Re: [ilugd] Perl Developers In India

2010-03-10 Thread Nishant Sharma
Me too please regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://fr

[ilugd] DoT wants verification of Internet users online

2009-10-26 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi, Found this news on Rediff: http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/26/verify-internet-users-online-says-dot.htm Although, I could not find anything on DoT's website, here is what mentioned in the news: Aiming at preventing the misuse of Wi-Fi connectivity by unauthorised users, the de

Re: [ilugd] Advice needed: which notebook

2009-10-02 Thread Nishant Sharma
> I would like buy a notebook. I think even a netbook will > do. Please > let me know the most economical gadget given my needs which > are > > Whats important: > > a. X should preferably not need closed-source hacks > > b. I'd prefer networking that just works with the standard > kernel > > c.

Re: [ilugd] NRCFOSS CDAC BOSS Linux Workshop

2009-08-20 Thread Nishant Sharma
> >> Doesn't it have to be open source ? Isn't that the > nature of the > >> beast? GPL license in this case? > >> > > > > Could you please point out where they post the source > tree's and the build > > scripts ? Just browsed through their website. >From the URL http://bosslinux.in/documentation

[ilugd] NRCFOSS CDAC BOSS Linux Workshop

2009-08-19 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi, Today's Dainik Jagran Delhi edition carried a half page advertisement about workshop for government officials on BOSS GNU/Linux. URL for details mentioned was http://bosslinux.in/workshop It also had invitation from hardware vendors for getting their hardware certified for BOSS GNU/Linux.

Re: [ilugd] DSC for signing / e-filing

2009-07-20 Thread Nishant Sharma
> I had no choice but to use Windows/IE combo to download the > certificate.  > Once the certificate was installed I could export it and > use it with FF > on Linux. After a lot of digging, calling, e-mailing, found that (n)codesolutions use the same Aladdin's eToken software and they provide

[ilugd] DSC for signing / e-filing

2009-07-15 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi, I am contemplating applying for a DSC from one of the GoI authorised CAs. Problem is that all of them provide PKI Client for Windows or Mac. Only NIC-CA provides a Debian package for Aladdin's eToken PKI Client and its token/Smart Card Reader is supported under Linux. None of the other CAs

Re: [ilugd] Linux + LDAP+ Terminal Server

2009-07-01 Thread Nishant Sharma
> >> If i create a user by useradd command and then > login via FreeNX > >> then it is working fine, but now i am not able to > figure out how > >> FreeNX will use FDS to authenticate users that are > in FDS > >> database and not in /etc/passwd file. First things first. Are you able to login to t

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-04 Thread Nishant Sharma
> 01. to monitor my net-use, i was told i have to register at > the reliance site. > when i registered, the web-engine asked for my name and > data-card number, > and then sent the password to my data-card number. there's > no way i can check > the data-card number for an sms. it's not a voice and

Re: [ilugd] Mail authentication

2008-09-10 Thread Nishant Sharma
> > Scenario - A sent an email to a B and D. B has tampered > with the text > of email and forwarded to C. C comes to D with a print copy > of email > from B. How can D show C that the original email by A and > forwarded > email by C are modified. D has shown C the original from A > but C is > not

Re: [ilugd] A Basic LDAP Question

2008-08-29 Thread Nishant Sharma
> For large multi-site organisations, is there any norm as to > how many > LDAP servers (Masters + Slave) should be on the network, > primary > application being network authentication and authorisation. > Point in > perspective being, is it a good practice that every > physical and > geographicall

Re: [ilugd] mobile braodband connection ??

2008-07-23 Thread Nishant Sharma
> tata indicom supports linux,jus editing d wvdialconf would do d > trick,but tata indicom is noway close to broadband...It can jus open > webpages.. Isn't it possible to connect two USB modems and aggregate their bandwidths. Considering a single CDMA modem can provide speeds of upto 144kbps, t

Re: [ilugd] pvrcinemas.com: Hall of shame?

2008-05-05 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi Niyam, --- Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pvrcinemas' site sucks, > never works under gnu/linux. > i've been regularly checking since circa 2001-end or > so. Well, it works only when you change browser identification to MSIE. I tried that on Konqueror, but that is not a solution tha

[ilugd] pvrcinemas.com: Hall of shame?

2008-05-05 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi, I had tried many times in the past to book tickets on http://pvrcinemas.com using Firefox/Iceweasel on Debian, but it never worked for me. Yesterday I had sent a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I have received following reply from them: Dear Mr. Sharma, Greeting

Re: [ilugd] OOXML approved as international standard

2008-04-02 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Nishant Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The evil has happened :-( Here is the press release by ISO: http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1123 -N -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net Forgot the famous last wor

[ilugd] OOXML approved as international standard

2008-04-02 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi, The evil has happened :-( http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/04/02/ooxml_iso_approved/ “Subject to there being no formal appeals from ISO/IEC national bodies in the next two months, the International Standard will accordingly proceed to publication.” Do we stand any chance if an appeal i

Re: [ilugd] Common home with multiboot

2008-03-26 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about having /home as a separate partition, and > using that partition > as /home in each of the distros? > I have it the same way. Problem arises when you have different versions of KDE/Gnome and older version refuses to recognise som

[ilugd] FOSS Friendly budget 2008?

2008-02-29 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi, I was just wondering if this budget is FOSS friendly indirectly. Excise duty on packaged softwares is raised to 12%. Now, considering most of the FOSS deployment in India is provided as a service either by individual consultants or companies, which invites a service tax of 12.5%. Any ideas?

Re: [ilugd] Broadband Connection

2007-06-29 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Ayush Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just wanted to ask everyone that what is the > actual download speed > they get on their broadband connections? I actualy get 30-32 kB/s on a 256kbps BSNL Dataone connection in Sukhrali village Gurgaon, which is fair. Sometimes there are short burst

Re: [ilugd] The Perfect Replacement For MP3 (Stanley Thomas' blog)

2007-06-28 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > nishant, ALL personal mp3 players get detected by > gnulinux these days, as > mass storage devices for simple drag n drop. and > almost all get detected by > media-playin' software as well, for music, such as > amarok, rhythmbox etc. Not true for

Re: [ilugd] Broadband Connection

2007-06-28 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Surjo Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BSNL Dataone Rocks !!! +1 Apart from few glitches in begining, no problems since past 1 year - 256kbps unlimited data transfer at 900/- per month. Mostly the faults were in the line (cable cuts caused by digging for sewer line) and not in their DSL e

Re: [ilugd] The Perfect Replacement For MP3 (Stanley Thomas' blog)

2007-06-25 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but alas, i don't know of a single personal or > stereo or other oggplayer > hardware available in india. MPIO (www.mpio.com) players support OGG format. They are imported by a Lucknow based company called Nabroco (www.nabroco.com). I have one MPIO

Re: [ilugd] wifi cards at nehru place?

2007-04-21 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- PJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also want to avoid ndiswrapper and binary blobs > for religious reasons. Anyone > got a non-evil card recently that they can > recommend? Or am I doomed anyway I use Zyxel Zyair B-220 USB dongle. It works with Debian's default kernel driver zd1201 and can wor

Re: [ilugd] nokia website for hall of shame?

2007-03-29 Thread Nishant Sharma
> http://nokia.co.in > > am sure loads of other ilug-d users must have faced > similar problems. +1 It does not work for me on Firefox, but konqueror is able to show the pages and follow the links. Also it used to complain for newer version of flash when i had checked it long back. Nishant --

Re: [ilugd] nokia website for hall of shame?

2007-03-29 Thread Nishant Sharma
> http://nokia.co.in > > am sure loads of other ilug-d users must have faced > similar problems. +1 It does not work for me on Firefox, but konqueror is able to show the pages and follow the links. Also it used to complain for newer version of flash when i had checked it long back. Nishant --

Re: [ilugd] OSS alternative to SPSS

2006-09-19 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how does octave compare with scilab? I have neither used octave nor scilab personally, I so can not comment on this. regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net ___

Re: [ilugd] OSS alternative to SPSS

2006-09-19 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi Akshay, --- Akshay Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for an OSS alternative to SPSS. I > with R and PSPP. GNU-R, PSPP, Octave, Gnuplot are statistical analysis/graphing tools available in the FOSS domain. Octave is equivalent to matlab, while GNU R is just like S and S-PLUS. ww

Re: [ilugd] Wireless data card

2006-08-24 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi Ram, --- "Ramnarayan.K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Reliance: Huawei card and it does not work > on linux (as yet) > its presently unsupported You would like to go through following links and see if it works for you: http://spo0nman.blogspot.com/2006/08/huawei-ec321-cdma-on-linux.

Re: [ilugd] Help on setting Up Relaince CDMA wireless Modem for Internet Connectivity

2006-08-11 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi Ram, Is it Sierra Wireless Aircard or a Huawei card? I came to know that Reliance has stopped shipping Sierra Card because of the cost factors. I was able to use Sierra card on Debian and Ubuntu but have never tried Huawei card. You may like to read my experience with Sierra Wireless Aircard

Re: [ilugd] AMD64 Motherboard

2006-07-08 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can we do this onlist?? Yes, sure :-). In fact I realised it after pressing the send button and then out of laziness did not send it to the group :-(. > Nvidia MoBO with AMD64AthlonX2 processor. I am > running Ubuntu (closest > to Debian) I believe i

[ilugd] CDs required: Fedora Core 5

2006-07-06 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi all, Do someone has full set of 5 CDs for Fedora Core 5, preferrably in Gurgaon or South Delhi. Thanks in advance. regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net __ Yahoo! India Answer

Re: [ilugd] L0L on W3C

2006-06-01 Thread Nishant Sharma
> Well, it worked without a hitch for me, perhaps I > have my browser > encoding set to UTF8 by default. If the hosting is I couldn't see the fonts in konqueror while http://bbchindi.com is displaying flawlessly. I guess, the site is not in Unicode. Firefox is able to display it properly as I ha

Re: [ilugd] Nokia phone and Reliance connect

2006-04-06 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I already have this but no help. > ANother poster mentioned GPRS but Reliancee is CDMA. > -- This is the Nokia's Windows INF file. You may try these init strings mentioned here under [3G] here: http://www.centrin.net.id/support/m8-files/Nokia_6225_Mod

Re: [ilugd] Connecting to VPN in office

2006-01-12 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi Tanveer, > How to do it in Linux. Is there a ready VPN client You can use vpnc. The only issue is that re-keying is not supported. So, your VPN is connected for 8 hrs at a stretch and then you will have to reconnect it. regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nisha

Re: [ilugd] Linux and Laptops -- Help required

2006-01-12 Thread Nishant Sharma
> Everyone has its own pros and cons, your choice may > depend on its use. Toshiba may give value for money. Toshiba _MAY_ give value for money. I had hard times trying to use in built SD Card Reader, IrDA and ACPI suspend on Debian Sarge but failed. WLAN works fine as its using Intel's cards. Als

Re: [ilugd] Configuring Evolution to fetch mails from MS Exchange

2006-01-12 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi! > We have MS Exchange at the backend. Using evolution, > I'm able to > view/reply to emails that still remain in my virtual > folder (mailbox @ > the server) BUT am not able to download them locally > to my disk. AFAIK, it is the limitation of Exchange Protocol which doesn't allow you to sync

Re: [ilugd] Removing ^M from text files in vi

2006-01-11 Thread Nishant Sharma
> ^M is not literal, use CTRL-g CTRL-m to get ^M. Sorry for the typo, CTRL-v CTRL-m will give ^M. regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com ___

Re: [ilugd] Removing ^M from text files in vi

2006-01-11 Thread Nishant Sharma
> > What can be the possible reason for this & how can > i stop this from > > happening & how to get back my code without ^M? In vim do :%s/^M//g ^M is not literal, use CTRL-g CTRL-m to get ^M. regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net Send instant mess

[ilugd] creative.linux-delhi.org throwing mysql errors?

2006-01-04 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi!! http://creative.linux-delhi.org/ is throwing these errors on the home page: warning: Missing argument 4 for _image_insert() in /services/www/creativedot/modules/image/image.module on line 719. warning: Missing argument 5 for _image_insert() in /services/www/creativedot

Re: [ilugd] *Hello* : keyboard problem with hindi

2005-10-19 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > than sofware control keys . Eg Ctrl A = select all > results in > > ctrl a = ो instead of select all > ctrl c = म instead of copy > ctrl v = न instead paste > ctrl z = ॆ > ctrl y = ब As per my understaning, since the keymap is chan

Re: [ilugd] hello

2005-10-18 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Abhay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what your views are about Hindi > computing and I am no > authority to speak about it either but imho Hindi in > itself is like an > orphan child who has no one to take care of. I oppose your views on calling Hindi an orphan child. It depends

Re: [ilugd] Tuxpaint hindi translation woes

2005-10-13 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Nishant Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, what is SDL? It is Simple DirectMedia Layer :-) regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net __ Yahoo! India

Re: [ilugd] Tuxpaint hindi translation woes

2005-10-13 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi Gora, --- Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From the looks of it, the font is not being > rendered correctly, i.e., the renderer lacks Unicode > or OpenType support. > the UI needs to support Unicode and OpenType. From > the list of dependencies you had for tuxpaint, I > cannot figu

Re: [ilugd] Tuxpaint hindi translation woes

2005-10-13 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Guntupalli Karunakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ya its using Raghu, try with Gargi I don't have Raghu on my machine but Gargi and Lohit. This snap is from Bill's machine. > seems there is problem with conjuncts, will have to > see what toolkit > tuxpaint is using. gtk2.x & qt 3.2.x or a

Re: [ilugd] Hello

2005-10-13 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ps - where is the half akshar key in this keymap - Type the "Akshar" then press "D", it will put a "Halant" to that "Akshar" and when you type further, automatically it puts it correctly :-) regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the ke

Re: [ilugd] Tuxpaint hindi translation woes

2005-10-13 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://nishants.net/hindi/tuxpaint.html > [...] > > link.broken Works from here :-/. Shall I send you the image as attachment? regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net ___

[ilugd] Tuxpaint hindi translation woes

2005-10-13 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hello all, I've translated some strings for Tuxpaint. I am running Debian Sarge updated till date with ttf-devanagari-fonts and kde-i18n-hi packages installed. Here is the screenshot of the interface: http://nishants.net/hindi/tuxpaint.html As you can see, fonts are not being rendered correctl

Re: [ilugd] long BLUG meet outside Bangalore.

2005-10-11 Thread Nishant Sharma
> Okay let us have show of hands on outside meet on > the following options: > 2: Two nights Rs2000 > B: Himalayan splendour I vote for 2B. Shall we change the subject of the thread now! regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net __

Re: [ilugd] 17" plasma/lcd monitor recommendations

2005-10-11 Thread Nishant Sharma
> Any recommendations for one which isn't > mind-blowingly expensive and > gives a decent resolution? I'm currently using Not sure about the cost but at our workplace we are using NEC Multisync LCD 1770NX. http://www.nec.com.au/products_detail.aspx?view=234 http://www.rm.com/LEA/Products/Product

Re: [ilugd] Linux friendly Digital camera

2005-09-27 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi Vikram, --- vikram ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to get hold of a 2~5 Megapixel one for work > and I need this to work > By working well i mean that i should be able to > mount it as a regular USB I tried Olympus C-500 Zoom. It's a 5 MP camera with 3X optical zoom. It is recogn

Re: [ilugd] How should I begin?

2005-09-16 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- ramana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just this morning I saw these results and sent the > mail ;-) Congrats!! :-) Give us a little more details about your achievement. regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel. http://www.nishants.net ___

Re: [ilugd] Hijacked Thread: D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-23 Thread Nishant Sharma
Correction: I've friends in few research institutes, who use legacy softwares that are told to them by their seniors, colleagues or project investigators and they've been also told that GNU/Linux is *NOT* suitable for them. This is the case when GRASS is considered to be one of the most advanced G

Re: [ilugd] Hijacked Thread: D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-23 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi! --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here are my few bits for the cause. > 1. What kind of GNU/Linux materials are required > that could help > environmental organizations work better ? What are For environmental organizations there are various GIS packages available like GRA

Re: [ilugd] Reliance R-Connect Card

2005-06-03 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hello all :) --- Nishant Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just wanted a feedback if anyone has used Reliance > R-connect Voice & > Data Card for GNU/Linux. How is the performance and Although its 1.5 months to this post, here I answer my question myself :-) Got a ca

Re: [ilugd] Configuring WiFi and Sierra Aircard on IBM Thinkpad X40

2005-05-18 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi! > Linux. I tried the steps as mentioned in the "Guide > to the Sierra > Wireless Aircard 555 for Linux" on the Sierra I haven't configured it yet but you can try this one: http://centerclick.org/aircard555/ regards, Nishant -- Peace, Love and Compile the kernel... __

Re: [ilugd] Reliance R-Connect Card

2005-04-15 Thread Nishant Sharma
--- Amit Goel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > R-connect Voice & > >Data Card for GNU/Linux. How is the performance and > is the Call/SMS > >software is ported to Linux. > I am using it on Dell Inspiron with WINXP > Professional. It is superb > card, I have no doubts in performance on Windows for t

[ilugd] Reliance R-Connect Card

2005-04-15 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hello All, Just wanted a feedback if anyone has used Reliance R-connect Voice & Data Card for GNU/Linux. How is the performance and is the Call/SMS software is ported to Linux. Thanks in advance. regards, Nishant -- In the begining was the command line... Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your li

Re: [ilugd] strange ftp problem

2005-04-10 Thread Nishant Sharma
vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > because squid is a http proxy and NOT ftp proxy. for ftp proxying Squid is a HTTP proxy server acting as a HTTP->FTP gateway for HTTP clients, not a FTP proxy for FTP clients. http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/199802/0204.html That is w