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Wireless Linux Download Idea
by Rony 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hello All, I got this idea when I observed a client's SIFY connection. He wanted to have SIFY on his laptop so once the IP settings were done, there was a local LAN link of SIFY to download their dialer from SIFY's local network. Since the link was local LAN, it took about 2 seconds to download a 2 Mb file. Now with wireless I was wondering if we can have local wireless web servers in Mumbai where people can bring their laptops to hot spots and download linux softwares like latest distro ISOs, rpms, debs and tar gzipped files. The webserver will be simple tiny devices with hard disks, like the one in HBCSE. Their output can be given to a wireless AP. There will be no link with the internet so no wiring or ISP billing. The two devices are small in size and low on power consumption. They can be installed in coffee shops, book stalls, libraries etc. The devices can be provided free to the shops through institutional or corporate or collective funding with the condition that the shop will leave it on the whole day at his cost of electricity. The shop benefits from more visitors and good business like selling beverages and snacks, books etc. The devices will run independently and once in a few months the disks are updated with the latest distros and softwares through....say wireless itself. Just run a predefined package and wait till it says 'ok its done'. The advantage of this system is that local LAN speeds are much higher than internet so downloads will be much faster and one can simply log into the local web page and select the distro for download. Since there is no link with the net, security is good and the server anyway does not carry any sensitive information. Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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nokia 7710 with wdial
by francis pereira 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hey All , I was wondering if anyone managed to get the 7710's modem initialized with wvdial . I got the SE700i and the Nokia 6151 working . But the 7710 is different . I shows up an icon on the phone indicating that the modem is activated when the phone is connected to the dialer in m$ even without starting the dial out process . How do I replicate this in Linux . Because without that if I dial out here is what I get : Dec 2 12:12:56 bluehorizon hcid[4073]: HCI dev 0 up Dec 2 12:12:56 bluehorizon hcid[4073]: Starting security manager 0 Dec 2 12:13:04 bluehorizon ifup-ppp: pppd started for internet on /dev/rfcomm0 at 115200 Dec 2 12:13:04 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0 Dec 2 12:13:06 bluehorizon hcid[4073]: link_key_request (sba=00:11:67:06:D8:2A, dba=00:02:EE:98:4D:CB) Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Initializing modem. Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: ATZ Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: OK Dec 2 12:13:12 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com","",0,0 Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com","",0,0 Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: OK Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: ATH Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: ATH Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: OK Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Modem initialized. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Sending: ATDT*99# Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Waiting for carrier. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: ATDT*99# Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: CONNECT Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: ~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } g}%~ Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon wvdial[4147]: Carrier detected. Chatmode finished. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Serial connection established. Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Using interface ppp0 Dec 2 12:13:13 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/rfcomm0 Dec 2 12:13:44 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Dec 2 12:13:44 bluehorizon pppd[4142]: Connection terminated. Cheers { Francis; }

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Re: openSUSE ???
by Vihan Pandey 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

> Plus, the Integrated AIGLX based 3D Desktop is wayyyyy too cool. U'll > start making even MacOS guys jealous :) Hmm... the point of jealousy would be in terms of it looking ``wayyyyy too cool" AND being GPL through and through. Let's face it Apple rules when it comes to building interfaces, Aqua(on Mac OS X) is one of the most crisp and elegant looking UI's out there, moreover they take the same care and precision in making their widget sets !!! Pity they don't seem to have any inclination to release that bit under GPL. An interesting article on the same : http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html Regards, - vihan

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Linux on Acer 2428NWXCi . [Report]
by Rony 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hello All, The Acer 2428NWXCi comes with Linpus Linux pre-installed. On starting it up for the first time I was wondering what type of desktop I will be logged into and to my surprise, it booted up into a root command prompt. It would not recognize the 'startx' command. No wonder it has 'Limitted functionality' for those who expect a full fledged desktop environment. The os was replaced with Kubuntu 6.06 LTS and everything was detected smoothly. The wireless router is yet to arrive but the wireless network icon is present along with the ethernet so at least the device is properly installed. The grey area was the video player Kaffeine' Everytime I would try to play a vcd, it would go into an indefinite processing with no other function possible. I had to force the laptop to reboot twice on running kaffeine. There was not much choice available for kde in apt-get, so I installed VLC. It plays the vcd but sound is periodically clear and broken as it plays. So multimedia is a grey area for kubuntu 6.06 on Acer 2428. Kubuntu has a ready battery monitor icon in the system tray and it gives good indications of battery life, power mode and battery mode. The Acer 2428 is a good on system performance. It has a 14" wide screen. It runs pretty fast just like my P4 2.4 Ghz. + 256 Mb RAM. Battery life is 2.5 hrs+. It comes with a lovely carry bag that even lenovo does not give for its expensive laptops. I like the fact that Acer gives its best even to the lower end products. HDD is 60 Gb. More inputs once the wireless router is up. Has anyone tried out the Kubuntu 6.10? Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Help for Xine installation
by A A 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Hello all, I use RH9 and recently downloaded following files for Xine. xine-lib-1.1.2.tar.bz2 xine-ui-0.99.4.tar I made a directory and opened these files. At command prompt both as root and as user I gave following commands. ./configure make make install. After each of these commands the system does something as apparently the terminal shows the data being read, scrolling upwards. As per instructions on Xine site and other help file, it means I'm done with installation and I only need to type "xine" at prompt to start the program. Alas! I get the message no command found. Whats being wrong here? Frustrated, I got libxine1-1.1.3-061202.i686.rpm. It installed but no success with xine command. Reinstalling doesnt help as it says the rpm is already installed. Then I give rpm -e filename command as root or user. Now it says there's no such package to uninstall. Whats happening? Can anyone please give lucid step by step instructions to get Xine up and running? TIA, Regards, AA --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.

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[COMMERCIAL]: Sys Admin Job
by Roshan 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Hello List, I was going through the website of University of Pune and found this link, so decided to share it. http://www.unipune.ernet.in/advt/cnc-fellow-advt-nov2006.html -- http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc/default.asp __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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GNU System (aka GNU/Hurd) Hackers and Users IRC meetup
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Hi, We have our first IRC meetup of hurd.in community. When: saturday (dec 9, 2006) from 5pm Where: at #hurd.in on freenode Agenda: Sustaining the hurd.in community, Mentoring student projects, K14 celebration + http://hurd.in/bin/view/Hurd/IRC09Dec2006 Cheers Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Next LUG Meet?
by Kartik Mistry 03 Dec '06

03 Dec '06

"R. K. Rajeev" wrote: >Hi all, > >If u mean the 10th of dec, i'm not too sure.. but if my schedule works >out, i can give a talk on "Linux On Handhelds", with a live demo of >loading linux onto an HP iPaq. > >Regards >R. K. Rajeev 3 talks proposal! wow! I just awake ILUG BOM ghost! Well, we need to finish meet by 6 PM so, only 2 is possible. Rajeev, can you finish your talk/tutorial in 1 hour? :) -- Regards, ---------------------------------------- | Kartik Mistry | kartikmistry.org | | 0xD1028C8D | kartikm.wordpress.com | ----------------------------------------

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Is Spam Mesages comming from my yahoo id ?
by Neel Padhye 03 Dec '06

03 Dec '06

Hi all From Last week I am facing lots of problem because of Spam messages. I am getting lots of spam messages on this ID and Others also are getting Spam/bad messages from my ID. If you get any Spam Messages from my ID then please delete it as I have not send those messages. I have asked for solutions to yahoo ! regards Neelesh --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Issues with .DOC files ..please help..!
by अिनकॆत (Aniket) 03 Dec '06

03 Dec '06

Dinesh Joshi wrote.. > Hmm...i have FC5 too. Havent faced such an issue yet. Did you talk to > the guys @ #fedora on freenode? Did they give you any pointers? This is > seriously weird... did you try renaming the file as .<something else> > and then trying to perform the same operations? I read somewhere that this problem could be due to incorrect mime type reported by my apache server. So, I fiddled around with mime.types file. Looking at mime entries for ppt and xls files( they could be accessed fine), I first changed description for doc files to application/vnd.ms-word doc It didnt work. So I again changed it back to application/msword And now its working without a hitch!! Basically the problem was as miraculous as the solution! I am also able to attach doc files in mail as attachments now. Its good that its working, but if anyone can..I would like to know the cause of such problems with a file type not being able to be uploaded from a machine at all., in any manner , be it httpd or mail attachments. The Future is Open...The Future is LINUX

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