Linuxers January 2005

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Filenames that starts with dot are not hidden in SuSe
by Sachin A Chavan 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Dear luggers, I have SuSe 9.1 installed on my machine. I dont want to see the filenames started with dot (as output of ls command). Red Hat does it by default. How it can be done in SuSe ??? Thaks in advance. -- Sachin Chavan (Linux Addict)

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Availability of cheap linux CD's
by Ninad 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Hi I mentioned 'cheap' in my subject line because this is the way I have found it advertised on sites and infact discovered a site which provided for the same. unfortunately this site has stopped distributing cheap cd's. I would not mind paying a reasonable amount for a linux CD. My first mainstream distro Slack 8.0 which I used way back in 2002 was ordered from GT systems the 4 cd pack it cost me around Rs.2800/-. In the current scenario one can download the files (on a fast connection) and burn the CD and make them available at an affordable cost. This will enhance the spread of linux in India. Even many a times in this list someone asks for some distro cds there are hardly any replies. Anyone with relevant links please post it here. Thanks Ninad

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Thunderbird
by Rony Bill 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Dear Friends, The Mozilla Thunderbird email client really rocks. I downloaded the windows as well as the linux version and both install and work fine. The win version directly imported all my settings, mail and addresses from OE. It is a tough competition for OE in terms of features (security issues aside). The linux version does not import from other than mozilla. It does not recognise evolution. But there were 2 important features that this has and were lacking in evolution. One was that there was no clipboard interface (copy/cut/paste) in the messages in evolution so messages could not be transferred to other text editors but it is full functional in thunderbird. Another is *****It Prints***** messages. It needed a little tweak and print quality is not so good, but atleast now I can get hard copies. Taste the Thunder. www.mozilla.org Regards, Rony.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Home network (connecting 2 pc's)
by Sameer Niphadkar 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 Ninad wrote : > >Hi > Recently I bought a new motherboard and assembled a PC. >The config is Intel P4 2.4ghz D845GVSR 256mb RAM,on board sound card,Dlink >external modem. Thats cool >I used the HDD and cd rom drive of my old pc (a branded IBM PC) for the new >one. ok >I am duall booting Win XP and Slack 9.1 ( i am I'm sorry for not getting this one, you mean you have a dual booting system on the new PC right ? >Now I have this pc as a spare PC for which I bought a HDD(40 gb) and also got >a crossover cable. The old one...isn't it ? >This Pc has a config of Celeron 500mhz 64mRAM 40gb HDD no CDrom No floppy >drive. >I want to connect these two PC's >My questions >1.Can I make this old PC a linux only box (dual/triple boot Linux only) and >connect to my dual boot new PC. this means that my primary partition should be >linux native. yes you can do that by a serial link >2.If (1) is possible then how do I load linux in this PC which has no Cd >rom/floppy drive. You may kickstart your Linux Installation by configuring your 1st machine as a NFS server and make the directories from the installation CDs available to the client (old machine) in the /etc/exports. If you do not have the floppy drive on the client you mave have to copy and mount the boot image as well from the server. That would be a little off the way. >3.Which distro will be suitable as a primary distro. (i do not have problem if >there is no GUI am comfortable with CLI) Any Debian based GNU/Linux >4.Alternately I can create a Fat32 partition and load may be Win 98SE Why do you want to do that when you have plenty of Free OS at your disposal ? >Any replies would be appreciated >Thanks >Ninad > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Availability of cheap linux CD's
by Janakiraman, Bhargava (Institutional Securities Management) 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

> which advertise cheap linux Cd's but most are located outside Maharashtra none in mumbai or >nearby. Can anyone help Require FC3,Slack10,Debian Sarge,K12ltsp. The other day I was checking out the footpath CD sellers near Churchgate and I found that they were selling Linux as well!!. They charge approx 50 bucks per CD. So if FC2 has 3 CDs they charge 150 bucks. And there is room for bargaining I guess. You might try this option.... Cheers Bhargava -------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited.

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Home network (connecting 2 pc's)
by Ninad 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Hi Recently I bought a new motherboard and assembled a PC. The config is Intel P4 2.4ghz D845GVSR 256mb RAM,on board sound card,Dlink external modem. I used the HDD and cd rom drive of my old pc (a branded IBM PC) for the new one. I am duall booting Win XP and Slack 9.1 ( i am Now I have this pc as a spare PC for which I bought a HDD(40 gb) and also got a crossover cable. This Pc has a config of Celeron 500mhz 64mRAM 40gb HDD no CDrom No floppy drive. I want to connect these two PC's My questions 1.Can I make this old PC a linux only box (dual/triple boot Linux only) and connect to my dual boot new PC. this means that my primary partition should be linux native. 2.If (1) is possible then how do I load linux in this PC which has no Cd rom/floppy drive. 3.Which distro will be suitable as a primary distro. (i do not have problem if there is no GUI am comfortable with CLI) 4.Alternately I can create a Fat32 partition and load may be Win 98SE Any replies would be appreciated Thanks Ninad

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how to run a function (set of command) with find -exec
by Bilal Ahmed Mazhar 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Dear All If I run a "find option(s) -exec cmd {} \;" it executes a single command successfully. But if I want to run a set of command (i.e custom shell function) defined in script it doen't work. Please refer my query with psedo shell script defined below ------------------ #!/bin/bash MyFunction() { cmd-1 cmd-2 cmd-3 | | | cmd-n } find / -type f -exec MyFunction {} \; -->MyFunction is the name of function defined above ------------------ I can have an option to separate commands with semicolon, but consider the list of commands is very long and it can not be accumulated in a single line of the find comand. Any answer is desparately awaited. bye... Regards, Bilal Ahmed Mazhar

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Home network (connecting 2 pc's)
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

I second this.. this is what I did. Later I put both my drives in my new machine and shared the older CDROM which the old box can use for reading media. This is one thing I managed to set up. Gishu -----Original Message----- From: linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in [mailto:linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in]On Behalf Of Kenneth Gonsalves Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 7:15 PM To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Home network (connecting 2 pc's) On Friday 14 Jan 2005 10:15 am, Ninad wrote: > My questions > 1.Can I make this old PC a linux only box (dual/triple boot Linux > only) and connect to my dual boot new PC. this means that my > primary partition should be linux native. yes > 2.If (1) is possible then how do I load linux in this PC which has > no Cd rom/floppy drive. remove the cddrive from your new pc, put it in the old one, install. After installation and networking you can always access the cd drive over the network -- regards kg tally ho! http://avsap.sourceforge.net -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Home network (connecting 2 pc's)
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

You just got yourself one helluva job there... I did the exact same thing.. I chose to keep my trusty old PII and bought a new heavy box with all the frills. Hey why throw a perfectly good thing + it was my first m/c :) I had Win98SE on the old box and XP on the new one. I also got the crossover cable and setup my Lan Cards now you are neck deep in ####. Both of them just didn't want to talk to each other. Cutting this story short, I ran the Home Network wizard over and over and over and finally one really bright day, I could see my XP Share in Win98. (Please remember this needs the Guest account to be activated on the XP box) Otherwise Win98 is shut out. Still XP can't see the 98 box... god knows why (XP I believe came out later than 98 or am I in a time warp ???) I haven't dared touch my current setup Then another really bright day, I got the bug of setting up Linux on the 98 box. I had the dream of surfing in Linux. I took out my RHL 8.0 Cds. To my great surprise I found RHL 8 won't install on XP after some desperate posts. On my 98 box, it just skimmed over in an hour. Now comes the sticky part, RHL 8.0 detects my modem but can't "activate" it. I haven't managed to get back to my adventure... Pull up your socks man .. it's a rocky road ahead. Do let me know if you manage to get it all up. I will know that atleast one guy on this planet has set up a home network in 2005 without having the sudden craving for a Colt 45 Gishu -----Original Message----- From: linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in [mailto:linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in]On Behalf Of Ninad Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 10:16 AM To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Home network (connecting 2 pc's) Hi Recently I bought a new motherboard and assembled a PC. The config is Intel P4 2.4ghz D845GVSR 256mb RAM,on board sound card,Dlink external modem. I used the HDD and cd rom drive of my old pc (a branded IBM PC) for the new one. I am duall booting Win XP and Slack 9.1 ( i am Now I have this pc as a spare PC for which I bought a HDD(40 gb) and also got a crossover cable. This Pc has a config of Celeron 500mhz 64mRAM 40gb HDD no CDrom No floppy drive. I want to connect these two PC's My questions 1.Can I make this old PC a linux only box (dual/triple boot Linux only) and connect to my dual boot new PC. this means that my primary partition should be linux native. 2.If (1) is possible then how do I load linux in this PC which has no Cd rom/floppy drive. 3.Which distro will be suitable as a primary distro. (i do not have problem if there is no GUI am comfortable with CLI) 4.Alternately I can create a Fat32 partition and load may be Win 98SE Any replies would be appreciated Thanks Ninad

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[semi commercial] Linux CDs
by swathantra software 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Dear Sir, With pleasure we offer you the following latest GNU/Linux CDs. These CDs are ready to deliver immediately after receiving order. In case you need other specific free/open source packages, we can arrange that also on request. We look forward your valuable order. Mandrake 10.1 official Rs.220/- FEDORA CORE 3 -set of 4 Cds.Rs.220/- Fedora Core 3 64 bit -set of 4 Cds RS.250/- Mepis -set of 2 Cd Rs.120/- Knoppix 3.7 Rs.75/- Debian Sarge (test) Rs.40 per CD Debian 3.0r3 ( 7cd set) - Rs 480 K12LTSP-latest (4 cds) -Rs 260 Gentoo -Latest 2004.3 -2 Cds Rs.130/ Add Rupees 10/- for shipping charges by ordinary post. If you want delivery by courier, add courier charges extra Payments by DD/MO.( Draft/cheque in favour of s2s2, Cannanore Or Sujeevan.P,Cannanore) Payment by cash on delivery (V.P.P) is also available at extra cost. Payments thru UTI Bank also possible. For ordering please contact by mail or telephone. Sujeevan. P S2S2, 33/876,Brigade center,Ground floor, Near Prabhat Complex,Fort road, Kannur -670001. Kerala,India. Phone: Off 0497-2761182 Resi : 0497 -2790811 cell :09447449107 Email: s2s2service(a)gmail.com Web:http://s2s2net.netfirms.com

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Linuxers January 2005