Linuxers September 2006

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Problem Installing Red Hat 9.0 on Sata Hard disk
by hemendra jain 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Dear Iluggers, PC configuration : P4 3.06GHz with 915 intel original motherboard of 102GCc type with 512MB RAM and 80GB SATA hard disk I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux 9.0 when Im inserting the bootable linux cd i get this warning..... "no hard drives have been found.You probably need to manually choose device drivers for the installation to succeed.Would u like to select drivers now? YES NO if YES then it goes into asking for the driver if NO then it goes on with linux installation aftr selection of mouse it asks for manually or automatic partition to which i select manually with disk druid to which i get the warning as "An error has occured-----no valid devices were found on which to create new file systems.Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem..." Rgds, Hemendra Jain

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Resizing NTFS with GParted
by Nadeem M. Khan 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

Hi. I have a 100 gig drive on my notebook. 85 gigs is ntfs, remaining space is used by the recovery partition (fat). I need to resize the ntfs partition to about 40 gigs and install linux on the remaining 40. I burned a live cd of gparted and booted from it, but it shows an exclamataion mark next to the ntfs partition. "Cannot read contents of this filesystem. Only limited functions available." I cannot shrink it any further than 8 MB. Gparted allows me to shrink the recovery partition (fat) without issues. Any ideas? Any alternatives to gparted with better ntfs support? Regards, NMK.

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initialising a file at bootup
by Pradnyesh Sawant 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

hello, there is a file in /proc which i want to initialise to a particular value at bootup (i have root access to the concerned system); googling suggests that i should do it using a startup script. is the script being referred to "/etc/inittab"? is there any other script file which i can use for this purpose? if there is, then what might be the pros and cons of using that script file over inittab? -- warm regards, Pradnyesh Sawant -- More important than what i am, is what i want to be! --Dumbledore to Harry in HP2

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Suitable distro for an old computer?
by Mrugesh Karnik 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Hi, My neighbour is sick of his Windows 98 and now wants Linux on his desktop machine too, after using Kubuntu on his laptop. His is an old P3 566MHz computer with 96MB RAM. He needs to play videos, mplayer will do. For music, I need suggestions for a lightweight mp3 player. He needs something WinAmp-ish. Amarok, he loves, but its too heavy. I hate xmms and I heard bmp is not being developed these days.. I'm thinking about trying out XFCE and if it seems heavy, Fluxbox will be the default. Now the question about the distro arises, because I need all the above mentioned packages in the repository of that particular distro. Also, the packages need to be compiled for i686 rather than pentium4, like Fedora is these days, if i'm not mistaken.. Should I try out Xubuntu? Or do you have suggestions for some other distro? -- ---------------------------------------- Mrugesh Karnik GPG Key 0xBA6F1DA8 Public key on http://wwwkeys.pgp.net ----------------------------------------

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[OT] Local cddb service
by Nachiketa Sadhu 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Hi, Can I have a local CDDB server without installing the about 3GB database of free cddb data? I want a local server to serve only my group of computers, and have the data for my collection of CDs. I have nothing against freecddb, but have problem accessing it through institute proxy from some applications. A how-to or a pointer will be very helpful. Thanks and regards. N. Sadhu -- Thanks and regards. N. Sadhu

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Re: Re: Re: Directional Radio Signposts. (Anurag)
by Vic Cris 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Anurag said: > > Rony wrote: > > > > I was looking for working solutions and found that > some one else too has > > thought of this technique in a similar way. > > > > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4654573.html > > > haha! your plans of world domination is trashed now If anyone on the list contributing ideas on world domination would like to meet informally this afternoon, we are getting together at HBCSE at 5 pm - this is in advance of the formal meeting set for the 16th, which I will not be able to attend. -- Vickram ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Directional Radio Signposts.
by hemendra jain 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Dear Rony, >Nowadays wireless device frequencies are in GHz. so that should be >ideal to build a mini pocket size parabolic antenna for directional >reception. What type of assistance are you looking at? To begin any project, a lot of details regarding the technical and management aspects have to be resolved. And so the project requires people with similar exp. to form a team. Things could start taking shape once the team is formed. So, we require to forma team first. Count me in. Rgds, Hemendra Jain

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NTFS read/write support in Linux
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

http://lunapark6.com/?p=1710 NTFS-3G is a driver which provides read/write support for NTFS in 32-bit Linux systems. It has FUSE as a dependency. However I have not tried it personally so can not vouch on the results. Cheerio, Debarshi -- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. - Darrin Weinberg

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porting of ie specific code to firefox
by Trevor Warren 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Hello Guys/Gals, One of me colleagues at work just called to check if i had a solution on an IE to firefox porting issue. Glad to know that commercial applns are now being forced the firefox way..:D. Will mention the challenge in brief : > 35000 html pages > javascript written for IE > DOM based on IE What would be the best way for me to port this IE based application to firefox such that we can use it from Linux as well as MS???. Are there any automated tools/parsers that i can make use of??. Secondly, the other through process i had in mind was...if the first part isnt feasible can we build plugin the IE javas script and DOM model support into firefox as a plugin. This sounds ambitious but am just trying to explore some options out here where none seem to exist. Thanks in advance guys. Trevor -- ___________________________________ ( >- / Scaling FreeSoftware & OpenSource \ -< ) /~\ / In the Enterprise \ /~\ | \) \ | www.fsf.org | www.opensource.org | / (/ | |_|_ \____________________________________/ _|_| An eye for an eye will soon turn the world blind - MKG "You cannot see me, yet I am the light you see by. You cannot hear me, yet I speak through your voice. You cannot feel me, yet I am the power at work in your hands. I am at work, though you do not understand my ways. I am not strange visions. I am not mysteries. Only in absolute stillness, beyond self, can you know me as I am, and then but as a feeling and a faith. Yet I am here. Yet I hear. Yet I answer. -anon "

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] pirates of silicon valley
by Vic Cris 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

> > From: "Trevor Warren" <trevorwarren(a)gmail.com> > Guys, Glad you used this appellation - the movie has insights on some of our 'icons' that are truly reprehensible behaviour re the women in their lives. > > Just checked out this movie which most of you are > familiar with called, > "Pirates of Silicon Valley". Its a must see for > those who wanna know the > truth behind the so called icons of Silicon Valley. > Gory Stuff!!!!. Not sure about the truth - but it is an eye-opener for sure. And the actors they chose not only play the roles brilliantly but actually look a lot like the real persons. What a fabulous job! Everyone in IT should see this film. > Anyone who would like to get this pls drop me an > email offline. And > anyone who has movies/documentaries worth a look(& > grab) please drop me a > line too!!!. Is this FOSS with a difference? But while on the offtopic, a posting from the FOSS evangelist in Pakistan (Fouad Riaz Bazwa) on another list talks about a new DRM movement that will make 'lending' and 'copying' of multimedia titles for personal consumption less contentious and illegal. --- Vickram ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Linuxers September 2006