Re: [ilugd] Porting linux driver to WINCE

2007-05-29 Thread PJ
, you will have to give details since you specified your problem very vaguely. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http

Re: [ilugd] Centos - 4.x - VAIO notebook heating up

2007-05-27 Thread PJ
windows restore disk with most models. Is the fan working at an appropriate speed? There are may be a way of controlling that with acpi. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives

Re: [ilugd] Centos - 4.x - VAIO notebook heating up

2007-05-27 Thread PJ
something trivial like reattaching the fan lead to its power supply. An alternative suggestion: get a fan base for notebooks. They're cheap. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives

[ilugd] logserver solutions (was ILUG-D activity in last 7 days)

2007-05-26 Thread PJ
for just network auditing - I just installed it a few weeks ago and found it optimum for our needs. A natural place for that is on the gateway box, so you can see who is connecting where, and how much, so you can blackm^H^H^H^H^H^Hmonitor them. PJ ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] And the nominees are.... (was ILUG-De lhi meeting: 2pm, Sun., May 20th, JNU BIC)

2007-05-20 Thread PJ
T Meyarivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hmm - let me add some more: [snip braindump of everyone he knows] For the record, just in case anyone took it seriously, Mary withdrew this nomination at the meeting on the 20th. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist

Re: [ilugd] And the nominees are.... (was ILUG-De lhi meeting: 2pm, Sun., May 20th, JNU BIC)

2007-05-19 Thread PJ
A stupendous avalanche of nominations continues to pour in and stretch my capacity to process them! The nominations are flying thick and high, and saturating the bandwidth out here! They're literally oozing out of my ears and eyebrows now! Yikes! Currently we have: President: Raj Mathur, Gora

Re: [ilugd] And the nominees are.... (was ILUG-De lhi meeting: 2pm, Sun., May 20th, JNU BIC)

2007-05-18 Thread PJ
On 18/05/07, PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sudev Barar has now also been added to the list of nominees for General Secretary: Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: News to me. I would rather decline the honour. Tsk. Like it or not, you were been nominated by a secret friend. You will get

Re: [ilugd] And the nominees are.... (was ILUG-De lhi meeting: 2pm, Sun., May 20th, JNU BIC)

2007-05-18 Thread PJ
PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And the nominations are flooding in! The nominations now stand at: President: Raj Mathur, Gora Mohanty Treasurer: Kishore Bhargava, Andrew Lynn Vice President: Andrew Lynn General Secretary: Gora Mohanty, Sudev Barar, Gaurav Mishra Secretary: Tirveni Yadav Member

[ilugd] And the nominees are.... (was ILUG-Delhi meeting: 2pm, Sun., May 20th, JNU BIC)

2007-05-17 Thread PJ
Secretary: henchman of Gen. Sec. Members: aam admee who loiter around I would like everyone who accepts/rejects the nomination to say a bit about taking up (or not) the post during the meeting. Minimum time: 10 seconds, maximum time 10mins. PJ Reminder: only members of ILUG-D can

Re: [ilugd] And the nominees are.... (was ILUG-De lhi meeting: 2pm, Sun., May 20th, JNU BIC)

2007-05-17 Thread PJ
Member: Gaurav Mishra (senior) Let me know if there is anyone else that you'd like to nominate. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user

[ilugd] Begun, the patent wars have ? (was Re: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents)

2007-05-14 Thread PJ
. An illustrative article about a similar threatened strategy that caused Sun to cave in against IBM is at: http://members.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html PJ “The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see the future is. - Yoda ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-12 Thread PJ
. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-10 Thread PJ
it's called luck, and not foreknowledge. BSD licencing relies on partially on luck to avoid usurping. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-10 Thread PJ
of fingers in ears La La La - I can't hear you - La La La /fingers in ears PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-09 Thread PJ
On 09-May-07, at 10:38 AM, PJ wrote: BSD style licencing is better than most, but such licences have had a role in helping MS Windows to its current position (which is why Bill Gates favours them). Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and which is why apache is running rings

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-09 Thread PJ
On 09-May-07, at 1:49 PM, PJ wrote: Other less-established but important projects under any BSD style licence are still at risk. Kenneth Gonsalves writes: name some. or name at least one or two (stick to those without lucky and talented developers because we have already established

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-09 Thread PJ
that are not held in the lead by talent or luck). Historically, this principle has held (important BSD code usurping has been observed and has helped MS). The illogic in your statement is therefore devastating and impeccable. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-09 Thread PJ
it wraps a BSD based system. But I'm not sure it really matters, since it is just a wrapper, so you could do the same to a GPL based system. I'll only really worry about usurping if Apple becomes dominant, rather than the 2nd tier OS it is at present. PJ

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-09 Thread PJ
, but are at a loss when asked for examples beyond that. On 09-May-07, at 7:15 PM, Raj Mathur wrote: Kerberos? Kenneth Gonsalves writes: tell us more If you are not just trolling, try this link: http://www.google.co.in/search?q=kerberos+microsoft+embrace+extend+extinguish PJ

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-09 Thread PJ
standard. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-08 Thread PJ
Kenneth Gonsalves writes: in short, people who use BSD licenses are talented and lucky - I could live with that PJ writes: Not relying on luck in the first place would seem wiser. I would also suggest that the hall-of-shame type of sites; spam; viruses and evil botnets are a consequence

Re: [ilugd] scope of freedel/freed

2007-05-07 Thread PJ
it is worth including it in ILUGD events from that perspective. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-07 Thread PJ
Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: in short, people who use BSD licenses are talented and lucky - I could live with that Not relying on luck in the first place would seem wiser. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-06 Thread PJ
On 5/5/07, PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The GPL [...] has a restriction that is designed to prevent non-sharing of code. Shakthi Kannan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How? I am unsure if that was a rhetorical question. GPL has four freedoms: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-06 Thread PJ
behind the struggle for software freedom. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux

Re: [ilugd] GPL/BSD (yet again) (was) Re: Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-06 Thread PJ
Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: While I respect the intention of GPL, I dislike BSD license being criticized unfairly. PJ wrote: The GPL compatible licences are designed to preserve freedom for the users. The BSD style licences have helped Microsoft take away freedom from

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-05 Thread PJ
CC licences that have resulted in sites like http://www.wikipedia.com for knowledge, http://www.jamendo.com for music etc). YMMV PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-05 Thread PJ
Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 05-May-07, at 11:31 AM, PJ wrote: Anyway, attend the meetings if you have an interest in the reasoning behind ilugd decisions - it's open to all GNU/Linux users, we welcome inputs, and all proposals can be questioned/modified etc

Re: [ilugd] Opening up participation in ILUG-D decision making

2007-05-05 Thread PJ
are excellent and accurate summaries of the meetings. Plus they make the group seem remarkably professional and focussed. regards PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-05 Thread PJ
that is wrong. Sometimes someone can step forward (like I did) and elaborately answer such queries if they have the time. But sometimes people don't have the time, as I am sure you understand. Gora's opened a thread on trying to improve this situation. PJ

Re: [ilugd] Opening up participation in ILUG-D decision making

2007-05-05 Thread PJ
PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about someone just records the audio of meetings with their mp3 player ogg! I mean ogg player! Honest! [1] PJ [1] For those who are wondering: ogg (properly: ogg-vorbis) is like mp3, but patent-free. Not popular, but better there are very few hardware ogg

Re: [ilugd] Opening up participation in ILUG-D decision making

2007-05-05 Thread PJ
On Saturday 05 May 2007 15:34, PJ wrote: [snip] How about someone just records the audio of meetings with their mp3 [snip] Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh Puhleeze! I will not agree to that until someone volunteers to edit out the unparliamentary stuff, the discussions about

Re: [ilugd] Freed 2007 - Thoughts on the name?

2007-05-05 Thread PJ
- and will be disruptive. Freed doesn't have the same agenda as Foss.in or Linux Asia, though there will be some overlap. And rather than disruption, I'd regard it as competition. Competition is good as far as I am concerned - it is a selection pressure to improve things. PJ

[ilugd] wifi cards at nehru place?

2007-04-21 Thread PJ
changing without warning while the model names remain the same? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail

Re: [ilugd] Group mail forwarding

2007-04-19 Thread PJ
your purpose. It will also provide you with many more features. [rest snipped] More primitively, procmail should be a nice lightweight way and powerful way to do that too. It's a bit hard to get used to and easy to forget though. PJ ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] squidguard not blocking

2007-04-12 Thread PJ
to increase logging level too. just guessing PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

Re: [ilugd] [commercial]

2007-04-11 Thread PJ
% - with as much work as you'd like to handle. Plus we're not evil. Pay depends on skills/experience. PJ [1] larval coder as in http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/L/larval-stage.html [2] as opposed to we will give you a corpse of rotting code to burrow

[ilugd] Up for grabs (was ExploraPro XTerminals)

2007-04-08 Thread PJ
it up from South or West Delhi. If you're lucky, I'll even drop it on you if it's on the way. Email me for cell number and other details. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives

Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro

2007-04-04 Thread PJ
say ! Preseeding is discussed on http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/394 FAI (fully automatic install) is another mature option. Discussed on http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/240 PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro

2007-04-04 Thread PJ
-geeks, I suppose). PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] Custom kernel compilation on Fedora Core 6

2007-03-14 Thread PJ
Karthik Ramgopal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to compile 2.6.20 kernel on Fedora Core 6, and was able to make menuconfig, make initrd, bzImage etc. I even added an entry to grub.conf so that I could boot into it. Problem is that kernel starts to boot, but hangs at loading system

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