[ilugd] Re: raid problem

2003-09-29 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Srinivas wrote: At the time of installation I created two patations for raid in that first raid partation is one harddisk and second raid partation is another harddisk. After installation I am not getting that /etc/raidtab file. Is any one is having experience in raid plz help me. Curently I

Re: [ilugd] Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread Shuvam Misra
. PDF are usually considered low resolution of what you will be getting. They are only good for previewing. Not necessarily. I think a lot depends on the fonts. PDF files were created (IIRC) to assist creating online formatted documents

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread Shuvam Misra
Dear Sandip, Another question. The art of document layout and document styles in publications seems to be diffrent profession altogether. Is there any resource which can be looked at to find out more about this field? Huge field, many hundreds of years old. I had the fortune to learn some

[ilugd] Please Provide Me CDs of Oracle 9i for Linux !!!

2003-09-29 Thread Pankaj_Kumar\[JP\]DOEACC:N.Delhi
Hi Everybody, Can any one provide me the software of Oracle 9i for Linux ??? I do want to install it on RedHat 9 box. At present I am having the software of Oracle 8i(8.1.7) but unable to install it on RedHat 9 box. This oracle was installed upto RedHat 8. So if any one is having software of

Re: [ilugd] Please Provide Me CDs of Oracle 9i for Linux !!!

2003-09-29 Thread Tarun Dua
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 15:58, Pankaj_Kumar[JP]DOEACC:N.Delhi wrote: Hi Everybody, Can any one provide me the software of Oracle 9i for Linux ??? No one except Oracle can do that. Download the CDs or get them from Oracle. The CDs are available for download for free but can't be redistributed

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread LinuxLingam
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 08:51, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: Another question. The art of document layout and document styles in publications seems to be diffrent profession altogether. Is there any resource which can be looked at to find out more about this field? - Sandip very good

Re: [ilugd] Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread LinuxLingam
I worked in an advertising company for sometime in Goa. Usually when we gave out the files for printing, the printers were satisfied by the Postscript files. However some of the printers wanted a Corel Draw file, though I suspect in the end they turned them to PS files. PDF are usually

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread LinuxLingam
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 09:44, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: LinuxLingam wrote: so in answer to your question, you need to know how to create a pdf for pre-press. assuming your work is in black-andwhite lineart, a text-only, the pdf for print could safely be used for pdf for pre-press,

Re: [ilugd] hotmail to pop

2003-09-29 Thread Rajesh K. Jha
I installed hotWayd and tried to use it to download Hotmail to the evolution email client. However, at the stage the evolution starts working, it asks for password which I supply ( the password I use to access my hotmail account). It says wrong pass word/ authentication error.I have followed the

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread Shuvam Misra
very good question indeed, sandip. the art of document layout, *incorrectly* called desktop publishing, is a specialised profession altogether. the art is called 'typography'. We usually use the word typography to refer to the art and science of font design, and typesetting to refer to the

Re: [ilugd] Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread Shuvam Misra
i tend to disagree on some issues here. PDF has commoditized postscript, and bridged the 'digital divide' between the advanced users and beginners. as a macintosh user since 1984 i can tell you ... Very interesting. Many things here I didn't know. Thanks. :) I don't have first-hand experience

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread Raj Shekhar
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 18:16, Shuvam Misra wrote: Check http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=117318tocid=0query=typographyct= as an easy starting point. It requires registeration and is available for 72 hrs only. I would suggest the goodle directory

RE: [ilugd] IRQ probe

2003-09-29 Thread supreet
in Lilo use append parameter. Grub append at end of kernel parameter Supreet ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread LinuxLingam
I agree. But then that's not really a fault of the port 80 service; it's a limitation of the browser, which feels users will be more than happy to get a legible page, and aesthetics be hanged. Maybe someday, Mozilla will come out with a better typesetting engine. :) Shuvam the html

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Bhaskar Dutta
Hi, I tried out the two questions posed on ping and whois. I got some suspiciously funny results which I would like to share with you people. Could anyone please enlighten me further $ whois inria.fr Result: [translated from french by a helpful friend] Dude, You seem to be from

[ilugd] plan9

2003-09-29 Thread LinuxLingam
anyone using the new-generation OS called Plan9, made by bell labs and some of the original creators of Unix? Plan 9 is an advanced multi-user Open Source operating system designed with networking in mind. It runs on multiple hardware platforms and is highly suited to building large

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Bhaskar Dutta
Hi, I finally got to know the reason for the mysterious occurrences regarding whois and ping. LL please give your valuable suggestions on this. There seems to be a rogue worm in the wild, aptly named [EMAIL PROTECTED] worm. Seems to infect TCP port 43 (thus affecting whois) and manipulate

[ilugd] Enterprise Software Stack across operating Systems ?

2003-09-29 Thread Tarun Upadhyay
Alright, all sysadmins and PHBs. I created (to the best of my knowledge) how software stack in enterprise (defined as companies with greater than 200 employees) space looks like between Microsoft and OSS products. Just for the fun sake, I also included the leading commercial UNIX offerings

[ilugd] auto-startup a script, apps, *after* runlevel5

2003-09-29 Thread LinuxLingam
dear all, been waiting for some spare time on my hands to try out all the helpful posts sent some of you past week, to solve the above problem stated in the subject line. [have had a rough week: ethernet hub short-circuited and died, loads of other screwups on my machines and with gnulinux,

[ilugd] Re: (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA-392-1] New webfs packages fix buffer overflows, file and directory exposure

2003-09-29 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Raj Mathur wrote: [Please upgrade if you use webfs on any platform -- Raju] CAN-2003-0832 - When virtual hosting is enabled, a remote client could specify .. as the hostname in a request, allowing retrieval of directory listings or files above the document root. This is so crazy! -- Sandip

Re: [ilugd] auto-startup a script, apps, *after* runlevel5

2003-09-29 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 LL == linuxlingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: LL [snip] LL step 1: create a shell script that launches the required LL applications. LL step2: place this script in the /home/whoever/.kde/Autostart/ LL directory. LL note: if

Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ghane == Sanjeev Gupta Sanjeev writes: Ghane On Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:51 AM [GMT+0800=SGT], Ghane Bhaskar Dutta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Man, THAT was offending! I was shocked. Now I am scared to ping the computer again

Re: [ilugd] Re: (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA-392-1] New webfs packages fix buffer overflows, file and directory exposure

2003-09-29 Thread Raj Mathur
Sandip == Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sandip Raj Mathur wrote: [Please upgrade if you use webfs on any platform -- Raju] CAN-2003-0832 - When virtual hosting is enabled, a remote client could specify .. as the hostname in a request, allowing

Re: [ilugd] Enterprise Software Stack across operating Systems ?

2003-09-29 Thread Raj Mathur
Tarun == Tarun Upadhyay [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tarun Alright, all sysadmins and PHBs. I created (to the best of Tarun my knowledge) how software stack in enterprise (defined as Tarun companies with greater than 200 employees) space looks like Tarun between Microsoft and OSS

Re: [ilugd] TCL Training in Delhi

2003-09-29 Thread Sunderjeet Singh
Hi, When are you planning to schedule it? Can you provide the details etc. Kindly reply at [EMAIL PROTECTED] regards Sunderjeet - Original Message - From: Rajat Bhatia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:35 AM Subject: [ilugd] TCL Training in

[ilugd] Re: two questions

2003-09-29 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Raj Mathur wrote: Seriously, Apt for RPM rocks. Get it from freshrpms.net. And I have most of the latest packages from there for RH 8.0 if anyone wants them on CD -- standard rules apply. BTW, Have you seen this? http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/mega-merge.php - Sandip -- Sandip

Re: [ilugd] Re: (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA-392-1] New webfs packages fixbuffer overflows, file and directory exposure

2003-09-29 Thread Sanjeev \Ghane\ Gupta
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003 11:24 AM [GMT+0800=SGT], Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sandip == Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sandip Raj Mathur wrote: [Please upgrade if you use webfs on any platform -- Raju] CAN-2003-0832 - When virtual

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread Shuvam Misra
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Graphic_Design/Typography/?tc=1 and http://www.microsoft.com/typography/users.htm Will any Microsoft information repository on any generic (i.e. not Microsoft proprietary) subject be any use? I'd almost expect their typography section to be filled with how

Re: [ilugd] Re: Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-29 Thread Shuvam Misra
dpi is *not* ppi. ppi is *not* lpi. lpi is *not* dpi. Okay, please explain. By popular demand, if a population of two is large enough for you. :) I would have used dpi and ppi totally interchangeably. Shuvam ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [ilugd] Enterprise Software Stack across operating Systems ?

2003-09-29 Thread Tarun Dua
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 03:35, Tarun Upadhyay wrote: Alright, all sysadmins and PHBs. I am only an ignorant self-proclaimed sysadmin who is a PHB by the way. I would welcome any opinions on (yeah my asbestos suit is on): A) any services/features/products that I might have missed. (which

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [DSA-392-1] New webfs packages fix buffer overflows, file and directory exposure

2003-09-29 Thread Raj Mathur
[Please upgrade if you use webfs on any platform -- Raju] This is an RFC 1153 digest. (1 message) -- Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL