Linuxers June 2007

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Re:Third time loss of luser account
by Easwar Hariharan 05 Jun '07

05 Jun '07

Hi, > > > > > > > > > I don't trust LFY CD/DVDs. > > > > > > This is speculation / knee-jerk reaction.. the OP needs to clearly > > > communicate the symptoms and other observations before we conclude > > > on whether its a rootkit OR bad media. > > Isn't there a mediacheck option when booting from the Mandriva DVD? There was....but I a newbie thought it was for checkin my HDD which I was sure was in perfect condition. Well,the symptoms reoccurred without loss of acoount thankfully.....a simple reboot did the job..... The messages from when I entered my username and password were as follows:[Not verbatim,they were to the same effect and AFAIRemember,these were those :) ] 1.Your home directory is listed as /home/easwarh but it doesn't seem to exist.Do you want to login with the root directory as your home directory?It's unlikely anything will work unless you do so. Options:Yes No.....I selected Yes and proceeded..... 2.$HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored.Your home directory /home/easwarh either doesn't exist or you are not the owner.Home directory should have 644 permissions and not be writable by other users. Options:Ok...I selected the only option available and proceeded.... My desktop background appeared and there was a dialog box at the top left corner which stated: 3.Couldn't start kconfig(or something like that). Options:Okay....I selected that button coz there was nothing else to click on!It sent me back to the login screen from where I rebooted and when I came back and logged in,everything was fine like a clear,sunny day....... Regards, Easwar

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A small liberty.....
by Easwar Hariharan 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Hi all, There is a small campaign going on in a community GNU/Linux (spamfree) on orkut to spread the use of Linux.....owing to my contacts in both the community and this list,I have taken the liberty of directing them to the LUG Bombay wiki to use the brochures which have been created there as a template cum source of info........hopefully,no one minds the use of those brochures,eh? Regards, Easwar

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AST on Operating System objectives
by Vihan Pandey 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Hello everyone, i guess there has been a ton of flaming on the matter of mircokernels off late(most of it by me :-). There have also been ubiquitous wikipedia links all over the place about POSIX, microkernels etc etc etc. All of which led me to sit a give the entire microkernel concept an another look. The result being, i thought it best to cool down and get a fresh perspective on things : http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/reliable-os/ Yes it's written by AST :-) and it is a VERY informative article and it DOES considers Linus' point of view as well. Thought it best to share it with the list :-) Regards, - vihan

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Atul has Tagged you! :)
by Atul Agrawal 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

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Re:Third time loss of luser account
by Kartik Mistry 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

On 5/29/07 Easwar Hariharan wrote: > Hi, > I am using Mandriva 07 installed from a LFY DVD.It's the free version. > I have not used any other distro as yet coz I am still a newbie. I don't trust LFY CD/DVDs. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------

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Re:A meet next week
by Easwar Hariharan 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

> > Well, if he's here on the 3rd, why not make the meet happen on the 3rd > itself. > since they're all weekdays, any of them should do... but in the late > evenings only. Can't we make it to the 10th,a weekend?Even 9th would do......And please no location confusion this time around....... btw, is it gonna be a proper lug meet? if so, are there any talks lined up? > I'd like to give a talk on the just-released Fedora 7, and the changes it > brings > with it, and the new features it has. I would like to know more about it too....... Regards, Easwar

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Microkernel
by Rony 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Hello All, Those who find words like 'microkernel' Greek and Latin can look up this link. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microkernel -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Re: Multimedia Packages CD
by Vickram Crishna 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

--- Roshan wrote: > Please note, the reason this initiative has come > into > picture is that the usage of the Internet is > critically limited, in terms of downloads. > One of the reasons the Mowgli initiative has been taken is to try and address this problem in a meaningful fashion, at least for now, for Mumbaikars. Nagarjuna has already announced that the HBCSE server is available for us all to store critical data like this. I am sure that as the idea builds up steam, more space like this will become locally available, in more parts of the city. The cost aspect that Roshan refers to 1. applies only to priced ISP services, which are currently designed to be as usurious and unfriendly as possible, and 2. will be free for local public data networks. Aside from the possibility of downloading it free, it will also be possible to easily go and physically get a copy from HBCSE, or any of the servers we think will become a key part of this mesh. Vickram ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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[ARTICLE]: "How hard is it to run Windows app on Linux?"
by Roshan 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

This article, short and sweet, is about the question raised (subject) by a 10 year old. :) http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-06-01-023-26-OP-SW-PB -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in S K Somaiya College of ASC- http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode Download prohibited? No problem! To chat from any browser without download, Click Here: http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php

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A Full Aubuntu.
by Rony 03 Jun '07

03 Jun '07

Hello All, The recent war of distros on our list made me wonder if the Ubuntu OS available with all desktops, like a complete selective installation just like Mandriva or Fedora? I must say Mandriva's installer is very good as it allows fine tuning devices before the installation begins. U, Ku, Edu and X makers could come together to make this complete distro. An All-Ubuntu can be called Aubuntu. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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