Linuxers September 2009

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geek directory for newbies to the list
by Suhit Kelkar 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Is there any such thing as a resourceperson list in the Ilug bom? Who to contact for (configuring my linux network to X) (teaching granny y desktop) (migrating my office from swine flu to linux). A kind of e-yellow pages, but specific to Ilug Bom. If there isn't, would admins and domain experts consider getting it started? Regards Suhit Kelkar

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Linux laptops
by Lynus Vaz 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hi All, I'm looking to buy a linux laptop. Since my friends recommended Dell, I had a look at their options (the India site). None of them seem to come with linux. Also, I had heard about zareason. I sent them a mail asking whether they delivered to India, but they haven't replied yet. Does anyone know where to look for a laptop, preferably with linux or even without an installed OS? Thanks, Lynus

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new to LUG Bom
by Pratik Anand 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

====Noob alert==== Hello everyone, Greetings to all I m new member in this very active community of LUG Bombay.... I came in influence of Linux and FOSS an year ago (1st year of my college, now in 2nd year) and now , an active member and contributor in its LUG there(LUG manipal http://www.lugmanipal.org). Now, after following this mailing list for more than a month a so, i think i m ready to enter it fully Will u people plz tell me how can i actively contribute in this LUG (coz its of my city)....also are there any regular meetings too?...i can attend them during my holidayz... Pratik Anand areas of interest: Bash scripting , python scripting, C/C++ coding in Qt platform, GIMP worshipper, Newer distros and desktop environments in linux(mostly in VBox), tweaking/customizations at itsvery best (like compiz, emerald etc.) and *new bash commands*......... Platforms: Windows Vista SP1, Ubuntu Studio 9.04 and Hackintosh Mac OS X, soon will be upgrading to Slackware 13....

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] new to LUG Bom
by Pratik Anand 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

@Shirish Padalkar Sure sir, will surely take care of that from now on. Now, as i have read in previous replies that I can contribute in FOSS projects here...can u people can give me name and link of few to start with where other LUG-Bom are already working?

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[OT] Wifi hotspots
by Nadeem M. Khan 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hi, Are there hotspots in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai where I can get at least 512 kbps connection on my laptop? TIA, Nadeem.

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Space bar in a here document.
by Nadeem M. Khan 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hello. I'm trying to automate a script in ksh using a here document, but need to enter the space bar between two commands. Is there any way I can achieve this? command1 < EOF command2 space bar command3 EOF How do I translate the space bar? I tried \r, \n, " " but no luck. TIA, Nadeem.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 31
by Ashok Sinha 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Thanks Rony. Ashok Sinha

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Dics Mirroring revisited
by RSCL Mumbai 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Hi, I am still without a solution for disc mirroring.... Let me explain the setup once again. I have 2 identical PCs (same Motherboard, RAM, Processor). -- using FC9 1st one is a Primary server which is ON all the site. 2nd one is a Backup server which is only switched on when BACKUP is being taken. Rest of the time its switched off. I need to create an identical copy of the HDD of Primary PC on Sec PC. I tried Disc Image software -- "g4l". When I restore the image on the Sec PC's HDD, there is a MAC address. Is there any way to solve this problem ? Apart from RSync, is there any way to mirror DISC of 1st PC on the 2nd PC? And in such a scenario, how to address MAC address conflict issue ? Ideally, I would like a solution with least human interaction when PRI crashes and Backup PC has to be used. Pls help me! Thx

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 28
by Ashok Sinha 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

I bought an acer aspire one with linpus linux for 17.3K Working well. Superb net connectivity and wireless. Some problem with printing. CUPS doesn't recognise many HP printers. Like the colour laser 2700, HP laser 1017. Gives an error msg stating some file missing "foo....." Ashok Sinha

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Fwd: [ilugd] IT returns form for OpenOffice
by Mehul Ved 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: narendra sisodiya <narendra.sisodiya(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:56 PM Subject: [ilugd] IT returns form for OpenOffice To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, glug-meerut(a)googlegroups.com Great Work by DeepRoot Linux ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Terence Monteiro <terence(a)deeproot.co.in> Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 2:37 PM Subject: [fosscomm] IT returns form for OpenOffice To: network(a)lists.fosscom.in Dear fellow FOSS-enthusiasts, I'm a FOSS lover and Perl hacker working for DeepRoot Linux. I've been using GNU/Linux for some 8 years now. I'm a strong believer in the philosophy of FOSS. Being a Perl hacker, I've also contributed a few modules to CPAN. Like many of you I've also suffered due to the preferential treatment of our Income Tax department towards users of MS Excel. Celebrating Independence day with my colleagues at DeepRoot Linux, we were discussing about the sad state of affairs and what can be done about it. We decided that the best way to show what freedom means to us was to go ahead and migrate the spreadsheets to OpenOffice.org. Nothing would come in the way, even the fact that it was past the last date for filing returns. What better message to give the Income Tax department, we thought, than a show of how much we are will to put on the line for software freedom. Today, as we celebrate Software Freedom Day, I'm pleased to announce that the form 1 is ready for download at http://freedom-matters.in . There is bug tracking id itr-forms-bugs AT freedom-matters.in for bugs and feature requests. This has been tested with OOo version 2.4 and 3.0 and 3.1. I encourage all those who wish to try out the spreadsheet to do so and give your bug reports and feedback. -- Regards, Terence. with Perl, there's more than one way to do it _______________________________________________ network mailing list network(a)lists.fosscom.in http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

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