Linuxers January 2009

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Obama asks for a FOSS paper
by jtd 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7841486.stm Wonder if a similar move should be initiated for the PMs in waiting here. -- Rgds JTD

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[OT] alternate brand modems compatible with MTNL TriBand
by Arun Kumar Khan 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

My DLINK 502T ADSL modem is behaving real flaky. Today it spontaneously reset my programmed values (ip, incoming rules etc.) to factory default (192.168.1.1)! When I try to changes it IP number to a different network, it simply does not save it. I realize there are a lot of folks here with the service. Are there any other brands that are compatible with MTNL's ADSL service? What has been your experience with them? TIA, -- Regards, Arun Khan

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local repository server
by sameer shinde 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

Hi All, How do I create a local repository server for ubuntu linux (similar to debain) or How do merge all my aptoncds to all together to create one single cd /dvd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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webcam query
by Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

hi, I just got a Logitech QuickCam Go. I'm trying to record video with it but failing. The webcam is supported (same hardware is a the QuickCam Chat). Here is what I have done after googling. I can record a jpg with (the backslashes are mine) mplayer tv:// -tv \ driver=v4l:device=/dev/video0:width=320:height=240:outfmt=rgb24 \ -frames 1 -vo jpeg I get a file 000000001.jpg in my current directory. I can also see a video feed in the video config of kopete. Hence, the webcam works. What I can't get working is this mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:device=/dev/video0 -nosound -ovc lavc -o wcrecording.avi wcrecording.avi just shows a black screen when palyed w/ mplayer I also tried ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg but it barfs w/ this error [video4linux2 @ 0xb7f6b110]Missing/Wrong parameters /dev/video0: Error while opening file can someone please help ? thanks. Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K R Pavri. Homoeopath, Linuxer. TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction.

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[Commercial] Call for Papers -- OSI Tech Days
by Atanu Datta 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Dear all, This is a formal call for papers. The Open Source India Tech Days (formerly LinuxAsia) [www.osidays.com] is scheduled for March 12-14, 2009, at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai. The 2009 edition will have a strong flavour of technology in it—thus the addition of the word "Tech Days". The target audience of OSI Tech Days ’09 will be (1) IT Managers and (2) Software Developers, who in turn will represent the needs of India’s varied industry segments. Following are the track details for the event: Software Developers’ Track 12th March: FOSS-enabled software development 13th March: FOSS-powered Mobile phones (and devices) IT Managers’ Track 12th March: FOSS Tools for IT Managers 13th March: Virtualization and Cloud Computing Everyone/Desktop 14th March: FOSS-powered desktop (KDE, GNOME, OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, etc.) Additional note: Considering the world-wide recession, the idea is to turn this into an opportunity (for good) for large-scale FOSS adoption around the region. Thus, the idea behind Tech Days is to demonstrate to the mass how with FOSS we can make computing better, faster and cheaper, whether it's deployment or development. We're looking for experts in their particular domain of work, who could be working for an organisation, or as an individual. You can ping us off-list with the following details at lfyedit [AT] efyindia [DOT] com: [1] Which particular track and the target audience of the talk. [2] Title of the talk, with a brief outline. [3] A little bit of background information about yourself. [4] Whether you've ever spoken earlier. [5] Whether you'd require travel, logistics, or any other facilities. With best regards, Atanu Datta Editorial Coordinator, LINUX For You magazine

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website does not open
by sameer shinde 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Website does not open Hi All, We are accessing airtel website with following address. http://117.99.128.32:81/ or http://117.99.128.32/ So far when we were having windows proxy server, we were able to access the site through our proxy, but as now we've moved to squid3.0 stable1 proxy server, the site does not open. When you hit the above address, the title gets displays in the brower but the page does not open. Which means the request is going to the airtel server & the request is coming back upto the proxy server, but it is not passing through proxy. Can someone let us know, why is this happening? Also, If I access the website from my proxy server(direct connection to internet), it works properly without any problem. here is the o/p of squidclient http://117.99.128.32/ HTTP/1.0 302 Moved Temporarily Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:02:27 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) PHP/4.3.7 X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.7 Location: /login/index.php Content-Type: text/html X-Cache: MISS from proxy-server X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from proxy-server:3128 Via: 1.0 proxy-server (squid/3.0.STABLE1) Proxy-Connection: close ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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which stable version should one use
by sameer shinde 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hi All, Whenever I visit squid-cache.org site. I always have a doubt is, why there are multiple stable version available for production release? What i mean is, when there is 3.0 stable release is available for production, then still why 2.7 is available. I can understand that, older versions should be available to the users, but then it may come under older version head not in the current versions list. Other thing is, when there is a latest version available, what is the need of develpment in the older version. i.e when we've ver3.0 then why 2.8. All the patches, bug fixes, new additions can be done in the newer release then why ver2.8? Is there any specific reason for that? If yes, then which version one should use? Because all the versions give you production release. I also have observed that, even after publishing the stable version on site, they withdraw the older stable version, do something & again put back. My question is, if you withdraw any software version for any reason, it does not become a stable version. If anyone is doing some bug fixing into it or even a minor change of code, it should appear in the latest stable release. This gives you a track of bugs & bugfixes. But if you takeback any stable release and put it again after some time. What does it mean? If it was stable why it was taken back? If not does it really justify the stability? For e.g. At this moment , the squid3.0 stable 10, stable3, stable 2 are withdrawn. Some peoples find my questions silly, but I've a doubt and its always better ask instead of knowing nothing. And I'm also sure, many of ours must have asked this question to themself, but never been answered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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[Commercial]Seeking Asterisk/Openser/OpenSIPS Engineers
by Justin Moore 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Good Afternoon, SagiSys Communications is needs to fill the following position: VoIP Engineer: Qualifications: Must have 3-5 years Linux Administration experience Must have 2+ years experience with Asterisk Must have 2+ years with experience with OpenSer, SER, or OpenSIPS The ideal candidate will be a self-starter and will be able to provide architectural guidance for our Telephony infrastructure. The position is full time telecommute and the timings are flexible. This position requires the use of a computer and high speed internet. About Us: We are a US based VoIP provider offering hosted PBX, CRM, and Call Center Services to businesses globally. We are a 100% open source company and work towards having our modifications to FOSS projects contributed back to the community. Please reply with your resume, preferred timings, and salary requirements. Please also feel free to re-post this message as you see fit. Thank you. Justin -- Justin Moore SagiSys LLC (877)394-4838 ext. 101 (Toll Free) (727) 362-1423 (Fax) http://www.SagiSys.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] howto use tcpdump, was kget can resume downloads, other download managers can't
by shirish 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Reply in-line :- On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 02:30, steve <steve(a)lonetwin.net> wrote: <snip> > If you really want to get to the bottom of this, I'd suggest running tcpdump > (normally, i use the options tcpdump -s0 -w <output>.cap host <youripaddress>) > and then reading the capture file using wireshark, both with kget and with wget. <snip> Hi Steve, sorry for jumping on the thread. I am on kernel 2.6.27 and there is a big possibility I haven't really understood your command. You gave tcpdump -s0 -w <output>.cap host <youripaddress> I used :- tcpdump -s0 -w output.cap host 59.95.28.28 (ouput.cap most probably is a file-name and the IP Address is the IP Address being assigned by my provider) but both for this I get tcpdump: no suitable device found Doing a cursory look at dmesg came across this . [37479.042325] tcpdump uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) My ifconfig. $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:95:44:10:db UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc800 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:a1:92:56:33 inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe92:5633/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1990826 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2204997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1271599953 (1.2 GB) TX bytes:537487624 (537.4 MB) Interrupt:22 Base address:0xcc00 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:556 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:556 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:50924 (50.9 KB) TX bytes:50924 (50.9 KB) As can be seen the active connection here is eth1. The connection is between ethernet card and router. > regards, > - steve -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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[JOBS] Application Engineer at Guruji.com : PHP, Perl & MySQL
by Harish S 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

To Apply send a mail with your resume to : *harish AT guruji DOT com* *Application Engineer* Job Responsibilities You will be responsible for developing new features for the core search platform. The job includes writing PHP and Perl scripts to develop auxiliary applications for the search engine. You will have added advantage if you have working knowledge in MySQL database. You will be working in a fast paced environment in which you will be expected to have a quick grasp of new problems. Candidate's Profile You should have 1 to 5 years of experience developing web applications using PHP and Perl. You should have Bachelors degree in Engineering (Computer Science graduates are preferred) with good programming skills. You have to take initiative to identify bottlenecks and come up with solutions. You should have passion to learn and apply the new technologies on the job. Required Technical Skills Expertise in PHP, and Perl. Working knowledge of HTML, Linux, MySQL. Desired Skills: Javascript, CSS, AJAX, Flash, GIMP, Working knowledge of Web Servers (Apache,lighty..) Additional Skills: Python, XSLT Desired Experience * About 2 to 3 years in a systems, search or networking company. * Experience with distributed systems. * Research experience in advanced computing especially networking, data mining, and information retrieval. * Experience of working in Linux OS. To Apply send a mail with your resume to : *harish AT guruji DOT com* Regards Harish -- Computers are like air conditioners - They can't do their job properly if you open windows

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