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F11 connection probs in internet
by gaurav agrawal 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

I istalled fedora 11 with / partition with ext3 filesystem and 500 MB swap partition. I have followed the same procedure i have been following for f9 and f10. when f11 loaded, the palimpsest disk utility shows that you have errors on disc. i installed a fresh copy of f11 again but the same problem arises. I am unable to configure my internet connection(ppp using ethernet..bsnl broadband) through system--> administration-->network The activate/deactivate buttons appears grey. When i try to configure through system-->preferences-->network conn. it let me configured but when i check the box 'apply to all users' and try to apply it shows 'saving connection failed :(0) can't write connection type pppoe. When i configure it without checking the box it do get configured but the internet disconnects automatically after few minutes frequently. the LAN is working super. please help..

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Has calibre been proposed as a package for Fedora ?
by sankarshan 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

<http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/> calibre is a one stop solution to all your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design and works well on Linux, OS X and Windows. calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to ebook conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer. -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work

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Re: Fedora-india Digest, Vol 25, Issue 16
by gaurav agrawal 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM, <fedora-india-request(a)redhat.com> wrote: > Send Fedora-india mailing list submissions to > fedora-india(a)redhat.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fedora-india-request(a)redhat.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fedora-india-owner(a)redhat.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Fedora-india digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. disk error in fedora 11 (gaurav agrawal) > 2. Re: disk error in fedora 11 (Shakthi Kannan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:19:09 +0530 > From: gaurav agrawal <gauravagrawal30(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [fedora-india] disk error in fedora 11 > To: fedora-india(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: > <94c1b78f0909222049y37611114hdde84254c38d3e65(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I istalled fedora 11 with ext3 file format as while installing it > prompted that file system on this drive can't be ext4. > when f11 loaded, the palimpsest disk utility shows that you have errors on > disc. > i installed a fresh copy of f11 again but the same problem arises. > please help. > regards, > Gaurav > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:03:00 +0530 > From: Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [fedora-india] disk error in fedora 11 > To: fedora-india(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: > <d16b1c80909222133u439d92e7q6c2d2b2fe4ab8966(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > --- On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:19 AM, gaurav agrawal > <gauravagrawal30(a)gmail.com> wrote: > | I istalled fedora 11 with ext3 file format as while installing it > | prompted that file system on this drive can't be ext4. > \-- > > Quote the exact message! Only boot partition cannot be on ext4. You > could have used /boot on ext3, and / with ext4. > > --- > | when f11 loaded, the palimpsest disk utility shows that you have > errors on disc. > | i installed a fresh copy of f11 again but the same problem arises. > \-- > > Installed with what partitioning? When you write, please try to > furnish as much info as possible. Please read: > http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise<http://catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise> > > SK > > > -- > Shakthi Kannan > http://www.shakthimaan.com > > I installed it on / partition with ext3 filesystem and 500 MB swap > partition. > I have followed the same procedure i have been following for f9 and f10. one more issue.. I am unable to configure my internet connection(ppp using ethernet..bsnl broadband) through system--> administration-->network The activate/deactivate buttons appears grey. When i try to configure through system-->preferences-->network conn. it let me configured but when i check the box 'apply to all users' and try to apply it shows 'saving connection failed :(0) can't write connection type pppoe. When i configure it without checking the box it do get configured but the internet disconnects automatically after few minutes. the LAN is working super. > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-india mailing list > Fedora-india(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india > > End of Fedora-india Digest, Vol 25, Issue 16 > ******************************************** >

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disk error in fedora 11
by gaurav agrawal 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

I istalled fedora 11 with ext3 file format as while installing it prompted that file system on this drive can't be ext4. when f11 loaded, the palimpsest disk utility shows that you have errors on disc. i installed a fresh copy of f11 again but the same problem arises. please help. regards, Gaurav

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Report on Inauguration of LUG@RTUKota
by Ayush Maheshwari 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

*Inaugural ceremony of LUG@RTUKota<http://groups.google.co.in/group/lug-kota> * Hello all, On the auspicious day of Navratra Sthapna ( i am not an atheist ) and Software Freedom Day ( but i am linux lover ), 19 Sep '09 , the event was scheduled for 10 a.m. & as you all know, the timely events generally begin with an hour-or-so delay (atleast in India,to be true ), this was an exception,we started it with mere 20 minutes delay ( surprised here for the first time ) . We didn't made much publicity about such happening in the college,only few notice & mouth publicity was done . The turnout was superb nearing to 60 ( & the hall was packed ), we certainly didn't expect this much on govt. holiday .We were overawed ( surprised for the 2nd time ) . Thanks to Electronics Deptt., we got the Resonance hall & thanks to the working A.C.s , we got no unwanted environmental problems . The LUG@RTUKota inaugural event began at 10:20 a.m. with the gracious presence of Dr. S.C.Jain Sir ,HOD,Computer Deptt.; R.K.Bayal Sir, Professor,Computer Deptt; Dinesh Jain Sir,Professor,Computer Deptt . I started the presentation with LUG@RTUKota formation objectives & the plans ahead . The HOD Sir then inaugurated the LUG@RTUKota group & explained the history of Open-Source software & Linus Torvalds and gave other historical & futuristic importance of Open-Source . Then Bayal Sir, who mentor us for LUG@RTUKota formation, presented the difference between the Open-Source & Closed-Source software & benefits of former above latter .He presented the beautiful & astonishing comparison of linux v/s windows,which explains how can we save 5 Lac rupees ( approx 11K $ ) straight by using Open-source softwares . After that beautiful comparison, I made an interactive presentation ( i am not glorifying myself, here ) over why should we switch over from Windows to Linux . The misconceptions regarding Linux were removed . The benefits of using Linux over Windows ,the large range of distros available to choose & discussed the most downloaded distros Ubuntu & Fedora . After that,Jain Sir gave vote-of-thanks to the students & assured them of their support for LUG@RTUKota & encouraged us to do regular meetings . Then Gaurav Agarwal , gave beautiful presentation on how to install Fedora and covered the various options available such as 1.WUBi ( Ubuntu inside Windows ) 2. Installing using LiveCD, 3. Installing on VirtualBox 4. Hard-disk Installation He focussed on the most difficult part ( as we got to know by surverying the students ;for detailed report regarding the survey report ,you can contact us personally ) of installation i.e. partitioning. He explained every tiny part involved in installing Fedora . *Install Fest ----> * The students were already asked to come with laptops,who like to install linux. We presented them with wide range of distros available & their features in split-second way. We've volunteers who helped the students to install linux. Fedora, LinuxMint & Ubuntu suited the students requirements and installed subsequently with Gaurav showing them the installation procedure . Although, only 10 students came with laptops it was an encouraging sign that they showed such an interest in the very first meeting . The install fest continued for approx. 35 minutes. *The Surprise Package ---> * The multibootable dvd was made ( no software was used,only linux commands were used in the making ) by me which contains 10 linux and most importantly PuppyLinux. I ( & few other students too ) started the stopwatch & booted the puppylinux. In 1 min 20 seconds the puppylinux welcome screen was displayed with all the partitions shown. Then i gave them insight into puppy ,that you can play songs.watch videos,connect to network,text-processing,play games & do everything without installing onto hard disk. The students were overwhelmed & multibootable dvd was distributed to those who came with blank dvds. *Media Distribution----> * The acknowledgements are due to following guys who helped us in arranging medias for distribution --> 1. Sanjay Agarwal ( lug-jhalawar )--> He provided us with SFD kit consisting of Ubuntu LiveCDs,SFD t-shirt & few SFD balloons. 2. Anirudh Singh Shekhawat ( lug-jaipur ) --> He provided us with Fedora 11 dvds . Then medias were distributed to the students . The event got completed at 12:30 p.m. The vote-of-thanks was given to students for huge turnout. I believe,this report will give a quick account of the event for those who missed it.They can download the presentations from the uploading section . They need not to be depressed since it is the beginning which is never going to end . The *LUG@RTUKota* inaugural event crossed our expectations,we enjoyed it most . We assure them that we'll continue to organize lug meetings every fortnight/month. Great & encouraging feedbacks were given. We expect that the formation of LUG@RTUKota will help promote the linux and cater to the needs of linux lovers, in an otherwise educational city of Kota ( India-->Rajasthan ). We acknowledge the efforts of the following volunteers who help us in organizing the event --> Sulabh Vijayvergiya ( III year CSE ) Gaurav Gupta ( III year IT ) Ashvin Suthar ( III year CSE ) Regards, LUG@RTUKota P.S.--> Please pardon any grammatical erorrs , i tried my best to avoid them . *Presentations* can be downloaded from here<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Presentation.,LUG@RTUKota.tar.bz2>. Snaps can be viewed here <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Snaps.tar.bz2>. Gaurav Agarwal <gauravagrawal AT fedoraproject DOT org> Ayush Maheshwari <hakmn AT fedoraproject DOT org>

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fedora india twitter account inactive?
by Aditya Patawari 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

I just saw the fedora india account at https://twitter.com/fedoraindia but last tweet is dated july 4. Shouldn't we update it with info on fedora 12 and other community events? -- Aditya Patawari Join Live DVD SIG : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/LiveDVD http://blog.adityapatawari.com/ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adimania India

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Install Fest @ MIT manipal
by Ankur Sinha 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

hi, I've just returned from a LUG 'meeting'. The first years have just been given their laptops,and, keeping that in mind, an install fest has been planned. Distro of choice is Fedora (second year in a row ;) ) The install fest is scheduled for the 6-8 of October. Taking stats from the install fest at the OpenWeek[1] last sem, we set approx 120 laptops free with Fedora. For the OpenWeek, we had burnt our own media (on our laptops). This caused wastage etc. (since manipal does not have a place that burns mass media, and laptop dvd burners tend to fail more than succeed).Hence, I'd like to request media for the Install fest. Another issue we need help on: "How to make a local repo available to 120 ppl during the install fest." The situation is this: we dont have hardware(routers etc.), the intranet, uhm, *sucks*, and giving them repos burnt onto a dvd again causes lots of wastage. What we do have : All the lug members who'll help will have laptops. What would be the best way of providing the local repos? Awaiting your responses, [1] links: http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/photos-linux-open-week/ http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/event-report-linux-open-week/ http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/open-week-posters/ http://lifeinmanipal.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/lug-manipal-open-week/ PS : cc'ing the LUGM mailing list , to keep them in the loop. -- regards, Ankur

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Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: problem in Installing new OS using Virtual box
by Shakthi Kannan 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Hi, --- On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:54 AM, malathi selvaraj <malathiramya(a)gmail.com> wrote: | I installed sun virtual box,through rpm package download from here | http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads \-- You can use the rpmfusion [1] repository. --- | Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) | | The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there | is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Re-setup the kernel module by | executing | | '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' \-- You will need to install the required drivers. In Fedora 11, the following are installed for a 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586 kernel: $ rpm -qa | grep dkms dkms-2.0.21.1-2.fc11.noarch $ rpm -qa | grep VirtualBox VirtualBox-OSE-kmodsrc-3.0.4-3.fc11.i586 VirtualBox-OSE-guest-3.0.4-3.fc11.i586 kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE-2.2.4-1.fc11.1.i686 kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-3.0.4-2.fc11.6.i586 VirtualBox-OSE-3.0.4-3.fc11.i586 akmod-VirtualBox-OSE-3.0.4-2.fc11.i686 kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586-3.0.4-2.fc11.6.i586 $ rpm -qa | grep kmod akmods-0.3.6-3.fc11.noarch kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE-2.2.4-1.fc11.1.i686 kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-3.0.4-2.fc11.6.i586 kmodtool-1-18.fc11.noarch akmod-VirtualBox-OSE-3.0.4-2.fc11.i686 kmod-wl-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE-5.10.91.9-3.fc11.i686 libmikmod-3.2.0-5.beta2.fc11.i586 kmod-VirtualBox-OSE-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586-3.0.4-2.fc11.6.i586 $ rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-headers-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 kernel-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586 kernel-PAE-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686 kerneloops-0.12-5.fc11.i586 kernel-firmware-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.noarch kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686 You will need to reboot to the respective kernel. $ lsmod | grep vbox vboxnetadp 68696 0 vboxnetflt 74488 0 vboxdrv 104640 1 vboxnetflt Please make sure you install the relevant packages. SK [1] RPM Fusion. http://rpmfusion.org/ -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

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problem in Installing new OS using Virtual box
by malathi selvaraj 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

hi. I am using fedora 11 I installed sun virtual box,through rpm package download from here http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads I created new virtual machine,when i start the new virtual machine,it show the following error Failed to open a session for the virtual machine BOSS 2. Virtual machine 'BOSS 2' has terminated unexpectedly during startup. Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Re-setup the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as root. Users of Ubuntu, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary. -- Regards, S.Malathi.

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[X-post] Software Freedom Day @ Hyderabad
by Shakthi Kannan 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Greetings! This Saturday, September 19, 2009 is Software Freedom Day. On this day there are couple of activities planned from my side in Hyderabad. 1. Visit to Devnar Foundation for the Blind. This is a follow-up session, to help them with Orca, and maybe install more systems in the labs. Their address is: Devnar School for the Blind 1-10-122 to 125, Mayurmarg, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016 Andhra Pradesh, India Phone: +91-40-27767931, 66175696 Please don't follow Google maps, as it is incorrectly marked. Mayurimarg is the road next to Mayuri distributors in Begumpet. * Please try Orca on your system, before you come to the venue. You could bring print-outs of Orca short-cuts, Gnome short-cuts, which we could translate into Braille for them. * We can also add similar short-cuts from their existing proprietary system to Orca. 2. Post lunch, around 1430 IST, we would go to Department of Astronomy, Osmania University to deploy Fedora offline repository. If you are interested to participate in either, please contact me offline (not to the lists!), so we can coordinate the same. You can also get the Fedora offline repository (Fedora 11 - 29 GB, Fedora 10 - 24 GB), and Fedora 11 DVDs, from me during this time. Regards, SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

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