Linuxers March 2007

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suggestions/improvements on script maintaining persistent net connection
by Rohit V Bhute 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Hello. I've put together a few commands in a Perl script that does two things: 1. Tries to maintain a steady net connection (using PPPoE) 2. Resumes a download if it was interrupted because of a break in the net connection. I am attaching the script here; any suggestions to make it more robust and generalized would be helpful. The wrapping makes it harder to read though. <script> #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; # variables my $ppp0 = ''; my $pppd = ''; my $wget = ''; my $url = "… [View More]

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Linux survey for Dell notebooks and desktops
by Arun K. Khan 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

FWIW, Linux survey for Dell notebooks and desktops http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey -- Arun K. Khan <knura(a)yahoo.com>

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Python Queries
by Sameer Niphadkar 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 Nikhil Marathe wrote : >> >>1) How does one get the exact value of an element down a tree like say : >> <abc><xyz><pqr>100</pqr></xyz></abc> >> >> So in the above case say the value 100, though it could be a >>string >>as well. We require the exact value, not its representation >>in XML or >>ASCII value as explained by you in some books. > > >You could get the node's value … [View More]

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Python Queries
by Sameer Niphadkar 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi ppl, We are developing an open source project for fun as well as a for learning. To give you a brief idea of our project - its a client server application installer on XML as the repository and python is used for parsing and searching for elements. You may find the details here : http://code.google.com/p/ulair Now, though I went through the working and parsing of XML in various Python ref material, but I just had a few queries like : 1) How does one get the exact value of an element down … [View More]

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[OT] Need Info on Web Hosting Service Provider
by Joel A Divekar 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi AllI have a perl application which is actively being developed and managed by me since 2001.This application is used many shipping firms and I sell this software at very nominal one time cost. I provide free update / upgrade and support for this software. I am doing this to give back to the shipping community, which at one point helped me to stand back on my feets.I am currently working for a software firm and have to travel extensively in India and outside India and it become difficult for … [View More]

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[gratuitously OT][PATCH] Fix for problem in starting Limewire 4.12.11
by Mohan Nayaka 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Hi all, I have GNU java 1.4.2 installed which Limewire 4.12.11 doesn't consider useful. I installed Sun's jre 1.5.0.11, but in my home directory. The startup scrip for Limewire couldn't handle this location. Hence this patch. I'm sending this patch to codepatch(a)lists.limewire.org too. --- runLime.sh 2007-03-13 23:27:04.000000000 +0530 +++ /home/neo/Limewire-clean/runLime.sh 2007-03-14 00:15:29.000000000+0530 @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ look_for_java() { +# patch to look for java installed in … [View More]

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is this foss?
by Kenneth Gonsalves 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

hi, an interesting discussion took place on IRC today regarding this: http://www.space-kerala.org/downloads/foss.pdf The question was, with regard to #2 on the list - software developed by keltron, is it foss or not? My contention is that the tools used are irrelevant. The software was paid for by the government, and developed by the government, all using our tax rupees. But there is no indication whether the source for the application is open or not, available to the users or not, … [View More]

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calendar of foss events
by Kenneth Gonsalves 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

hi, we have set up a calendar of foss events at http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/calendar/ anyone interested in posting details/maintaining the page may contact me -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Slackware with ubuntu
by Mohan Nayaka 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

Hi all, Has anyone tried out Slackware with ubuntu on the same machine? I read that Slack uses lilo while I use grub with ubuntu now. Can a Slack installation coexist with this setup? googling suggests that skipping the lilo installation and then fixing up with grub will do it. I think I would have to use knoppix see what exact files it has put in /boot to figure out the right entries for kernel and initrd (if any). Is this right? Regards, Mohan S N -- Never look up when dragons fly overhead.

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lost trash folder in kde
by Pradnyesh Sawant 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

hello, i, by mistake, deleted the trash folder in kde, residing in ~/Desktop/Trash. Although i have recreated the "folder", it does *not* act like the trash folder is supposed to -- deleted stuff doesn't end up there. i tried searching for "trash path" in the "control center", but in vain. googling around provided the path variable to reside in "control center -> system administration -> paths", but unfortunately in my case i can't find the "trash path" variable :( -- warm regards, … [View More]

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