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Initial draft for list of exhibits at Kamban Engg College -TVM

தியாகராஜன் — 2008-09-06T16:48:14

Hi all, Kindly find the draft for list of stalls for the LDD at Kamban Engg College - TVM. Kindly add your thoughts, we need volunteers badly, kindly add up your name. List of stalls Section - A ( For general audience) 1. Office tools : OO,Koffice,Gnumeric etc -Volunteer required- 2. Browsers : Firefox,Konqueror,mail clients -Volunteer required- & Internet tools 3.Utilities - CD-Writing, Printing,scanner,camera etc -Volunteer required- 4.Multimeda & other GUI:XMMS,Xine etc -Volunteer required- 5.Live CD: Knoppix,variants of knoppix like Freeduc -Volunteer required- 6.Astronomy & educational software: stellarium etc Thyagurajan Shanmugham Section -B (Innovations) 7 Openmoko Sudharshan 8.LTSP Raman.P 9.High Availability- hearbeat,drbd(or) Raman.P Multihead 10. SMS Framework Thyagarajan Shanmugham 11. Locomotive- Geo coding with GPS data+CELLID Section -C (ADMIN CORNER) 12. Networking : NFS, NIS etc Volunteer required SAMBA 13. Databases : MySQL, PostgreSQL -Volunteer required- 14.Web server :apache -Volunteer required- 15.Proxy server: Squid -Volunteer required- Section D - (Programmers Paradise) 16.IDE :Glade,Qt-designer, Anjutha etc -Volunteer required- 17.Programming Languages: C,C++ -Volunteer reqd 18.Scripting Languages: Ruby,Php,perl,python -Volunteer required- 19.Web design: Quanta, NVU,Mozilla Composer... -Volunteer required- 20.Tamil computing: Unicode, UTF 8 -Shriramdass- Cheers, Thyagarajan Shanmugham _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Need speaker to give a talk on SFD

sivaji j.g — 2008-09-06T12:33:55

hello ilugc, Jaya Engineering College FOSS Club, Jaya FOSS Club (jfc http://jayafossclub.org/ ) has planned to celebrate Software freedom day (25th Birthday of GNU) on 20th of this month.For further information http://jayafossclub.org/ we need delegates(speakers) to give a talk on Local FOSS communities like ilugc, Ubuntu-in, Ubuntu-tam and their activites like bug-jam, saturday meet, mailing list, IRC channel etc under the Event/talk named "FOSS in Inida". Interested peoples please contact me or admin-FUzYg+G32cKp42hOYSOCbg< at >public.gmane.org or kumaran.ma < at >gmail.com. please attend and give a talk to make this event a grand success .

Multi seat Linux

Raman.P — 2008-09-06T07:05:43

Dear Luggies, I am planning to experiment multi-seat linux, by putting additional video cards in pci slots. http://zebronics.net/pcivga_graphicscards.asp Can someone tell me which of these works well with multi-seat linux? Raman.P Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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[X-POST] FOSS Events < at > Shaastra 2008, IIT Madras

Akarsh Simha — 2008-09-06T06:43:40

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Connecting linux PC to internet using mobile

indianathan n — 2008-09-05T13:51:11

Dear LUGs, Anybody used the motorola SLVR L9 mobile phone for PC internet connection in linux? please give me an guidelines for Airtel connection Padhu, Ooty.

Re : is Google,going to surprise with its new browser Google Chrome !..

Sarad AV — 2008-09-04T07:59:23

The EULA is updated and the offensive clause removed. http://tapthehive.s483.sureserver.com/chrome.html Sarad. the source and compile it myself! Then the abv referred restrictive terms would not apply! Am assuming compliling chromium would result in chrome!! Or do we also have to compile V8 separately and link and build the full browser out of it? regds, mano<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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BeleniX 0.7.1 - OpenSolaris LiveCD

indianathan n — 2008-09-04T06:55:04

Dear LUGs Current month pcworld contains BeleniX 0.7.1 - OpenSolaris LiveCD image with its DVD I am not yet tried it. I request all to share about their experience in this case. Padhu, Ooty.

One Day One GNU/Linux Command (PASSWD)

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-09-04T04:12:30

One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= passwd - Update a user's authentication tokens(s). Summary: Passwd is used to update a user's authentication tokens, like password, lifetime, etc.. Passwd is configured to work through the Linux-PAM API. Example: $ passwd -- Ask new passwd for your account. # passwd user1 -- Ask new passwd for user1's account. # passwd -l user1 -- Lock user1 account. # passwd -u user1 -- Unlock user1 account. # passwd -d user1 -- Remove password for user1. # passwd -S user1 -- Show short info about user1's password. # passwd -n 30 user1 -- Set 30days as the min lifetime of the user1's password. Note: All new users should read the following topic in the man page A) Protect your password & B) Choose a hard-to-guess password Read: man passwd, pam HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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is Google,going to surprise with its new browser Google Chrome !..

தியாகராஜன் — 2008-09-03T08:27:43

Hi, Google is coming out with its new web browser Google chrome, The Window version beta is available for downloads. Google says the code will stay in open source license. The web browser what they show in the video is pretty sleek. Linux and Mac pals have to wait for some time as the work is in development stage. More at : http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/why.html video at : http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html cheers, Thyagarajan Shanmugham _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Happy Birthday GNU

Sri Ramadoss M — 2008-09-03T04:05:42

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Sullivan public.gmane.org> Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:56 AM Subject: [FSF] Stephen Fry wishes GNU a Happy 25th Birthday To: info-fsf-mXXj517/zsQ< at >public.gmane.org The GNU operating system is turning 25 this year, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has kicked off its month-long celebration of the anniversary by releasing "Happy Birthday to GNU," a short film featuring the English humorist, actor, novelist and filmmaker Stephen Fry. In the five-minute film, Fry compares the free software operating system to "good science" and contrasts it with the "kind of tyranny" imposed by the proprietary software produced by companies like Microsoft and Apple that it replaces. He encourages people to use free GNU/Linux distributions like gNewSense () and free software generally, for freedom's sake. Help us kick off this celebration of the GNU anniversary: * Watch the video at: * Digg the story about the video at: < http://digg.com/linux_unix/Mr_Stephen_Fry_introduces_you_to_free_software_Video * Blog and share the video -- you can use the images and files at: You can read the full press release at public.gmane.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf

Linux Install Fest < at > SRM University

Dinesh Cyanam — 2008-09-03T03:00:49

Hi Everyone, SRM University, Chennai is conducting their annual national level tech fest - AARUUSH '08 at their Kattankulathur Campus from September 10 - 13, 2008. As a part of the tech fest, we are conducting a Linux Install Fest on September 12, 2008. It a day long event and we will be installing Linux on the participant's laptop. The tech fest has other 35+ events and prizes worth 2.5 million to be won. So everyone is invited to the tech fest. For more details about the Linux Install Fest and its venue and also about other events. Please check out (It's under workshops): http://aaruush.org http://srmuniv.ac.in - Dinesh Cyanam Coordinator - Linux Install Fest 9884397154 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Ubuntu 8.04 manually partition problem

Zico — 2008-09-02T16:50:36

Hi, One of my friend is trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 in his machine. He has windows there. And, he is a very new user of linux, i mean, this is his first step. Anyway, his hdd is 250 gigs. There are totally 8 partitions there, 7 are totally NTFS & i think all of them are primary partitions. Now, when he go for the ubuntu 8.04 installation, in the "hard disk partition" sector, he cannot select "Manually partition", i mean, this "Manually partition" is automatically *deselected. *When he goes for partitioning, "*Fully automatic partition" comes with his whole 250 gigs hdd. * As far as i remembered, once i faced such type of problem & solved this with debian dvd. There in debian only, i got the whole hard disk partition table, from where i removed & created new ones. But, my friend dont have any debian dvd now & he is really a novice user here in linux world. Now, what should i suggest him?

Ubuntu 8.04 updates & extra packages

indianathan n — 2008-09-02T11:53:40

Dear experts, I am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. I used synaptic package manager from updates and extra packages. Normally downloaded packages are stored in /var/cache/apt/packages/ I backuped the packages to new folder in my home directory. After second update, i checked the deference between old and new packages. Both are different. What happen to old ones? My question is, How can i keep it all without lost in the directory /var/cache/apt/packages/ I examined options and settings of synaptic package manager. I could not found it. i wish to use for other ubuntu PCs. Padhu, Ooty.

Fwd: [OT] IT Services Boom in India?

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-09-02T11:23:32

Not quite the services we would have liked to see here. Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy: No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged India CAPTCHA breakers, who are earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1835 May be soon, We see a course on this in engg syllabus :) Bye :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Debian Lenny Live CD problem

indianathan n — 2008-09-02T08:59:27

Sir, I downloaded Debian Lenny live (Gnome).It's size is 734MB. I tried to burn it in CD using K3B ( i also enabled over flow burning option), But it burn until 728MB and failed to write the image. Anyone experienced this. One more thing is link contain debian lenny images to make usb stick. Is it enough only writing the image in usb? or any other process is needed to make MBR? Padhu, Ooty.

memory problems with server

Kenneth Gonsalves — 2008-09-02T06:35:01

hi, for the past 2 weeks I am having memory problems with a server. I restart apache, and within a few minutes top shows all RAM and all swap used. The server becomes almost unresponsive until apache is restarted. Can you give some tips on how to find out which particular site is creating this problem? There are about 20 django sites, around 20 wikis and 2 php sites.

[OT] Pg up and Pg down keystrokes patented by M$ ?

Balachandran Sivakumar — 2008-09-02T04:23:05

Hi all, I read the following article in slashdot and was really shocked . Microsoft seems to have patented Pg up and Pg down keystrokes. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/31/2224217 How bad can its implications go ? :(

One Day One GNU/Linux Command (FINGER)

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-09-02T04:16:12

One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= finger -- User information lookup program. Summary: finger will lookup and displays information about users in the local or remote system. Example: $ finger -- Show currently logged on user's info. $ finger user1 -- Show info about the user1. $ finger -s -- Show more info about the currently logged on users. $ finger -l -- Show all info about the users in multi-lines. $ finger < at >host2 -- Show all current logged on users info. $ finger user2< at >host2 -- Show info about user2 on host2. Note: 1) User can add his/her plans in ~/.plan and projects details in ~/.project file. Finger will show this in output. 2) Remote host should run fingerd to support remote fingering. Read: man finger HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Beating the power problem

Girish Venkatachalam — 2008-09-02T01:12:47

Is this OT? I don't think so. It is very interesting that India and developed strong places like Tamil Nadu are unable to provide basic amenities like electricity. But we should light a lamp instead of complaining about the darkness. ;) I will tell you what I have done. It took me a long while to obtain the financial resources for it and a lot of asking around led me to this solution. I have bought an Exide Tubular battery that is fairly large. I think from the cost you can figure out the exact specifications. It is around 11.5k. It is apparently able to support one PC for as long as 10 hours. ;) I think with two PCs I can easily get more than 4 hours. What more do I need? I did something else as well. Instead of going in for an inverter and multiple separate UPSes I went in for an online UPS of rating 750 VA. Now the output from this one battery and online UPS is connected to the main power supply of my office. I can connect all my modems, hubs, PCs, speakers, monitors and so on. Obviously you should know that it is high time you threw away your CRT monitors. LCD monitors take up very little power. As I am writing this mail there is a scheduled power cut. The online UPS + battery cost me exactly 20k. I believe I hit upon the right solution to the problem since I know there are just too many options out there. Generators, multiple battery vendors, local made, branded, UPS/inverters from APC and so on. I think the whole thing rests upon the battery. (I could be wrong here) And you have the scary possibility of the acid spilling on your floor. Ouch! In order to avoid all that spend that extra sum and go in for a branded proper battery. Hope this helps. Thank you. -Girish _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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connection to the server was reset while the page wasloading in FF3.0 browser

Mahalingam Subramaniam — 2008-09-01T05:48:43

Dear All I had recently updated Fedora.9.0 using yum update which includes F.F.3.0. The consequence and ramification is that the F.F.3.0 is not loading web pages at all but only displaying error message stating that " The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading". It worries me a lot as I am not in a position to use the machine. However, the network activities are functioning perfectly as ever and there is no hindrance to it. I used "about:config" to change the parameters of network default settings on the browser. But with no success. the stalemate continues. kindly render your suggestions to resolve this issue. with kind regards s.mahalingam _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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One Day One GNU/Linux Command (ROUTE)

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-09-01T04:29:03

One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= route -- Show / Manipulate the IP routing table. Summary: Route manipulates the kernel's IP routing table (/proc/net/route). Its primary use is to set up static routes to specific hosts or networks via a network interface (like eth0..). Read the man page to understand the each columns in the output. Example: $ route -- Show routing table. It will try resolve the name for IP. $ route -n -- Same as above. But won't resolve. $ route -ee -- Show more detailed info $ route -A inet6 -- Show IPv6 related route info. # route add -net 127.0.0.0 -- Adds the normal loopback entry. # route add -net 192.168.14.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 -- Adds a route to the network 192.168.14.x via "eth0". # route add default gw midas-gw dev eth1 -- Set the default Gateway for eth1. # route del default dev eth0 -- Remove the default Gateway of eth0. # route add -net 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 reject -- Sets rejecting route for the "10.x.x.x." # route add -net 192.168.13.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw wify1 -- Adds the net "192.168.13.x" to be gatewayed through wify1. Read: man route HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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