Linuxers February 2009

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Still problems with kubuntu 8.10 wired internet
by Sanjay Singhvi 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Hi, I am still not able to get over the problem. I get no connection from the MTNL internet from different places using the ethernet. I have an Acer Aspire One laptop and using Kubuntu 8.10. I recently upgraded the kernel. ifconfig shows an address in eth0 for inet6 but no address or mask for inet. I tried what Rony had said to manually edit /etc/network/interfaces or to use nano but both did not give any result. Sometimes, after the edit I get eth0 connection "unmanaged". I tried to change to "managed=true" but even that did not work. When I go to K->applications->system->network tools I can see that there is both ipv6 and ipv4 in lo but only ipv6 in eth0. I believe MTNL dhcp requires ipv4. Any workarounds? Thanking you in advance. Sanjay

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usb storage disable
by sameer shinde 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Hi All, Can anyone tell me, how do I disable usb storage in linux? I want just to disable usb storage, but usb keyboard / mouse should work in system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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Patent defense, FOSS-style
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Tiller <rtiller(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:21 PM Subject: Patent defense, FOSS-style To: fedora-announce-list(a)redhat.com I wanted to let everyone know of a new development in the lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell brought by IP Innovation, a subsidiary of the noted patent troll firm Acacia Technologies. We are inviting FOSS community members to submit prior art relevant to the patents, which may be used to help invalidate the patents. On Friday we posted information regarding the three patents in suit on the Linux Defenders website in its Post Issue Peer to Patent area. The site was developed with Red Hat's assistance by the Open Invention Network and the Center for Patent Innovations at New York Law School, which is now being run by our old friend Mark Webbink. The site is here: http://www.post-issue.org/user-interface-with-multiple-workspaces-for-shari… The claims of the patents, which can be reached from the site, concern a user interface that has multiple workspaces. Red Hat has strong defenses in this lawsuit, but this will likely reinforce them. We also view this as an additional opportunity for creative collaboration with the community. Robert H. Tiller Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, IP Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh, N.C. 27606 (919) 754 4232 rtiller(a)redhat.com _________________________________________________________________ -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Website : http://vivekvc.freeshell.org Blog: http://vivekvc.wordpress.com IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint: 0F53 447E A8D1 C4F7 C14E F117 A040 E935 7DFA D159

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Any experiences with fs other than ext3?
by Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Hello LUG Members, I want to try XFS on my home system. I have read some articles saying XFS is faster than Ext3 but Less reliable than it. So, I would like to read your experiences about FSs other than Ext3. -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Learn to appreciate a beauty within...

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[X-post] Request to provide input on Sahana mobile application on Openmoko
by Ajay Kumar 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi All, I am trying to collect data to include in my report as a part of research and preliminary analysis for my project. So I request you all to kindly take out time to fill up the survey that I have created here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pWeVl6IM9h6UKAGOx231pFA I highly urge you to complete the survey in full and help me with the research. Any inputs and suggestions are welcome. Thanks & Regards, Ajay Kumar http://ajuonline.net

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[COMMERCIAL] OSI Tech Days 2009: Showcase your expertise (AND, that of your firm)
by Atanu Datta 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi all! This is further to our 'Call for Papers' for Open Source India Tech Days 2009, which is to be held at Chennai Trade Center (Chennai) from 12th to 14th March 2009. Thanks to your encouraging response, we have managed to finalise a few speakers, and draw up the plans for daily seminars. However, we have received many submissions that do not match the goals of various seminars. Thus, we plan to share the exact topics that have been finalised for each seminar (one-by-one). We hope that this effort will result in a better match between the talks and the speaker submissions. Needless to say, this can be a great opportunity for FOSS firms (and consultants) to show-case their talent to an all-India audience. So, if you or your firm has expertise in any of the topics (mentioned below), please feel free to register yourself, or nominate someone else at www.osidays.com. Looking forward to your support in building an Open Source event that we all can be proud of. Best, Atanu Datta On behalf of Open Source India Team DETAILS: THE SEMINAR AND THE TOPICS *********************************** The seminar: FOSS For Everyone Date: 14th March, 2009 (Saturday) Venue: Chennai Trade Centre Highlights: This will be our most popular session, when we expect a 1000+ audience to fill the main hall of Chennai Trade Centre. TOPICS FOR WHICH WE SEEK SPEAKERS #1) Panel discussion: Career trends for IT Professionals WE SEEK: Senior personnel (Operations, HR, etc) of major IT firms who aggressively recruit IT professionals, especially those from the open source domain. We would like to get their perspectives on the demand for open source professionals in India. #2) Panel discussion: Linux Distros WE SEEK: Experts / community representatives for Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva, OpenSuSE, and Debian. We would like them to highlight the key features of their distros and to share the future roadmap (if possible) with the audience. #3) Panel discussion: Office Applications WE SEEK: Experts / community representatives for office productivity solutions like OpenOffice.org, Firefox and Thunderbird, Evolution, etc. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST MORE SUCH SOLUTIONS. We would like these speakers to highlight the key features of their solutions and to share the future roadmap (if possible) with the audience. NOTE: We will shortly share with you the details of another seminar.

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DVD OR CD? Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released
by jitendra 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

SOME ONE IS STARTING DVD (4) DOWNLOAD. THERE ARE 15 CDs hope others are not as confused as I am

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FTP Problem !
by IPS Khurana 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

hi i am setting up ftp server on my Ubuntu Desktop PureAdmin Ftp GUI Server Pure Ftpd i have made a user in PureAdmin, when i connect through client Filezilla, user connects..but then it shows error 530 Authen failed. i had made user in PureAdmin Gui Ftp server, should i also make same user in Ubuntu Users & Groups Console also, what rights should i give.. can some one pls reply in details thanks n rgds -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Computers | Networks | Office Automation | Security Systems | Repairs & Maintenance Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com Get Free Ubuntu Desktop OS CD! http://www.ubuntu.com

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allowing restricted sites via squid
by sameer shinde 14 Feb '09

14 Feb '09

Hi All, We are using squid along with squidguard to block the websites. Now due to company policy we've blocked all the email sites with squidguard blacklist, wherein we've also blocked gmail.google.com Now, our company has purchesed domain name specific mail address from google. for example mail.ourdomain.com, wherein if anyone types mail.ourdomain.com it will be redirected to ourdoman specific gmail. The problem here is as squidguard is blocking gmail.google.com and which is inturn backbehind mail.ourdomain.com, the users are not able to access that site. What we want to do now is, we still want to block gmail access, but if someone goes thru mail.ourdomain.com, then he should get the access to gmail. How can we achieve this? Few more bits about our squid. It is configured in non-transperant mode. i.e. we mannually provide the proxy to users. Also its in non-authentication mode. i.e. it does not checks for username/password. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580 Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by steve＠lonetwin.net 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

Hi there, > Have you created an account on Linkedin without having to reveal the > original password for the email id that is used as the username as well > as prevent them from snooping into your contacts list? If so, your tips > could help others from making mistakes like using their original email > password. > Huh ? Guys what the hell are you talking about ? Of course, you can do that ! All the sites that i've ever been too which allow you to import contact information have that as a 'optional' step. You don't *have* to reveal the original password for any email id. Agreed, the way the login workflow proceeds and is presented makes you think that it is an required step, but it isn't ! Try any of the social networking sites (including linkedin). You always have an option to /not/ automatically import your contacts. > However from the link provided by the OP, I was taken to a login page > asking me for an email id as username and a password. I checked out the > join today link for new users and there they ask for an email id and > password. The privacy terms also state that among the information they > will collect will be the email id and a password. For some reason they > are not clear about the password, if it is the original or another one > for the linkedin site. That is a gray area. This is the exact statement ... "When you register an account to become a LinkedIn user (?User?), such as your name, e-mail, country, location, occupation and a password." ..../a/ password is a gray area ?? I would've felt if they wanted to make it grey they would have said "/the/ password". >> The interesting thing is that while there is an agreement (in LinkedIn >> privacy policy) not to sell his email id to a spammer, there is nothing >> that prevents LinkedIn from selling your id to the spammer. An >> interesting view that I had not considered till I got this email. FUD ! from their privacy policy: -------------------------------------- Contacts Information In order to invite others to connect with you directly in LinkedIn, you may use the LinkedIn services to invite them if they are a User, or enter their names and email addresses. This information will be used by LinkedIn to send your invitation including a message that you write. The names and email addresses of people that you invite will be used only to send your invitation and reminders. You may also choose to manually enter or upload data about your contacts into the private ?My contacts? section of the LinkedIn website. You may not invite anyone to connect with you whom you do not know. *****All information entered there will only be viewable by you and will not be searchable by others in the LinkedIn network without your permission. All information that you enter or upload about your contacts will be covered by the same terms of this privacy policy as cover your own information.***** -------------------------------------- > Guys who are well connected by phone, mobile and internet are a general > nuisance and a security hazard for the computer systems, especially > doze. They spend more time staying connected than doing any serious > work. I have seen such guys in different offices. hmm ...so, the implication is that the people on linkedin are a nuisance, ehe ? I guess, these guys fit the bill, right ? http://www.linkedin.com/in/linustorvalds http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/a37/2a Ok, why am i getting so riled up about ? Well, unsubstantiated ranting and sweeping generalization is just as bad as ignorance. So, all you guys screaming at n00bs and saying stuff like ... >>> I hope your machine gets slammed >>> with some virus that destroys all data. And I really hope your >>> prospective professional employer sees this this post of mine and that >>> leaves you perennial unemployed. ...are just as annoying as the n00bs. You can choose to be civil about it, but you don't ! gah ! cheers, - steve

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Linuxers February 2009