hi lug members i need help friends... i have loaded linux on my machine, but the problem is that i am not being able to mount the cdrom. when igive the command as $mount /mnt/cdrom it gives me a msg saying /mnt/cdrom is not a valid block device in /dev/cdrom
something like this only HELP friends... gnome and kde are also not being able to auto mount the cdrom??? in desperation Gurpreet
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- ACM Seminar-Fri Mar 22,2002-"Introducing Python" by Chirag
Wazir (Philip S Tellis) 5. Re: Dowload from http site (Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri.) 6. Re: Dowload from http site (Linux Lover) 7. Re: (no subject) (Linux Lover) 8. Richard Stallman: Free Software and India (Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe) 9. Free software and price (was Re: Richard Stallman: Free Software and India) (Amish Mehta) 10. kernel cd (abhijeetmore@rolta.net) 11. Lan Card Configuration (=?iso-8859-1?q?Amit=20Karnik?=) 12. Change of Email ID (Kunal Gangakhedkar) 13. Re: modem driver for linux (Philip S Tellis)
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:42:14 -0800 (PST) From: Girish Hanchate girishhan@yahoo.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] (no subject) Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
At what time the meeting is there & where in IIT premises.
Rgds girish
If any ILUG-BOM members are interested , they may join a meeting on Saturday at IIT where some are meeting. This is in response to an appeal made in ArthVrittant article on Stallman, by Anil Shaligram on 18 March issue of Loksatta.
Some of the ideas that came up while thinking about Marathi Linux
There are 3 levels of work in Marathi-isation 1> Applications like office software: Free softwares like a>StarOffice , which are quite a good substitute for MS-Office and available in Linux : b> GIS softwares like GRASS or MYWorld useful for urgent problms like water and environment c> educational softwares Like LOGO, STARLOGO, Model-It, Worldwatcher, DrGenius
We need to translate the labels and messages anddocumentations and tutorials, multi-lingual CDs with multimedia. 2>Creating application in Marathi: Using gtk, glade emacs etc. 3> Working at the OS level : Creating labels/message table in marathi. NCST has already done a large part for Hindi, some in Marathi too.
We also need to create mass awereness thru newspaper article in all the press. We should ask our local cybercafe to have marathi software loaded. AKRUTI have agrred to support anyone helping. Similarly other Marathi and Indian language developers can be asked to make offers. This would make the idea of working in Indian language a day-to-day affair without too much cost.
jitendra For details contact jitendras@vsnl.com
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Message: 2 From: "noel seq" noelseq@hotmail.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:25:52 +0530 Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Dowload from http site Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
How do I automate download from an http site using lynx.
I have set a cron job for downloading a file from a http site. When I give lynx http://site, it goes to the site and asks for (D)ownload /(C)ancel Only when i press d it downloads the file from the site. However, I want to download the file without manual intervention. lynx -dump htt://site gives me ascii output on the screen.
Any suggestions.
Noel.
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Message: 3 From: Pablo Ares Gastesi pablo@math.tifr.res.in Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Dowload from http site To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:32:54 +0530 (GMT+0530) Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
How do I automate download from an http site using lynx.
Any suggestions.
Use wwwget, very nice.
Pablo.
Pablo Ares Gastesi. School of Mathematics, TIFR, Mumbai 400 005, INDIA i Phone: 2152971, ext 2666 pablo@math.tifr.res.in http://www.math.tifr.res.in/~pablo/ Key fingerprint = 1A 7C 0A 22 5A 75 A4 78 62 6F 64 09 C1 A0 F7 E6
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Message: 4 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:45:53 +0530 (IST) From: Philip S Tellis philip@konark.ncst.ernet.in To: Linux Users linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] ACM Seminar-Fri Mar 22,2002-"Introducing Python" by Chirag Wazir Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
hello folks,
We are organizing a seminar: "Introducing Python" by Chirag Wazir at NCST juhu (probably in the seminar room due to DEP being held in the lecture theatre). Details of the seminar/speaker are given below.
All are cordially invited.
Please note that there won't be a video-conference link-up to ncst,vashi for this seminar.
regards
- Jayprasad J. Hegde
on behalf of the ACM Mumbai Chapter.
ACM Seminar
Friday, March 22, 2002 - 6:30 p.m. Title: Introducing Python Speaker: Chirag Wazir Venue: Lecture Theatre, NCST, Juhu
Abstract: Python is an increasingly popular scripting and programming language. This seminar will cover Python basics from the point of view of a programmer who knows one or more other languages.
About the Speaker: Chirag Wazir is a freelance programmer and consultant. He spends most of his time reading and is interested in almost everything, especially those things computer-related.
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Message: 5 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:09:21 +0530 From: "Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri." linux@pavri.net To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Dowload from http site Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, noel seq wrote:
How do I automate download from an http site using lynx.
I have set a cron job for downloading a file from a http site.
When I give
lynx http://site, it goes to the site and asks for (D)ownload
/(C)ancel
Only when i press d it downloads the file from the site.
However, I want to
download the file without manual intervention. lynx -dump
htt://site gives
me ascii output on the screen.
Any suggestions.
Noel.
Why not try wget -cv http://path.to/file it will not ask you for a confirmation and besides will even re-connect if the conection drops after downloading the file partially.
man wget is your friend.
regards,
Sharukh.
Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Mumbai, India.
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Message: 6 From: "Linux Lover" liloindia@yahoo.co.in To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Dowload from http site Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:59:00 +0530 Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
use wget u automate download ----- Original Message ----- From: Pablo Ares Gastesi pablo@math.tifr.res.in To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Dowload from http site
How do I automate download from an http site using lynx.
Any suggestions.
Use wwwget, very nice.
Pablo.
Pablo Ares Gastesi. School of Mathematics, TIFR, Mumbai 400 005, INDIA i Phone: 2152971, ext
2666
pablo@math.tifr.res.in http://www.math.tifr.res.in/~pablo/ Key fingerprint = 1A 7C 0A 22 5A 75 A4 78 62 6F 64 09 C1 A0
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Message: 7 From: "Linux Lover" liloindia@yahoo.co.in To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] (no subject) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:01:22 +0530 Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
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Message: 8 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:12:21 +0530 From: "Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe" sam_buddhe@yahoo.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: 21 Mar 2002 16:17:00 +0530 Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Richard Stallman: Free Software and India Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
Hi guys!
So finally here's the "official" notification for RMS' talk in IITB. Most of you already know about his visit to Mumbai, and I guess there is no real need to introduce RMS to you :-) Please do come for the lecture.
Date: Saturday, 23rd March 2002 Time: 4pm onwards Venue: Convocation Hall
For directions for getting to IITB and to the convocation hall, please refer to this resource on the IITB website:
http://www.iitb.ac.in/campus/howto/howtoget.html
Here's an article that had recently figured in the Financial Express.
Free software Guru -- Richard Stallman -- on India mission March 14, 2002
While the concept of using free software for back-end requirements is catching on, the desktop is yet to be liberated from the hold of the largest proprietary operating system (OS) corporations.
So, as the free software movement guru Richard M Stallman sets out to spread the wings of the Free Software Foundation in India, helping build applications for the desktop that will reach the common man a daunting agenda lies ahead. Besides gearing up to popularise free software, both at the back end and especially the desktop, empowering developers to make applications ubiquitous, working with state governments to promote free software use in e-governance and using it as an effective tool to work towards bridging the digital divide is the core of Stallman's India agenda. 'Apprenticeship by tinkering' is clearly set to be the name of the game.
Richard Stallman is the man behind GNU/Linux (GNU developed by Stallman and a Linux kernel developed by Linus Torwalds) open source operating system, which is believed to have more than 17 million installations worldwide. Interestingly, Stallman says, 'free' software is not about the price (and says companies are free to charge a sum to offer the operating system and services to users), but is all about the freedom and openness of use. The Free Software Foundation itself makes most of its revenues by selling copies of the software and training manuals while some funds come in by way of donations. The foundation is also looking at a business model where it will function as the certifying agency and will certify compliance of free software users with the licensing rules.
"Countries can avoid paying gigantic amounts of money towards licensing of proprietary software. Specific to India, free software can be used to support computer science education at all levels. This also allows for anyone to use and learn," he said.
Interestingly, the free software movement with GNU/Linux has already made inroads in India. To cite examples the Andhra Pradesh government is already set to execute projects on the free OS, while the well-known Simputer Trust has showcased this OS in its low-cost computing appliance - Simputer and some of the new technology start-ups like CDC Linux are already developing high-end clustering and parallel supercomputing solutions on the GNU/Linux operating system.
Source: The Financial Express
MTech Student, Reconfigurable Computing Lab, KReSIT, IIT-Bombay.
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Message: 9 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:45:43 +0530 From: Amish Mehta amish@ownmail.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Free software and price (was Re: Richard Stallman: Free Software and India) Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
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Can I sell a program written by me which uses GNU-libc? Because GPL says if I use any of programs licensed by GPL I must not charge for it. Cant I legally charge reasonable price for whatever I have written?
Amish.
Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
Stallman says, 'free' software is not about the price (and
says companies are free to charge a sum to offer the operating system and services to users)
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Message: 10 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:59:22 +0530 From: abhijeetmore@rolta.net To: linuxers linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] kernel cd Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
Hi, Can somebody on the list write kernel 2.4 and 2.2 on a cd for me? My internet connection isn't very fast, so I've given up hoping to be able to download it. And Yes, I stay at New Bombay,so a closer location would be preferable. (If that's not asking for too much!) ciao abhijeet
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Message: 11 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:52:38 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Amit=20Karnik?= amka20002000@yahoo.co.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Lan Card Configuration To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
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Linux Lover liloindia@yahoo.co.in wrote: # echo "nameserver 202.54.1.30" >> /etc/resolv.conf----- Original Message ----- From: Amit Karnik To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:51 PMSubject: [ILUG-BOM] (no subject)
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Message: 12 From: "Kunal Gangakhedkar" kgangakhedkar@yahoo.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 23:51:51 +0530 Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Change of Email ID Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
Hey guys,
There is a news that Yahoo!'s POP mail service is becoming paid. Not the Web-based mailing system, though So, I've decided to change to some other Free POP based mailing server. Right now, I'm using SoftHome.net. Hence, I want to change this subscription to ILUG-BOM from my Y! address to softhome address.
Any help on how this can be done without me subscribing again???
Kunal
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Message: 13 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:48:42 +0530 (IST) From: Philip S Tellis philip.tellis@iname.com To: prithviraj chauhan prithvirajchauhan@yahoo.com Cc: Linux Users linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Re: modem driver for linux Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
Sometime Today, prithviraj chauhan assembled some asciibets to say:
i have a conexent modem hsf 56k chip no rs56/sp-pc/11p1 which i am not able to configure for linux
i am not familiar with this modem, but what is the problem that you are having? normally, modems work as generic devices. have you tried connecting with minicom?
you can try the following:
as root, echo AT > /dev/ttyS0 (or whichever is your modem port), and see if the lights come out (if you have an external modem).
start minicom (as root), and configure it to use the correct port. (try the help if you don't know how). Then type AT<enter>. You should get a response of OK.
Try dialling from here: ATDT<phoneno><enter> disconnect by typing +++ or ATH
-- "I go on working for the same reason a hen goes on laying eggs."
- H. L. Mencken
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