Linuxers August 2007

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[CROSS-POST] How do I run Compiz on *buntu 6.06?
by Roshan 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

All, I installed ubuntu-desktop package (the GNOME env.) on my Kubuntu so, that I could have GNOME and KDE together (for any demos). I installed compiz, that is three packages compiz compiz-gnome compiz-kde I also installed Xserver-xgl; (since Xgl is a pre-requisite for Compiz). According to the documents on Ubuntu's help website (http://help.ubuntu.com) I wrote a small script #!/bin/bash compiz --replace gconf & gtk-window-decorator --replace and put this file in /usr/local/bin/ and assigned it executable permissions. For GNOME, I added the necessary lines in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom That is the following lines [servers] 0=Xgl [server-Xgl] name=Xgl server command=/usr/bin/Xgl -fullscreen -br -accel xv:pbuffer -accel glx:pbuffer flexible=true Also, added Compiz to start by default using "Sessions" in GNOME. However, I'm not able to see any effects (not even the basic ones) and I *guess* Compiz isn't even starting up! Am I missing something here? Are there any additional steps? I also tried enabling compiz in KDE, but there's just one problem. There's a small line change in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc ServerCmd=(all that content) And then at a command line (when I assume Xgl is enabled after a log-off and log-in) I issue the following command kdm --replace=compiz What happens after this is that each window's title bar disappears, also disabling any keyboard input :-/ I have tried searching quite a few documents. Most of them speak only about GNOME, and most are about NVIDIA and ATI cards. My video card is a SiS 650 and I have shared 32 MB of my Physical RAM to it. Thanks in advance. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in ubunturos @ freenode Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it on http://in.groups.yahoo.com

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Fwd: [PLUG] Anouncement : PLUG MASHUP, a technology event on October 13th and 14th, 2007.
by G Karunakar 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> Date: Aug 30, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: [PLUG] Anouncement : PLUG MASHUP, a technology event on October 13th and 14th, 2007. To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <plug-mail(a)plug.org.in>, cslug(a)yahoogroups.com Dear all, We have been discussing about the PLUG event in the last meetings. However, a formal anouncement was still missing. So, this is a formal anouncement of the event. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are proud to announce PLUG MASHUP, a technology event which includes a Hack-a-thon and a mashup camp to be held on October 13th and 14th, 2007. The Hack-a-thon will bring together many developers and contributors. It will aim to generate some serious code during the event in order to help grow the pool of FOSS contributors in India. This 2-day event will be held at Bhaskaracharya Pratishthan, a renowned mathematics research institute in Pune. Website for the event is already put up here: http://plug.org.in/mashup All are invited to participate in the event. Your participation could be in terms of ideas generation, participating in coding for the ideas/problems, volunteering for the event etc. Please contribute to the event in whatever way possible for you. You can also promote the event in many ways like informing on other mailing lists, informing your friends etc. So, go ahead and register on the website for the event. Communication related to the event (eg. corporate participation) can be done to mashup at plug.org.in email id. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, lets make this event a grand success. Your comments, suggestions, discussions are welcome on the list and off the list too. Best regards -Sudhanwa Jogalekar !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ Have you tried the new "FREE" Marathi font "Aksharyogini" we have released? News!! Aksharyogini font will now be available in debian Indic fonts package!! Please get it from http://aksharyogini.sudhanwa.com ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~~ www.sudhanwa.com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail(a)plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to plug-mail-request(a)plug.org.in for mailing instructions.

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Re: .. Re: [ILUG-BOM] Bind and DNS Cache
by jtd 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

On Wednesday 29 August 2007 01:38, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > > I think the issue is more of routing to google.com than DNS. I've > been using OpenDNS for a few days now and the difference between > Sify and MTNL when it comes to loading google.com is still immense > with Sify being the better of the two. That would be the upstream bandwidth bottleneck - VSNL waht does traceroute on sify say?. > Too bad we can't have Open routing as well :) U have open routing protocols. But u dont have an open wire. U have wireless but that wont solve the bandwidth problem. -- Rgds JTD

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Seminar on TCP/IP Networking, Security and Spam Control at Chennai
by Shrinivasan T 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

Friends. At ChennaiLUG , We are conducting a Weekend Seminar on TCP/IP networking, security and spam control. Topic: TCP/IP Networking, Security and Spam Control. Talk By : Girish Venkatachalam Dates: Sat 8th & Sun 9th September 2007 Time : 9AM to 6PM Venue: IC&SR Auditorium, IIT-Madras. Chennai Fee : Rs ~250/- (Food and Snacks for 2 Days) Link : http://nikegravel.com/seminar (Schedule and Slides) http://freeshell.in/~bharathi/seminar/ Type : Open to All There is full source of presentation in MagicPoint format and HTML format. As the Topics are more heavy weight and Deep, please have a go through on the slides. View them at least one. So that the presentation will be more interactive. All are welcome. regards, T.Shrinivasan. -- My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com

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Bind and DNS Cache
by Rony 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hello All, We were discussing DNS caching and the bind configuration. However, bind is a DNS server whereas we only want a DNS cache that updates itself automatically. Maybe I understood it wrong but on the net I found this link for DNS caching. It uses a package called dnsmasq. It works on my system. First time I do dig google.com it takes 42 ms. second time 2 sec. http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/local-dns-cache-for-faster-browsing/ -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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[OT] DNS,google and MTNL triband
by Mohan Nayaka 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hi all, Of late, I have noticed that MTNL's DNS servers 203.94.227.70 and 203.94.243.70 are unresponsive from time to time. Also google and google related sites (gmail,orkut,etc.) open very sluggishly. Has anyone here experienced this? Does anyone know any DNS servers better than MTNL's? Regards, Mohan S N -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles

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postfixadmin query
by Agnello George 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

hi I am configuring a postfix server which has a postfix admin web interface , but the thing is psotfix admin does not have :creat mailling list" and "quota: allocation for individual user ....Are there add on or plugins for this -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza www.agnellogeorge.blogspot.com

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Postfix
by Ramang G 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Hi all, How can I find my "postfix" program occupies total memory. Is there any command to find it out........ thanks in advance. Raman. --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.

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Firefox blocked?
by Satish Alwani 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Thats almost like saying, PVR's should be banned as users have the ability to forward through them and skip advertisements. Or other channels must be banned, so if you are watching serial XYZ on channel ABC, you must continue to watch it including the ads and not skip it. However, you look at it, if you try to block users, people will just drive traffic away from that site as it is no longer considered as "compliant". Compliancy states that there must be a norm which all users have equal and open access. Give it time, I'm sure someone in the US will sue the website owner on the grounds of non compliance, or inaccessible information, or something similar where you are being biased. If you want to see something stupid, visit hdfcbank.com and check out netsafe and then login. It says IE as minimum requirements. Honestly I dont see the reason for this, but yet its there. According to this, if you use Internet Explorer, you should use a netsafe card, but at the same time you need IE ? See a pattern of stupidity? Its like if you want to use the site, dont use a browser thats safe, however, you should use a netsafe card if you want to be safe. Anyways, if there are any other sites that stop you, you could just simply change the user agent in about:config. What are they going to do next? Block Internet Explorer?.. hehe Regards, Satish

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[OT] DNS,google and MTNL triband
by Easwar Hariharan 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

> > > For Linux/Unix. > <http://www.opendns.com/start/unix.php> Thanx,in short,OpenDNS' Linux/Unix instructions should be used........ This is valid if you are running bind. What are the advantages of running BIND and does it result in better security(firewall-wise)?Is it necessary for home-desktops?How do I find whether I'm running BIND? Following the instructions at openDNS' page replaced mtnl's ip's with > openDNS' addresses. > > I added this line in dhclient.conf: > prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220; > > My resolv.conf got overwritten accordingly: > $ cat /etc/resolv.conf > ### BEGIN INFO > # > # Modified_by: NetworkManager > # Process: /usr/bin/NetworkManager > # Process_id: 2967 > # > ### END INFO You changed the DNS IPs in your dhclient.conf according to the For DHCPinstructions,not in your router,right? nameserver 208.67.222.222 > nameserver 208.67.220.220 > nameserver 10.0.0.1 > Now what's this about?Where is this supposed to be entered? Regards, Easwar

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