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Re: [Fsf-friends] I'll restore Linux and your confidence too !!
by Suresh Titus John 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 Rishi wrote : >On Wednesday 28 Apr 2004 9:26 am, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: > > I am not sure that we need to tell Mr. Reddy the concept of freedom in > > software. IIRC, he actually wrote on this a few months back. > >Whoa! Sorry. ;-) >Then what's his problem? >Can you point me to that article if it's on the NET? I'd like to first read it >and then write to him... > Hmm, i think this is the one: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/12/01/stories/2002120100100300.htm suresh

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Re: [Fsf-friends] I'll restore Linux and your confidence too !!
by Anivar Aravind 28 Apr '04

28 Apr '04

"Tarun Gaur" said on Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:42:56 +0000 > I am sure i will be able to restore your confidence in Linux and open > source. On our front we will make every effort to ensure that the Linux is > made easy for the end users. i have enough confidence on linux kernel. if u want to restore anyones confidence plz send personal mails to them. i dont want any mail in the class "opensource" through free software foundations list. <snip> > These are some drawbacks of open source .... </snip> i subscribed only fsf lists. i dont want to here such spam contents of this list.this is the draw back of moderator of this list. <snip> >the day is not > far when you will see Linux replacing Windows not only on the server side, > but desktops too. i am not interested in just linux replacing windows. but in freedom replacing proprietory ie GNU replacing proprietory > In your case i think the best version is Red Hat / Fedora. I will make sure > that i carry them with me when i visit you. Or else if you have a special > affinity towards the Mandrake magic, then we will bring that one too. Is FSF is alotted FSF friends list as Tarun Gaur's personal mail box? then rename it as gaur's-friends and unsubsribe me from it ~Anivar Aravind -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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For C Rammanohar Reddy
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Dear Mr Reddy: Like you, I hesitated for a for a year-and-half before being able to take the leap. What was worse, I had GNU/Linux installed on my PC, but just didn't dare to change. To add to my discomfort, I was a founder member of the local [GNU]Linux Users Group in Goa ;-) Today, I use Free Software for 95% of my work. The other 5% is in a cybercafe or at some other office, over which I simply don't have any choice. My main complaint is that my old systems simply go on and on and on working, without giving any major (or, often, minor) problem either. The only time I fidget with the PCs (often getting someone else to do so, agreed Free Software isn't as easy as the click-on-the-exe-file usability... but then, that's compensated by security and that fact that a virus also finds it tough to get control) is when there's some upgradation done. For years (since 2001-02), my computers have not been hit by a virus. The only time a Trojan actually got in -- all my data was restored, nothing lost -- was when I stubbornly clung on to Redhat 6.2, inspite of repeated warnings that it was too long outdated and that security flaws had been reported. My suggestion is get someone else to do the installation. Changing over to a new OS can be rather frustrating, since everything "seems different". For sometime, one doesn't even know where to start searching. But that is soon done with. As Stallman says, even if Free Software was an inferior product, I would still continue using it... just because of the principles behind it. FN in Goa. > >From: Rammanohar Reddy To: "Tarun Gaur" <gaur_tarun(a)hotmail.com> > >CC: KG Kumar <kg(a)tug.org.in> > >Subject: Re: Pleasure to help you Sir > >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:12:26 +0530 > > > >Thanks, Tarun > > > >Perhaps we should think of the next weekend -- it may otherwise be > > very diffficult. > > > >But I must warn you that right now I am terribly disappointed with > >Linux -- my attempt toload Mandrake for the 4-5 weeks have failed. And > >right now I can say more Windows' reliability!! > > > >best > > > >Ram Reddy -- --------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa, India f r e d e r i c k n o r o n h a @ v s n l . n e t Ph 832.2409490 / 832.2409783 Cell 9822 122436 Phone calls: preferably from 1300 to 0500 (IST) Try landlines is mobile is temporarily unavailable http://linuxinindia.pitas.com http://www.bytesforall.org ---------------------------------------------------------

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GNU/LinuxinIndia * April 25, 2004
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 24 Apr '04

24 Apr '04

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I am glad that Red Hat is getting some patents to use to defend against Microsoft's patents. (I hope Red Hat never turns around to use them for aggression.) But the only help these patents give us is to block part of the danger of patents -- and only part of it! They have no positive effect. Taken all together, the patents do not play any role in the vitality of our community. Most patents threaten us, and a few may partly defend us from the threat of the rest. We would be much better off if nobody had any software patents. India has wisely refused to allow software patents. Every supporter of free software in India should be helping to support that policy. Would you please help? Please don't invite people to lump together a hypothetical future Indian law (software patents) that can kill our community and an existing Indian law (copyright) that has no such power. -- Richard M Stallman <rms at gnu.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ########################################################################### --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM BANGALORE, Kartik N <kartikn79 at symonds.net> sent out a recent reminder about plans for April's BLUG (Bangalore Linux Users' Group) meet, which was held on April 23. The agenda focussed on talks on filesystems in GNU/Linux (by Arun) and the CD file system features (by Sreekiran). BLUG meets usually take place between 6 to 8 pm at Hotel Ashraya International Infantry Road, Opposite Police Commissioner's Office, Phone : +91 (80) 2262921. Map - http://linux-bangalore.org/images/ashraya-map.png Cover charge is Rs.100 per person (includes dinner). More details at: http://linux-bangalore.org/meetings/200404/ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ LOCALISATION LIST from Bangalore is at http://lli.linux-bangalore.org ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ GNUS GRAZING @ BANGALORE: Fans of the Free Software movement meanwhile announced a meeting at Bangalore. It was called on Sunday, April 18 at the unearthly hour of 10 am (no offence meant, I'm usually fast asleep by then). The rendezvous-point was in front of Gangaram's Bookstore on MG Road. Difficult to miss. 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Or contact by email or phone Sujeevan, Swathantra Software Solutions & Support (S2S2), 33, Brigade Center, Gr Floor, Nr Prabhat Building, Fort Rd, Kannur 670001 Kerala Phone: Off 0497-2761182 Res: 0497-2790811 Cell :9447449107 Email: s2s2<at>linux.net Web site http://www.s2s2net.netfirms.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ GET A FREE linux.net email address: http://linux.net Powered by Linare Corporation http://www.linare.com/ Check the Chennai link... ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ CONGRATULATIONS, CRV: Radhakrishnan aka CVR <cvr at river-valley.org> recently announced his marriage to Vidya, "my long time friend and colleague for a decade". The big-day was April 18, 2004. The marriage was marked by what CVR calls "a very simple function attended by our family members and closest friends alone". Take a peek at http://tug.org/~cvr/knot/ Congrats to this longtime champion of TeX and the Tug User Group down south. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ FROM THE PHILIPPINES GNU/Linux mailing list (see details or subscribe at http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug-misc ) Holden Hao <holden at philonline.com.ph> writes in to say: "Linux For You is a great magazine. Anybody know if this is already available in the Philippines?" Here's hoping India can meet the potential when it sees it! ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ KDE, KPPP AND INTERNET DIALERS: Guntupalli Karunakar <karunakar at freedomink.org> is working on the KDE live CD, and is planning to have kppp ("the cool KDE Internet dialer") to include some prominent ISPs across India configured for it -- e.g. VSNL, BSNL (Sancharnet), Satyam, etc. Says he: "I need their dialup numbers and any other setting that are used for them. Ideally you one could just send me /home/user/.kde/share/config/kppprc (of course with the username / password removed ). We will have an internet dialup icon on desktop or panel, clicking which will make the kppp dialog to come up. All the user would then need to do is select his ISP number and give the username and password, and dial. At present it would work with external modems only." Please do help, if you can! ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ THIS NOTE IS FROM INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST Frederic Dubois <frederic at cmaq.net> of Montreal in Canada who says: " I have written an article on free software in India and Canada. You can read it at: http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?sh_itm=3d9755aef06d3654ab98d07488 e37a5a&r=1 There is also a discussion happening in the babble section: http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=31&t=000211 " ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ WANNA BUY A SIMPUTER? Check this note from S D Sudarsan, a member of the senior research staff at the CRL-BEL in Bangalore <sudarsan_crl(a)yahoo.com> who informs: "I've been receiving enquiries on buying Simputers from BEL. The contact details are as below: Deepak Kumar MMF Division Bangalore Complex Bharat Electronics Limited Jalahalli PO Bangalore - 560 013 Tel: 080-23618184 Cell: 98800 88396 As I understand the lowest model is below 10K and goes upto 20K for the Amida Simputer. You can contact Mr Sudarsan at crl-bel bangalore - 560013 tel: 080-28381125/26/27 fax: 080-28381168 sdsudarsan at crl.bel.co.in or sudarsan_crl at yahoo.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ QUOTE... UNQUOTE: We in India have a Vision 2020... Can we reach there by keeping security holes in the armour? Don't we need to have some IndLix, Bhartix or Tricolix, duly certified by (computing institutions like) NCST, C-DAC etc that will work for the whole of country and sort out the interoperability issues also along with it? -- J.S. Sandha CEO Jagriti e-Sewa (www.jagriti.com) Jalandhar 098141-84878 <jsandha at vsnl.net> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ HERE'S SOME MORE GOOD NEWS courtesy Tarun Kant <tarunkant at linux.net> who says: Mandrake Linux is available in 66 languages and Hindi is one of them. Check out the following link and you will be pleasently surprised: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/l10n/hi.php3 To know about what other languages are supported check out: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/l10n/translations.php3 [ Dr Kant is a scientist at the Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division, Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/ ] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ THREE CHEERS TO KERALA: This input is from linux_schools at yahoo.com (Herald), who writes: Kerala is leading in Free/Libre and Open Source Software front. 200 schools multiplied by 100 students on an average gives 20 thousand GNU/Linux users. Children are very curious and fast in experimenting and learning new things. When they go home and talk about it, the elders also will be automatically interested in checking what this software is. Similarly the Engineering students will start getting interest in Free Softwares.... In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh there are only the private schools to harvest as the government ones have been captured by Microsoft. Check http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux_schools/ MAHESH T PAI added earlier: About 200 schools in Malappuram district installed GNU/Linux. The driving force behind this initiative, AFAIK, is one Mr. Sujeevan P, of an organisation called IIRC, S2S2. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ CHECK OUT THE linux-india-programmers mailing list linux-india-programmers(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-programmers ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ READER-RATED WEB-PAGES From Arun Sharma <arun at freebsd.org>, a message that came in via the FreeBSD list: I've been experimenting with a new way of separating the more interesting content on the web from the less interesting ones. Mainly by using human intelligence. http://www.sharma-home.net/software/vote/vote.html If you find this interesting, you're welcome to download this small piece of open source software and try it out. The more users there are, the more useful this tool will be. The mozilla firefox extension requires you to customize the toolbar and manually add the new button to the toolbar. It takes about 5 mins for a new submission to show up on the results page. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ INTERESTED IN FREE BSD? Check out http://www.bsd-india.org/mailman/listinfo/bsd-india ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVING GNU/LINUX: Shrave <shrave1 at yahoo.com> who does much to keep active the mailing list http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/blore-linux/ comments: The following I feel are the top three areas that need to be addressed for moving Linux into the massive consumer and small office markets. 1) I would suggest students to try and target one critically important piece of the Linux desktop puzzle: USB synching of OpenOffice documents and a cross platform PIM such as Chandler. This would allow Linux notebooks and tablets to be deployed en masse in most Windows based offices. Market share would then likely be built very rapidly as the case with Palm Pilots and their USB connected strategy. With market share, follows developer support, and a relatively quick destruction of the Microsoft desktop monopoly. 2) Adding a GOCR module to OpenOffice should be another high priority goal. GOCR is the open source optical character recognition project (OCR). For those that are not familiar (with the concept), OCR is used to convert paper based documents into editable word processor documents using a scanner. GOCR is currently command line-based, but works very well. Developing this into a GUI version that could become an optional add on module for OpenOffice would be very useful for small offices and home offices considering a Linux desktop. Unlike developers, most end users live in a sea of paper-based documents and adding a bridge to access these documents digitally allows businesses to go to Linux desktops much more confidently. 3) Adding a photo-editing module to OpenOffice similar to Apple's iPhoto. This would tend to really help in promoting uptake of OpenOffice and Linux desktops in consumer market. Digital cameras are now outselling film cameras and this is going to get even more important in the next few years. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ INTERESTED IN FLOSS in Mangalore (coastal south-western India)? Find more about us at http://www.linux-mangalore.org ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ LOCALISATION NEWSLETTER: G Karunakar <karunakar(a)freedomink.org> who is the IndLinux.org coordinator, says: On behalf of the Localization community in India we are happy to bring out the first issue of the Localization Newsletter. Aim of this newsletter is to highlight localization activities based on Free/Libre and Open Source Software, present a complete picture, and to serve as a mouthpiece for all localization teams and their volunteers. HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE: * Headlines : Bengali, Punjabi supported languages in Gnome 2.6, Hindi and Tamil supported in KDE 3.2 * In News Bits : PCQLinux2004 with Indic support, Devanagari & Gujarati Opentype fonts, Mozilla build with Indic support. * In Team Watch : Sayamindu Dasgupta speaking on Ankur Bangla project. Read complete issue at http://www.indlinux.org/nl/nl150404.html A pdf of it is available at http://www.indlinux.org/nl/nlvol1.pdf (238KB) Comments are welcome, and can be mailed to the editorial team or posted on http://www.indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/NewsletterFeedback If you would like to recieve copy of newsletter regularly you can subscribe to the mailing list http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-news ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ SOME MORE ON LOCALISATION: "Arky" <rakesh_ambati at yahoo.com> says: Perhaps being children of lesser god we don't have such resources, yet localization work is going at a good pace (see http://www.indlinux.org/wiki/index.php?LocalizationNewsletter ) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ MADE IN INDIA, WELCOMED IN THE GULF: A comment from the Gulf region, where Manoj Menon <manojcmenon at yahoo.com> recently commented on the Linux-middleeast(a)yahoogroups.com newsgroup: Linux based PDA for less than 1000 AED ... and best of all, its made in India. http://www.amidasimputer.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ASSAMESE LANGUAGE: Jyotirmoy Saikia <jyotirmoy_saikia at yahoo.com> of Picopeta, the Simputer guys in Bangalore, asks an interesting query: Can I type Assamese from Yudit using Inscript? Assamese and Bengali scripts are same except two consonants: (i) Consonat RA (this is character U09F0 in Assamese and character U09B0 in Bengali) (ii) Consonant VA (this is chracter U09F1 in Assamese, which is equivalent of Devanagari character U0935). As far as I know, there is no consonat VA in Bengali. I have looked at the Open Type Akaash bengali font and found that the characters U09FO and U09F1 are present in the font. But using the Inscript keyboard layout for Bengali, I can't type these characters. I believe we need a seperate Inscript keyboard map for Assamese. What is the suggestion from other people in the group? Similarly, we'll need a Assamese keyboard map for the Milan release also; am I wrong? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR LOCALISATION WORK? Jitendra Shah <jitendras at vsnl.com> reports that it is now "certain" that he will be working from C-DAC Mumbai (formerly NCST) on a Central Government Localisation project with the objective of localising Free/Opensource (GNU/Linux) in indian languages with three angles: development of localised software (OS and some applications for SOHEdu), deployment, and building a community of developers and users. Says he: "I think the objective is broad enough." Sometime back, Shah started the work with a volunteer team. "It is heartening to see that there are souls in the government who can identify and support such noble causes too. While I believe such work will have to be done by dedicated people without a pre-condtion of government support, there can be no doubt that progress can leapfrog when there is official backing, particularly when such support includes support for community participation rather than excluding it." Shah has a team of "good people who may want to contribute". But he's also looking out for others who could get involved and help. He adds: "Since the work is at all three levels -- system level, application level and (only to some extent) content level, many people can contribute." Shah and team have also been working on the conversion of legacy documents to Unicode. He adds: "I am trying to convert the silos of legacy data from ISFOC/Akruti/ShreeLipi/whathaveyou to unicode. This has been welcomed by the (Maharashtra) State government as well as Central government and corporates. I propose to use the programs to help generate sustainance for the developers through services rendered and eventually all programs will be free/open source. I have now converted the Rajya Sabha webpage into Hindi and also IITBombay pages." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUR INPUTS and criticism to this newsletter are welcome. Contact us at fred at bytesforall dot org COPYLEFT 2003. 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AI .... calpp !!
by Tarun Gaur 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

Dear Ramanraj, I appreciate your view on things and your suggestion on trying to concentrate on AI. But at the moment i would keep myself limited to the Naming architetures. Anyways thanx for your advice. Never the less, i did visit calpp site. I am sure i will be able to help you to devise a naming scheme. But for starters i would need some knowledge on the functional domain (Legal Procedures and Proceedings). I dint find much high level description on your project at the site. Architectures and design patterns is my specialization so may be i can pitch in with some suggestions. As for AI, you need an extremely dedicated focussed research work. I am not in a position to put in that kind of effort. I am already part of three major open source software. regards, tarun >From: Ramanraj K <ramanraj(a)md4.vsnl.net.in> >To: Tarun Gaur <gaur_tarun(a)hotmail.com> >CC: fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >Subject: Re: Epistemology and Naming >Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:29:05 +0530 > >In the Tarka Samgraha - the most common examples given are that of cowness >and jarness: what are the qualites that make a cow a cow, and a jar a jar? > The fundamental concepts required for building full fledged artificial >intelligence systems are found in just this single work. Please do get a >copy of Tarka Samgraha - it is available at the nearest Ramakrishna Math >Book store for Rs. 25/- only. > > >Instead of exploring its relevance to IT generally you may try focusing on >AI specifically. > > >My project is .^. Calpp: Computer Aided Legal Procedures and Proceedings. >The most fundamental problem that I faced was with naming objects in the >law, and my solution was to have just a simple heading and key scheme, that >is easily stored in database tables - and therefore have the ability to >store innumerable facts/data without any artificial limit. Calpp keeps >count of headings and keys, and this way have control of forms, procedures >and proceedings. I have already written index.inc and Index.php scripts >that could index the atoms in the way we want. I won't be wrong if I say >that Index.php is very close to a plane like human consiousness. If >interested do visit >http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/calpp/projdisplay.php . >A mailing list has also been started recently at >http://gborg.postgresql.org/mailman/listinfo/calpp-calpp-general >Arky here is along with me there. > >Regards, >Ramanraj. > _________________________________________________________________ Dont miss out on jobs that are not advertised. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/47510.asp Post your CV on naukri.com today.

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Epistemology and Naming
by Tarun Gaur 22 Apr '04

22 Apr '04

Hi Ramanraj, My work primarily stems from trying to focus of abstract similarities and yet being able distinguish entities. Integrative pluralism is the key that, despite accepting the relativism of distinct place values, does so within a universalist framework. My work on epistemology is limited to exploring the domain of binding entities togather and its relevance to IT. Still, it was nice to read your mail the way you compiled it. Please write more on your work; it will be a great learning experience. regards, tarun _________________________________________________________________ Easiest Money Transfer to India. Send Money To 6000 Indian Towns. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/42198.asp Easiest Way To Send Money Home!

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RE: [Fsf-friends] Giving subject titles that describe content
by Senthil_OR＠Dell.com 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

-----Original Message----- From: Ramanraj K Subject: [Fsf-friends] Giving subject titles that describe content Senthil_OR(a)Dell.comwrote: >One request.While replying kindly keep the subject line >intact so that people (like me, who sort the mails in threaded fashion >using the Subject line) may keep track and enjoy the discussion. Your >subject line ofcourse relates to your content, but It would be a good ( >list) practise I believe. What do you say? > >Please thread using message-id. Gnus threads incoming mail correctly - please try using it. Anand Babu and RK Muthukrishnan have already shared their .emacs and .gnus.el files here and it should help to get started. This way, the archive indexes at http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/ are easier to refer in the future. Thanks for pointing me to that! Yeah, I see that Message Ids can be used. ( Will be figuring it out with Outlook Express and Evolution) But for the Mahesh. T.Pai's solution of using X-BeenThere header;it points to fsf-friends(a)gnu.org.in to mails in the list. I doubt if it can help in conversional track of the messages. The Message ID for that matter has some <number>@<yourisp> and has some logic of tracking. ( what logic?) If its simple leave it to me :), if it interesting, why not share across? Regards, Senthil

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Universal Distributed Naming !!
by Tarun Gaur 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

Hi Gurusami, Thanx once again. If you check RFC 2138 of RADIUS you will find again that it is a bit specific like LDAP. I will try and explain what i am looking for. I am developing a Distributed Naming Architecture as part of my reasearch work. The Beauty of this Naming architecture is that it will be able to hold information on any kind of entity, still be able to uniquely identify it in the Global Namespace. Now the catch is that this entity need not be related to any specific domain or stream !! I am a bit abstract but i believe it should make some sense. The implications of such a Naming structure is not difficult to understand !! Naming is the key to Discovery and Discovering is the key to Usage ... Usage is based on Trust .... its all woven toagather. Regards, tarun >From: Annamalai Gurusami <annamalai.gurusami(a)email.masconit.com> >Reply-To: annamalai.gurusami(a)email.masconit.com >To: "Tarun Gaur" <gaur_tarun(a)hotmail.com> >CC: imran(a)imran.info, fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Something more Generic and Distributed ... >Naming!! >Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:51:30 +0530 > >"Tarun Gaur" <gaur_tarun(a)hotmail.com> writes: > > > Yep LDAP is more specific. Infact I am looking at some ideas related > > to distributed secure naming architecture that could be applied in > > and out of virtual world. If anyone knows of any such work > > somewhere, it will be of great help. > >Does Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) protocol of >any interest? > >Rgds, >anna > >-- > >Time-stamp: <2004-04-08 09:56:03 annamalai.gurusami> > >Memtest86 is thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture >computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and >often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86. > > http://www.memtest86.com > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail on your mobile. Messenger on your mobile. http://www.msn.co.in/mobile/ Stay connected to what matters.

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Kernel Compilation !! Something like this ...
by Tarun Gaur 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

Maybe we could initiate some tech topics and post such articles on fsf-prog ... i am sure it will help ======================================================= How to Compile 2.6 kernel for RedHat 9/8 Mike Chirico Last Updated: Mon Apr 5 06:45:59 EDT 2004 The latest version of this document can be found at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/souptonuts/README_26.txt?download For configs ref: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=79320&package_id=1099… STEP 1: Download the latest version of the kernel and any patches. This documentation is done with linux-2.6.3, but look for later versions. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ Also take a look at http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt This has some useful hints on some of the changes needed. STEP 2: Download the latest version of module-init-tools "module-init-tools-3.0.tar.gz" and "modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm" http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/module-init-too… http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/modutils-2.4.21… STEP 3: Install module-init-tools. This will replace depmod [/sbin/depmod] and other tools. tar -zxvf module-init-tools-3.0.tar.gz cd module-init-tools-3.0 ./configure --prefix=/sbin make make install ./generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf STEP 4: Install modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm. You may get warnings about user rusty and group rusty not existing. Also, yes, you'll have to force the install. If you don't do these steps for both Redhat 9 and Redhat 8, you'll have problems with the make modules_install. rpm -i modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/modutils.spec rpm -Fi /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/modutils-2.4.21-23.i386.rpm STEP 5: Install and configure the kernel. Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! Reference the README. I put my files in /home/src/kernel/ gunzip linux-2.6.3.tar.gz tar -xvf linux-2.6.3.tar cd linux-2.6.3 If you have patches install these now: bzip2 -dc ../patch-2.6.xx.bz2 | patch -p1 STEP 6: Copy the appropriate /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs [kernel-2.4.20-i686.config, kernel-2.4.20-i686-smp.config] to .config in whatever directory you are installing. In my case it's /home/src/kernel/linux-2.6.3 cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config \ /home/src/kernel/linux-2.6.3/.config If you don't have the source configs, you can download them from here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=79320&package_id=109… I've also included a file config2.6-chirico which was a 2.6 version for some of my systems. This isn't a bad reference if you run into trouble. STEP 7: Assuming you copied the appropriate kernel-2.4 config to .config, run the following which will run through necessary questions for the 2.6 kernel. Or, you might want to use the config2.6-chirico...this has already been run through make oldconfig on my system, and I've answered the necessary questions for a general system. make oldconfig STEP 8: This is very important. Make sure you're .config has the following in it CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y You'll run into the following error if you leave this =m instead of =y: pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed This is because Redhat 9.0 and 8.0 use the ext3 filesystem for /boot ... STEP 9: Edit the Makefile and add changes to the Extraversion as desired. Patches will update these values as well. VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 SUBLEVEL = 3 EXTRAVERSION = -skim-ch6 STEP 10: make bzImage STEP 11: make modules STEP 12: make modules_install STEP 13: make install If you come across errors here, what version of "depmod" is being picked up in your path? Also, if you get a module not found, say the following: No module aic7xxx found for kernel 2.6.x Then, in /lib/modules/2.6.x/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/ cp aic7xxx.ko aic7xxx.o insmod should look for aic7xxx.ko ;but , it looks for aic7xxx.o If you still have trouble, make the following change in the .config CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y and go back to STEP 10. You also may want to ref kernel-2.6.3-i686-smp-chirico-aic7xxx.config in http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/souptonuts/configs-0.3.tar.gz?download STEP 14: mkdir /sys STEP 15: /etc/rc.sysinit needs to be modified. Look for the following line: action $"Mounting proc filesystem: " mount -n -t proc /proc /proc and after this line enter the following: action $"Mounting sysfs filesystem: " mount -t sysfs none /sys Here's my /etc/rc.sysinit for reference: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/souptonuts/rc.sysinit.txt?download Be very careful at this step. Backup the /etc/rc.sysinit file. Thomer [http://thomer.com/linux/migrate-to-2.6.html ] also added changes to /etc/fstab. I only had to do STEP 16 below. STEP 16: Add the following to /etc/fstab for usb support. /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0 STEP 17 (CHECKING EVERYTHING): Check the following: a. The new image file should be installed on boot and there should be sym link to it. My latest kernel is 2.6.3-skim-ch6, and I got the "-skim-ch6" from the values I put in the Makefile, so I see the following: _________________________________________________________________ Post Classifieds on MSN classifieds. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/44045.asp Buy and Sell on MSN Classifieds.

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Lets revive fsf-prog !!
by Tarun Gaur 21 Apr '04

21 Apr '04

Or we could lay down some tutorial or something alike for the newbie's to get a headstart and a gradual progression. What do you say Anand? tarun >From: Anand Babu <ab(a)gnu.org.in> >To: "Rakesh \"arky\" Ambati" <rakesh_ambati(a)yahoo.com> >CC: Tarun Gaur <gaur_tarun(a)hotmail.com>, fsf-prog <fsf-prog(a)mm.gnu.org.in> >Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Compiling HURD .. Lets revive fsf-prog !! >Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 04:25:25 -0700 > > >,----[ Tarun Gaur <gaur_tarun(a)hotmail.com> ] >| > Let me initiate a technical discussion out there ... I have couple >| > of friends who are very eager to start working on HURD but they have >| > no idea on how to go about compiling their own kernel from >| > scratch. Is there someone who is real good at it and can help the >| > newbie's out .... >`---- >If they don't know how to compile the kernel, they are probably not >ready for hacking GNU HURD yet. I very much recommend them to start >with submission of new-feature and bug-fix patches for existing Free >Software projects. > >http://savannah.gnu.org/people/ has a list of "Projects Needing Help" > >If they are already a free software contributor and a newbie, I won't >recommend kernel hacking in the first shot. > >,----[ "Rakesh \"arky\" Ambati" <rakesh_ambati(a)yahoo.com> ] >| When we started working on building FSF-Bangalore chapter,this was one >| of the issue that came up.We here at bangalore planning to hold >| meetings regularly wherein users (experts & newbie's alike) can >| bring-in their box's and get their problem's sorted out. >| >| We can even arrange special interest talks on topic's like using or >| programming GNU/Hurd. >| >| May be we can even build a digital library of free software.If someone >| wants a copy of GNU/Hurd he can burn it there for a nominal charge. >`---- > >Mridul Jain <mridul.jain(a)californiadigital.com> has good understanding >of GNU/HURD OS and its inner workings. He is in Bangalore and has >helped me fix critical bugs in my HURD RPCI project. He would be glad >to help. > >-- >Anand Babu >Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org> _________________________________________________________________ Easiest Money Transfer to India. Send Money To 6000 Indian Towns. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/42198.asp Easiest Way To Send Money Home!

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