Linuxers January 2007

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Gnome under KDM possible?
by Sachin G Nambiar 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

If you install kde over gnome does it overwrite gdm? i mean does gnome work under kdm? I went through a few links under google but none could give me an answer! Or do the display managers work exclusively as in Gnome by default uses gdm whenever you log into gnome and kde uses kdm whenever i log into KDE? Sachin G. Nambiar

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problems with installing ubuntu on an intel ggc based machine Please help.
by krishnakant Mane 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

hello. I had the shock of my life today. I had previously mentioned about a server installation I have to do. I don't find it will be any problem after the feedback I got about fedora. however there is another case which is really very interesting. I am trying to install gnu/linux on a machine with a seluron 2.8 processor and an intel ggc 2 motherboard with ati radeon display (the board is the latest intel mobo) if the case was a very streight forward case I would never have a problem in changing the distro. but I got the following interesting results. 1. ubuntu 6.06.1 (dapper) booted nicely with every device driver but display resolution was very bad probably 640 by 480. 2. ubuntu 6.10 was even more interesting. it did not boot at all on a machine with the same ggc 2 mother board with a seluron processor but booted very well on the same mobo with intel p4 3ghz processor. 3. fedora core 5 did not show up the graphical installer but I managed to install it without any desktop like gnome or kde. so the best part was on all computers ubuntu 6.06 aka 6.06.1 booted without proper display. and ubuntu 6.10 did not boot on the same ggc motherboard with seluron 2.8 processor and booted perfectly well with the same mobo with a p4 3 ghz processor. another small thing although it might not mean any thing. on the seluron and ggc mobo combination 256 mb ddr2 ram is available and on the p4 with ggc mobo 512 ddr2 ram. what shockes me time and again is that how 6.06 boots on every machine being older and 6.10 is so inconsistent. secondly 6.10 not just booted but gave perfect display (umm well at least 800 by 600) on a ggc with p4 and did not boot at all on other seluron machine with same mobo? Please sort out this problem and suggest the perfect distro. Krishnakant.

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[Comics: Dilbert] Interesting
by പ്രവീ ണ്‍‌| Praveen എ|A 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/070125/cx_dilbert_umedia/20072501 Cheers Praveen -- Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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gnu/linux compatible interactive applications for children
by Abhishek Daga 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

Hi, I am running ubuntu dapper drake and works well for my needs. However now the time has come to introduce some interactive applications for toddlers. Its a long shot but are there any such media companies or specific applications that will run on my system? Examples of such CD/DVDs can be: 1) Learning alphabets and numbers 2) Nursery Rhymes 3) Click n paint and so on. I do have wine installed where i run IE6 and other exe applications. In parallel i will try and install some of those apps and see if it works, but in the meantime if anyone can supply me with some known-to-work names or feedback, I'll appreciate it. Thanks Abhi ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 45, Issue 129
by C.E. Hariharan 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

> > Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:Funding is not for GLUG members. It is for > students. What types of students are included eg:undergrad,postgrad,professional courses,...? are engg students allowed? :) Regards, Easwar

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suggest a TV tuner card
by manish mallan 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

Hi, i have AMD 64-bit machine runing Ubuntu (Dapper). i want to make it into a media centre pc can somebody suggest me which TV tuner card to go for?

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Core2 Duo on Linux.
by Rony 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

Hello All, I came across this article on linux for Core2 Duo. http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/22/0415251 What does the author mean by the statement thats quoted below? "Since we have a new core in this review, I decided it was prudent to pull out both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Linux. We wanted to find out where Core 2 shows the most performance and how it did versus AMD in each mode. The table below shows the compile options for each OS and processor type. I didn't go all out and be over-aggressive here. It was important to compile the applications for each specific processor type but not be too aggressive and cause instability." What compilation has he done? Is he actually compiling the kernel or packages or does he give the specific commands at boot prompt? Could someone briefly explain the process? Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ 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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Re: Debian trends and future distros
by Kartik Mistry 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

On 1/27/07 Rony <ronbillypop(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > There are CD isos too but I don't know which iso contains what packages. Please install popularity-contest package to get your favourite package in earlier CDs! > Gnome in Etch is a bit buggy. Its printer tool allows you to select and > choose printers but at the final 'Apply' button, the entire process > vanishes into thin air. You are back to square 1 Please report the bug! > Another bug with gnome is that its automatic NetworkManager applet > initially detects the connection established but after a reboot or two, > it does not even detect the network device. All this while network is > actually working and giving internet access. Please report the bug!! Thanks. -- Regards, --------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | kartikmistry.org 0xD1028C8D | kartikm.wordpress.com ----------------------------------------------------

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File Deletion
by neelam 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

hi, I want to delete files older than a particular date or older than a particular no of days. the command i used for this is on a usual linux machine was- find /dir -type f -mtime +7 | xargs rm -f ( also i used a combination of "touch" and "find" which too worked fine) now my problem is i have to perform the same task only in C (without using shell script ) as the device for which i m writing this module has its own small linux kernel and hence doesnt support many commnads like "find" , "more" ,"mv" etc .......... i am aware of the remove() function in C but how do i get the date a file was last modified and then delete it ??? Any solution / suggestions will b of great help to me ........... thnx .......... --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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Lack of IDE suooprt on 965 mobo.
by Rony 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

Hello All, Yesterday when I was searching for core2 info on the net, I came across complaints that the Intel 965 board PATa (parallel IDE port) is not detected by the Linux distros and the alternative is to use a SATA CD ROM or usb install. Even Dinesh J. had mentioned it. My query is that why does a distro need to understand or talk to the IDE or PATA port controller chips when the port itself is a universal port with pins dedicated to power, read, write, address and data? Shouldn't the BIOS be the interface that takes communication _internally_ between the port and its controller chip? Another point is that why is the old XP SP2 2002 edition able to talk to the _new_ PATA controllers on 965 while the new linux distros cannot? Is there a windows specific command structure secretly available between M$ and the BIOS manufacturers? Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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