[ILUG-BOM] [OT] Picture, Document preview

2006-01-25 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi, how is the preview for say a jpeg image or say a pdf document generated, say in nautilus or something. actually i have to write an application in java(the crappy programmer that I am :) ) that has to generate some document preview... thanks, -- Puneet --

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth meets the lug

2006-01-22 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Nope. The social service i indulge in is an attempt to repay the community that so freely gives away it's best. But considering that u are grabbing the freebie known as GNU/Linux AND would like to known what it's in it for u i guess your description would apply very well to u. I dont know

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth meets the lug

2006-01-22 Thread Puneet Lakhina
2006/1/22, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Saturday 21 Jan 2006 10:58 pm, Puneet Lakhina wrote: myself... And ya I guess u like going to talk for social service.. well good for u... i have noticed quite a few people babbling about social service in this thread. Two things

[ILUG-BOM] Nmap

2006-01-22 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi i use internet from behind a proxy server. I want to use nmap to scan some external hosts but iam not able to do that. It resolves the ip address but fails to access them reporting that the host may be down. I tried pinging the hosts but that also doesnt work My env variable has the followinf

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth meets the lug

2006-01-21 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Ah well. What u need is seminars - the one where u pay Rs.5000/ to hear IBM/Oracle/crappyvendor plug their stuff. Oh well, for the suggestion, thanks.. I really appreciate ur enlightenment about what i really need, but i think i can fugure that bit out for myself... And ya I guess u like going

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu will address the Mumbai ILUG on 22nd Jan at 2PM

2006-01-21 Thread Puneet Lakhina
2006/1/21, Sanket Medhi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I attended Mark's lecture in IIT today. And it wasn't as interesting as I was thinking it would be. The IIT crowd was too stupid. exactly.. and the questions were so irrelevant sometimes to what he was saying at that instant.. I mean he was talkin

[ILUG-BOM] Regarding: Mark Shuttleworth Lecture Details

2006-01-20 Thread Puneet Lakhina
hi , i was just going through the schedule http://www.techfest.org/schedule.phpof IIT Bombay techfest and it mentions that lecture by Mark Shuttleworth is on Days of the fest i.e. 21st at 11 AM. I think this is a separate arrangement than the address to GLUG on 22nd, so if anybody can just

Re: [ILUG-BOM] installing pen drive driver on redhat enterprise

2006-01-19 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/19/06, JTD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 19 January 2006 10:48 am, Balwinder Arora wrote: hi guys i have a pen drive, driver cd Usb pen drives dont require special drivers in linux. in Debian modprobe usbcore, uhci_hcd, ehci_hcd and usbstorage mount /dev/sda1 /mnt. u will

Re: [ILUG-BOM] installing pen drive driver on redhat enterprise

2006-01-19 Thread Puneet Lakhina
and ya plz mention ur OS sorry my mistake din read the subject properly... in red hat u have a hard ware browser that can tell u the device file that is assigned to ur pendrive ... so u can do mount -t auto /dev/devfile /mnt/ Puneet -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

[ILUG-BOM] mplayer from java

2006-01-19 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi all, i am sorry if you dont think this is relevant to the list... but i thought i could get help here... I have a java application from which i am tryin to execute mplayer... Runtime.getRuntime.exec(mplyaer -fs myfile.mpg); when i do this i get full screen window of mplayer but the actual

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth meets the lug

2006-01-19 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/19/06, Philip Tellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Shuttleworth met with the Bangalore linux users group today. It was a great meet with over 150 people. He spoke about Ubuntu, and how they work with developers, about source control at a distribution level rather than at a project

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Rtl 8139D linux support help.

2006-01-16 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/15/06, Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to get the Rtl 8139D lan card running on linux 2.6.14 and also looked up the internet but with no hope if anyone has used or seen support for this card on *nix please help and point me to the required modules.

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu will address the Mumbai ILUG on 22nd Jan at 2PM

2006-01-14 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Mark Shuttleworth is not a joke. He's neither here to teach you how to install Ubuntu nor is he here to sell Ubuntu. Why is he coming to India then? You have to be there to find out. Ya thats what we wanted to figure out what is he here for, what is he going to talk about. If its going to be

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu will address the Mumbai ILUG on 22nd Jan at 2PM

2006-01-12 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/13/06, Mrugesh Karnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 11 January 2006 11:39, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: This is a quick heads-up to the ILUG-BOM group. Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu will address the Mumbai ILUG on 22nd Jan at 2PM. The venue is most likely to be IIT Bombay. Will

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu will address the Mumbai ILUG on 22nd Jan at 2PM

2006-01-11 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/11/06, Venkatesh Hariharan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a quick heads-up to the ILUG-BOM group. Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu will address the Mumbai ILUG on 22nd Jan at 2PM. The venue is most likely to be IIT Bombay. Will keep you updated. Will this be a part of the IIT B techfest

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Anchor Links to subjects/topics

2006-01-09 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/9/06, Satya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:12:31PM +, Roshan wrote: In every email received, I get the list of subjects and I have to scroll down to any specific subject. Instead, Could anchor links given to those subjects to directly jump to a specific topic?

Re: [ILUG-BOM] problem with GPPP

2006-01-07 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/7/06, Saumyadeep Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: helo everyone i have a reliance web conn (Reliance LSP350R), the problem is i just cant its lg lsp350r... get a stable conn in linux n gppp, i configured the dialer n the modem, but the conn usually resets itself in 60-90 secs, renderin

Re: [ILUG-BOM] laptop manufacturers misuse linux

2006-01-06 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/6/06, Abhishek Daga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Dinesh Joshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 05 January 2006 05:18, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: they dont say M$ - they say 'another operating system' Assuming that pc manufacturers pay microsoft for the OS (duh..) at a fraction

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 33, Issue 8

2006-01-04 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 1/4/06, swapnil kedar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mitul Limbani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:09:37 +0530 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] AIX LDAP Radius DNS Swapnil, Dear All, Hi i am Swapnil Kedar, working as EDP Mngr at colaba.

[ILUG-BOM] Firefox profile migration

2006-01-03 Thread Puneet Lakhina
hi, i have downloaded a few themes for firefox and a few extensions and some plugins. is there someway i can migrate all this stuff to another machine without having to download everything again. -- Puneet -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

[ILUG-BOM] Splitting A DVD image

2005-12-15 Thread Puneet Lakhina
hi all, Is there anyway i can split a DVD iso image of a distro onto a number of CDs so that the anaconda or whatever installer automatically asks for the next disk as it normally does. Thanks, Puneet -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

[ILUG-BOM] Sharing an Internet Connection

2005-12-12 Thread Puneet Lakhina
hi, i have a reliance fwp phone which i use to connect to the internet. I want to share this connection with two of my friends so that all of us get equal bandwidth if accessing at the same time. We have thought of two possible alternatives 1. the computer to which the phone is connected to have

[ILUG-BOM] Linux Migration Frameworks

2005-11-28 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hello everyone, as a part of my assignment in college i have to study a few linux migration frameworks and point out the common features and conflicting issues. Any ointers would be really helpful.. Thank You, Puneet Lakhina -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

[ILUG-BOM] Dependencies

2005-09-15 Thread Puneet Lakhina
HI all, IS there a command that i can use that can recursively check for all dependencies a particular piece of software requires.. Because while installing something i get an error regarding one dependency and for installing that dependency it requires something else which gets pretty

[ILUG-BOM] Remote Installation

2005-08-24 Thread Puneet Lakhina
we have two computers in our hostel room connected via ethernet interfaces... Is there someway i can do a remotely install a distro on the other one while m installing on one... It would be a great help if somebody can tell me about the issues invovled in doing this with a number of machines

[ILUG-BOM] GMail Search trouble

2005-08-17 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi all.. I have subscribed to the digest form of the ilug bombay mailing list.. The problem is that when i search for anything in gmail it does not show any results from the mailing list mails.. apart from those in the sent mail.. ie the ones i post.. any clue why is this...?? THanks, Puneet

[ILUG-BOM] Knoppix Cd:Chennai

2005-08-10 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi gokul, I have Ubuntu live CD n i live in vellore il be comin down to chennai on 20th or 21st.. In case u live near Kathipara area i can get a copy for you..n as afar as i think ubuntu is based on debian the true GNU/Linux.. Puneet -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

[ILUG-BOM] Reliance Phone OPtions

2005-08-04 Thread Puneet Lakhina
hi all.. I want to buy a reliance phone mainly for net access.. are there any tradeoffs involved between a Reliance India Phone(landline type) and the reliance mobile and one more thing which one works better in RHL flavours.. im currently using core 2.. Thanks, PUneet --

[ILUG-BOM] dynebolic

2005-08-04 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi all.. i just stubled on this Live CD distro www.dynebolic.orghttp://www.dynebolic.orghas anybody used it..?? howz it?? Is it really good for multimedia and stuff or is there any other distro that is better for multimedia production and for audio video recording... And will the fact that its

[ILUG-BOM] mounting windows shared folder

2005-07-20 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi, how can i mount a windows shared folder on my linux box.. please tell me the command as well as the enrty i can make in fstab. I am using fc2 n the windows machine's os is XP.. danke, puneet -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

[ILUG-BOM] KDE upgrade issue

2005-06-19 Thread Puneet Lakhina
HI, im trying to install kde 3.4 on fedora core1 system which is currently running kde 3.1 I downloaded the three required packages arts, kdebase and kdelibs. I installed arts first and then kdelibs and they got installed without any errors. But after that when i tried to install the kdebase

[ILUG-BOM] CDAC-??

2005-06-04 Thread Puneet Lakhina
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rony Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 22:06:45 +0530 Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Govt. not promoting linux Hello All, I came across this article in the Asian Age

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Nokia 770

2005-06-03 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 6/2/05, Abhishek Daga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Puneet Lakhina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, i guess you all must have heard about Nokia 770 its a Linux based Internet tablet that can use bluetooth Wi-FI to connect to the net n has a host of other feature. And its

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Nokia 770

2005-06-03 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 6/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 01 June 2005 01:44, Puneet Lakhina wrote: Hi guys, i guess you all must have heard about Nokia 770 its a Linux based Internet tablet that can use bluetooth Wi-FI to connect to the net n has a host of other feature

[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Google sponsors Nmap summer student developers

2005-06-03 Thread Puneet Lakhina
-- Forwarded message -- From: Fyodor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jun 2, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: Google sponsors Nmap summer student developers To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone, Yesterday, Google announced their first Summer of Code program. This innovative and generous program

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Nokia 770

2005-06-03 Thread Puneet Lakhina
On 6/2/05, R. K. Rajeev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Puneet Lakhina wrote: Hi guys, i guess you all must have heard about Nokia 770 its a Linux based Internet tablet that can use bluetooth Wi-FI to connect to the net n has a host of other feature. And its dedicated for Internet i.e

[ILUG-BOM] Nokia 770

2005-06-01 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi guys, i guess you all must have heard about Nokia 770 its a Linux based Internet tablet that can use bluetooth Wi-FI to connect to the net n has a host of other feature. And its dedicated for Internet i.e. no phone. For developers interested in it, it uses a development platform called

[ILUG-BOM] X server trouble

2005-05-29 Thread Puneet Lakhina
HI all, There was some problem with my xserver, it did not start after i installed java sdk 1.5. i think it was because of the space or something. anyway i removed that but now the problem is i have to login every time in text mode and i have too issue startx manually, using the command startx.

[ILUG-BOM] Morals and Ethics

2005-05-27 Thread Puneet Lakhina
hi there sherlock, dude monoply isnt obtained by being a saint Oh god! how naive of me. I am eternally grateful to recieve this gem of knowledge. Yea! wait till u get shafted by them. Or maybe they have already got you by your paying them for the crap. Thats where the problem lies in this

[ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 25, Issue 47

2005-05-26 Thread Puneet Lakhina
And about windoze or M$ bashing , i guess the desktop worrld can learn from it a lot and anatgonism is never gona be helpful windoze does have some good features thats why so many people use it And like it or not M$ is good at marketing what its got no matter how crappy. Moreover MS

[ILUG-BOM] Eclispe meet

2005-05-24 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi, Is it just me or is that Rony really gets slugged a lot everytime he mentions Windows on this list. * I attended my first LUG Meet yesterday. There was a demo on Eclipse from some heads from IBM -Open Source is the basis of ON Demand business, which made absolutely no sense to me. In the

[ILUG-BOM] SQL

2005-05-20 Thread Puneet Lakhina
Hi all, i guess this question is a little out of context at this grp but i guess technology knows no boundaries. My question is : is there some way i can execute an update or delete inside a select statement thru any caluse from where or anything is there anyway i can execute an update

[ILUG-BOM] ssh help

2005-05-19 Thread Puneet Lakhina
hi all, im using a linux box thats behind a NAT. If i know the port as well as the IP address it has currently been assigned is there some way i can ssh into this machine from the other side that is from an external comp if yes then please tell me how. Puneet --