Linuxers October 2006

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Ubuntu mirror in India@IITM
by Aparna Appaiah 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

Dear linuxers, I wanted to inform you that in addition to having a Debian i386 repository, http://ftp.iitm.ac.in now also has a Ubuntu i386 repository. It is also an official mirror of kernel.org. The Ubuntu repository is at http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/ubuntu Regards, Aparna -- Aparna Appaiah

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need a tally alternative on gnu/linux.
by krishnakant Mane 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

hello jtd, Abhishek, kenneth and other friends on the list. I could have specially sent this email off list to those whose names I mentioned at the top. but I want more people to read this email for spreading awareness because what I am going to ask is a new subject for me as well. I need an accounting software that falls under the FOSS model. it should compeet with Talli so that even common business men will use it. I remember Abhishek telling me the other day that probably Kenneth has done some work in this direction. the good news for me from what he further told me is that it is in python. kenneth, is that true? can I get your source code so that I too can work on it or may be even improve it? regards. Krishnakant.

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] PPPOE config problem at boot
by bimal pandit 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Dear Osric, On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 osric fernandes wrote : >On 10/22/06, Dinesh Joshi <dinesh.a.joshi(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>How is the DNS configured? Prolly the DNS servers aren't getting >>configured. > >I have entered the Primary and Secondary DNS IP addresses in the >respective fields under the DNS tab of system-config-network. Is there >some other way to set it? > >-- >Regards, >OSRIC XAVIER FERNANDES > >-- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers You can also use "/etc/resolve.conf" file and could make entries as nameserver 202.138.103.100 nameserver 202.138.96.2 regards, Bimal Pandit

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PPPOE config problem at boot
by osric fernandes 22 Oct '06

22 Oct '06

Hi all, I am using Fedora Core 5 and I am connected to the internet using a cable broadband connection (Exatt net that is provided via a local cable provider in chembur called worldnet). I have configured the connection using system-cofig-network by first creating an Ethernet connection that uses static ip. Running pppoe -A gives me a list of access concentrators in which worldnet001 is mentioned (this is same as the service name that I use to create a pppoe connectoid in winxp using raspppoe). Next, I created an xDSL connection in system-config-network. I made the appropriate settings and I am able to connect. However the problem occurs whenever I boot my system. At booting it shows me Bringing up interface ppp0 [ OK ] But when I try to browse sites I am not able to do so. If I open system-config-network it shows that the device ppp0 is active. If I deactivate it and reactivate it, then I am able to browse websites. I am not able to understand why the link doesn't come up at boot. It used to connect at boot previously, but then I tinkered with some settings and I don't know what I did, but I am not able to get it to connect it at boot. Please give me your suggestions. Thanks in advance, Regards, OSRIC XAVIER FERNANDES

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Re: Training in Linux kernel internals and programming
by Roshan 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

"Arun K. Khan" wrote: > Depends on the experience of the person in the field > s/he is > researching. An analogy to this is the packet switched network (Internet). A packet has its headers,(source and destination), along with necessary information (its data), but to reach the destination, each router has to route the packet through the best possible way, where the router has the knowledge of how the network is. Dinesh Joshi wrote: > Research inherently is without guidance. Therefore, A packet, may not on its own reach anywhere it wants. Though, we may assume, the packet themselves will become intelligent, in the near future, to have all information contained within itself. With respect to the OP, and the subject line, "Understanding the Linux Kernel", Oreilly Publications, is a good book. -- http://sankoobaba.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: Training in Linux kernel internals and programming
by Roshan 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Shakthi Kannan wrote: > The Internet and the Free/Libre/Open Source > Community? http://www.kernelnewbies.org Dinesh A. Joshi wrote: > Research is dead in this country :( Or possibly, there aren't enough guides for research. --http://sankoobaba.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: Where Redhat Linux 9.0 created a big problem!
by Roshan 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Dinesh Joshi wrote: > Yes. And the behavior is quite justified for a > server class OS. The OS > didnt halt, did it? It prevented XOrg from starting > so that further > complications could be avoided. I know it may not be > the best way to > tell the user that you shuold replace the mouse but > still... :P The OS didn't halt. It prevented the X from starting. But I see this as a *big* problem for not so, technically inclined users. In Windows, usually, Windows 98 would pop up a message saying the mouse isn't detected or something of that sort. However, the normal user still has the GUI and can find out some way to work out. Redhat Linux 9.0, left only the konsole to run, leaving a normal user helpless. -- http://sankoobaba.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Where Redhat Linux 9.0 created a big problem!
by Roshan 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

This isn't a big problem as such for me. But for windows users, moving to GNU/Linux (or GliNUx) possibly could be. My mouse failed working properly, tonight and I was really surprised to see what redhat linux 9.0 was trying to do. Somehow, there was a dependency in starting the console mouse service, which failed, and in turn, disallowed the X to start :( It asked me to attempt starting the X, and I tried a few times, assuming it would start without the mouse. It failed, and I quit. Shut the system, replaced a mouse (yes, I had a spare, won at a computer quiz competition in Ruia College ;) ) and restarted, and everything started working fine. Now, since it was Redhat Linux 9.0, I assume the OS is older and would consider the non-availability a big issue and avoid starting the GUI. However, do _newer_ and _different_ distro's face the same problem? -- http://sankoobaba.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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FlashPlayer 9 beta available for Linux
by Arun K. Khan 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

FWIW FlashPlayer 9 beta available for Linux: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html -- Arun Khan

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Ask Bono To Stand With Us Against DRM
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Hi, Defective by Design ( http://wwwdefectivebydesign.org ) is running a campaign encouraging Bono to take a stand on DRM will send a powerful message. Its your chance to be a prt of this campaign by signing the petition. We have reached about 5000 signatures and we are looking at 10000. So pass it on to your friends as well. <quote> Dear Bono, You have dedicated a major part of your life's work to fighting for good causes, bringing pressure to bear on the powerful and political elite to effect positive change. In the same way that you have called for action from world leaders, we now call upon you to look at the facts surrounding Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), and join us in demanding an end to handcuffs on technology and culture. </quote> Read the full petition and sign http://defectivebydesign.org/petition/bonopetition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono Regards Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Linuxers October 2006