Re: [ilugd] (fwd) [foss.in] Get involved *now*!

2005-09-21 Thread hassath
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 22:58, Raj Mathur wrote: > > "Atul" == Atul Chitnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [Not quoting any of the mail, because it's not necessary] Hi, I am relatively new to the community, and not yet a year old to the ILUGD mailing list. I don't know who Atul Chitnis is, bu

Re: [ilugd] postgres optimisation

2005-09-21 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 22 Sep 2005 1:33 am, Saurabh Nanda wrote: > > Would anyone be interested in a PostgreSQL optimisation talk? At, > > say, the next monthly meeting? > > Would PostgreSQL opimizations differ a lot from MySQL optimization? yes -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally h

Re: [ilugd] Changing widget fonts in Openoffice.org (and other font issues)

2005-09-21 Thread Saurabh Nanda
Forget it... some problem with the installation of msttcorefonts package. I reinstalled it and everything got fixed automagically no more sucky OO.org! Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- il

Re: [ilugd] postgres optimisation

2005-09-21 Thread Saurabh Nanda
> Would anyone be interested in a PostgreSQL optimisation talk? At, say, > the next monthly meeting? Would PostgreSQL opimizations differ a lot from MySQL optimization? Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com ___ ilugd mai

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-21 Thread Saurabh Nanda
Quoting a reply I got on the Debian Users Mailing List: --- BEGIN --- You need the FreeType perl module. Go to http://packages.debian.org, use the search form at the bottom of the page, and enter "Freetype.pm". The result will tell you which package to install. After installing the package you ne

[ilugd] Changing widget fonts in Openoffice.org (and other font issues)

2005-09-21 Thread Saurabh Nanda
Hi, Currently Openoffice.org on my computer looks like this: http://static.flickr.com/30/45386679_aa222327e5_o.png I find the font on the menus/widgets rather hard to read. How can I change it to something like Arial? Also, I have Arial installed on my system (msttcorefonts) - Firefox is able to

Re: [ilugd] (fwd) [foss.in] Get involved *now*!

2005-09-21 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Atul, [Quoting whole mail since most of it is relevant. My response at bottom.] > "Atul" == Atul Chitnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Atul> Raju, This is in response to your post (archived at Atul> http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@l

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [ GLSA 200509-15 ] util-linux: umount command validation error

2005-09-21 Thread Raj Mathur
[Please upgrade th util-linux package on all distributions -- Raju] This is an RFC 1153 digest. (1 message) -- MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===1723794487==" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] [ GLSA 200509-14 ] Zebedee: Denial of Service vulnerability

2005-09-21 Thread Raj Mathur
[Please upgrade Zebedee on all distributions -- Raju] This is an RFC 1153 digest. (1 message) -- MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===0611875807==" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Thierr

[ilugd] [Commercial] Looking for freelancers in Delhi

2005-09-21 Thread Rishi
Hello, We are looking for freelancers that would be happy to install and support Linux based servers for our customers in Delhi. Those interested can send me e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you Regards Rishi Gangoly Manager - Technical Operations The Argon Company Phone: +91-22-22882160 Mobile

Re: [ilugd] (fwd) [foss.in] Get involved *now*!

2005-09-21 Thread Atul Chitnis
Raju, This is in response to your post (archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/msg12581.html), where you state: > [I personally do not agree with participating in foss.in, since it > will be demonstrating and promoting proprietary software too. > However, ILUG-Delhi

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-21 Thread Guntupalli Karunakar
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:04:16 +0530 Saurabh Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've downloaded Akshar.ttf (unicode hindi font) and want to install > it 'system-wide', i.e. all applications installed on the system > should be able to use it. > just do a apt-get install ttf-indic-fonts o

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-21 Thread Saurabh Nanda
> for anyother fonts , copy under /usr/share/fonts for systemwide usage > or ~/.fonts for local usage. Won't i have to issue a ttmkdir (or something similar) command after copying the fonts to /usr/share/fonts? Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com _

Re: [ilugd] Installing individually downloaded debian packages

2005-09-21 Thread Saurabh Nanda
Got it... # dpkg -i package-name.deb Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.use

[ilugd] (fwd) [foss.in] Get involved *now*!

2005-09-21 Thread Raj Mathur
[I personally do not agree with participating in foss.in, since it will be demonstrating and promoting proprietary software too. However, ILUG-Delhi can make its own decision whether to participate in the event or not. I will not be a part of it either way. -- Raju] This is an RFC 1153 digest. (

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-21 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 21 Sep 2005 12:33 pm, Saurabh Nanda wrote: > Btw - if  you feel Defoma is not the correct way, do you know any > other way to install fonts 'system-wide'? suppose you just copied the fonts to /usr/share/fonts or whatever the debian equivalent is? -- regards kg http://www.livejourn

Re: [ilugd] Help with Defoma (Installing Hindi fonts in Debian)

2005-09-21 Thread Saurabh Nanda
> In short, that doesn't sound *AT ALL* like what you should be using to > install a TrueType font. > > Perhaps you should follow the instructions on the web page instead. Hmm... How come all the fonts installed on my system appear as symlinks in /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d ? Btw - if you fee