Re: [Ilugc] Configuring HP Printers using HPLIP
On Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:55:39PM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > Even for scanning there is an open source program. I don't remember the > name as I have never used a scanner. sane? -- As a math atheist, I think I should be excused from this. --- Calvin, to Hobbes ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] ext4 file system - a nice aritcle
On Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:40:11AM +0530, Ashok Gautham J. wrote: > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Raman.P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I normally like bleeding edge stuff. But I am yet to see a distro with > ext4 support in its installer. I run Debian Sid. How do I get ext4 running > on the same system given that all my partitions are ext3 (/ /boot /home)? I > suppose I should format a new drive as ext4 and install something like > gentoo or a fresh sid in it Sabayon has had ext4 support in it's installer since quite some time now. -- That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria! -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (AC)
On Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:15:30AM +0530, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > One Day One GNU/Linux Command > = > > ac - Print statistics about users' connect time For people like me who don't find it on their system and are wondering what package provides ac, look for acct - http://www.gnu.org/directory/acct.html -- "Until you stalk and overrun, you can't devour anyone." --- Hobbes ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Will live CD make any changes to laptop
On Fri May 09, 2008 at 10:21:51PM +0530, Francis Bosco wrote: > My friend asked me wheather live cd will make any changes to his office > laptop. > Will it do? It won't unless you mount the partitions and make changes to it. You could even write to the mounted partition without any problems. Just be careful before deleting anything and you should be totally safe. And I am assuming you people won't touch any partitioning tools from the live cd. -- A good compromise leaves everyone mad. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu 8.04+Sound problem
On Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:01:01AM +0600, Zico wrote: > Hi, > I am using Ubuntu 8.04. Sounds are OK at the first time. But, sometimes, > sounds are gone suddenly. And, i need to reboot in order to get my sound > back. > My sound card is: HDA Intel (Alsa mixer). Is that happening using pulse audio? Have you tried switching back to alsa? Are the results same then? -- "The dynamics of inter-being and mono logical imperatives in Dick and Jane : A study in psychic transrelational gender modes". Academia, here I come. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] how share a folder in ubuntu to windows network
On Sat May 24, 2008 at 02:15:15PM +0530, Arun Khan wrote: > On Saturday 24 May 2008, sam sharma wrote: > > HI, > > I am using ubuntu FF and i want to share a folder onto my windows > > network,I am newb and i am not able to share the folder on Windows > > network(it does not have a domainonly connected via workspace) > > > > Plz help to share the folder > > A similar question was just answered last week on this mailing list. > Pls. take the time to search through archives before posting. Or see http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#Samba_Server Also, http://samba.netfirms.com/ is quite helpful And http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ provides lots of nice examples and lots more on samba's site. -- The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Scene from Azhagan movie
On Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:18:56PM +0530, sivaji j.g wrote: > > > > > > $ nc localhost 1234 > > > > will speak to it and you can chat. > > > In my case , its not ready to speak :P > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ nc localhost 1234 > localhost [127.0.0.1] 1234 (?) : Connection refused You need two paarties, to speak :) -- "To make a bad day worse, spend it wishing for the impossible." -Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!
On Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 10:47:25PM +0530, Ashok Gautham J. wrote: > I am kinda confused by the recent posts in this list. One post actually > proclaimed that Google could turn Gmail commercial and force you to pay for > it. Would it serve them financially to take such a step? IMO, they gain much more revenue displaying ads for such a massive number of users. I don't think a small subset of paid users can ever generate that amount of revenue for them. Yeah the costs too would reduce in the latter case balancing with the reduced income. But, wouldn't google go for a bigger userbase when they can quite easily manage it. -- I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [OT] brain dead ISP (was Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!)
On Thu Jun 12, 2008 at 05:54:42PM +0530, Arun Khan wrote: > MTNL/Delhi (like BSNL across the country) offers 256/256 Kbps unlimited > but at a higher tariff compared to BSNL. I asked the Mumbai babus > about the differences in Delhi/Mumbai unlimited plans and was told that > an unlimited plan, in Mumbai, would be abused! Go figure that one. And if that's not good enough, they have nice separate plans for MP's http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/triband/htm/mptariff.html -- I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (WHO)
On Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 10:12:32AM +0530, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > $ who am i -- Your detail. > > $ who namitha likes -- !!?? :) (For TSrini) > > $ who police search -- !!?? ;) > > $ who X X -- Ester Egg. X can be any string. I tried this on xterm, screen session, gnome-terminal, Terminal, konsole and tty. It only works on the last one, what's the reason for that? -- Hobbes : Shouldn't we read the instructions? Calvin : Do I look like a sissy? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (WHO)
On Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 11:33:17AM +0530, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > For me, it works on all the above. Are you getting any output/error? Nope, nothing. for those but the rest work fine. --x-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $TERM screen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ who am i [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ --x-- Doesn't work as root either --x-- home ~ # who am i home ~ # --x-- Same goes for the konsole, gnome-terminal,Terminal and xterm. BTW, I am on gentoo, if it does matter, I believe it shouldn't. -- Hobbes : Shouldn't we read the instructions? Calvin : Do I look like a sissy? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Just check out link for selecting a Linux distro
On Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 01:23:31PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > apparently linux is not for me True. It should be for your computer. -- Hobbes : Shouldn't we read the instructions? Calvin : Do I look like a sissy? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (CHMOD)
On Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 09:58:22AM +0530, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > Ext: > 3 (2+1) wxWrite and eXecute > 5 (4+1) rxRead and eXecute > 6 (4+2) rwRead and eXecute > 7 (4+2+1) rwx Read, Write and eXecute Small typo here, it should read as:- Ext: 3 (2+1) wxWrite and eXecute 5 (4+1) rxRead and eXecute 6 (4+2) rwRead and Write 7 (4+2+1) rwx Read, Write and eXecute just in case someone got confused -- If you care, you just get disappointed all the time. If you don't care nothing matters so you are never upset. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] apt-get update --> error
On Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 04:38:43PM +0600, Zico wrote: > One of my friend tried to update his new installed Ubuntu. But, when he > applied the *apt-get update *then... > The proxy he's connecting to is causing the problem. Further information will be needed about how he is connecting to the net? Does internet work otherwise? -- I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] CHMOD command
On Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 04:00:06AM -0700, indianathan n wrote: > My question is who is the owner '999'? grep 999 /etc/passwd -- The dame was hysterical. Dames Usually are. -- Calvin as Tracer Bullet ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Setting up a web server using BSNL Dataone 500 plan
On Sat Jun 21, 2008 at 02:07:34PM +0530, Dennis Francis wrote: > > > > You can try seeing your page through a proxy. Google for "web proxy" > > > > -- > Great Its working I can't believe it !!! Thanks a lot ! Maybe you visited the page earlier and it was cached. -- There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: Multiple SSH connections (Was Re: [Ilugc] Re: Intruders cracked my Server)
On Sun Jun 22, 2008 at 07:37:07AM -0400, Ravi Jaya wrote: > Each time every one has to pass ssh authentication, is that any way to by > pass authentication. they use putty and try to connect from windows > workstations. > > > any clue ?? passwordless logins? - http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_SSH_without_a_password with putty - http://www.blindhog.net/linux-ssh-passwordless-login-with-putty/ -- I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] ssh connection refused
On Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 06:22:56PM +0530, sivaji j.g wrote: > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Sudharshan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ssh: connect to host unixpod.com port 22: Connection refused Try netcat or telnet $ netcat unixpod.com 22 SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-8ubuntu1 $ telnet unixpod.com 22 Trying 12.205.155.236... Connected to unixpod.com. Escape character is '^]'. SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-8ubuntu1 The above is what I am getting. -- Nothing I do is my fault. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] How to recover deleted file from openfiler
On Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 05:40:08PM +0530, Nanda Kumar Raghavan, Chennai wrote: > Use lsdel command...which lists all the deleted files... lsdel belongs to what package? -- Nothing I do is my fault. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Re: ssh connection refused
On 7/4/08, sriram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > come on ilugc. you can give a better analysis. someone has posted an nmap > output > of the unixpod.com server, someone else posted the result of a telnet 22. > so, it > should be clear what is happening - ssh is running, the port is open and the > firewall is allowing incoming ssh connections. for whatever reason, the > server > is refusing ssh connections from student jtuxmeet - it may be the user > id, > it may be the client host (ip). so, the only solution is to contact the > sysadmin > at unixpod.com and find out why this client is being refused ssh access. > there > is also the possibility of an intervening firewall that is setup to putout > this > message (instead of the standard message), but this is very unlikely. Just to test, I tried running ssh and irc explicitly. ssh works but irc port is closed. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Re: ssh connection refused
On 7/4/08, Sudharshan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe it's because the unixpod public key is in your known_hosts in your > local workstation but not in your college computer from which you are trying > to access unixpod. No it isn't this way. Atleast it should connect to the server, only then will it determine if the public key matches? The problem here is he isn't able to connect at all. I don't have the public key but still am able to connect. > I have a hunch that if you don't give the user name, ssh > automagically substitutes the remote user id as the one with which you > currently logged in. Can anyone confirm this? Yes, ssh assumes your current username. > So going by that logic, you are trying to login from "student" user account > in your college. Subsequently ssh tries to login as > $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > which i am sure doesn't exist It should connect still. I tried with ssh -v unixpod.com and it connects, though my username is mehul. The username and public keys can only come after the connection is made. Here it is flatly refusing the connection. I am doubting that outgoing traffic is blocked except for certain ports. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Need suggestion
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/zico# df --human > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 14G 14G 651M 96% / > varrun501M 236K 501M 1% /var/run > varlock 501M 0 501M 0% /var/lock > udev 501M 56K 501M 1% /dev > devshm501M 0 501M 0% /dev/shm > lrm 501M 38M 464M 8% > /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/volatile > /dev/sda2 59G 45G 15G 76% /home > /dev/scd0 7.8G 7.8G 0 100% /media/cdrom0 Also give the output of du --si --max-depth 1 / This will show us which are the directories which are using up most space. And have you cleaned your system of unwanted logs, packages and stuff? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Handling Pen drive in Linux
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 19 Jul 2008, indianathan n wrote: > >> 1. Use our pen drive in normal user instead of root for safe >> operation. > > This is pretty much standard now. When you pop in the drive Gnome/KDE > pop up file managers with the drive mount on /media/. I believe XFCE does it too. And for other window managers, you could use ivman to achieve the same. > Recently, I helped a colleague to create a PDF version of his OO > presentation so that he could give his talk at a workshop (OO version > at workshop premise was 1.x and would not open his 2.x file). He > warned me that the pen drive had been hooked up to promiscous desktops. > Upon insertion, Ubuntu presented the file manager. I believe there was > an autorun.inf which copied a whole bunch of .exe in my home > directory. It was like Whoa! The point is that some of the virii have > started recognizing a Linux desktop and use Linux utils to install > themselves. Fortunately, they were windows exe and I removed them. Was the desktop running wine? There's this thread going on, on ubuntuforums, where people have managed to get windows virus to work upto variable extents using wine. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Clarification - PPPOE and OS - Connecting to Internet
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Dhana sekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I want one clarification w.r.t PPPOE on connecting to the internet. Quiet > often I am unable to use the internet. When I gone through the logs, I > found that the modem got disconnected and get connected after some time. I > informed them that there was the problem in the Service Provider side ( as > from the log report ). But they are telling that the line is proper. Is > there any way to prove them that there is a problem in their side only, or > its the problem with the ppd/OS. Please help me out. See if this helps http://wiki.filledvoid.com/doku.php/pppoeconf ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Sound problem
On Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:50:35PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > On 25-Jul-08, at 10:36 PM, Zico wrote: > >> hard drive, sound gone away, but the sound of firefox remains. I need to >> reload my alsa with * >> alsa force-reload. *After this reloading, sounds comes from hard drive. >> But, same thing happens again, if i gonna play something with browser. > > yes. something will keep getting locked - I remember this happening when I > was using ubuntu. You need to periodically delete the locks - or upgrade to > opensuse or mandriva It's not ubuntu, it's flash. -- Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you? Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Sound problem
On Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:56:47PM +0530, Aditya M wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > yes - avoid ubuntu > > > > Possible flame bait? ;) yes -- Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you? Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius. -- Calvin ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] RE: Booting from USB external HHD
On 8/7/08, indianathan n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your machine has PATA HHDs, then your > pendrive device in the machine is 'sda' but in SATA HHD used PC it may vary. This has been obseleted long time ago. See http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_19#head-cdcbaa9c1b476decdc064e0a75d23d1328b1ddce ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (GROUPADD)
On 8/18/08, Bharathi Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > > groupadd -- Create a new group > > > > can you add a user to more than one group? if so how? > > > # usermod -G grp1,grp2,grp3 user or one can use gpasswd too. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (GROUPADD)
On 8/19/08, Ramprasad Rajendran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > or editing /etc/group yes, but using gipw for /etc/groups and vipw for /etc/passwd Here's a man entry for it - http://linux.die.net/man/8/vigr ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (GROUPADD)
On 8/19/08, Mehul Ved <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes, but using gipw for /etc/groups Sorry that's vigr, not gipw. one of those oops moments :) ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Re: Folder encryption command in SUSE
On 8/19/08, Bharath Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have BOSS linux (www.bosslinux.in) in my home PC. Are you able to connect to their repositories to download any softwares? Last time I tried it things were hopeless, I could not download anything off their servers. They were perpetually down. > Google Earth is not > working in BOSS Linux. I am able to execute it. But when the earth ball is > about to be displayed, the system automatically goes to the login prompt. Do you have DRI enabled? To check, open a terminal and type glxinfo | grep direct > unable to install xine in suse linux 10 How did you try installing it? > Is there any linux equivalent testing software to Window based Sysmark 2007 > ? Sysmark 2007 is a windows based application which will test the CPU and > other motherboard devices and tell us whether the system enhances the > productivity or not. I am assisting my superior in evaluating computers > which have to be supplied to various customers. As ELCOT has the habit of > arm-twisting the vendors to supply at dead cheap prices, vendors may act > smart on us by supplying the goods at a lesser standard. So to test the > deliverables that we had asked for, we use some evaluating softwares. One of > them is Sysmark 2007. it is a windows based software. We are looking for a > linux equivalent software. I haven't seen any such equivalent softwares but there's a benchmarking suite called phoronix test suite[1] which conducts some basic tests like compiling software, drawing patterns using opengl. You can conduct the tests using this suite and compare benchmarks. I haven't used it extensively to conclusively say how good it is though. > If you train me on installing skype with voice and / or video, I will remove > windows from my home PC and install ubuntu. Well you can install latest version of skype from the ubuntu repositories. I believe it is not available in official repositories so you will have to check the documents for installation procedure. You can check ubuntu help page[2] for further details. 1. http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/ 2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype PS:- please start a new mail instead of replying to or reusing old mails if you want to start new queries. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] How to compile linux kernel 0.11
On 8/19/08, sanath kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi friends, I'm an UG student. I'm very much interested in linux and i am > well versed with the theoritical basics of OS. I also am doing a course on > UNIX. So i thought it would high time to make my hands dirty on kernel > codes. I did not want to read very latest linux sources as they would be > very advanced for me. I downloaded linux kernel 0.11 from oldlinux.org. I > have the source with me but is there any way i can compile the code and > install in my system and see how it works. If not on my physical computer > atleast on a virtual machine like qemu, or virtualBox. I really want to > compile those codes and see how they work..Please help me with a how-to on > the above. Please give me as much information as possible.. Thanks I am not sure if you logic is true or not but you can try obtaining old versions of various distros like slackware from ibiblio[1] archives and install it and try. 1. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/distributions/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] How to compile linux kernel 0.11
On 8/20/08, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Compilation should work but you probably need an older version of gcc > (2.95 may be enough). I suspect 0.11 will not compile otherwise. I'd rather put an old OS under virtualisation and have fun with it, it will be low on resources anyways. Only thing is OS should work. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] [OT] banning a dynamic IP client
On 8/23/08, sivaji j.g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, the IP address of the user 'A' who did nasty things has been recorded is > black list of wiki. If A is using dynamic IP address means he will be given > different IP address whenever he restarts his mechine isn't it ? > > So How you can ban this guy from accessing wiki ? becaues when he comes for > second time he may be having different IP address isnt it ? > > On the other side the IP address recored by wiki may be given to some other > legimate users by DHCP server, now he may not access the wiki isn't it ?. > > so i could understand that a person with dynamic IP cant be blocked by wiki > or drupal is it ? I just see 2 ways 1) Disallow anonymous addition/editing, so only registered users can add/edit the content, if the user creates mischief, he/she can be banned. But, there is no way to stop them from re-registering 2) Keep moderating for bad additions/edits, and remove/revert them. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Unable to boot the GUI interface (startx) of Ubuntu 8.04
On 8/23/08, Bharath Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a problem in my ubuntu laptop. While loading the GUI of the operating > system i.e ubuntu 8.04, it encounters the following error : grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xorg-errors sudo aptitude install pastebinit pastebinit xorg-errors > xauth: ero while loading shared libraries: lib Xau.so.6: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory sudo apt-get install -f How did that error start? Did you try installing removing something manually? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] 2nd Indian SVN Full-Committer
On 8/25/08, Bharathi Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Our ILUGC Member Senthil Kumaran S (http://www.stylesen.org/) got the > Full-Committer access to SVN code base (http://svn.collab.net/). Congratulations Senthil. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] foss hardware workshop at Ooty
On 8/28/08, Sarad AV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now the cyber cafe folks will have to spend time teaching their customers > Linux :-) Moreover a lot of folks will simply walk away when they see a > linux OS > when they are expecting to see a Win OS. doesn't sound like a pretty business > model. good troll model. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] commands are not working
On 8/28/08, Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What can i do now? Please help me. Here, i am adding a little bit part of my > commands: > > Last login: Thu Aug 28 12:41:51 2008 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls > -bash: ls: command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cd > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls > -bash: ls: command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mkdir zico > -bash: mkdir: command not found > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# Maybe your PATH variable is messed up, have you tried giving full path of the command? eg. /bin/ls This is in addition to advice given by others above. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] commands are not working
On 8/29/08, Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yea.. as i went through the log file, some logged in as root yesternight & > he/she did such type of activity for more than 10 times & most of the time.. > he/she went out without properly logged out & suddenly server went away. Was it an unauthorised access? If so, it's better not to trust that install anymore. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] foss hardware workshop at Ooty
On 8/29/08, Sarad AV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have seen even regular cafe's do that. they try to lock up almost > everything. > The only difference is that i found it choking and stopped visiting them. That maybe true for you, but still there are many who just need to get their work done. > I probably > need more than a browser. i might need to download and read a ms word doc or > ppt or an excel sheet that a friend has send in. lets say that i am a novice > and i > have no clue to use open office. It would be annoying and would be easier to > find > some place where i can use the tools i am familiar with. I don't think you to type 100's of commands to do your work in Openoffice. How can one not have clue on using openoffice? Maybe it may seem unfamiliar for moment or two but anyone familiar with MS Office can definitely get working with Openoffice for basic functions in no time. And I am saying this from my experience. >I think people go to a cyber cafe for more than browsing. when you > dependent > on MS office to get your work done and download microsoft supported formats, > it > is best to have a windows machine unless the cafe owners want to loose (some) > customers. What does it matter? OpenOffice can open and save in MS Office formats except for OOXML. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] foss hardware workshop at Ooty
On 8/30/08, Sarad AV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if everything that works on Microsft office works so seamlessly on open > office, > why do so many people buy Ms office. let us accept that Open office does not > handle Microsoft Office formats very well, at least in its current form. And MS Office does? Also, I should stop feeding the trolls now. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] need red heart os
On 9/8/08, arun rohit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hellow > > please if can give me the link to download red heart linux software os.. Red Heart? Do you mean Red Hat? If not, can you tell us what Red Heart is? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] need red heart os
On 9/8/08, Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :) > > Definitely he is talking about "Red Hat"; You can understand it from some > word... "linux" + "software" + "os" :) Yes, but IMO better to confirm, I did run a search on the term in case such a distro existed but didn't find any results, so asked him to clarify. :) ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] samba server problem in redhat enterprises server version 5
On 9/7/08, sri sair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am getting error > retrying with upper case share name > mount error 6 = No such device or address > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)s below Check the samba log file for one. And secondly, how are you trying to mount the filesystem on the client? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] hi
On 9/10/08, veera dv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi friends, > > > I got internet broadband conneciton from hathway, it is working fine with > windows. > but idont know how to configure redhat linux 5. please can you explain me. You have static IP? Then you can set the IP, gateway, netmask and DNS in system-config-network. Atleast here in Mumbai, hathway now provides DHCP so my internet is configured out of the box, even though I have a static IP. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] which one is the best CMS
On 9/11/08, Ravi Jaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my requirement is to maintain an community portal, which consist of > reference materials, forum and polls. Along with that i also in need of > wiki. for wiki i could use trac. I haven't tried too many CMS's around but have been fiddling around with XOOPS recently. It has modules for integrating a lot of features including forums, wiki, blogs, polls, article manager that you need. You might want to give it a look then research further on it. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Large Hadron Collider - powered by Linux
On 9/13/08, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > world got destroyed? how come no one told me? Cause people aren't around to tell you. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] wrong url in firefox redirects to searchportal.information.com
On 9/16/08, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will surely try this, but is this a solution for this problem? Yeah, I too beleive that the problem is with the DNS, it's redirecting to the given url if some domain isn't found. So, if you run your own DNS server this will definitely be eliminated. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] [OT]data recovery form HardDrive
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:57 PM, sam sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of my friends Seagate hardrive crashed, Is there a possible to retrieve > the data, the seagate people are ready to replace the harddrive but not > ready to retrive. You can try some of the retrival tools around, if they can find anything. But, chances are it won't. > Wr can i find freelance guys who can do the retrieval . You can try approaching some professional recovery people in your area. But, do you have any such data that you just cannot afford loosing? Because recovery of data is very expensive usually. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] kaffeine crashes when mouse is moved
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uninformative - just says crashed Probably you need the debug code and then get the backtrace? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Open source bluetooth alternative of bluesoleil
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:47 PM, senthilraja P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any open source alternative for bluesoleil? I searched the net but > could not find anything concrete. Those bluetooth devices which require Bluesoleil driver work with the inbuilt modules in the kernel. I myself have one such device and it works as soon as the bluetooth framework is installed, right since 2004 when I first got my bluetooth dongle. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Linux and ISPs
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 5:45 PM, varadarajan narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ! > > I have seen posts about ISP not supporting Linux. > Is this true ? Can we make a list of ISP who support Linux ? > Or list of ISP where Linux does not work or supported / Hathway provides me with static IP and now the same via DHCP, too. So, it is as good as saying plug and play via Ethernet card. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] a good editor
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > a nice editor - fast and cool - geany. Rocks bigtime. and has good amount of features. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Video editors
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Girish Venkatachalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09:00:24 Oct 22, Deepak Pandian wrote: >> Dear Luggies, >> > > What is the garbage at the beginning? He C-c C-v'ed part of the URL by mistake, it seems. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] telnet not connecting
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:29 PM, veera dv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > > in my client have redhat 4 updated 5 version, in that server, i am working > from client machine ssh working, but telnet not connecting. > > i tried, chkconfig > iptables > start the service. > still not connecting. if u know, is there any reason please mail me. Telnet to which port? port 23? Is telnet server running in that case? Also, what's the exact error? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] mail configuration
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:54 PM, veera dv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all > > i used redhat 5, please can u tell me how to configure mail ( like outlook > express - windows) explain me step by step. What mail client are you using? And redhat 5? I guess you are using RHEL 5. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] The Linux Delhi Hall of Shame: resurrected.
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:32 AM, தியாகராஜன் <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > >> can't open a link when viewed with FF 3.0:3 > > first click the contactus link. Then it will allow you to access all > the link available to access. this in our language called as a bug, > and in .net (in which they coded it) may be called as a feature ;). Or a firefox bug maybe? It seems to be working fine on Opera 9.60, Konqueror 4.1.3 and Arora 0.4 ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Re: swx extension file problem
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:37 AM, பத்மநாதன் <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>did you use export or save as? > I used save as option in open office 2.4 > >>Are you able to see Tamil in other applications (try gedit) under RHEL4? > When try to open the file in gedit, 'Could not open file. because gedit has > not been able to automatically detect character coding' error message > displayed. Please read his sentence again. He didn't ask to open sxw file in gedit. Of course gedit won't read it since it is not a plain text.no. He is asking if you can see tamil text in any application, gedit being an example. > Padhu, > Ooty. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] problem using HP printer in Ubuntu 7.10
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:03 AM, சுதன் | suthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am using a HP LaserJet 1020 printer with my UBuntu Desktop system. > I have installed the HPLIP package. the printer gets automatically > detected with its identity and everything goes fine untill that. but > if i give a test page, message says me that the test page has been > submitted. but the printer does not print the test page. do i have to > configure something else. what should i do Check /var/logs/cups for error messages. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] upgrading Mandriva 2009
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my policy - never upgrade. Always do a fresh install. Useful to get rid of > crud. Probably you could give some distro with rolling release a try? -- Lily Tomlin - "The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] upgrading Mandriva 2009
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > never - even that takes too much time Really? I guess that solves the mystery of my missing time. -- Yogi Berra - "I never said most of the things I said." ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (APT-GET)
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Bharathi Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Previously, I used the RaviRao's paid service of LJ to blog ODOC thru > email. Is there any free blog site, where I can blog thru email?? Not sure of any free website which lets you do that but if you have your own hosting space then you can install wordpress on it and configure it to post via email. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be available, or atleast not free of cost, on wordpress.com. > Bye :) > -- > Bharathi S WIth Regards, Mehul Ved. -- Are you ever going to do the dishes? Or will you change your major to biology? ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] MS Script on Firefox ?
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 4:26 PM, ம. ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்|Sri Ramadoss M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Friends, > > A in-house application bluntly said it works on IE. Installed the User > Agent Switcher to Identify Firefox as IE. > > Now it says MS Script Engine is needed. Have people come across > similar situation & have run applications of such kind in a GNU/ Linux > environment. Which script? VBScript? -- We'll know that rock is dead when you have to get a degree to work in it. ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] need FOSS help
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote: > Hi all, > Is there any open-source softwares available for video conferencing ekiga - A Gnome based SIP/H323 teleconferencing application >& online live video streaming/transmission ? vlc - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/streaming.html -- Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -- Robert Heinlein ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] vfat partition auto mounting in ubuntu 8.10
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM, பத்மநாதன் wrote: > I added the partition in /etc/fstab as below > > /dev/sda4 /mnt/share vfat users, grp=users,umask=0002,rw,utf=8 > 00 > > But Ubuntu 8.10 automounts the partions as readonly. If i create or copy > some files to this parttion asks current user password to perform the task > with waning message. > > What is the problem? You need to check 3 things 1) Does your user belong to group 'users'? 2) What happens if you manually mount that partition with the command mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/share 3) Try running fsck on the partition and then remount it. If all the above fail, you should try on the ubuntu lists/irc channel/forums/lauchpad. -- Reserve your abuse for your true friends. -- Larry Wall in 199712041852.kaa19...@wall.org ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] C in Vista
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:28 AM, Kannan wrote: > Any one help me i am vista OS.i find a problem that Borland C++ is > working in half screen mode only. > pls tell the reason for that.pls tell the solution. This is not related to Linux in any way. It's not related to Open Source either. Also, you have not done your home work by searching on . You will get lots of links explaining the cause and how to get around it. Since, this is on a LUG already, I will suggest an open source solution in form of DOSBox[1]. 1. http://www.dosbox.com/ -- After all my erstwhile dear, My no longer cherished, Need we say it was not love, Just becaus... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Quasar - Accounting Package
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:27 PM, varadarajan narayanan wrote: > Of course nothing like a replacement. Quasar works well but is it like > quickbooks tailored for North American market. If any of you want to > work on it and "indianise" it and making it suitable for Indian > market, I am willing to help out. Kalculate is made for Indian market > but I dont know what are the issues. I know Sudhir of Kalculate and > marking a copy of this thread to him so that he can respond. What about OpenERP[1]? It has a accounting only profile[2], that one can use for accounting only needs. There's also a project on launchpad for Indian localisation of accounting known as accounts_india[3]. There's also Indian Chart of Accounts[4], though it was released quite a while ago. 1. http://openerp.com/ 2. http://openerp.com/component/option,com_mtree/Itemid,111/task,viewlink/link_id,241/ 3. https://code.launchpad.net/~openerp-commiter/openerp/account_india 4. http://openerp.com/component/option,com_mtree/Itemid,111/task,viewlink/link_id,299/ -- There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die, and we will conquer. Fo... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: openerp/tinerp (Was Re: [Ilugc] Quasar - Accounting Package)
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > On a side note, I have not had much success getting openerp to work on > Ubuntu 8.04 and Centos 5.2. I have followed the instructions for > installing from the source (ensuring required libs etc.). > > The "server" python script bombs with error messages (plan to follow up > on them on the openerp mailing list). I have been able to get TinyERP to install and work on Fedora 9/10. And OpenERP 5.0 RC1 on Windows. Will be trying out at home, on OpenSUSE this week. -- Love cannot be much younger than the lust for murder. -- Sigmund Freud ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Roman to Unicode Font Converter needed
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > here: it is in these files - I havent looked at them for a long time, but the > scripts work - they are released under the KGPL. What files? And KGPL? -- Linux: Where do you want to GO... Oh, I'm already there! -- Ewout Stam ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (FG)
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > On 10:00:05 Dec 17, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: >> $ fg 2 -- Move the 2nd active job to foreground. >> > > Shouldn't this be $ fg %2? Both work, atleast under bash in Linux. -- Linux: Where do you want to GO... Oh, I'm already there! -- Ewout Stam ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Re: Network conection in virtualbox
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Sorry Friends. Messed with keyboard. > > here is the full question. > > -- > Hi, > > I want to teach networking in linux to friends. > > As I have a single machine, I Installed Virtual Box and installed > Ubuntu 8.10 on it. > > Host is also ubuntu, but 8.04 > > I enables the network as NAT for the virtual guest. > > I set up IP address as below > > Host : 192.168.1.1 > Guest : 192.168.1.2 > Netmask for both : 255.255.255.0 > > But cannot ping each other. > It shows "host not reachable" error. > > What setting I missed? Briding? Here's what I did to enable it in arch linux http://techlog.mehulved.com/?p=50 -- FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #21 A: Dr. Livingston I. Presume. Q: What's... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Re: Network conection in virtualbox
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Anu-Linux wrote: > You don't have to use bridging any more with the new version of VB (2.1.0). > (not for this purpose). That sounds good, need to check virtualbox again sometime. -- "There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance..." ... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] how to set the apache IfDefine
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > hi, > in installing mod_python in apache2, the module has a line: > > where do I define this? I remember doing this once on a Sabayon system - but > cannot remember where the relevant file is. IIRC, file name depends on the distribution you are using. On fedora it goes to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf This may be of some help http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#ifdefine -- Today is a good day to bribe a high-ranking public official. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] CLIENT AND SERVER
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:25 PM, s.sudharsan siva wrote: > Can anybody tell me how to install and configure client and servers in > Linux.. i need to connect four systems as clients in a server using linux.. > what should be done?? What kind of client and server? What services would be the server running? -- Today is a good day to bribe a high-ranking public official. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: system bootup time (Was Re: [Ilugc] What logs to check for a system crash?)
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote: > Also, of all the login managers I have used, slim was the fastest. It added > 3-5 seconds > to the startup. Have you tried qingy? and benchmarked it? ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] secure pages not open via squid
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 2:46 PM, mettur salem wrote: > I am using fedora 9 squid proxy server if i am using google it goes and > gmail it is not working > ie gmail is https also yahoo works but mail.yahoo.com it is not work via > squid Have you setup transparent proxy? If so then https won't work with it. If not, then squid logs will be needed to assess the problem. -- God helps them that help themselves. -- Benjamin Franklin, "Poor Richard's Almanac" ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Fedora GUI problem
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Sahasranaman MS wrote: > Hello. > > I have a fedora webserver running here. I had to restart it to change the > UPS, and when I restarted, the GUI stopped working. It was asking for login > details in text mode. I logged in as root and typed 'gdm'. Then the > graphical login screen showed up. i logged in there too, but after that, > nothing happened. I could see the wall paper only, it wouldn't show the > windows or panels or anything. > > It was up for a long time, I had not installed anything new. Right now I'm > using a couple of virtual terminals in text mode to run the servers, but it > would be nice to have the gui back. > > Has something like this happened to anyone before? Is there anything suggestive in /var/log/messages or /var/log/Xorg.0.log? If not, try moving the ~/.kde or ~/.kde4 or ~/.gnome2 directory depending on what you use. Does that help anyhow? -- A dwarf is passing out somewhere in Detroit! ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] data recovery software needed
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Zico wrote: > hello all, > > one of my friend wants some data recovery software in linux. The thing is, > he was on the way of mac installation in his pc & unfortunately during refit > bootloader installation, that partition was selected!! I wonder if people should help after reading this. > The thing is, he has very important data in that partition. And, these datas > are related to his job. So, how can we help him to recover his data from > that partition? Does this article from fellow ILUG member help? - http://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/recovering-data-from-windows-systems-by-using-linux/ -- The number of computer scientists in a room is inversely proportional to the number of bugs i... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Hack Help
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Eknath Venkataramani wrote: > Known: > Node name > IP Address > 2 usernames and passwords > OS used by them:Windows XP > I use Fedora 9 or XP > > Unknown: 3 more logins. Required: Names and contact numbers of the teachers and higher authorities of your college Your class and roll number -- A man with 3 wings and a dictionary is cousin to the turkey. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Problem- Unable to move DVD image of 4.4GB!
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Is there are tool that can convert a vfat partition to ntfs? IIRC, you can convert a windows fs from fat32 to ntfs without reinstalling or data loss. I have done that successfully a few years ago. But, still one should create backups to be on the safe side. -- Ernest asks Frank how long he has been working for the company. "Ever since they threatened t... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] setting default browser in fedora10
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > hi, > in fedora10. In fedora10 I have selected firefox under system-preferences- > personal - preferred applications. I have also set firefox as default in > firefox > preferences. But when I click on a link konq loads. Any clues. Click the link in what application? In some applications, the browser settings need to changed specifically e.g. pidgin. -- Many are cold, but few are frozen. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Problem playing video in Fedora 10 and Debian Lenny
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Sivaram Kannan wrote: > If I play any video in vlc or in my broswer(youtube), my system is > getting rebooted. If I did not play anything, system is working good. I guess it's time to check your SMPS. -- The meat is rotten, but the booze is holding out. Computer translation of "The spirit is will... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] how to block the sites in linux server
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:57 PM, kesavan (K7) wrote: > hi guys, > here using cent os 5.0 server . I want to block access of the > particular sites to particular client systems, > pls help me Set up a proxy server. For one you can check http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-setup-transparent-proxy-squid-howto.html -- Truthful, adj.: Dumb and illiterate. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Recommend a web based PRoject Management Tool
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends. > > We need a web based open source software with includes the > following modules. We are using egroupware at our firm and dotproject for a client's project. > 1. Project Management Not sure if available in egroupware, definitely available in dotproject > 2. Time Sheet Available in both > 3. Tracking Customer Tickets. Available in both > 4. Accounts ( great, if available ) What kind of accounts? dotproject can calculate costs based on time and division of work. -- Maybe we could paint GOLDIE HAWN a rich PRUSSIAN BLUE -- ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Re: Can mailman filter out messages from social networking sites?
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:45 AM, p.sriram wrote: > if a kindly user using standard mail delivery mode on this list > will forward todays faniq - giridhar mail with full headers to me (not to the > list), i can look over it to see what is there and see if any filtering would > be possible. Have sent you a copy. Please check your mailbox. -- Am I SHOPLIFTING? ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] marandns
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Balaviswa nathanv wrote: > Hi all > > Can anyone help me configure maradns on my machine running on Red hat > Enterprise Linux 5.. What are your requirements and what is the problem? -- Am I SHOPLIFTING? ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] marandns
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Balaviswa nathanv wrote: > My requirements is that I need a secure DNS server and I came to that > maradns provides what I want. How do I configure or tune my dns > server? Here's something from my blog - http://techlog.mehulved.com/http:/techlog.mehulved.com/uncategorized/installing-maradns Once the basic installation is done, check http://www.maradns.org/tutorial/tutorial.html for guides, man pages, etc. And please don't top post. -- Am I SHOPLIFTING? ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] mysql problem
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > 3. If you can't fix the script, then put an "exit 0" close to the top > of the script. Warning: This will probably leave files on your system > which may cause problems with future installations of > mysql-server. I remember facing a similar situation. In the prerm script, there was a code which was trying to stop mysql server before removing it. I had to comment out that part, after which the removal process went smoothly. And all the files were removed too. -- * Omnic looks at his 33.6k link and then looks at Joy * Mercury cuddles his cable modem.. (=:] ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] How to Check DNS
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Ashish Verma wrote: > Further my system is going to be referred to by other systems by what ever > name is in the DNS. Then what is the user of hostname mentioned locally. Since other machines will be referring to this machine using domain name, setting up a local DNS server would be the best way in my opinion. -- I'm not sure whether that's actually useful... -- Larry Wall in 199710011704.kaa21...@wall.org ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] chennailug.org is not functioning properly.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > If you read my original mail, I was asking what "control panel access" > is. I have no idea what it is so I have no basis for comparison. If > you tell me that it (CPA) is easier for you than typing commands from > the shell then I have to believe you. >From the whole email I gather he wanted a web based tool for remote administration like Cpanel[1], DirectAdmin[2] or Webmin[3]. > Using ssh and standard shell commands you can also login from machine > A to dump the database from server B and send the output to machine > C. If a frontend is required only for MySQL, there's phpmyadmin[4] too, if that's what he wants to use. 1. http://www.cpanel.net/ 2. http://www.directadmin.com/ 3. http://www.webmin.com/ 4. http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ -- If *I* had a hammer, there'd be no more folk singers. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] About the command used to know the details
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Balaviswa nathanv wrote: > Hi all, > > I would to know the command used to see all the system configuration? > like hardware, HDD, memory etc. install lshw, it has a GUI front end too. There are a lot of other tools too. -- "Ninety percent of baseball is half mental." -- Yogi Berra ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] kmail crashes on opening a mail
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > so how to get the debug info? See the previous mail by Raja, it has the full information. It also has distrowise information on what needs to be done. -- Evil dogs hypnotized the night shift ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Suse 11 configure network & connect internet
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Suresh Kumar wrote: > hi all > i was able to connect to internet (using bsnl broad brand) in ubuntu 8.1 > my network card is Attansic L2 Fast Ethernet > I installed suse 11 in the same system , but was not able to configure the > network nor connect to the internet > > # insmod /lib/modules/2.6.25.5-1.1-pae/kernel/drivers/net/atl1/atl1.ko > insmod: error inserting > '/lib/modules/2.6.25.5-1.1-pae/kernel/drivers/net/atl1/atl1.ko': -1 Unknown > symbol in module > > what am i missing ..? Ubuntu 8.10 has a newer kernel. Probably the kernel in suse does not have support for your network driver. Check their website for support of your network driver or newer kernel which has the support for the same. -- Whether weary or unweary, O man, do not rest, Do not cease your single-handed struggle. Go on... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Automount USB drives
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:30 AM, varadarajan narayanan wrote: > Hi ! > > I am again stuck with my minimal debian installation. > > I want the USB drives to mounted automatically when inserted in the > directory /media. > > How to do this automounting ? You might want to check pmount also http://pmount.alioth.debian.org/ -- The seven year itch comes from fooling around during the fourth, fifth, and sixth years. - http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1239079993 ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Where to look for the definitions of functions like printf, scanf, sine etc.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Muralidhar Kamidi wrote: > Hi, > > I want to look at the source of functions in the library. Where would I find > them. Check /usr/include -- For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers. -- Titus Lucretius Carus ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] creating certificate for apache webserver
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:37 PM, veera dv wrote: > hi team, > > i created RSA & CSR certificate. > > can any one tell me further steps. http://nixcraft.com/getting-started-tutorials/1431-linux-create-self-signed-ssl-certificate-apache-httpd-server.html http://slacksite.com/apache/certificate.php -- Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought her back. - http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1239364616 ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Requesting Mess.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Rajesh Kumar wrote: > Dear sir > > This is Rajesh. I am working as a System Administrator in a small > company.I Like to configure Mail server so i have installed Ubuntu > server and configure Postfix only. I do not know working knowledge. This is > first time. How can i check the Postfix. How to work Postfix Mail Server > for Lan Network Only. I tryed many times but it is not working properly. > please give me any documentation file. Check on howtoforge.com. It will have all the required help. That's besides the postfix website and man pages. You can also visit their IRC channel for specific help. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] help:suggest off line blog publishing software
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Scribefire rocks. > > it is a firefox addon. > You can publish your posts within firefox itself. Scribefire works nicely with wordpress, but if I use it with my serendipity blog, the output is horrendous. I prefer drivel to work with serendipity. So, I guess it's important to know what blogging engine is being used. > But dont know what is offline blog publishing? Type your post without needing to go online. Or typing it on your desktop application, even if you're online, and then publishing it online once finished. -- The bigger they are, the harder they hit. - http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1241613551 ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] What software is missing in the Fedora repository?
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi, HI Rahul, Thank You for the nice initiative > If you are a Fedora user, read on. Otherwise, feel free to skip this > mail. I am doing a quick survey for software that you use on a regular > basis that is not available via the Fedora repository. Software that you > suggest should be free and open source, free of patent and other legal > issues (ie) don't suggest Adobe Flash Player or MP3 codecs. I have been looking for packages of courier-imap and courier-authlib. These both packages seem to be missing in Fedora, RHEL and CentOS. It would be great to have a package of courier-imap. If there's a good reason for not having it packaged/used, I would be interested to know why. > Tell me the home page of the software and give me a brief description on > what it does. Home Page - http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/ Description - As the name points out, it's an imap server. > Bonus points if you can see in Google for "software-name > fedora package review" to figure it if it is already in the Fedora > package review queue. If you know of RPM packages in other distributions > for the software your are suggesting, that information is useful as well "courier-imap fedora package review" returns no results on google. Not sure if rpm for the same is avaiable in any other distribution. > Thanks. > > Rahul -- !seen god LauraDax, I don't remember seeing "god" http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/rss.xml ... ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] Access other host in guest
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:52 AM, navanee wrote: > Hi all, > >> How to access others system using ssh login in guest account only >> Consider both systems are in guest account (root password doesn't known to >> me) >> just i want to control other system with fedora linux,how it is possible?? Create the guest account on the other system, give it a password. Enable ssh. Look up the ip address/hostname of the machine and the port on which ssh is running Check if the firewall isn't blocking ssh. ssh in to the 2nd machine from the 1st machine. Your query is very ambigious as to what a guest account is, what you want to control, how are the machines accessible. -- Dreams are free, but you get soaked on the connect time. - http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1241756890 ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
