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Fwd: Announcement - CodeCampMumbai ( 17th - 18th Nov 2007 )
by Easwar Hariharan 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

>Subject: Announcement - CodeCampMumbai ( 17th - 18th Nov 2007 ) >Hi, > >If you enjoy coding, then you should participate at CodeCampMumbai >(17th & 18th of Nov). > >CodeCampMumbai caters to the community of CodeCampers, bound by the >"culture" of Hackathons and is based upon "open participative and >collaborative" nature of BarCamps. > >At CodeCampMumabai you code for 24 hours straight with like minded >people on ideas that interest you. > >Take a look at CodeCampMumbai wiki ( http://barcamp.org/CodeCampMumbai ) and >see what Campers will be coding. Contact the project coordinator if >you want to collaborate on the project. In case you have an idea, then >list it on the wiki, and be part of the camp. > >Date:: 17th - 18th Nov 2007 >Register at:: http://barcamp.org/CodeCampMumbai >Venue:: IIT-B Mumbai >Mailing list:: http://groups.google.com/group/codecampmumbai > >Regards, > >Ankur Gupta (http://uptosomething.in) >Akshay Surve (http://www.akshaysurve.com/blog) Regards, Easwar

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Fwd: [Ilugc] [Ann] FossConf Chennai feb08 is on
by Kenneth Gonsalves 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)thenilgiris.com> > Date: 7 November 2007 11:04:16 AM GMT+05:30 > To: ILUG-C Chennai <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > Subject: [Ilugc] [Ann] FossConf Chennai feb08 is on > Reply-To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > > hi > > We have decided on the name: FossConf. The name will be in three > parts: > > Name: FossConf > City: Chennai (this time) > Date: feb08 (this time) > > This leaves us a choice whether to hold it once a year or twice a > year, and also to change the city each time. The city and date for > the next FossConf will be announced at the end of the previous > FossConf. However, regardless of where and when it is held, the > scope of the conference - newcomers to foss, new speakers, new > contributors - in short 'Foss for the common man', will not change. > So now we move to stage two - publicity and getting the common man > to come to our conference - ideas/action please > > Please forward this info to other lists > -- > > regards > kg > http://lawgon.livejournal.com > http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request(a)ae.iitm.ac.in with"unsubscribe > <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/ > mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Linus' talk on Git
by Kumar Appaiah 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Dear Linuxers, When you get the time, please watch Linus' talk on Git at Google[1]. It helps if you have an idea of what Git is and why it's different from the other source (version) control systems around, though not necessary. This is a very informative discussion. It's about 70 minutes in duration. HTH. Kumar [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

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[Report] Etch-Kde Single CD Installation - Multimedia
by Rony 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hello All, Further to the earlier writeup about the Debian Etch KDE installation. This writeup refers to installation of multimedia support for Debian Etch KDE. The links were found from this site given below. http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/2812/how-to_setup_debian However it has a lot more stuff that may not be necessary so simply follow the following steps. Add the Debian multimedia repo to your /etc/apt/sources.list as given below. #multimedia deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main Then run the following 2 commands one after another. gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 1F41B907 gpg --armor --export 1F41B907 | sudo apt-key add - Then do a sudo apt-get update. After that install the packages using this command. sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2 liblame0 flashplugin-nonfree streamtuner xmms msttcorefonts banshee realplayer This is a long installation. Note that from the site, the totem-mozilla entry was removed as we don't use Gnome. Then install kaffeine using sudo apt-get install kaffeine. If apt returns errors then follow its instructions to run sudo apt-get -f install to correct broken package lists. Then run the kaffeine installation again. Once Kaffeine is installed, you system is now ready for multimedia playback. You can now play VCDS, DVDs and other media formats to your hearts content. Kaffeine will automatically detect a VCD or DVD and offer to play it. There is no volume control in the desktop so right click on the task bar and select 'Add applet to panel...'. From the list select 'Sound mixer'. After it is installed, right click on its icon and select 'Channels'. Remove the unwanted ones to keep the icon slim. The necessary ones are 'Headphone' and 'PCM' as they actively control your sound level. Now your system is ready as a desktop pc. Those new to Debian can simply follow the 2 writeups and get Debian Etch running in their systems with practically no problems. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Problem configuring yum and webcam in fedora 7 on acer 4710z
by Vidyadhar Bhise 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi, I have recently bought the acer 4710z laptop, with linpus linux installed. I formatted and installed Fedora 7 on it. The webcam (acer Crystal eye) was not detected thus i tried the script given on forums.....http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=169878 After this i started experiencing problems with yum and though webcam was detected, was not compatible with video drivers. The GUI of software updater also hangs most of the time. Internet connection on my laptop is taken from my windows xp desktop. and i am a newbie with linux. Please guide to restore yum and also regarding the webcam. thank you.

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Fwd: [Ilugc] CFP - FOSS Conference '08
by Kenneth Gonsalves 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Bharathi Subramanian <sbharathi(a)MidasComm.Com> > Date: 5 November 2007 4:52:15 PM GMT+05:30 > To: Indian Linux Users Group - Chennai <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > Subject: [Ilugc] CFP - FOSS Conference '08 > Reply-To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > The Indian Linux Users Group, Chennai[1] Chapter, in association with > NRC-FOSS[2], Chennai take great pleasure in inviting you to > participate in the FOSS Conference to be held at MIT, Chromepet, > Chennai from noon on Friday Feb 1st 2008 to noon on Sunday Feb 3rd > 2008. > > THE ORGANISERS > > ILUGC is one of the oldest lugs in the country and has been > continuously active since it was founded. It keeps a low profile and > specialises in grass roots work all around Tamilnadu (and in the > neighbouring states too). Under it's guidance, many lugs are active in > colleges and towns all around Tamilnadu. At the same time, ILUGC > members are in the forefront of the FOSS movement both at the national > and international level. > > NRC-FOSS, a Central Government Project, funded by the DIT and jointly > run by CDAC and AU-KBC, Chennai, for the past two and half years has > been actively promoting FOSS in the academic domain. It's main focus > has been getting FOSS introduced into the curriculum of Engineering > Colleges in the country. Also apart from encouraging student projects > in FOSS, it has been active in encouraging academia to release it's > work under FOSS/Creative Commons licenses. AU-KBC Research Centre, > MIT, Chennai has strengths in NLP, Bio-informatics, Wireless, > Cryptography and Embedded computing, much of which uses FOSS tools > and has released some of this research as FOSS. > > SCOPE > > The conference will focus on new users/contributors to FOSS. > > As Audience: First timers or newcomers. > > As Speakers: First time speakers. > > As contributors: Students who are doing their projects, academic > personal who have worked with FOSS tools but are yet to release their > work, and, of course, the huge surge of new users in the government > domain. At the same time, provide a forum for interaction for more > experienced developers who will be coming to the conference. > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > We invite participation in the following areas - in order of > importance. > > 1. Delegates to the conference. There is no fun in having a conference > if there is no audience. Our primary focus is on audience. Please > register as a delegate and encourage your friends to do so. We cannot > guarantee transport and accommodation, but if you have a group of > people who want to come and let us know early enough, we will try to > get your travel and accommodation sponsored. > > 2. Volunteers. Volunteers are the lifeblood of a conference and will > be treated as privileged persons. Volunteers are needed at the > conference venue for myriad tasks. But, more important, are volunteers > from outside Chennai who are needed to contact students, teachers, > government employees and get them to come for the conference. We > envisage holding training camps for teachers and government employees > - and will do so if we are able to convince enough of them to come. We > can send people to address meetings to motivate people to come - if > you organise the meetings. > > 3. Sprints. A FOSS conference that does not contribute documentation/ > code is worthless. A sprint is where a group of people sit together > and finish a task. We have had sprints before, once in Loyola college > to do translation, and again, last year at MIT to do translation. A > sprint can be for translating applications, mass fixing of bugs, doing > long pending documentation, writing code etc,. Sprints need to be > carefully planned, tasks laid down before hand, participants fixed, > facilities arranged. If you are interested in organising a sprint, > please register and attend the meeting in January for finalising > proposed sprints. Since this is an entry-level conference, please be > aware that you may need a day to train volunteers for the sprint > before actually starting it. Some ideas: making a comprehensive > list to > be uploaded to the ILUGD Hall of Shame websites, completing a list of > all lugs in India, making a directory of FOSS contributors in India, > contribute to the OpenMoko project ... > > 4. Student projects in FOSS. We will give special place to student > projects in FOSS - past, present and future. Now is the time for your > project - register and exhibit it at the conference. Prizes will be > given for the best projects. > > 5. Formal academic projects using FOSS tools. There are a huge number > of these lying unsung in university and government archives. We invite > academics to present their work here. > > 6. Talks. On any aspect of FOSS except installation issues. Talks will > be of 30 minutes duration with 15 minutes for discussion. note: > installation demos will be arranged anyway > > 7. Mini talks - one hall will be reserved for this. 10 minute talk > followed by 5 questions. > > 8. Cultural contests - drawings, paintings, skits, dances ... with > FOSS as the theme. Prizes will be given for the best performances > > 9. Sub-conferences and BOFs - these will largely be left to be > organised by those who propose them. Facilities will be provided as > needed. > > 10. Workshops for teachers and government employees will be organised > by the conference organisers depending on demand. > > 11. The registration website will be up in a day or two. Kindly > forward this CFP to all LUG, GLUG and FSUG mailing lists. > > [1] ILUGC : http://www.chennailug.org/ > [2] NRC-FOSS: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/ > > Thanks, > -- > Bharathi S > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request(a)ae.iitm.ac.in with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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help need for bind -dlz
by Agnello George 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

I just started working on bind-dlz , but as per the documentation on the website i need to use the dlz patch with bind 9.2.2 .The thing is i am not able to find this package. As per the README.txt file it quotes the following "First, get Bind version 9.2.2 release from www.isc.org. Newer versions of Bind may be available, but this patch was built to go against the 9.2.2 release. Future versions of this package may be built to go against later versions of Bind. Unzip and untar that on your machine. Once that is finished, make sure your Bind source directory is called "bind-9.2.2". So if any one has work with with this patch on the latest version of bind please let me know . website for reference :http://bind-dlz.sourceforge.net/ Thanks : -) Agnello . G .Dsouza

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Need advice for final year project on GNU/Linux platform
by Aman Mathur 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hello , Myself Aman Mathur , from Mumbai . I am a student currently doing my MCA and have recently joined the Linuxers mailing list . Im a GNU/Linux enthusiast and love the freedom that free software offers. I am really interested in doing my final year project on the GNU/Linux platform instead of a proprietary platform so i was wondering as to how i can go about doing a project on GNU/Linux. The project has to be of minimum 6 months duration so are there any companies, in Mumbai or elsewhere,offering projects to final year MCA students on the GNU/Linux platform ? Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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article on rediff: linux for visually impaired
by G Karunakar 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi, check "Low cost software for visually impaired" http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/oct/23linux.htm Karunakar

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Generate XML file through MySQL DB Insertion
by PIYUSH BANSAL 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

We are in process to execute the event the moment we get an entry in DB i.e. at the time of insertion in MYSQL we need to generate an XML and forward to another server. For example we got an message from user A, we need to fetch all who are linked up with user A and finally put in encoded XML file. At last this XML file has sent to third party server i.e. http://yahoo.com?data=<encoded-xml-string>&action=data<http://yahoo.com/?data=<encoded-xml-string>&action=data> Please let us update if there is any alternate to do rather than MYSQL JOB Handler. Thanks

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