Linuxers May 2010

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[Commercial][Cross-post] FOSS Yellow Pages; List Your Firm
by Swapnil Bhartiya 07 May '10

07 May '10

Hi Foss friend, As I promised in the previous email. We are announcing a new service for the Indian FOSS Indusry and professionals. Here is the draft. At the launch of Muktware.com we promised to add more features in the coming weeks. We are announcing the launch of Muktware Yellow Pages Network (MYPN) for the FOSS industry. This feature is available for FREE of cost to all FOSS players. *What is Muktware Yellow Pages Network?* Muktware Yellow Pages Network is a powerful tool to market FOSS products and services. *Features:* - Free listing on the Muktware Yellow Pages Network (MYPN) - This FREE service will ensure your presence across the Web through search engines. - Comprehensive contact details so that your customers can reach you easily. - Option to upload your logo. - Option to be listed under more than one category. - Your firm will be searchable through various means – name of the firm, location and area of specialization. We will keep improving these features over time to serve you better. *How does it benefit businesses* Muktware is the one-stop-shop for the Indian FOSS industry. It offers high exposure among customers, clients, partners and big players. Since Muktware is also a news/content and advocacy platform thus your firm will be visible to a much more wider audience than any 'niche' Foss Yellow Pages. We are inviting submission/application for* Muktware Yellow Pages Network.*<http://www.muktware.com/submit/muktware_yellow_pages/submission> *Click here <http://www.muktware.com/submit/muktware_yellow_pages/submission>*to list your business now! We will soon be launching Foss Professional feature for individual Foss consultant/experts. Swapnil Bhartiya Muktware.com

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Linksys Spa3102 regional settings.
by gurteshwar singh 06 May '10

06 May '10

Hi, I have a linksys spa3102 voip adapter. I've been trying to set it up with FreeSwitch and integrate my PSTN line. After repeated attempts I was getting nowhere when I finally looked at regional settings. I've tried various configs and am now reasonably sure that its an issue with regional settings. I reset the spa3102 to default settings, and plugged in the PSTN phone line into fxo and an analong phone into fxs. There is no network cable connected and no sort of PBX involved. When I call my PSTN number, the phone at fxs does ring but a call is not being established. If I answer the phone, there is no call established and it disconnects in 2 sec. and I get a disconn tone, while the caller continues to hear the PSTN number ring. Same thing if the call goes unanswered. The PSTN line status on the spa3102 shows Last Call Disconn. reason: CPC Signal. I think I am correct in assuming that there is no point in any further configuration attempts until I manage to get this call established first. Should this plug and play setup be working by default on every spa3102 if regional settings are correct? If that is the case then it mostly seems like an issue with regional settings. I looked at the voxilla forums and other places and tried whatever regional tone settings I could find for India. Nothing has worked so far. When I bring in the PBX into the picture, I have no problem with my phone working as an sip extension doing everything that is configured just as any other softphone would do. The problem is with PSTN and I suspect its regional settings. Where can I find the correct settings? If anybody has this device configured, please drop me a line. Thanks

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 85, Issue 5
by gurteshwar singh 05 May '10

05 May '10

> Is this box made for India? Tel. line signaling and supervision vary > in each country. I don't know if they make country specific boxes, but I made sure I bought it here. It shipped to Delhi from Bombay, I called the distributor listed on the linksys site. The default dial plans are .us and so are the tone settings. > Caveat, make sure such a setup is allowed in India. IIRC, a while back VOIP networks > could not be connected to the PSTN network with the exception of lic. > service providers. I've read the TRAI consultation paper available on their page. It's dated May 2008 and is very vague. It really had me confused. Most clauses seem self-conflicting. I'm looking for details. > I would suggest you contact the hardware vendor and/or participate in > their forums - chances of solving your problem there is higher. Yeah, Doing that too now. > > -- Arun Khan > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > thanks

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[commercial][cross-post] Launch of FOSS Site Muktware
by Swapnil Bhartiya 04 May '10

04 May '10

Hi friends, I have been working as a foss journalist for over 6 years now. I am glad to share with you that we are launching 'muktware.com', a complete FOSS and Linux website. In addition to regular sections (which you can see on the site) we will be adding more feature in the coming week which include: 1. Job Postings. If you have a job opening at you company you can publish it on Muktware.com 2. We realize should create a comprehensive directory of Indian Foss Professionals. The major focus of this feature is exposure. Potential clients/employers can scan the database and connect with you. 3. Event postings. If you are planning an event, you can post it on Muktware.com thus reaching out to more visitors. 4. Foss Yellow Pages. A comprehensive list of small and big Foss Firms, consultants and services. 5. Mailing Lists, Projects and much more. We are also working on creating a comprehensive directory of various Foss related mailing lists and projects so that it is easier for the community to reach out to right people. You can send inputs about the above mentioned features to the editor. All these features will always remain 'free' (as in beer) for the community members. Please have a look at Muktware.com and share with us your valuable inputs. Swapnil Bhartiya PS: Muktware runs on GLAMP stack, Drupal and releases all its content under CC License.

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Ubuntu 10.04 installation Failure Report
by jitendra 02 May '10

02 May '10

I could not install from the file I downloaded. 1. I created a CD for 32 bit 10.04 ubuntu yesterday. 2. Tried on two machines: same problem 3. While booting from the CDROM, it shows the screen of Ubuntu and Ubuntu with superscript of the icon. 4. Then It says something like: that an unrecoverable problem occured. So cannot install. 5. It further says something like : Will provide a desktop and you figure out. 6. I could go to ctrl+F! etc. 7. But I dont know 1. what to do next 2. whether there is some error in copying iso or in writing the live CD 3. how to find out? Any help welcome.

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Ubuntu 10.04 installation Report
by Rony 02 May '10

02 May '10

Hello, As the latest distros get released, users of older computers have to think twice before installing them since the latest ones are heavier and can slow down the computer. For that reason I had removed Kubuntu 9.04 from my system and reverted back to Debian 5 (Lenny). My system is a P4 2.4 GHZ on an Intel 845 board with 512 MB RAM. KDE4's successors are getting more and more heavy and make them practically unusable on older P4 systems. Then came Ubuntu 10.04 and I had to install its 64 bit version on another machine. Just to see how it looked and felt, I tried the 32 bit CD cd on my own system and was pretty impressed by its sleek look and speed, even in the live CD mode. The menu was fast to access and programs opened reasonably fast. 10.4 has all the latest versions of Firefox, OpenOffice etc. This distro was definitely designed for agility. Since I am a KDE user and to be fair to KDE4.x, the Kubuntu 10.04 Cd was downloaded and tried out live but it was very disappointing. It was slower than Gnome and the looks were very dull. The splash screen during loading had a very poor colour resolution and it looked ugly for a latest distro. The desktop too has some sky blue - gray colour combination that looks lousy. KDE4.x was its usual slow. It looked as if Kubuntu 10.04 was released just as a formality to keep up with Ubuntu 10.04. If the KDE guys are not careful, KDE will become an endangered species. They need to trim and speed it up. Ubuntu 10.04 has finally replaced Debian 5 KDE on my system and I am quite happy about it. The software package manager 'Ubuntu Software Center' is nice for those who want a gui based one. It can be deceptive and do not rely completely on the package grouping/indexing. There are many packages out of this group too and will be available if you type their name in the search query window. A queer thing I noticed was that the package 'build-essential' was not available in the default India repo. After switching to a Taiwanese repo, I got this package. Everything else went smoothly. I installed the latest HPLIP package and got my HP K-209a printing and scanning working properly. Those who want restricted packages for multimedia support and fonts can install 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'. Thunderbird 3 was downloaded and Evolution was removed. Thunderbird 3 has some features of Windows Live Mail and Firefox. It has tabbed windows like Firefox and variable folder view like Windows Live Mail. This mail is being sent from Thunderbird 3. The 64 bit version was installed too on another system yesterday. Everything went fine there too. Just keep in mind that Skype's 64 bit version 2.x still does not have camera support in it. Overall Ubuntu 10.04 is a good system and very handy for those who do not have the latest hardware but want the latest software in their systems. Go ahead, enjoy it. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Unable to run gOS on VirtualBox
by Pratik Anand 01 May '10

01 May '10

I recently downloaded the 700 mb iso of gOS(www.thinkgos.com) for trying it out. I am using VirtualBox v3 to run gOS. But it is not booting properly. It loads up , shows option of installing and or just running without install. I choose the latter. It loads up, the desktop comes up with mouse cursor but then it is all blank. Can't see anything on the Desktop, only the mouse running over a blank screen. I think there might be some problem with Display or resolution, though have provided 700 mb RAM and 64 MB + video memory. Still, no changes in it. Rest of the OSs run smoothly under virtualized conditions. My system config is: Ubuntu Studio 9.10 2 GB Ram 128 Graphics Card (Intel 945 series) Lenovo R61 laptop -- Pratik Anand B.Tech - CSE (2nd year) Blog: pratik3d.blogspot.com Twitter: twitter.com/pratikone

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