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need details on latest supported motherboard for ubuntu 6.06 lts.
by krishnakant Mane 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

hello, in the process of making the people foss aware, I got a contract from a semi gnu/linux aware NGO called uva. the problem however is that they already have a few p4 1.5 ghz computers running ubuntu 6.06 and they seam to have got stuck to it because as what the authorities told me, they get good support from the ubuntu forums when the needs come. now they have decided to buy new computers but are also aware (and sportingly except the fact ) that latest hardware may not work with ubuntu 6.06 lts. for them long time support matters really much and I did not really argue about that. since my recent experience with 102 ggc motherboards has not been good with ubuntu, I will like to know names of some motherboards which are available in the market that can work or have been successfully made to work with ubuntu. my requirements are as follows. 1. the boards should be actively supported and still sold in the hardware market. this is because if by chance there is a problem with those boards I must get relatively quick service. 2. the boards should support seluron 2.8 ghz and p4 3 + ghz processors. 3. I will be of course putting 512 mb of ram into the machine. 4. ubuntu should be known to detect and install the on-board sound card. 5. the lan card should also work. I gave all this details because I don't want to go through the troma of my recent experiences (ronny knows very well what I am talking isn't it?) It seams that the place where I tried the ggc mobo gave so many problems that they eventually have postponed the decision a bit for the next ubuntu version. any ways the point is that I have a hint that mobos which came in market before june 2006 or aug 2006 at the most should be well supported. I want to be with the debian group of distros because ceneors like jtd have justified the reasons to do so. regards. Krishnakant.

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BOSS
by Shiv Kumar - 9820320927 (cell) 91-22-28906693 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

The new newspaper Mint has a piece on Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) flavor of linux being promoted by the Indian government. Has anyone test driven BOSS? How come a forum like this hasn't even taken a note of BOSS? Anyone test driven Tarang 1? Where to get the CDs, etc? Shiv Kumar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Vdata card use
by Koustubha Kale 11 Feb '07

11 Feb '07

Koustubha Kale wrote: >> >> I really would like to make it into a simple script whith an icon > >which i can double click to start the vdata card & when i close it my > >office route is put back in place. I have started on it. I can get > >the script to dial and connect but then wvdial does not return and my > >next comand to make ppp0 default route does not execute. Also i would > >like to trap the close so I can put the office route back as default. > >Any tips? > > > > >I don't know the actual commands to use but here is an algorithm that >will help in making the script. You only need to google for the correct >syntax or programmers on this list can also help. Another point, in >order to run a command in the background add an '&' (amphersand) sign >after the command. That will return the command prompt back to you. Here >goes...... > >wvdial tata & >For i = 1 to 10 ( your choice of total time ) >If ppp0 is up >then >sudo route add default ppp0 ; Exit ( ask for password or add it in the >command ) >Else >If i = 10 >then >Exit >else wait 3 seconds >Next i > >To kill the ppp0, > >ifdown ppp0 ( not very sure about it but try it out separately to kill >wvdial ) >sudo route add default eth0 ( or whatever) >Exit. > >You could use QT to make a VB like window with 2 buttons, one for >connect and one for disconnect and point the buttons to the respective >scripts. > >Regards, > >Rony. Thanks.. I have the same idea and am working on it. Not being used to bash scripting or qt for that matter ( the only programming I know is with Java ) its taking a bit of doing. But I will get there eventually. Will post when done. In the meanwhile any tips of how to do this are very welcome. KK ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] want help to connect the dail-up in linux
by bimal pandit 11 Feb '07

11 Feb '07

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 Rony wrote : >Amey Salvi wrote: >> >>i tried configuring the modem, it get configured but not able 2 connect >>internet >> >What is your hardware? Internal modems have driver issues with Linux. > >Regards, > >Rony. if you are sure that you have configured your modem, then check ... 1) Firewall setup 2) Nameserver entry 3) Routing hope this will be of some help. regards, Bimal Pandit

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Vdata card use
by Koustubha Kale 11 Feb '07

11 Feb '07

>> I got it working with wvdial. Also got the modprobe to do it >> automagically as described in the blog. Just one problem I have a >> default gateway since I use the laptop at office too. wvdial/pppd >> does not put in a default route for the new connection. I tried the >> defaultroute option in the /etc/ppp/options and /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial >> files but no avail. Can u tell me a tric by which I can have the >> defaultroute inserted when i connect with wvdial and my office route >> put back when i disconnect? >> >> >> >After you are logged in give the command 'route add default ppp0' as >root or sudo, from a second terminal assuming that your wvdial is ppp0. >At office, continue to use it as before. > >Regards, > >Rony. I really would like to make it into a simple script whith an icon which i can double click to start the vdata card & when i close it my office route is put back in place. I have started on it. I can get the script to dial and connect but then wvdial does not return and my next comand to make ppp0 default route does not execute. Also i would like to trap the close so I can put the office route back as default. Any tips? Regards KK ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

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Upgrading Sarge to Etch
by Dinesh Shah 11 Feb '07

11 Feb '07

Hi! I am finally able to install Debian Sarge (3.1) on my system. Here is the system config MoBo: MSI - K8MM-V CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ MEM: 512 MB HDD: 40 GB Mextor SATA CD/DVD: Samsung Combo Now I am thinking of upgrading the Sarge to Etch. Added following repository to source.lst deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian etch main contrib done # apt-get update Now # apt-get upgrade Tells me it will download 75 (71.8MB) upgraded packages # apt-get dist-upgrade Selects 737 upgraded, 345 newly installed, 55 to remove and 2 not upgraded and will download 667MB. :-( Do you think my system will survive this upgrade? Is there any way I can selectively upgrade only important packages like X11? TIA for your help and support. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-)

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OpenSSL regains its FIPS 140-2 validation
by jtd 10 Feb '07

10 Feb '07

Openssl is validated by NIST which makes it fit for use by the US govt. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/08/1935232 strange that binary blobs can be certified easily while certifying source code is a problem. -- Rgds JTD

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Problem with evince PDF reader and password protected PDF files
by Dinesh Shah 10 Feb '07

10 Feb '07

Hi List! I have Ubuntu 6.06 installed with evince PDF viewer (default). The evince can not open password protected PDF files. I can not install xpdf as it's not in the default ubuntu repository. Is this the standard problem with evince? TIA for your help. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-)

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how to access a windows printer over fedora through network.
by krishnakant Mane 10 Feb '07

10 Feb '07

hello, I have a windows printer shared on one machine and I can see that shared printer on other windows machines and can also share the printer. what is the general way of accessing this shared printer over the network on gnome desktops. and is there any thing specific I can do in fedora core 6 to achieve this task? regards. Krishnakant.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Vdata card use
by Koustubha Kale 10 Feb '07

10 Feb '07

>Koustubha, please remove email addresses of the sender as the mails will >appear on the public domain. Email addresses are harvested by BOTs and >that results in never ending spam. :) Sorry missed that. KK ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367

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