Linuxers August 2001

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Engineering Software
by Aarjav Trivedi 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

Hi Philip would you mind forwarding the list to me since it might be helpful the workshop, i study in an engineering college. thanks Aarjav __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Cyrix, AMD cpu
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

>I plan to do a course in c, c++ and unix. Any good institutes that you know >of. NCST.exams are held in January every year.forms are available from november onwards. >Also, any good books you recommend. for c use kernighan and ritchie.other books are venugopal-prasad, schaum series. for c++ use thinking in c++ by bruce eckel..available online at www.cse.iitb.ac.in however people also use Robert Lafore, Balgurusamy etc. Nikhil D. Kikkeri 2949 Apartment 32 Binkley Avenue Dallas TX 75205 214-369-5894 Also at ------- nikhil(a)engr.smu.edu idlidosalover(a)hotmail.com nikhil_k(a)flashmail.com Website ------- http://nikhilkikkeri.fanspace.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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C, C++, Linux was Cyrix, AMD cpu
by noel seq 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

>From: Harshal Patil <harshalpatil(a)caltiger.com> >>NCST.exams are held in January every year.forms are available from >>november onwards. >I didn't find any courses on c. c++ or linux on their web site. >or am i missing something? I checked out with NCST. They no longer have specific courses for c, C++ and unix. I am not aware about linux. They have only long term courses, a year and above. Noel. Gnu/Linux registered user #226476 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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C, C++, Linux was Cyrix, AMD cpu
by noel seq 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

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new 2.4.7 kernel doesn't boot
by Satya 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

I get this, right after it uncompresses: Invalid compressed format (err=1) and the system halts. Kernel 2.4.7, Lilo version 21, Lilo in Linux root partition, under 1024 cylinders, IDE drive. 2.2.x gives no trouble. -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> US-bound grad students! For pre-apps, see <URL:http://quickapps.cjb.net/> I can't believe my computer's on fire.

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Netscape 6.1 without Java?
by Satya 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

I installed Netscape 6.1 on Linux, and Java seems to not work. It used to work on Netscape 4.x. I looked in the netscape install directory: [satyap]~$ l /14/usr2/netscape/java/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 5 5115 wheel 4096 Aug 10 10:58 classes/ drwxr-xr-x 5 5115 wheel 4096 Aug 9 22:21 classes.old/ [satyap]~$ The classes directory has several jar files and files called font-properties* Also, the Netscape directory: [satyap]~$ ls /14/usr2/netscape/ chrome/ libgtkembedmoz.so libplds4.so regchrome component.reg libgtksuperwin.so libxpcom.so regxpcom components/ libgtkxtbin.so libxpistub.so res/ defaults/ libjsj.so mozilla-bin run-mozilla.sh icons/ libmozjs.so netscape searchplugins/ install.log libnspr4.so netscape.cfg splash.xpm java/ libnssckbi.so plugins/ systemSignature.jar libgkgfx.so libplc4.so regExport xpicleanup [satyap]~$ -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> US-bound grad students! For pre-apps, see <URL:http://quickapps.cjb.net/> WWW: World Wide Wait

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HP DeskJet 640c Series on RH 7.1?
by rdkoli＠excite.com 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

I have configured my HP DeskJet 640c Series (USB) on PCQ RH 7.1 using HP 648 as my drivers in PCQ RH 7.1. While test printing it frm linux it prints correct, but when i try configuring frm my win98 clients it results in garbled prints. Can some1 pls suggest me what should i do? BTW, i have upgraded my orginal kernel 2.4.2 to 2.4.3.12, to get the USB port recognised of the printer. Ratnakar _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

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suggestions for linux workshop
by Aarjav Trivedi 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

hello guys We have an ieee tech workshop in my college in October. I want to do a Linux workshop. While one of the things it would include is Linux installation, that is a little bit commonplace, i need your suggestions for 1) How to make the workshop interesting for newbies (Most wouldnt know any thing about Linux) 2) Which are the places where Linux can outdo Windows, more precisely how do i answer the question "Why is Linux better than Windows for me ?" when asked by an average joe who probably can get a pirated Windows CD as easily as a free Linux CD and who probably doesnt care about 99.99% uptime except that he doesnt like the frequent crashes on his windows machine. theres still time for the worskshop, its in october so do drop in suggestions even if they strike u after a few days. thanks bye aarjav __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Possible spam hole in mail servers
by Philip S Tellis 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

Please try this on your mail server. I have already tried it on many servers, including postfix and sendmail. All are vulnerable. telnet mailhost 25 helo hostname mail from: <> rcpt to: user@mailhost data ... the important things are - 1. the mail from address is blank: <> 2. the rcpt to addresses are within the mail servers domains so relay is not a problem This allows spammers to send mail using a null return address. In the mail, the address gets translated to MAILER-daemon. To fix it in sendmail, go down to ruleset 3, search for a line that starts with R<> It should look like this: R<> $@ < @ > MAIL FROM:<> case change it to this: R<> $#error $@ 5.1.3 $: "User address required" That should block anonymous senders. Any idea why this is allowed (there is a special rule to allow it) at all? Philip -- Repel them. Repel them. Induce them to relinquish the spheroid. - Indiana University fans' chant for their perennially bad football team Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis

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Reminder: ACM Seminar, LISP/CLOS, Thursday 30/8, SNDT Juhu campus..
by Durgesh D Rao 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Dear Colleague, This is to remind you of the following event. Please note that the day and venue are different from the usual ACM seminar -- the day is Thursday, and the venue is SNDT Santacruz/Juhu. Regards, - Durgesh, for ACM Mumbai ACM Seminar Thursday, August 30, 2001 - 6:00 p.m. Title: A fresh look at LISP and CLOS Speaker: Durgesh D. Rao (NCST) Venue: Dept. of Computer Science, SNDT, Juhu Campus, Juhu Tara Road, Opp. Lido Theatre, Santacruz (W), Mumbai 400049. (ph. 6606648) Abstract: LISP has traditionally been regarded as an esoteric, "AI" language, and hence largely ignored by the programming community. What is not widely appreciated is that LISP, and its OO extension, CLOS, are general-purpose languages that are elegant and powerful, and are used in a number of important non-AI applications due to the many advantages they provide. Moreover, LISP and CLOS have pioneered several crucial ideas that are slowly finding their way into mainstream languages such as C++ and Java. In this seminar, I will try and illustrate those key features of LISP and CLOS that make them interesting and useful as languages for rapid prototyping and dynamic OOP. About the Speaker: Durgesh Rao is a Research Scientist in the KBCS division at NCST. He enjoys using LISP, and likes to share this joy with others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Durgesh D Rao (DDR) | Email: durgesh(a)ncst.ernet.in Research Scientist, KBCS Division | Ph: 6201606x372(w), 7563437(r) National Centre for Software Technology | Fax: +91-22-6210139 Gulmohar Rd 9, Juhu, Mumbai 400049, INDIA.| Web: www.ncst.ernet.in/~durgesh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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