Linuxers September 2005

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R-connect LSP350R
by Rony Bill 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

Hello All, I got myself an LG LSP350R (reliance) and tried to modprobe it using the 3 different commands but none of them seem to have a module suitable for the new lsp350r that uses a usb cable. The configure system in Mandrake 10.1 shows an LG usb modem but no modules installed. Anyone has successfully tried out this new phone using kppp? Just for the information of everyone, the cable available in the ...express shop did not work but a Cheetah brand cable costing only Rs. 300/- works fine. It was bought from a shop in Ville Parle East, Nehru Road. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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A million rupees in prizes... Collabnet is hiring... India's listed user groups touch 139...
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

IT MIGHT BE a bit too late to talk about an August-datelined issue of a magazine, but ... better late than never. Just to highlight some of what one found interesting in the AUGUST 2005 issue of Linux For You magazine. Send in your comments and feedback to lfyedit(a)efyindia.org INDIA IS BEGINNING to contribute to the global FLOSS pool, and thereby erasing the stain of being just a net taker rather than a net contributor. Results are just in from the first Code Scholarship challenge, initiated by the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KreSIT), IIT Bombay, and Red Hat India. It is designed to encourage FLOSS developers in India. Some 2000 students registered. Finally, 34 teams bagged awards. First was VPS 1.6.0 (Virtual Private Server) developed by the Army Institute of Technology, Pune. Next was Octave-GTK by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli; and ranked third was a College Information System, developed by the Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad. Prizes totalled a million rupees in all (Rs 10 lakh!) * An advert from Collabnet says it is hiring people with over five years experience in developing or testing web-based enterprise applications. See http://www.collab.net/cspl.html * Multi-boot your system with dual hard disks. Install and experiment with multiple distributions on one system, which has two hard disks. * Sri Lanka is having a series of major Free/Libre and Open Source Software events. See http://www.fosssl.org * Mandrive Limited Edition 2005. * Intel Compilers 9.0 for Linux * Communication between independent processes by FIFO. * An interview: Jim Stallings, general manager Linux of IBM. * Working with databases in Mono. See how to connect to and query a database in Mono, as it can communicate with almost all FOSS and commercial databases. * BEA brings Java onto Linux. * vsftp -- securing your data behind seven walls. * Easy database development using Rekall. * JCodeFlow, debugging made easy.By Raja RK * Apache for PHP Developers (Part I). By Nirav Mehta. * Sunbird and iCalendar. Sharing calendars. By Reuven M Lerner, courtesy Linux Journal. * Administering Linux Systems. By Sanjay Gupta, Novell, Bangalore. * Network Simulator: an open source design and testing tool. Aniket Jain. * Object creation and garbage collection in Java. By Lakshmi Narayanan N of HCL Technologies. * Blocks functions in Ruby. By Premshree Pillai. Technical Yahoo! * XML Python Part II. By Anand Pillai, H-P India. * Backups in a Snap with rsnapshot. Nilayam Sharma.Silicon Valley. USER GROUPS IN INDIA: Currently, the list spreads over two pages (a few which I tried to check out had bad links though). From 80+ the number of LUGs, FSUGs and GLUGs has grown to 139! Next challenge: let's keep them active! FOR NEWBIES: * Learn how to use Mozilla, the popular Web browser, to find information on the Net. * GIMP, a great image enhancement tool. Get exposed to GIMP and design whatever you want to. Brief updates: * PHP 4.4.0 is released * Qt 4.0 is now available * Firefox 1.5 on its way TOP TEN [GNU]LINUX GIZMOS: Motorola E680i [1] smartphone with 2GB storage camera and touch-screen; Samsung's multi-functional device called the Minikit [2] (camcoder, digital camera, MP3 player, voice-recorder, memory stick and Web cam!); Archos' Pocket Media Assistant PMA400 [3] with a 30GB hard drive, wireless Internet connectivity and direct video recording capability from TV; and Sony Ericsson's robotic camera ROB-1 [4] packed with a VGA camera and four LEDs. There's also the TomTomGo [5], Linux-based in-car GPS navigation system; Jentro Technologies GmbH (Germany) Jentro Car [6] central technology platform for the network and control of in-car functions of a Mercedes; Citizen Watch and IBM Research's WatchPad [7]; Smartvue home security and surveillance system [8]; all-in-one AmstradE3 videophone [9] (to send email, SMS/MMS messages, surf the net and videoconference); GNU/Linux-powered broadband terminal/IP phone [10] from MontaVista. EMBEDDED LINUX gadgets are doing great in Asia, specially in Japan, China and Taiwan, where major players like NTT DoCoMo and NEC are endorsing the GNU/Linux OS. Encore Software Ltd, the makers of the Simputer http://www.ncoretech.com and signup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simputer announced recently plans to launch another GNU/Linux handheld called Mobilis, a "mobile desktop". Mobilis family of products includes Mobilis STN, Mobils TFT and Mobilis SofComp. The first two are tablet computers, that can bridge the gap between PDAs and laptops. SofComp is a low-cost desktop. THIN DOWN ON [GNU]LINUX: Linux may be struggling to break Microsoft's stranglehold on the desktop, but the thinner, leaner and meaner thin clients based on the [GNU]Linux OS are fast becoming the choice of both public and private enterprise. Some popular GNU/Linux thin clients are HP t5525 and t5125, Neoware Capio One and Eon, Netvoyager Lithium LX-104- and LX-1030 and LX-1020, Wyse Winterm 5150SE. SOFTWARE ON THE CDs: MRBS or Meeting Room Booking Schedules; Alfresco for content management, Firefox, Xine, ackerTodo (Web-based to-do list manager), XMMS, D4X (download manager), BMDFM (binary modular dataflow machine), GIMP (GNU image manipulation programme), Pavuk (to mirror contents of WWW documents or files), Pundict (open source Punjabi dictionary for the Windows platform), PyPE (Python programming editor for the Windows platform), pxlib (simple and small C library to read and write), LibGTop (fetches system related info like CPU load, memory usage, etc), Xandros 3.0 OCE, easy to install. [1] http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,103,00.html [2] http://www.samsung.com/za/products/camcoder/minikit/avphh100b1e.asp [3] http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500595_specs.html? sid=j22323o2byk3sy3bcksky4 (long URL) [4] http://www.sonyericsson.com/rob1/main.asp?LangID=1 [5] http://www.tomtom.com/ [6] http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7438726816.html [7] http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/ngm/index_e.htm [8] http://www.smartvue.com/ [9] http://www.armstrad.com/e3_intro.html [10] http://www.mvista.com/ FN

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[COMMERCIAL] Programmer required
by Rohan R. Almeida 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hi, I'm looking for a programmer with hands-on experience in development on Linux. Freshers can apply too. Must have (or be willing to learn) the following: 1) Perl 2) PHP 3) Good understanding on how the internet works (technical i.e. HTTP, SMTP, DNS, etc..) 4) Write code under strict guidelines, coding standards and specs. 5) Willing to hustle 6) Knows the way around a Linux system (Fedora) 7) Good communication is a must Please contact me off-list for more info and send your resumes too! Thanks, Rohan

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[OT] FirmWare update for DLink ADSL 502t
by Arun K. Khan 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

FWIW, V2 FW (20050530) is available for the DLink 502t modem/router used by MTNL TriBand ADSL service. http://www.dlink.co.in/dlink/drivers/support.asp# Click on "Firmware" and search for 502t in the list of products displayed and download the file. The file is in .rar format and you need MS Windows to apply the new firmware. The unpacked .exe is a Windows app that uploads the firmware embedded within it. As always, ensure the router and your PC are powered by a functional UPS - to avoid any problems in case of power loss. This version's web admin interacts well with Firefox unlike V1. It has VPN (and more ...) functionality although I have not checked them out yet. Caveat emptor - update at your own risk. -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) As I was going up Punch Card Hill, Feeling worse and worser, There I met a C.R.T. And it drop't me a cursor. C.R.T., C.R.T., Phosphors light on you! If I had fifty hours a day I'd spend them all at you. -- Uncle Colonel's Cursory Rhymes

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Searching the Internet.
by Varadarajan V 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

Hi, www.searchlores.org <http://www.searchlores.org> - One of the best websites for learning about searching the Internet. The site explains a lot about different search engines and techniques for getting what what we want from the Internet. I don't know how many of you know this website. Definitely a good one. Regards, Raj

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A Frenchman, and maps ... in the South Pacific
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

A Frenchman, and maps ... in the South Pacific Franck Martin [1] is a Frenchman based in the South Pacific. (You might have noticed his sense of humour on the trip to Angkor Wat.) As a Wikipedia contributor, he's described as someone "checking mainly the pages of the Pacific Islands and updating when neccessary. Promotion of wikipedia in Pacific Islands." But what's more interesting is his Tikimaps [2] work. http://www.iosn.net/events/fossap-2005/blog/franck Mapserver, says Franck, is a tool, for "bringing data to all stakeholders via Internet and Opensource Technology". It promises the tools for e-government, good governance, transparency, sustainable development, asset management, disaster management and security.... provided we have the political will for that. To see what's possible, visit some of these sites from the distant (from us!) South Pacific islands of Tonga [3], Fiji [4], Tuvalu [5], Kiribati [6]. Franck sees many advantages in using Free and Open Source software. These include sustainability, licenses (Internet licences are expensives), software support, no "black box" phenomenon (where we don't understand the technology we use). It also allows you to rely on standards and support many file formats (not vendor dependent). It is reliable. And secure too, provided the administrator cares for it. For more links on what uses Tikiwiki can be put to take a look at the Tikiwiki Community Portal [7]. Uses include uses in educational context [8], using the mobility features of WAP browsing or for use with a PDA [9], and, of course, Franck's interest of maps [10]. -- Frederick Noronha [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Franck_Martin [2] http://maps.tikiwiki.org/ [3] http://www.lands.gov.to/tiki/tiki-map.phtml?mapfile=tonga.map [4] http://map.mrd.gov.fj/tiki/tiki-map.phtml?mapfile=viti.map [5] http://map.tuvalu.tv/tiki/tiki-map.phtml [6] http://map.gov.ki/tiki/tiki-map.phtml?mapfile=tarawa.map [7] http://tikiwiki.org/ [8] http://edu.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php [9] http://mobile.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php [10]http://maps.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | fred(a)bytesforall.org Independent Journalist | http://fn.swiki.net Goa, India | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1995-2005: Ten years of waiting for community radio in India! To know more: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Linux compatible El-Cheapo PC
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

>>I need a *second* CPU for under 7-8K and I needed on some input on the >I have P III, 866 MHz, 128 RAM, 810e Motherboard, CAbinet and 52X >samsund CD Rom, floppy drivein working condition. You can get it around 7k. Nice try dude! btw if you find someone who actually agrees to that, let me know if he has a twin bro, I have a p2 400Mhz, 96MB SDRAM, 440 BX Mobo, cabinet and TV Tuner card, modem and soundcard (lan too) I was thinking I would be lucky if someone offered me 4 for all this. But you are an optimist

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Comedy !!
by Rony Bill 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Hello All, This month's Developer IQ is dedicated to linux and here is the disclaimer given below from its Linux software CD. "...DISCLAIMER.....This CD is programmed to run on Windows 95 / 98 / me / NT / 2000 / XP only." 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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need some perl code to display multiple command output
by BIJU KRISHNAN 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Hi, I need to display multiple command outputs on a single console, this is basically to display multiple outputs of commands like netstat, sar, vmstat on the same screen. dstat works but i need to script something to topas of AIX, it gives a screenful of output of various commands used for performance output. Would like some code in perl to do the same. rgds biju __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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root login in vncserver
by Varadarajan V 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Hi, I have a vncserver running in my FC4 pc. I connect to this pc from another pc where i use Slax Kill-Bill live cd. I use vncviewer for that. But is there any way to restrict root login because when I login to the vncserver it doesnt ask for a username. It just asks for password that I had set through vncpasswd. I could not find any config files in /etc. To my knowledge config files exist only in $home. I could not find anything in google. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Raj

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Linuxers September 2005