Linuxers March 2002

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e2fsck script
by sachin 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

is there any method by which i can automate the scandisk or repaing disk program e2fsck ro fsck so that it will automatically repair my file system without nay user interaction (Fix ?yes) . what are the changes to be make to /etc/rc.sysinit plz help me out sachin -- sachin(a)mediaibc.com Mi

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] RMS's Program
by Nikhil Joshi 08 Mar '02

08 Mar '02

From: "Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:42 PM > and Bombay (Mar 23rd evening) 8-O where is Bombay? ,-} _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: 2 Qs
by Vinay Pai 07 Mar '02

07 Mar '02

> 1 - technical - is it possible to load >1 distros of linux? Yes. Try to put /home on a different partition so you can share your files/personal configs between distros. Also ensure that your username->UID mapping is same on all distros. Do this by editing the /etc/passwd file after creating the new (non-root) users. (You DO create a non-privileged user, don't you?) > 2 - how many of v luggers have been able to completely do away with > M$ OSes and its array of applns - IE, Office, etc? personally, i run > win2k and rh7.1 ... but routine chores happen on M$ ... are most > luggers that way ... or am i in the minority here? it would be great > to get some stats on this esp fm people who belong to a staunch > linux community ... I do most of my regular work on Linux. However, I do use M$ for wordprocessing and games. I have never used IE even on Windows (although I have run it under Linux with Wine, just for kicks)... I use Opera AbiWord is decent for basic stuff like hacking out a simple letter etc., but is really very inadequate for anything beyond that. I haven't used Kword. I used to use StarOffice 5.2 for a while but it was very slow and buggy. Anything slower and buggier than M$ software is a VERY bad piece of software. I haven't used the latest staroffice, though. For image editing, The Gimp rocks. X-Fig is great for drawing figures. Its got a rather tacky and kludgy interface but is very powerful if you spend 30 mins figuring it out. X-CD Roast is generally adequate for burning CDs, but can't write multisession CDs E-mail handling is miles ahead on *nix than anything Billy Boy can ever dream of.

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wasted space during cd creation
by Rohit Ramesh 07 Mar '02

07 Mar '02

Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe <sam_buddhe(a)yahoo.com> wrote ... > IIRC, xcdroast can creat multi-session CD's; it even tells you how much > space will be wasted per session and all that. Only thing is that the > interface to do that isn't provided up front; you have to click on a > couple of tabs to reach there. I havent been able to figure out why space is wasted while writing a cd .... shouldn't you be able to burn close 650 or 700 mb ?? ( depending on 74 or 80 minute cds ) Software like Nero Burning ROM report the extra space as " file system overhead " .... what does that mean ? Thanks in advance Regards, Rohit. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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internal modems in Linux
by Rohit 07 Mar '02

07 Mar '02

>>I've heard that Linux doesn't support internal >>modem .... >>Is that true ? Nope, I use a Motorola SM56 Internal modem ... am using Red Hat 7.1 .... and am facing no problems at all.... Rohit. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/

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hosts.swp
by pavan sharma 07 Mar '02

07 Mar '02

Hi. can i delete this file. How this file is generated.Or if i delete i will not lose my hosts file? Reg pavan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/

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2 Qs
by |= n I y A N T =| 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

hi folks, i would be glad to recv ans to these Qs, one of them is technical, the other just pure inquisitiveness ... 1 - technical - is it possible to load >1 distros of linux? 2 - how many of v luggers have been able to completely do away with M$ OSes and its array of applns - IE, Office, etc? personally, i run win2k and rh7.1 ... but routine chores happen on M$ ... are most luggers that way ... or am i in the minority here? it would be great to get some stats on this esp fm people who belong to a staunch linux community ... a *nix newbie, ny _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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by N.Manohara Kurup. 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

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sspearheading the movement
by Trevor Warren 05 Mar '02

05 Mar '02

Dear Luggers...... yesterday after consultation with dr.nagarjun i hav mailed u a modified version of the draft proposed by Mr.lakdawala of fsf india. The draft according to him proposes to take Free SOftware to the masses by introducing the concept of Free SOftware in all the schools and colleges all around india. We second this opinion of his and i would like to personally thank him for putting down the proposal in such a neat format for others to make use of. From the perspective of the lug, we would like to propogate/market Free Software and also make it our aim to introduce Gnu/Linux to the various budding students all over india. Thus in this initiative of our i would like to start with all the Engineering Colleges in and around bbay and Maharashtra. Just recently we concluded a very very FRUITFUL trip to Rajaram Bapu College Of Engineering, Kolhapur which saw the Dr.Nagarjun nd the others delivering 3 quality dayz of trainin nd introduction on Free SOftware and Linux to 70 buddin engineers......soem of whom hav even joined the ILUG-BOM mailin list. For the 1st workshop, i spent close to 6000/- from my pocket which later was re-imbursed by the college authorities. I tool this liberty since i knew the college management personally. I know the comercial part out here is tricky......nd the lug has had a bad xperience leavin it with a sour taste in it's mouth. But if i am goin to co-ordiante these workshops on a routine basis i expect some financial support and backing. After pondering abt it for sometime, dr. nagarjun suggested that we could dash the feelers/letter to the various colleges all over bombay,Maharashtra nd after havin comfirmed dates in hand abt the event propose to the FSF abt our initiative. FSF then agress to sanction some funds for us to further the cause and we carry out the preps. I further would like to mention another of dr.nags suggestion. We could also conduct a few commercial workshops asap and garner some funds enough for us to continue with our cause in spreading the word of Free SOftware......Nd this time around we'l take the precautions to prevent us burnin our fingers the way we did last time. Pliss enlist ur comments...so that we can hav a final letter drafted and a core set of volunteers i can bank upon for logistics, event management and speakers for the workshops. Last time dinesh, parag, navin had volutneerd to come along.......Letz get kickin and get the ground work done. Trevor Warren ===== ( >- LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com \ (/ | |_|_ \ Urgent ->9820349221(a)maxtouch.co.in / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

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(no subject)
by prashant wamanrao arbat 05 Mar '02

05 Mar '02

Hi, Linuxers, second mail from long time. I resentelli found the mandrack 8.1 but I have only one cd. During the installation of some utilities it ask for second cd. But I don't have it can you tale me where i get it second CD. Also it does not play vedio sond or pictures of .dat extention I want best player for this where I can found it

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