Linuxers December 2005

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ILUG meet report.
by Rony Bill 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

Hello Everyone, The report for today's ILUG-BOM meet has been posted on the meetup site. Please follow the link below. :) http://linux.meetup.com/371/boards/view/viewthread?thread=1611128 The next venue will be Five Gardens at Matunga on 14th January at 4.00 PM. Exact garden location will be posted later. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Open Source Software distribution.
by GT 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

hi all, I joined this list pretty recently, and already feel that users face problems in procuring Open Source Softwares. And as I understand downloading from internet can be a very painstaking experience, for most of people. Being a linux and open-source enthusiast myself, I am offering my services to everyone who feels like having some help at hand. If one is ready to bear the cost of the _Physical media_ (CD/DVD/Flash drive/HDD :) ) just ask me for _any_ open source ware covered under GPL, and you will get it. Feel free to call me at 9323804279 for any Open Source need:) cheers! Gaurav

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Using [GNU]Linux with Kids from 3 to 7 -- an introduction
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

The Community-Linux Training Centre: Practice Briefing 2 Using Linux with Kids from 3 to 7 – an introduction By the Free Range Comunity-Linux Training Centre Project, CLTC-P02, version 1.1, December 2004. email: fraw(a)gn.apc.org web: http://www.fraw.org.uk/cltc/ Using computers with kids can be problematic. On Windows machines problems arise when they start fooling around with system files or donâ €™t respond appropriately to warning messages. By contrast, the greater security provided by Linux means kids can play, largely unsupervised, with little risk to the system. This briefing looks at various aspects of using Linux with kids – both in terms of software and playing with hardware. Gnu/Linux is a really good computer operating system – especially if you like playing with networks or programming languages. But there is one area where both the resources available with Linux distributions, and the efforts of the Linux support community to provide assistance, are a little thin – using Linux with young children. This briefing has been developed to address this shortfall in support. The development of this briefing has not been a formal study. It has emerged as a result of the experience gained in studying how two young children (right) have been able to learn how to use the computer, and the functions of the graphical desktop. What follows is therefore a documentation of the knowledge gained from observation rather than an in-depth study. It is also the reason why this briefing is limited to the ages three to seven. However, it is hoped that the idea presented here will spawn other projects to provide support for the use of Gnu/Linux with young children.... http://www.fraw.org.uk/pubs/cltcpb/cltc_pb-02.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India Independent Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 [] Check out my bookmarks at http://del.icio.us/fredericknoronha ... [] Links to many subjects, specially Free Software in education. -- Copylefted. Knowledge is power; share it equitably! -----------------

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 32, Issue 57
by Vivek Rai 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

> > > >> org.in is about 400 bucks a year > > I will be willing and glad to help.

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Multiple errors ? hardware related
by spavri＠vsnl.com 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Hi, Sorry for the somewhat vague subject. also sorry for the rotten formatting, I am using webmail just now. I have a new (as in a couple of months old) machine. The specs are: 2.4 G P4, i845 integrated graphics card, 512 ram, 500 mb swap, 80G hdd, 15 inch Sony tft monitor. I have FC4 and Kubuntu 5.10 on the machine. The problem I face is that every once in a while, the X server crashes. In FC4 I am back at the graphical login prompt. In kubuntu I just lose the display completely and I have to shutdown. This can happen as frequently as once evry 5 or 10 minutes :( Sometimes I get kernel panic messages when the Xserver crashes. Another thing is that in FC4, both Firefox (upgraded to 1.0.7 from fedora updates) and Opera crash very frequently. Also Gkrellm crashes suddenly. I goolged for Xsever crashes w/ i845 on google. It seems to be an old problem (end 2004). The solution was to recompile the kernel to include the i915 driver, but it is already in the kernel and is seen as being found in Xorg.log. free shows 0 swap though the entries in /etc/fstab are correct. On bootup it does show as enabling swap. I am at my wits' end, the hardware chappie as usual is no help. I've run memtest but with no errors coming up. I can provide any more info as required. regards, Sharukh.

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Wherez the meet?
by Navin Dhanuka 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Hi, Wherez the meet ? -- Navin Dhanuka Homepage & Blog @ http://www.navin.ind.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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error - missing config.h in kernel sources
by हष॑ल (Harshal) 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

hi, i am trying to upgrade the driver e1000. for which i have to rpmbuild the driver to make an rpm. this is what i did, i am runnig kernel version, 2.6.14 (installed via rpm running on FC4) then i downloaded latest e1000 drivers sources from intel's website. then i did, rpmbuild -tb e1000-6.2.15.tar.gz gave me an error that version.h is missing, googled for it, and got the answer, had to do, make include/linux/version.h in kernel sources dir. but after that if i again give that, rpmbuild -tb e1000-6.2.15.tar.gz gives me following error, make: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/e1000-6.2.15/src' Makefile:101: *** Linux kernel source not configured - missing config.h. Stop. make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/e1000-6.2.15/src' error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.39817 (%build) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.39817 (%build) I tried searching for what this missing config.h is. but in vein and hence this post. any help is badly needed. Thanks

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Problem with printer in Debian sarge
by mehul 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

Hi friends, Today I tried to configure my printer - Canon znu i255.Debian found the printer properly.For installing drivers I searched the net and found some drivers for i250. This is the output I get when I type make:- make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mehul/Desktop/Downloads/bjfilter-2.3-0' Making all in src make[2]: Entering directory `/home/mehul/Desktop/Downloads/bjfilter-2.3-0/src' gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../include/cncl -I../include/misc -O2 -c bjfilter.c bjfilter.c:30:18: popt.h: No such file or directory In file included from bjfilter.c:45: bjfimage.h:31:20: tiffio.h: No such file or directory In file included from bjfilter.c:45: bjfimage.h:93: error: syntax error before "TIFF" bjfimage.h:93: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union bjfimage.h:114: error: syntax error before '}' token bjfimage.h:114: warning: data definition has no type or storage class bjfimage.h:117: error: syntax error before "char" bjfimage.h:118: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration bjfimage.h:119: error: syntax error before "char" bjfimage.h:120: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration bjfimage.h:121: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration bjfimage.h:122: error: syntax error before "short" bjfimage.h:123: error: syntax error before "long" bjfimage.h:124: error: syntax error before "long" bjfimage.h:125: error: syntax error before "short" bjfimage.h:126: error: syntax error before "short" bjfimage.h:127: error: syntax error before "double" In file included from bjfilter.c:50: bjfilter.h:46: error: syntax error before "BJF_IMAGEINFO" bjfilter.h:46: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union bjfilter.h:57: error: syntax error before '}' token bjfilter.h:57: warning: data definition has no type or storage class bjfilter.c:67: error: syntax error before "LPCNCLPAPERSIZE" bjfilter.c:69: error: syntax error before "LPBJFLTDEVICE" bjfilter.c:71: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c:72: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c:73: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c:74: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c: In function `main': bjfilter.c:129: error: syntax error before "lpbjinfo" bjfilter.c:153: error: `lpbjinfo' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:153: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once bjfilter.c:153: error: for each function it appears in.) bjfilter.c:153: error: syntax error before "malloc" bjfilter.c:156: error: syntax error before "lpbjinfo" bjfilter.c:156: error: syntax error before "lpbjinfo" bjfilter.c:156: error: syntax error before "lpbjinfo" bjfilter.c:156: error: syntax error before "lpbjinfo" bjfilter.c:156: error: syntax error before ')' token bjfilter.c: At top level: bjfilter.c:383: error: syntax error before "lpbjinfo" bjfilter.c: In function `MakeBJPrintData': bjfilter.c:426: error: `lpbjfltdevice' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:436: error: `lpbjinfo' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:491: error: `lpcnclpapersize' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:625: error: `lpbjfltcolor' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c: At top level: bjfilter.c:1176: error: syntax error before "lpbjinfo" bjfilter.c: In function `set_position_parameter': bjfilter.c:1182: error: `lpbjinfo' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:1218: error: `lpcnclpapersize' undeclared (first use in this function ) bjfilter.c:1220: error: `lpbjfcom' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c: At top level: bjfilter.c:1344: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c: In function `SetPrinterFd': bjfilter.c:1346: error: `lpbjfinfo' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c: At top level: bjfilter.c:1350: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c: In function `ForkLgmon': bjfilter.c:1352: error: `modelname' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:1353: error: `dispname' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:1363: error: `lpbjfinfo' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c: At top level: bjfilter.c:1396: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c: In function `WaitLgmon': bjfilter.c:1401: error: `isPrint' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c:1404: error: `lpbjfinfo' undeclared (first use in this function) bjfilter.c: At top level: bjfilter.c:1415: error: syntax error before "lpbjfinfo" bjfilter.c: In function `WaitPrintUi': bjfilter.c:1419: error: `lpbjfinfo' undeclared (first use in this function) make[2]: *** [bjfilter.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mehul/Desktop/Downloads/bjfilter-2.3-0/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mehul/Desktop/Downloads/bjfilter-2.3-0' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 ============================================ I even tried to install some drivers that are presented by debian. But, using those drivers, the print jobs are sent to print queues and it shows as completed though the printer hasn't even responded. I even tried logging in as root and trying all this out as an last ditch attempt before posting here.

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codecoolies meet
by Kenneth Gonsalves 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

interested??? http://codecoolies.in -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally ho! http://avsap.org.in ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க!

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Splitting A DVD image
by Puneet Lakhina 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

hi all, Is there anyway i can split a DVD iso image of a distro onto a number of CDs so that the anaconda or whatever installer automatically asks for the next disk as it normally does. Thanks, Puneet

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Linuxers December 2005