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Dell Vostro 1510 Keyboard and Touchpad

Arun Venkataswamy — 2008-08-30T10:56:24

Hi, I have installed OpenSUSE 11.0 in a Vostro 1510 laptop (dual boot with vista). It was not straight forward and had to use noapm, noapic and noacpi to get the keyboard and touchpad working during the install itself. During install I had a USB mouse connected to the system. Now, only if the USB mouse is connected, the keyboard and touchpad are working in Linux! If I remove the mouse and boot the system I can't even log on because the keyboard and touchpad do not work. What could be the issue? Anobody else with a Dell vostro? With regards, Arun Venkataswamy _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Perl and C programming workshop

Girish Venkatachalam — 2008-08-29T16:47:03

Dear friends, As part of our initiative to spread the light of knowledge, Bharathi and I have come up with a two day workshop on C and perl programming. First day will be all perl and second day will be all C. This is going to be less stressful than the TCP/IP seminar since there is not much to memorize and learn. Only the experience of programming and solving problems. There are certain important idioms to be learnt in coding that comes only by a very long programming experience. We will try to generally get together, have fun and learn. The idea of this workshop is fund raising. As always this is also totally free of any financial gain. But at the same time you will be required to pay Rs.1000/- for the two day workshop. In case you miss the first day, you have to pay Rs.1000/- for the second day alone. We wish to express heartfelt thanks to our previous sponsors Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala of TENET fame and also Sundarraman of Exeter Premedia Pvt Ltd. We expect fresh sponsors for this event. We

Hi techies out there

Manoj Kumar — 2008-08-29T07:24:24

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: SimWarehouse-TN-cPLqAfoYR5D/PtFMR13I2A< at >public.gmane.org Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:21:40 +0530 Subject: To: manojrathnam-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org hi techies , First of all,i apologise for using sms language in the mailing list . I bought a computer with 80 GB HDD and 1 GB of RAM with pentium core 2 duo processor ,i want to install RHEL5 & Win XP in that,but my requirement is i have to have Linux as My primary OS n from that i ve to access win xp from linux using VM ware or Sun Virtual Box 1.6. In the near future i also have plans for installing Oracle 9i in my system .. so help me out in installin both t Operating systems n virtual box without any problems ASAP. REGARDS, SIM WARE HOUSE - TN CHENNAI.31 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destro

Efficiency of Projects in Mono

senthilraja P — 2008-08-29T06:48:14

Hi, I was going through Mono and Mono develop few days back. It was said, that mono is a .NET port for linux, spearheaded by Novell. Can Mono be an efficient tool for commercial projects? If its so, why its not widely adopted? There is a good IDE similar to Visual Studio, and it would provide a good dev platform for application projects. Is there any review of Mono to know more about its viability? regards, Senthil _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Ubuntu Installation problem

Deepak Pandian — 2008-08-29T02:53:34

Hi Lugies, I have a 160 GB Sata Hard disk in which I had installed ubuntu and win xp with grub in the MBR. Somehow the grub got corrupt and I removed the windows and installed mandriva with grub . But grub was not able to identify the ubuntu installation (I am not able to find the Ubuntu /boot partition )and hence i started installing ubuntu again.But during ubuntu installation from a live cd the partition tool shows the entire hard disk as a single partition and forces me to format the whole disk. I have tried creating fresh partitions using fdisk but that doesnt shw up in the partition tool which comes with ubuntu. fdisk was warning me that my cylinders no.s in harddisk is more than 1024 ,hence some partition tools may have problem with reading the partition table. gparted too shows the entire hard disk as a single partition. I have 100 GB of important data in my hard disk and suggest me a way to install back my ubuntu darling without loosing any of them. Regards Deepak.P __________________________

commands are not working

Zico — 2008-08-28T07:17:36

Hi, I am facing a really devastating problem here in one of our server. It is running Fedora 7; it`s running dspace. Suddenly from last night, no command is working there in gnome. Today morning, when i tried to enter graphically, i couldn`t do that, shows... "gnome-session will close in 10 seconds... blah..blah ..blah" I can login as root remotely, but no command is working there... as for example: ls, yum,su or so on. Now, i cannot remove that fedora anymore, cause, we have a lot of important data in root ( / ) partition. What can i do now? Please help me. Here, i am adding a little bit part of my commands: Last login: Thu Aug 28 12:41:51 2008 [root< at >localhost ~]# ls -bash: ls: command not found [root< at >localhost ~]# cd [root< at >localhost ~]# ls -bash: ls: command not found [root< at >localhost ~]# mkdir zico -bash: mkdir: command not found [root< at >localhost ~]#

foss hardware workshop at Ooty

Kenneth Gonsalves — 2008-08-28T05:26:24

hi, the workshop was a huge success, full reports here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/full/56/NW/ There are IT associations in all towns of the state. I feel that all of them are very eager to know about FOSS as there is good demand for that now since government has deployed linux machines on a large scale. Also cybercafe operators are fed up with windows. We must try to have workshops in more places. If LUG members can contact the associations, they will be happy to have workshops along with NRC- FOSS, as they all have good respect for Anna University.

Help me out in installing linux.

Manoj Kumar — 2008-08-28T13:31:06

Hi guys,i ve a sys wit 80 giga HDD n 1 giga RAM with pentium core 2 duo processors. . T thing is i wanna install Red Hat Enterprise linux 5 n also windows xp,i want to access windows through virtual box or vmware. . Tell me t detailed ways to install that without collapsing t system. .

Draft Patent Manual Meeting

Vijay Kumar — 2008-08-28T12:57:54

About 8 ILUGC members attended the meeting. There were 2 from FSUG Bangalore. At the start of the meeting we were told that issues related to software patents will be discussed in a separate meeting! The meeting date was not announced. We were asked check the website. But we did get a clarity on what this Manual was all about. It was clearly stated that the document did not have any legal binding. It was just a handbook for patent examiners and people who would like to apply for patents. The handbook just happens to contain the interpretation of the law. (And has a wrong interpretation of course.) Anyways we will have to get this fixed, to avoid unnecessary litigations. The contents of the manual itself was questioned during the meeting. Some suggested that the manual should only contain procedures of patent application, rather than such detailed interpretations of the patent law. It was also discussed that the manual will be rewritten completely, possibly removing elaborate interpretations of the patent l

problem deleting pages with moinmoin

Kenneth Gonsalves — 2008-08-28T04:57:55

hi, I have a moinmoin wiki with the following config: acl_rights_before = u"RaianIrani,golfer:read,write,delete,revert,admin" the user 'golfer' can delete pages. For the user RaianIrani, delete option is shown, but he gets the message 'you do not have permission to delete this page'. Any clues?

NIS server configuration

2008-08-28T02:47:14

Dear All, Please help me in setting up of master and slave in NIS configuration. Also I would like to know whether when I create a slave server, all the users available in the master server will be automatically replicate to the slave servers. For eg. In Windows all the users available in the PDC will be replicated to ADC & Child domain. Please clarify my doubts on this regard. Regards, Karthick.V ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use , disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message(S). www.lucas-tvs.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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apache directory browsing for authenticated users

Raja Subramanian — 2008-08-27T22:43:29

I'm running an Apache 2.0.16 server on Debian. By default I've disabled directory browsing (Option Indexes) on my server. But now I want to permit directory browsing only for authenticated users. I've tried various combinations of Directory/DirectoryMatch from the man pages, but nothing seems to work. Has anyone implemented this sucessfully and have a config file they can share? Thanks! - Raja _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Announce: Linux Desktop Testing Project (LDTP) 1.3.0released

Nagappan A — 2008-08-27T18:56:27

Greetings all, We are proud to announce the release of LDTP 1.3.0. This release features number of important breakthroughs in LDTP as well as in the field of Test Automation. This release note covers a brief introduction on LDTP followed by the list of new features and major bug fixes which makes this new version of LDTP the best of the breed. Useful references have been included at the end of this article for those who wish to hack / use LDTP. About LDTP: Linux Desktop Testing Project is aimed at producing high quality test automation framework (C / Python) and cutting-edge tools that can be used to test Linux Desktop and improve it. It uses the Accessibility libraries to poke through the application's user interface. The framework also has tools to record test-cases based on user events in the interface of the application which is under testing. We strive to help in building a quality desktop. Whats new in this release: * Shreyank Gupta public.gmane.org> has contribu

One Day One GNU/Linux Command (HOSTID)

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-08-27T04:34:17

One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= hostid - Print the numeric id for the host. Summary: It will print a 32-bit hexadecimal numerical identifier for the host machine. Certain product registration procedures use this number to brand a particular user license. The 32-bit quantity happens to be closely related to the system's IP address, but that isn't always the case. If your IP address is 192.168.14.155 then your hostid is A8C09B0E. A8 -- 168 C0 -- 192 9B -- 155 0E -- 14 Example: $ hostid -- Print the hostid of the current host. Read: man hostid HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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Anti-virus on Linux

Masatran / Deepak, R. — 2008-08-26T17:09:31

I need an anti-virus program on Linux. I have a Debian Etch Linux computer at home. My mother transfers data with Windows computers. The purpose is to ensure that viruses don't get transferred via the Linux computer. Kindly advise.

One Day One GNU/Linux Command (FIND)

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-08-26T04:19:24

One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= find -- Search for files in a directory hierarchy Summary: Find is useful to search in the deeply nested collection folder. It can execute some actions on the files, which found by it and it provides lot of useful options for file searching. Example: $ find -- List all files in current and its sub Dir. $ find / -name resolv.conf -- Find the resolv.conf $ find /etc -name '*conf*' -- Find all conf file /etc Dir. $ find ~/ -size 1000c -- Find files that have a size equal to 1KB. $ find ~/ -size +1500c -- Find files that have a size > 1KB. $ find ~/ -size -1500c -- Find files that have a size < 1KB. $ find ~/ -empty -- Find empty files and directories. $ find ~/ -amin -5 -- Find files accessed in last 5 minutes. $ find ~/ -atime -1 -- Find files accessed in last 24 hours. $ find ~/ -mmin -5 -- Find files modified in last 5 minutes. $ find ~/ -mtime -2 -- Find files modified in last 48 hours. $ find ~/ -size +1kc -and -mtime 2 -- Find fil

[Job] Openings for Python/Perl/Java expert at CollabNet

Bhuvaneswaran A — 2008-08-26T04:02:39

Hi, No of openings: 3 Position overview: The position is part of Operations Engineering group in CollabNet. The main responsibility is to customize the Enterprise application as per the customer requirement and work on related product offerings. The guy should also be capable of working with peers who work remotely and effectively co-ordinate the activities. Requirements: # Experience with n-tier Web-based enterprise software. # Strong background with Free/Open Source software and methodologies. # Linux/Unix administration. # Demonstrated scripting ability (Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.) # Web-based Application development using Java/J2EE technologies. # Expertise with SQL and database servers (MySQL, Oracle, etc.) # Able to articulate test and use cases from customer functional requirements. # Experience with installation and customization of Web-based enterprise products. # Experience in data migration and software upgrades. # Demonstrated ability to identify possible source of defects and issues. # Strong

Fwd: [ILUG-BOM] report on the stake holders meeting(Software Patent)

Arun Khan — 2008-08-25T15:55:30

This is in reference to Bharathi Subramaniam's post on Stake holder meet in Chennai 28/Aug/08. FYI - Dr. Nagarjuna's note from the Mumbai Stake holder's meet (held on 7/Aug/08). The important point to note - there is going to be a special stake holders meeting to hear all views on software patents. It will be held in Bangalore (date TBA on the ministry's web portal http://ipindia.nic.in/).

2nd Indian SVN Full-Committer

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-08-25T09:58:56

Hi All, Our ILUGC Member Senthil Kumaran S (http://www.stylesen.org/) got the Full-Committer access to SVN code base (http://svn.collab.net/). He is the 51st committer world wide and 2nd Indian full-committer. Check http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/COMMITTERS. He is contributing to SVN Project for past 1 year 1 month. Congratulation Senthil Kumaran :) Other ILUGC member Bhuvaneswaran is also having partial commit access to SVN for a long time. Bye :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >public.gmane.org with "unsubscribe

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One Day One GNU/Linux Command (DMESG)

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-08-25T09:27:57

One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= dmesg - Print or Control the kernel ring buffer Summary: dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. The program helps users to print out their boot-up messages. Example: $ dmesg -- Print the kernel boot-up messages. $ dmesg > kmesg.txt -- Redirect the out to file. # dmesg -c -- Clear the ring buffer after printing. # dmesg -s4096 -- Set the kernel ring buffer size. # dmesg -n1 -- Set the level at which logging of messages is done to the console. 1 -- Action must be taken immediately 2 -- Critical conditions 3 -- Error conditions 4 -- Warning conditions 5 -- Normal but significant condition 6 -- Informational 7 -- Debug-level messages 8 -- All Read: man dmesg HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request-nW3y/O4m2H6nF1JIJmvOGw< at >p

FYI: Software Patents

Bharathi Subramanian — 2008-08-25T09:10:46

Stake Holder Meeting < at > Chennai: ------------------------------ Date : Thu Aug 28th 2008 Time : 10AM to 1PM Place: Intellectual Property Office, Guindy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr. Sasi Kumar V The Indian Patent Office has brought out a Manual that tells people that software in combination with hardware can be patented. This is patently false (no pun intended). The Indian Parliament had rejected in 2005 an attempt to introduce software patents and out efforts had ensured that the clause that permitted software in combination with hardware was also rejected. As everyone knows, SOFTWARE IS OF USE ONLY ALONG WITH HARDWARE. We are again facing a similar threat, though this time from the bureaucracy. Details can be found at http://ipindia.nic.in/ The draft manual is at http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/DraftPatent_Manual_2008.pdf A stake-holders' meeting is scheduled at Chennai for 28th morning. Interested organisations should attend and present their points of view. FSF India had particip