 being positive and 26 % of national votes cast being negative." http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1070 Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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telnet 143 and 110 error
by Agnello George 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Hi All I am facing a problem when i telnet to port 110 and 143 i am able to do so but when i put in my user name and password it gives me Temporary problem.( see log bellow ) [root@mail ~]# telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2005 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. a login agnello(a)nike.com agnello * BYE Temporary problem, please try again later Connection closed by foreign host. [root@mail ~]# [root@mail ~]# telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Hello there. user agnello(a)nike.com +OK Password required. pass agnello -ERR Temporary problem, please try again later Connection closed by foreign host. I have also checked if my authdaemon is running ( see log bellow) [root@mail ~]# ps -aux |grep authdaemo Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.5/FAQ root 2952 0.0 0.2 1560 468 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger -pid=/var/spool/authdaemon/pid -start /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 2953 0.0 0.7 5560 1244 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 2954 0.0 0.7 5560 1248 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 2955 0.0 0.7 5560 1248 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 2956 0.0 0.8 5604 1404 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 3231 0.0 0.4 3760 700 pts/0 R+ 16:15 0:00 grep authdaemo Even my IMAP server is working fine ( seelog bellow ) [root@mail ~]# ps -aux |grep imap Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.5/FAQ root 2986 0.0 0.2 1560 436 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger -pid=/var/run/imapd.pid -start -name=imapd /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 143 /usr/lib/courier-imap/sbin/imaplogin /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/imapd /home/vmail root 2987 0.0 0.3 2660 624 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 143 /usr/lib/courier-imap/sbin/imaplogin /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/imapd /home/vmail root 2993 0.0 0.2 1556 400 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger -pid=/var/run/imapd-ssl.pid -start -name=imapd-ssl /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 993 /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/couriertls -server -tcpd /usr/lib/courier-imap/sbin/imaplogin /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/imapd Maildir root 2994 0.0 0.3 2660 628 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 993 /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/couriertls -server -tcpd /usr/lib/courier-imap/sbin/imaplogin /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/imapd Maildir root 2999 0.0 0.2 1560 468 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger -pid=/var/run/pop3d.pid -start -name=pop3d /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 110 /usr/lib/courier-imap/sbin/pop3login /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/pop3d Maildir root 3000 0.0 0.4 2660 672 ? S 15:58 0:00 /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 110 /usr/lib/courier-imap/sbin/pop3login /usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/pop3d Maildir My vi /etc/authlib/authmysqlrc looks as follows MYSQL_SERVER localhost MYSQL_USERNAME postfix MYSQL_PASSWORD postfix # if you used the MySQL package from Server Logistics use the # following settings otherwise check your MySQL installation. MYSQL_SOCKET /private/tmp/mysql.sock MYSQL_PORT 3306 # The name of the MySQL database we will use: MYSQL_DATABASE postfix # the table in the database with the users MYSQL_USER_TABLE mailbox # which field in the table has the password MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD password # the numerical userid of the postfix account MYSQL_UID_FIELD '5000' #the numerical groupid of the postfix account MYSQL_GID_FIELD '5000' # the username as defined in the table mailbox MYSQL_LOGIN_FIELD username # the location of the mailboxes on the server # Please change this is you are going to use a different location. MYSQL_HOME_FIELD '/home/vmail' # The user's name (optional) MYSQL_NAME_FIELD name # The location where the user mailbox is defined in the table. MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD maildir then only changes i msge to vi /etc/authlib/authdaemonrc is :- [...] authmodulelist="authmysql" [...] when i restart the following service there is no service failure /etc/init.d/courier-authlib restart /etc/init.d/courier-imap restart Then what is the problem , where have i gone wrong. PLs help me figure this out -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza

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Get a black screen when logoff in Debian Etch..also get the same black screen when i do Ctrl+alt+f1...
by Raza Sayed 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Hello, I recently installed Debian Etch as a dual boot on my laptop . I am having an issue with logging off . Also ctrl+alt+f1 does not bring me to the shell . All I get is a black screen in both the cases and i have to manually shutdown my laptop and reboot. I am however able to shutdown and restart from within gnome.I am new to linux so cant figure out whats wrong. I tried to find out what onboard video card im using from within windows by right clicking on the desktop then going to : display properties->settings->advanced->adapter and there it says : VIA Chrome9 HC IGP. I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps but it didnt work : Already tried steps : --------------------- 1) Tried ctrl+alt+f5 , ctrl+alt+f7 , ctrl+alt+backspace but get the same black screen and have to manually shutdown and reboot. 2) Added vga=771 at the end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst . Also tried vga=773,vga=791 3) Ran the command su cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep "Driver" to get information on driver and the output of the above command is : Driver "kbd" Driver "mouse" Driver "vesa" What could be going wrong ? Please help. Thanks :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow

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Best Desktop Linux distro.
by Raza Sayed 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Hi, Myself Raza.Z.Sayed , from Mumbai. I have recently joined iglug-bom . Well, im kinda new to linux , but ive been using linux for quite some time now as a casual user . Im a student and I find linux more attractive as compared to proprietary OS, not only because it has matured enough to give proprietary software some decent competition but what appeals to me most as a student is that linux being free and open source offers a lot of room for learning and experimentation , which is seriously lacking in a proprietary os like windows. So,ive decided to switch over completely to free and open source software now and plan to use Linux as the primary OS I use on my machine. My machine has 512 MB of RAM and 1.46 GHz processor. So,i need your suggestion as to which distro would be the best desktop os for me,in terms of atleast the following factors. 1. Support for wireless connectivity, as i need to be able to use WiFi. 2. Support for Bluetooth . 3. Support for ADSL connections , i use MTNL Triband on my machine 4. Good choice of software and wide support for the same available. One of my friends would be giving me a copy of Debian Etch . Would that be good enough ?. Thanks :) --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.

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New to gcc (was BoF meet anyone?)
by Shakthi Kannan 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi, Please use an appropriate subject line. ----- On 9/2/07, Amiya Sahoo <amiya17igit(a)gmail.com> wrote: | I am getting the following message | first.c:1:20: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory \-- You need GNU C library development files. Install libc6-dev? apt-get install libc6-dev SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

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RHEL which works on intel g965ry and above m/bs
by amit453d 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hello, I would like to know which RHEL linux works in Intel G965RY and higher motherboards. I have tried to install RHEL WS v4 in Intel G965RY m/b but it was not installing , giving error reated to PCIe and hanging there. PLz suggest which Linux will work in this m/b.

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installing fedora 7 through LAN
by mukesh yadav 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

hi, i want to install FC 7 in my college PC....the problem i'm facing here is that in my college's LAN there is only one computer which got Combo Drive.. and i want to install it in another PC. I have heard thet we can install through LAN or from harddisk but i dont know the procedure.. please tell me the procedure step by step.

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Link to call me for free
by Hardeep Rai 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

Mumbai, India, I am using jaxtr, and if you also sign up, we can talk for free on the phone at any time. P.S. Here is the link to sign up: http://www.jaxtr.com/user/ticket?n=Txsoiy1l15uk1&type=joininvite -Hardeep --- Delivered by jaxtr, Inc., 855 Oak Grove Avenue, Suite 100, Menlo Park, California 94025. To stop receiving messages from this sender go to http://www.jaxtr.com/user/reportabuse.jsp?it=Txsoiy1l15uk1

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Re: BoF meet anyone?
by Easwar Hariharan 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

> > Anyone up for a BoF meet this Sunday evening at 5 gardens near VJTI? I second VJTI FOSS Lab but what's the topic of common interest for the "birds"? Regards, Easwar

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Microsofts Licensing w/ linux and patents
by Satish Alwani 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

Has anyone thought to speculate why microsoft is so keen to tie up linux vendors in their reciprocal cant sue policy? I was just thinking and heres something at the back of my head. I am not gonna do any MS bashing, I current am using WinXP, but honestly think about this. Microsoft is notorious in taking ideas and porting it to work to their advantage, Vista is a very good example of taking mac to windows. Previously too, alot of unix stuff or something has been taken into MS. Perhaps now they are trying to take linux based development into their mainstream code as that has more development. Since it is all closed source, there is officially no policing being done on the patents *possibly* violated here. Other companies like microsoft and the whole old SCO claimed of patent infringement, the only way they can do that is because linux's code is out in the open. Since their code is closed, who is to say who copied whose code? Also how do you know that there isnt any derivative work carried out in the past or future on such a platform? I do have to stick to MS for my needs, I am not gonna deny that. But at the same time I am not looking at any MS bashing on this subject. But the fact of the matter is history has shown MS to be less likely to have new ideas than copying them. GPL v3 seems to be designed to help "protect" the code from being part of the deals vendors make with MS, but honestly I prefer less restrictions, like v2. As it doesnt make sense with v3 as there is no way to know if anyone in closed source has really violated them without giving up too much rights. Perhaps the governing patents body should take a look at both codes and see whats really going on. Ofcourse these are just my 2c. Regards, Satish

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[CROSS-POST] How do I run Compiz on *buntu 6.06?
by Easwar Hariharan 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

> > I installed ubuntu-desktop package (the GNOME env.) on > my Kubuntu so, that I could have GNOME and KDE > together (for any demos). > > I installed compiz, that is three packages > compiz > compiz-gnome > compiz-kde > > I also installed Xserver-xgl; (since Xgl is a > pre-requisite for Compiz). only if you are using proprietary drivers....AFAIK. According to the documents on Ubuntu's help website > (http://help.ubuntu.com) I wrote a small script > > #!/bin/bash > compiz --replace gconf & > gtk-window-decorator --replace > > and put this file in /usr/local/bin/ and assigned it > executable permissions. > For GNOME, I added the necessary lines in > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom > > That is the following lines > [servers] > 0=Xgl > > [server-Xgl] > name=Xgl server > command=/usr/bin/Xgl -fullscreen -br -accel xv:pbuffer > -accel glx:pbuffer > flexible=true > > Also, added Compiz to start by default using > "Sessions" in GNOME. > > However, I'm not able to see any effects (not even the > basic ones) and I *guess* Compiz isn't even starting > up! > > Am I missing something here? > Are there any additional steps? Was the command you gave for starting Compiz during startup compiz --replace .If yes.it's correct. I also tried enabling compiz in KDE, but there's just > one problem. > There's a small line change in > /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc > ServerCmd=(all that content) > > And then at a command line (when I assume Xgl is > enabled after a log-off and log-in) I issue the > following command > > kdm --replace=compiz > > What happens after this is that each window's title > bar disappears, also disabling any keyboard input :-/ > > I have tried searching quite a few documents. Most of > them speak only about GNOME, and most are about NVIDIA > and ATI cards. > > My video card is a SiS 650 and I have shared 32 MB of > my Physical RAM to it. Dunno about the card.Try google.I searched "SiS 650 Compiz-Fusion Ubuntu 6.06" and found an italian wordpress blog page translated by google.I think that would be of some use to you. Regards, Easwar

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postfixadmin+favicon.icn error
by Agnello George 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Hi I Have a query , i have configured postfix on my linux system and have configured postfixadmin ( connected to mysql databases) . To administer the virtual domaina, when i log to the main admin pannel and add a mail box to a domain it says "unable to create mailbox! " however when i check the mysql datatbase, there is an entry in the mailbox table. there are no logs genereated in my /var/log/maillog . or any where else However there is the following log generated in /var/log/httpd/error_log ################################################################ [Wed Aug 29 16:18:21 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:18:22 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:18:23 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:18:26 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:18:29 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:18:44 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:18:46 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:19:16 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico [Wed Aug 29 16:37:01 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.208] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico ########################################################################### can some one tell me what does this mean -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza www.agnellogeorge.blogspot.com

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Fw: SELF Platform Launch - Sept. 7th
by Anurag 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

----- Forwarded Message ----- Hi all, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR) is participating in an international project "SELF: Science, Education and Learning in Freedom", wherein we are developing an E-learning Platform. It has been planned by all the partners that the SELF Platform will be launched simultaneously all over the world for the community. In India we have scheduled the official launch of the SELF Platform on September 7, 2007 (3-6 pm). On this occassion, we cordially invite you to participate in the official launch of an E-learning Platform developed by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR). Program Schedule : 3:00 - 3:30 Welcome Address Prof. Arvind Kumar Centre Director Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education 3:30 - 4:00 SELF Platform Launch Prof. Shobo Bhattacharya Director Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research 4:00 - 4:30 Keynote Address on FOSS & Collaborative Culture Prof. D. B. Phatak Subharao M. Nilekani Chiar Professor Kanwal Rekhi Institute of Information Technology Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 4:30 - 5:00 Special lecture on Semantic Web and Collaborative E-learning Prof. G. Sivakumar Professor and Head, Computer Science and Engineering Department Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 5:00 -5:30 Live Demonstration of the SELF Platform SELF Platform Development Team Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education 5:30 - 6:00 Vote of Thanks & High Tea Venue: Shri V. G. Kulkarni Auditorium Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai 88 RSVP: self(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in hbcse(a)selfproject.eu 25555242/25554712 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the SELF Project: http://www.selfproject.eu SELF: Science, Education and Learning in Freedom Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR is participating in an European Commission funded project on Science, Education and Learning in Freedom (SELF) from July 1, 2006 to July 2008. The SELF platform is initiated by an international consortium of seven partners --- three universities: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain), University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (India); and four non-profit organisations active as Free Software advocates: Internet Society (Netherlands), Free Software Foundation Europe (in all European countries), Internet Society (Bulgaria) and Fundación Via Libre (Argentina). The SELF project aims to provide a platform for the collaborative sharing and creation of open educational and training materials about Free Software and Open Standards. About the SELF Platform: http://www.slefplatform.eu Homi Bhabha Centre's gnowledge lab developed the SELF Platform, a graphical web based multi-lingual platform for collaborative authoring of courses and lessons, to organize them and distribute them widely to various educational institutes all over the world. The SELF Platform comprises mainly of a knowledge management application for authors, and instructors. During the course of time, it will also have course delivery system for learners. The SELF Platform conforms with the e-learning standards such as LOM, SCORM. The SELF Platform comprises of modules for authors, instructors, students. The SELF Platform will provide information, educational and training materials in the form of course material, e-books, instructional and educational videos, manuals, etc. The platform caters to the target groups such as---universities and schools, training organisations, publishers, industrial manufacturers, free software communities, government bodies, public and non-profit organisations, private organisations. The SELF Platform would serve as providing a central access for educational materials alongwith a community participation in a multilingual environment. ----------------- You all are welcome. Thank you. Meena. -- ..................................................... Meena Kharatmal Blogpage --> http://portal.gnowledge.org/okeanos Homepage --> http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/~meena ..................................................... --

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freed.in -- resubmission of talks
by Raj Mathur 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Hi, Due to a massive data loss on the server, we've lost some of the details of the talks submitted at http://conf.freed.in/ . Information is still available, but not on the web site anymore. If you had registered and submitted a talk, please check if your talk is still available at the site; if not, please re-register and re-submit the talk. Apologies for the inconvenience, and thanks in advance for your cooperation :) Regards, -- Raju (I KNEW I should have used Vistula) Mathur -- Raj Mathur raju(a)kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ Freedom in Technology & Software || September 2007 || http://freed.in/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves

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[CROSS-POST] How do I run Compiz on *buntu 6.06?
by Roshan 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

All, I installed ubuntu-desktop package (the GNOME env.) on my Kubuntu so, that I could have GNOME and KDE together (for any demos). I installed compiz, that is three packages compiz compiz-gnome compiz-kde I also installed Xserver-xgl; (since Xgl is a pre-requisite for Compiz). According to the documents on Ubuntu's help website (http://help.ubuntu.com) I wrote a small script #!/bin/bash compiz --replace gconf & gtk-window-decorator --replace and put this file in /usr/local/bin/ and assigned it executable permissions. For GNOME, I added the necessary lines in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom That is the following lines [servers] 0=Xgl [server-Xgl] name=Xgl server command=/usr/bin/Xgl -fullscreen -br -accel xv:pbuffer -accel glx:pbuffer flexible=true Also, added Compiz to start by default using "Sessions" in GNOME. However, I'm not able to see any effects (not even the basic ones) and I *guess* Compiz isn't even starting up! Am I missing something here? Are there any additional steps? I also tried enabling compiz in KDE, but there's just one problem. There's a small line change in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc ServerCmd=(all that content) And then at a command line (when I assume Xgl is enabled after a log-off and log-in) I issue the following command kdm --replace=compiz What happens after this is that each window's title bar disappears, also disabling any keyboard input :-/ I have tried searching quite a few documents. Most of them speak only about GNOME, and most are about NVIDIA and ATI cards. My video card is a SiS 650 and I have shared 32 MB of my Physical RAM to it. Thanks in advance. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in ubunturos @ freenode Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it on http://in.groups.yahoo.com

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Fwd: [PLUG] Anouncement : PLUG MASHUP, a technology event on October 13th and 14th, 2007.
by G Karunakar 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> Date: Aug 30, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: [PLUG] Anouncement : PLUG MASHUP, a technology event on October 13th and 14th, 2007. To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <plug-mail(a)plug.org.in>, cslug(a)yahoogroups.com Dear all, We have been discussing about the PLUG event in the last meetings. However, a formal anouncement was still missing. So, this is a formal anouncement of the event. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are proud to announce PLUG MASHUP, a technology event which includes a Hack-a-thon and a mashup camp to be held on October 13th and 14th, 2007. The Hack-a-thon will bring together many developers and contributors. It will aim to generate some serious code during the event in order to help grow the pool of FOSS contributors in India. This 2-day event will be held at Bhaskaracharya Pratishthan, a renowned mathematics research institute in Pune. Website for the event is already put up here: http://plug.org.in/mashup All are invited to participate in the event. Your participation could be in terms of ideas generation, participating in coding for the ideas/problems, volunteering for the event etc. Please contribute to the event in whatever way possible for you. You can also promote the event in many ways like informing on other mailing lists, informing your friends etc. So, go ahead and register on the website for the event. Communication related to the event (eg. corporate participation) can be done to mashup at plug.org.in email id. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, lets make this event a grand success. Your comments, suggestions, discussions are welcome on the list and off the list too. Best regards -Sudhanwa Jogalekar !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ Have you tried the new "FREE" Marathi font "Aksharyogini" we have released? News!! Aksharyogini font will now be available in debian Indic fonts package!! Please get it from http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~~ www.sudhanwa.com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail(a)plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to plug-mail-request(a)plug.org.in for mailing instructions.

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Re: .. Re: [ILUG-BOM] Bind and DNS Cache
by jtd 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

On Wednesday 29 August 2007 01:38, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > > I think the issue is more of routing to google.com than DNS. I've > been using OpenDNS for a few days now and the difference between > Sify and MTNL when it comes to loading google.com is still immense > with Sify being the better of the two. That would be the upstream bandwidth bottleneck - VSNL waht does traceroute on sify say?. > Too bad we can't have Open routing as well :) U have open routing protocols. But u dont have an open wire. U have wireless but that wont solve the bandwidth problem. -- Rgds JTD

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Seminar on TCP/IP Networking, Security and Spam Control at Chennai
by Shrinivasan T 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

Friends. At ChennaiLUG , We are conducting a Weekend Seminar on TCP/IP networking, security and spam control. Topic: TCP/IP Networking, Security and Spam Control. Talk By : Girish Venkatachalam Dates: Sat 8th & Sun 9th September 2007 Time : 9AM to 6PM Venue: IC&SR Auditorium, IIT-Madras. Chennai Fee : Rs ~250/- (Food and Snacks for 2 Days) Link : http://nikegravel.com/seminar (Schedule and Slides) http://freeshell.in/~bharathi/seminar/ Type : Open to All There is full source of presentation in MagicPoint format and HTML format. As the Topics are more heavy weight and Deep, please have a go through on the slides. View them at least one. So that the presentation will be more interactive. All are welcome. regards, T.Shrinivasan. -- My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com

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Bind and DNS Cache
by Rony 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hello All, We were discussing DNS caching and the bind configuration. However, bind is a DNS server whereas we only want a DNS cache that updates itself automatically. Maybe I understood it wrong but on the net I found this link for DNS caching. It uses a package called dnsmasq. It works on my system. First time I do dig google.com it takes 42 ms. second time 2 sec. http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/local-dns-cache-for-faster-browsing/ -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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[OT] DNS,google and MTNL triband
by Mohan Nayaka 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hi all, Of late, I have noticed that MTNL's DNS servers 203.94.227.70 and 203.94.243.70 are unresponsive from time to time. Also google and google related sites (gmail,orkut,etc.) open very sluggishly. Has anyone here experienced this? Does anyone know any DNS servers better than MTNL's? Regards, Mohan S N -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles

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postfixadmin query
by Agnello George 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

hi I am configuring a postfix server which has a postfix admin web interface , but the thing is psotfix admin does not have :creat mailling list" and "quota: allocation for individual user ....Are there add on or plugins for this -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza www.agnellogeorge.blogspot.com

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Postfix
by Ramang G 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Hi all, How can I find my "postfix" program occupies total memory. Is there any command to find it out........ thanks in advance. Raman. --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.

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Firefox blocked?
by Satish Alwani 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Thats almost like saying, PVR's should be banned as users have the ability to forward through them and skip advertisements. Or other channels must be banned, so if you are watching serial XYZ on channel ABC, you must continue to watch it including the ads and not skip it. However, you look at it, if you try to block users, people will just drive traffic away from that site as it is no longer considered as "compliant". Compliancy states that there must be a norm which all users have equal and open access. Give it time, I'm sure someone in the US will sue the website owner on the grounds of non compliance, or inaccessible information, or something similar where you are being biased. If you want to see something stupid, visit hdfcbank.com and check out netsafe and then login. It says IE as minimum requirements. Honestly I dont see the reason for this, but yet its there. According to this, if you use Internet Explorer, you should use a netsafe card, but at the same time you need IE ? See a pattern of stupidity? Its like if you want to use the site, dont use a browser thats safe, however, you should use a netsafe card if you want to be safe. Anyways, if there are any other sites that stop you, you could just simply change the user agent in about:config. What are they going to do next? Block Internet Explorer?.. hehe Regards, Satish

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[OT] DNS,google and MTNL triband
by Easwar Hariharan 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

> > > For Linux/Unix. > <http://www.opendns.com/start/unix.php> Thanx,in short,OpenDNS' Linux/Unix instructions should be used........ This is valid if you are running bind. What are the advantages of running BIND and does it result in better security(firewall-wise)?Is it necessary for home-desktops?How do I find whether I'm running BIND? Following the instructions at openDNS' page replaced mtnl's ip's with > openDNS' addresses. > > I added this line in dhclient.conf: > prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220; > > My resolv.conf got overwritten accordingly: > $ cat /etc/resolv.conf > ### BEGIN INFO > # > # Modified_by: NetworkManager > # Process: /usr/bin/NetworkManager > # Process_id: 2967 > # > ### END INFO You changed the DNS IPs in your dhclient.conf according to the For DHCPinstructions,not in your router,right? nameserver 208.67.222.222 > nameserver 208.67.220.220 > nameserver 10.0.0.1 > Now what's this about?Where is this supposed to be entered? Regards, Easwar

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Commercial Requirment
by Manvinder sandhu 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

About Myself: I am working for a Networking Consulting company and have 10+ years of expereince in implementing Cisco technologies. Based on my industry experience I wanted to develop a customized helpdesk package.I only have the workflow idea but no developer experience, for which I thought I would put this up in the online forum and see if I could get any affordable help. Project Explaination I have an idea to integrate open source software to develop an helpdesk system. This help desk system will have different components like Network monitoring, Trouble Ticketing System, Network Mapping, Authentication etc. I have indentified a few open source softwares that can do the job, but they are not integrated. I would like to integrate them with few ideas of my own. To start with I am looking at developer who is an expert in PYTHON, MYSQL, Linux and a bit of internetworking knowledge. Knowledge of PHP, Zope would be an added advantage. If interested please contact me offline and we can discuss the project and commercials in detail. My Cell is +91 9967337699 Manvinder

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Re: [OT] DNS,google and MTNL triband
by Easwar Hariharan 25 Aug '07

25 Aug '07

I don't prefer it but I had to repeat my question,so here goes: For using OpenDNS,should we use the instructions for Linux/Unix or for routers since the desktop is basically a machine on the private network while the router is the one which handles DNS addresses? Regards, Easwar

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KDE Project Day @ FOSS.IN/2007
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 25 Aug '07

25 Aug '07

Hi, I have made a proposal [1] for "KDE Project Day" for FOSS.IN/2007. Please feel free to discuss the proposal and send in comments if you have any. Thanks in advance. [1]http://freeshell.in/~pradeepto/kde/kde-day-proposal Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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new pharmacy shop
by Mathew Miller 25 Aug '07

25 Aug '07

new pharmacy shop http://cinjokm.thangrass.com/?629722365479

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Re:[OT] DNS,google and MTNL triband
by Easwar Hariharan 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

> > > > Yes its been so from about 2 weeks. Any site stops responding randomly. > > Sometimes Yahoo or sometimes Google or sometimes MSN stops. > > Traceroute shows problems in routing. If you disconnect and reconnect > > 1-2 times, it picks up new route and site starts working. > > I second that. I was using OpenDNS. Replaced their IPs with MTNL DNS > IPs. But behavior continues. I third that.And I guess,Rohit,you made a typo and actually meant that you replaced the MTNL DNS with OpenDNS IPs?? Also,for using OpenDNS,should we use the instructions for Linux/Unix or for routers since the desktop is basically a machine on the private network while the router is the one which handles DNS addresses? Regards, Easwar PS:Has somebody experienced considerable improvement in performance after switching from MTNL DNS to OpenDNS?

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CentOS5 DVD needed
by Mahesh Gurav 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

Can anyone from Mumbai lend me the CentOS5 DVD please? Please its urgent. Thanks to all of you. --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.

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india votes against ooxml
by Nagarjuna G. 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

India votes against ooxml unanimously. the decision of the committee was to disapprove ooxml with comments. The final meeting took place today after 3pm for about an hour and half, and no voting took place. -- Nagarjuna G. nagarjun(a)gnu.org.in

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Compatible Laptop
by Aniket Bharaswadkar 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Compatible Laptop > > Just for testing, could you put in a live Ubuntu 7.04 and check out its > compatibility? > > -- > Regards, > > Rony. > > > Well , I am really sorry I cant test ubuntu on my lappy now, I dont have a disk. But , for most of my problems, I have referred ubuntuforums, so I can say that it will work well on ubuntu. -- The Future is Open...The Future is LINUX Linux 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Fedora 7

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Want to use Linux
by Ashwin Shah 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hello wish to take the help of someone who can help me install Linux ( Fedora ) Need the Software Am totally fresh on the subject, have only heard about Linux Wish to use for the following in linux 1) Office 2) Email with Mtnl Broadbrand 3) If possible Email server 4) Use Dos Accounting software 5) Networking with other windows computer. Can some one guide me or take up the project. One trial brand new machine an be made available within 24 hours in my office for starting this project. My office is near Lamington Road in Mumbai Ashwin R Shah Mobile 9820339491

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installed openoffice rpms with alien for total disaster.
by krishnakant Mane 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

hello, has some one faced this? I downloaded openoffice 2.2.1 as suggested on this list and then uncompressed it into a folder and then installed it with the following command. alien -i *.rpm. I did this after going into the RPMS sub directory of the main open office directory. I did not get any errors, just a warning that scripts are not being installed, use --script option for correcting this. I did it again and this time no problem. first I did alien -r *.rpm and then the first -i command along with --script. this time no errors and no warnings. but surprise! I don't have any thing in my applications/ office menu except evolution. I tried finding hard and eventually got /opt/openoffice2.2.1 and in the programs sub directory I found swriter, scalc etc. I can run them all right but now I can't create a shortcut in the office menu nor on the desktop. what should I do. did I install this in the wrong way? again my command was alien -i --script *.rpm. please correct me if I am wrong. regards, Krishnakant.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Compatible Laptop
by Aniket Bharaswadkar 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

> > > krishnakant Mane wrote: > > > so please tell me the model. > > > > > > Dell XPS M1210 > -- > Regards, > > Rony. > I just got laptop. Its a dell Vostro 1400. It had options of Dell 1390 wifi card or Intel 3945. I took Intel card as I had heard about problems with dell wifi card . Also it has Nvidia 8400 graphics card. I installed fedora 7 on it. The graphical install did not work, nor did the installer recognise my dvd drive. So I performed a text based install from USB HDD which had images for Fedora 7 DVD. After installing , it booted to runlevel 3 . where I set xorg driver to vesa and got GUI. Then I installed nvidia drivers from livna.org . All worked fine except the dvd drive and intel wifi card. So I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.22_41 and dvd drive is now working. I have also got wireless working with dkms-ipw3945 drivers from Freshrpms. So I have pretty much all setup on this lappy including the sound and integrated webcam, if anyone wants any more notes , or if anyone's planning to buy these dell laptops I would say its really safe to get these coz pretty much everything works. -- The Future is Open...The Future is LINUX Linux aniket.myftp.org 2.6.22-41.fc7 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Fedora 7

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'commercial'
by Kauser Ayaz 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Need work done on PHP on commercial basis. Kauser Ayaz Mobile : +91 99670 36435 __________________________________________________ Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain confidential and / or legally privileged information. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or tracking any action in reliance is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the business of Scan Infotech Private Limited shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by Scan Infotech Private Limited. Scan Infotech Private Limited attempts to sweep e-mails and attachments for viruses, it does not guarantee that either are virus free and that we accept no liability for any damage sustained as a result of viruses.

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RHES 4 CD's
by Samir 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Hello list, can anybody give me link or site from where i can get Red Hat Enterprise Server 4 cd's or ISO images[all 4 cd's]. Mine cd's are not functioning. thanks -- Friends are like an treasure,so if you want to become rich in your life make as many friends as possible in the life. Samir.A.Sanghvi

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need help
by Samir 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

can anybody give me link or cd's for RHEL 4. -- Friends are like an treasure,so if you want to become rich in your life make as many friends as possible in the life. Samir.A.Sanghvi

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Linux Compatible Laptop
by Rony Bill 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

Dear All, Today at a client's place I had set up a wireless router and tried Ubuntu 7.04 live CD on his Dell XPS M1210 lappy. It not only gave the usual laptop grade Desktop with sound but I clicked on a network icon with a cross on the task bar and it showed the surrounding wireless network. On clicking it I got the interface to enter the 128 bit key and my net was up and running. Bang out of the box. Thanks to the preloaded Vista, the customer will himself download the CD iso from Ubuntu. The wireless network card in the lappy is some Intel one. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html

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funny characters on cli login
by Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Hi, I'm using Kubuntu feisty. For some reason, I cannot login to the gui because, /dev/null is created w/ 600 perms. And yes the relevant line in /etc/udev.d/rules does mention /dev/null having 666 perms. Supposedly this is a problem w/ udev. My workaround at the moment is to hit ctrl-alt-f2, login, chmod /dev/null, ctrl-alt-f7 and then I can login to the gui. This needs to be done at every boot. I have 'cn' aliased to sudo chmod 666 /dev/null. Saves some typing :). Now to come to my problem. I inadvertantly hit ctrl-n at the prompt and now the login prompt at the cli is displayed in weird characters. It's like when you type something in wordprocessor and then change to font to wingdings or something. How do I get my normal login prompt back ? many thanks, Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. Homoeopath, Linuxer. Sinners can repent, but stupid is forever.

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confused with openoffice downloads, which is the url?
by krishnakant Mane 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

hello, I am finding the openofice web site very confusing. can some one give me the exact url to download the latest stable version of openoffice rpm binary? I went to www.openoffice.org and clicked the download link but did not find any thing except the snapshot builds. I want the stable version which I am not finding some how. if any one has already downloaded the rpm, please contact me off the list. regards, Krishnakant.

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Sudoers confusion
by Nachiketa Sadhu नचिकेता सा धु 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Hi, I have put in the /etc/sudoers file the following line: sadhu ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/yumex I was expecting that when logged in as user "sadhu" I will be rum yumex without authentication, but it still asks for root authentication when I try to run yumex. Can you please refer me to the correct sudoers syntax or to a how-to. Thanks and regards. sadhu

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ayttm 0.5.0-6 Released
by Kartik Mistry 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

From: "Philip Tellis" >> Well, as a sidenote, please note that upstream always avoid '-' >> (dash) in version scheme :) > Doesn't debian use - to mark its own patch level? If that is the > case, then I'd suggest patching upstream directly and building your > package off of CVS. Ayttm doesn't release all patch level versions, > but every single CVS commit raises the patch level. This will > probably change when we go to 1.0. Hi, Fixed. No issue with version 0.5.0-6, since Debian consider last - (dash) as Debian revision number. Cheers, Kartik

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Ayttm 0.5.0-6 Released
by Kartik Mistry 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

> From: "Siddhesh Poyarekar" > > Hi All, > > Ayttm 0.5.0-6 has been released. Oh dear! Congrats! Well, as a sidenote, please note that upstream always avoid '-' (dash) in version scheme :) This will make me difficult to create Debian/Ubuntu packages :( Cheers, -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry || GPG: 0xD1028C8D || IRC: kart_ kartikmistry.org/blog || kartikm.wordpress.com -----------------------------------------------------------

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