Linuxers September 2003

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] i810 Framebuffer
by linuxdev 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

>I can't get my framebuffer parameters to work on my >system. I tried putting I could get intelfb working for 2.4.22... haven't tried it with 2.6 Actually the module for intelfb doesn't get installed with modules_install. Has to be copied separately. The additional parameters to the kernel bootline video=intelfb:800x600-32@85,accel=1,hwcursor=1 where 32 is the bpp, 85 is freq. *Please note that this is not documented as the driver is still in experimental stage.* I got the params from the source. probably the same would go in 2.6 too. C Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets on Air Sahara Flights at Prices Lower Than Before. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now!

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training
by pramila 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Hello, Is there any training center in mumbai where i can get training for linux / RHCE ? Pramila --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

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Name resolution speedup
by Tushar Shah 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Hi, Well I am student and my college provides us with a lease line connection for the internet . The problem is that we use DNS provided by the BSNL . Thus whenever I have to resolve for a site it take lot's of time . Thus I would like to setup a small dNS server on my machine so that all the lookups I have done so far are cached and I don't need to go up to BSNL DNS . Is there anyway I can do it if yes Pls point me to such a location on the net .I have read DNS howto but couldn't understand much out of it . bye Tushar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mumbai Visit from London
by Aseem Rane 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

what you could do is to come over to my office on monday evening, say at about 5pm or so, then I can call the GLUG members there, where we can meet informally and exchange ideas. My contact details are given in the sig. -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/ Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai 400088 INDIA. Ph: 091-22 25567711 Res: 091-22 22804604 Fax: 091-22 25566803 M: 9821550469 Is this meeting confirmed? I would like to attend but can reach Mankhurd only by 7:00. Regards Aseem

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broken NIS clients
by Shashank Ashtikar 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Hello friends, I recently ran an upgrade on my system which is debian sid(most of it) during the upgrade I noticed that libc6 version is also being upgraded . After the upgrade I noticed that my machine rejects any NIS login. It allows login through local accounts though. I have attched two sections of auth.log file here user shashank is a NIS user. If I do ypcat passwd or passwd.byname I get the entire passwd db from NIS sever. also ypwhich points to correct ypserver. We have only one NIS server on the network and no NIS slaves running. My experience with NIS is not very vast. I went through google but those docs did not help me much. version of libc6 running on the system is 2.3.2-3 version of nis on system is 3.9-6.3 ========================================================================================== Aug 29 00:33:53 gnu PAM_unix[2172]: authentication failure; (uid=0) -> shashank for ssh service Aug 29 00:33:55 gnu sshd[2172]: Failed password for shashank from 158.144.42.200 port 35335 ssh2 Aug 29 00:34:02 gnu PAM_unix[2172]: check pass; user unknown Aug 29 00:34:04 gnu sshd[2172]: Failed password for shashank from 158.144.42.200 port 35335 ssh2 Aug 29 00:34:12 gnu PAM_unix[2172]: check pass; user unknown Aug 29 00:34:15 gnu sshd[2172]: Failed password for shashank from 158.144.42.200 port 35335 ssh2 Aug 29 00:34:15 gnu PAM_unix[2172]: 2 more authentication failures; (uid=0) -> shashank for ssh service Aug 29 00:34:32 gnu PAM_unix[2174]: check pass; user unknown ========================================================================================== Aug 29 17:19:13 gnu login[12149]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on `tty1' FOR `shashank', Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. Aug 29 17:19:20 gnu PAM_unix[12149]: (login) session opened for user matrix by LOGIN(uid=0)Aug 29 17:20:02 gnu PAM_unix[12150]: authentication failure; LOGIN(uid=0) -> root for login service Aug 29 17:20:05 gnu login[12150]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on `tty1' FOR `root', Authentication failure Aug 29 17:20:08 gnu PAM_unix[12150]: (login) session opened for user root by LOGIN(uid=0) Aug 29 17:20:08 gnu login[12150]: ROOT LOGIN on `tty1' Aug 29 17:20:24 gnu PAM_unix[12172]: check pass; user unknown Aug 29 17:20:24 gnu PAM_unix[12172]: authentication failure; LOGIN(uid=0) -> shashank for login service Aug 29 17:20:26 gnu login[12172]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on `tty1' FOR `shashank', Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. ========================================================================================== Any help is apreciable Shashank

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i810 Framebuffer
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Hi, I can't get my framebuffer parameters to work on my system. I tried putting them into /etc/modules.conf (options i810fb vram=4 and so on... ) but i still have to give the parameters everytime I need to modprobe. I finally settled with mentioning the parameters in /etc/modules (assumed that each line would probably be concatenated with modprobe call) and it worked that way. But I want a 'legal' way out. I'm using the 2.6.0-test4 kernel with i810 framebuffer installed as module. Also, on a seperate topic, has anyone got modconf working with the 2.6 kernel? (debian users). Regards, Siddhesh.

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advice from RMS
by kunal bharati 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

i asked RMS this when I had just finished seminar in college(virar) : Can you suggest me what activities we should be in now. If you write to fsf-wg(a)gnu.org.in, they can suggest a number of activities. One vital activity is training people to the point where they can begin developing free software that will be of use globally. User groups in developing countries are always tempted to focus on activities that are useful exclusively for people in that country--but remember, the free software you use exists because we focused on activities that would be useful world-wide. Naturally you may want to work on localization and local popularization, but don't let that make you forget to contribute to the global stock of free software. It would be good also to aid efforts to insist on free software in Indian schools. Giving kids copies of Windows is like giving them tobacco--it's a plan to make them addicts when they grow up. And in general, please work on political organizing. Tell Indian voters that a good way to recognize politicians who can resist influence peddling is to pick the ones who firmly support free software. If they could resist Microsoft's influence peddling, they can resist anyone's influence peddling. Posting this message on your web site could be useful for spreading the word. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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mount a folder within a file sys??
by rahul revo 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

hi, i have copied the contents of the red-hat 9.0 installation cd's to my hdd.(/tmp/Shrike) i would like to use the red-hat gui based package installation tool. but the gui application searches for the the red-hat disc to be present in the cdrom. i guess i need to mount a folder within a filesystem onto a directory (ie /mnt/cdrom). if by a miracle what i said is right how can it be done.. or is there any other way to work around this? thanks rahul

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Software for the Blind
by Prakash Advani 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Does any one has any experience with Linux software for the Blind? I came across emacs speak which is a screen reader for emacs. Are the similar ones for Gnome/KDE or any other window manager? Regards Prakash -- Prakash Advani <prakash1(a)netcore.co.in> Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd. ---------------------------------------------------------------- NETCORE SOLUTIONS *** Ph: +91 22 5662 8000 Fax: +91 22 5662 8134 MailServ: Email, IM, Proxy, Firewall, Anti-Virus, LDAP Fleximail: Mail Storage, Management and Relaying http://netcore.co.in Emergic Freedom: Linux-based Thin Client-Thick Server Computing http://www.emergic.com BlogStreet: Top Blogs, Neighborhoods, Search and Utilities http://www.blogstreet.com Rajesh Jain's Weblog on Technology: http://www.emergic.org ----------------------------------------------------------------

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gcj error
by rahul revo 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

hello all, 1.i tried to compile a java file (Prime.java) using gcj but got the following error.>> $ gcj Prime.java --main=Prime -o Prime /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz collect2: ld returned 1 exit status i am using red-hat9.0 on a pentium machine. do i have to change some parameters or install some rpm? thank you rahul

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