Linuxers December 2010

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Firefox/Chrome(on Linux) compatible DVRs?
by Raghu Prasad 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hi! I am planning to buy a 4 channel DVR for video surveillance. The models I have seen supports only IE (using ActiveX) for real time monitoring and movement of cameras. Some claimed to work with Firefox but on actual testing it didn't work at all. Has anyone implemented any non-PC based DVRs which can be accessed from Linux based systems using either Firefox or Chrome? I am against using a dedicated PC for it due to its larger form factor and high power consumption. This device is supposed to be running 24x7 in a closed loft. Thanks in advance. Raghu

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Eucalyptus private cloud on Centos 5.5
by Prashant Verma 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hi, Does anyone have experience in deploying Eucalyptus private cloud using Centos 5.5? Would appreciate it if you let me know. We (a couple of linuxers from Kolkata) are trying to implement a solution with this configuration and would like to discuss with someone who has already done this. Regards, Prashant

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mapping rural India
by Shuvam Misra 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

> > My mistake. I was referring to mobile phone gps. It is not very > > accurate. In google maps on my phone, my location is off by about 200 > > 300 meters. Not good for giving directions as I am not present on > > spot. A left or right turn based on this perceived location can be > > disastrous. > > either you need a new phone or google maps are inaccurate. In Mumbai, on > openstreetmap, my phone is accurate to about 10-20 meters which is less > than the width of the roads. I don't have a GPS phone, but I've had long chats with friends who do about GPS accuracy, and they seem to confirm this --- 10-20 metres is typical outdoor accuracy. They add a couple of ifs. First, you may need to wait fairly long, maybe 10-15 mins, to get this accurate a fix specially after a long off-line gap, because a lot of cached data inside the phone needs to be validated with the satellites. Second, they say that this accuracy is possible only if satellite reception is acceptable, which it is not in some situations, typically indoors. In the absence of these two factors, you'll get position data from cellphone towers (AGPS) which will be +/- a few hundred metres. This is typically what a newbie "GPS user" sees with his phone. When the first Motorola Milestone came to our office, I remember this is what we all used to see, till we did all this knowledge gathering and re-tried. Shuvam

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NetworkManager Permission Issue on Fedora 14
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Hello Gang, I have upgraded my Netbook from Fedora 10 to Fedora 14 so I can use MTNL's Teracom 3G USB Data card. The data card is detected and usable on Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD and Installed version using Network Manager. In Fedora 14, the card is detected and setup without any problem. But I can not use/activate it as normal user as Network Manager does not allow me to give permission to use by normal user. Please help me in figuring out how to set permission in Network Manager on Fedora 14. Google did not provide any useful info/pointers. TIA for your help and hints. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System Pvt. Ltd. +91-98213-11906 +91-9833-TICKET http://www.shahmicro.com http://iopt.in http://crm.iopt.in Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com

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Regarding PAT rules
by Dattatray Kamble 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

Hi, I am in trouble while writing PAT rule in my iptables configuration. Lan ips - 192.168.2.0/24 Public ip - y.y.y.y I need to implement PAT for ssh ---> At ip - y.y.y.y port - 1 should redirect to 192.168.2.1:22 At ip - y.y.y.y port - 2 should redirect to 192.168.2.2:22 At ip - y.y.y.y port - 3 should redirect to 192.168.2.3:22 please let me know how to resolve it..!

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Language Technology Meetup with Wikimedia team
by Praveen A 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Hi, Danese Cooper who is currently the CTO for Wikimedia, Erik Möller, Deputy Director of Wikimedia Foundation and Alolita Sharma, Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation is visiting Pune from Dec 12-14. They are keenly interested in exploring tools, techniques and approaches they might collaborate on in localizing large-scale content repositories. They can do some brief presentations about what Wikimedia is up to. Wikimedia is looking for contributors in Indian content, open source technologies and growing its community in India. They would like to meet local Indic localization community to talk about the amazing work that they’ve accomplished in Linux and open source localization. Wikipedia needs that kind of help since its community in India has some localization contributors but not enough. Date: : Tuesday, 14-December-2010 10:00 AM IST Venue:: Red Hat Office, Tower 10, Cyber City, Magarpatta City, Hadapsar For registration see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune/Pune4 Share this with others who might be interested. Thanks Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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"Call for URL" for FOSS education tools
by Narendra Sisodiya 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Whenever you are learning something, Please paste url for good tutorial here - http://wiki.schoolos.org/index.php?title=Links_of_Tutorial_on_Education_Too… -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Live CD
by mitul＠enterux.com 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Look for Yast thats suse's swiss army knife for any sort of system config. Mitul RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > Have you tried Suse Studio? >> >> oops! forgot link >> http://susestudio.com/ >> >As per recommendation from Rajagopal, I tried susestudio. Its awesome. > >I created a new distro based on OpenSUSE 11.3 - Base system + GNOME, 32bit. >Added Firefox, Adobe Flash Player and NetworkManager. >All configuration were standard and created a new ISO. >The ISO was 351 MB. >Tested it, worked great!! > >I need help on 2 issues. >(1) Are there any modules (as per the above selection) which I can >remove to reduce the ISO size >(2) Where will I find the GUI tool which allows me to setup my network >interface parameters (IP, NM, G/w & DNS). I included NetworkManager, >assuming that it will help me setup my network interface. But I would >not find a menu option for this anywhere. > >Any help is appreciated. > >Thx & regards, >-- >http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Live CD
by RSCL Mumbai 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Hi, Can someone recommend a Live CD distro meeting following specs: - Firefox 3+ built in - less than 150MB - 200MB (quick bootup) - works on Laptop / desktop. - Supports Wifi (optional) I tried a few distros but did not fit well. SUSE, Fedora -- both has everything I need, but I only have the DVD version which takes a long time to boot Slax -- details on website looked just perfect, but CD did not boot, just threw some messages {I do not recollect them} and stopped. Also tried Puppy Linux & DamnSmallLinux, but faced some issues with them too. I think one of them had an old / stripped down version of Firefox Thank you in advance. Best regards, Sans

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Seed Funding for Startup
by Anish Mohile 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Hey Guys/Members, I am not sure if this is the list I should be mailing but anyways, I have an idea for developing a technology product and I am currently in the process of building a prototype. I need seed funding for this product. Can anyone tell me where can I get contacts to angel investors / investors / VC funds, etc... Any help would really be appreciated. PS: I plan to make some parts of the product open-source once things start clicking but that is still a long shot. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks and Regards, Anish Mohile

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