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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

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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 23 Sep '09

23 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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Software Freedom Day' 2009 Report : Kolkata
by A. Mani 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

I have put it up at http://www.ilug-cal.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Item… I will put it up at the SFD wiki tomorrow Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc

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SFD Presentation
by A. Mani 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

I have put up my beamer presentation 'The Fedora Project' on Software Freedom Day, Kolkata' 2009 at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Presentations I will write the event report later. http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/asiaandmiddleeast/india/ILUG-CALINFO Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc

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Require 75 Fedora CD/DVD in Mumbai
by Gaurav Prabhu 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hello, I(actually my friend) would like to have around 75 CD or DVD of Fedora 11 for my college project based on Linux in which I'm considering distributing medias to the students. Can anyone provide me with the same. I am located in Mumbai & I can collect them forehand. I need the media by end of this month. Apologies for the duplicate message but I forgot to fill in the subject. Regards, Gaurav Prabhu ________________________________________________________________ Gaurav Live Layman Linux Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/

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by Gaurav Prabhu 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hello, I(actually my friend) would like to have around 75 CD or DVD of Fedora 11 for my college project based on Linux in which I'm considering distributing medias to the students. Can anyone provide me with the same. I am located in Mumbai & I can collect them forehand. I need the media by end of this month. Regards, Gaurav Prabhu Gaurav Live Layman Linux Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo.com/trynew

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rsync availability for India
by Saurabh Joshi 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear All, Mirror team at IIT Kanpur has decided to open up rsync on trial basis. 1) If too much load on the server is observed, rsync port will be blocked. 2) Initially, rsync access will be provided only to IITs/NITs on request. We hope that more public mirrors would emerge out of this. 3) Private mirrors may themselves can serve to other private mirrors to spread open source without putting too much pressure on a single server. 4) rsync access request can be directed to "mirror [at] cse [dot] iitk [dot] ac [dot] in" Regards, Saurabh Joshi - ------------- Research Scholar CS213, Dept of CSE, IIT Kanpur GPG Key : http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/sbjoshi/sbjoshi_public_key.txt Key fingerprint: 9D85 7E6D 47BF BCC2 D975 F12E 7AE6 6438 AC8A 0B11 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqvjwsACgkQeuZkOKyKCxHKuACgu5Jh+NGg5YkZBTam8Vnjho0M ISQAn0ABZI+arRMKcxOJ3d4HdvqL9BUq =rX9j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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fedora tshirt
by Aditya Patawari 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

>From where, in India, can I get a fedora tshirt? How much will it cost if I order in bulk for my LUG members? And what will be the cost for a single piece? -- 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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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Kunal Chhajer 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

LinkedIn ------------ Kunal Chhajer requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: ------------------------------------------ magesh, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Kunal Accept invitation from Kunal Chhajer http://www.linkedin.com/e/9QEuTZPR_bJVaETENQFT6YGRlHmhUAFJ4p6c/blk/I3274603… View invitation from Kunal Chhajer http://www.linkedin.com/e/9QEuTZPR_bJVaETENQFT6YGRlHmhUAFJ4p6c/blk/I3274603… ------------------------------------------ Why might connecting with Kunal Chhajer be a good idea? Have a question? Kunal Chhajer's network will probably have an answer: You can use LinkedIn Answers to distribute your professional questions to Kunal Chhajer and your extended network. You can get high-quality answers from experienced professionals. http://www.linkedin.com/e/ash/inv19_ayn/ ------ (c) 2009, LinkedIn Corporation

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Creation of Live DVD SIG and spin
by Aditya Patawari 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

I was just reading the mails about the Fedora print magazine. There Paul Frields said that "In the longer term we really do want to move away from the Install DVD to a Live DVD that has more relevant applications and content". We don't have any SIG for creating Live DVD and Live DVD spin. I was thinking to start the same. For this community support is very much required. Any one interested, please reply to the mail. Any kind of suggestions or pointers are most welcome. Some pointers can be found at :- http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Defining_projects#Special_Interest_Groups_.28… Also it would be great help if someone can tell me the procedure of creating a SIG. Are there any prerequisites for creation of SIG? -- Aditya Patawari http://blog.adityapatawari.com/ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adimania Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra India

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[Report] Fedora @ Devnar Foundation for the Blind
by Shakthi Kannan 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

Greetings! Today, Sunday, September 13, 2009, I deployed Fedora 11, and Fedora 11 offline repository at Devnar Foundation for the Blind, Mayurmarg, Begumpet, Hyderabad, India. They have been using a proprietary software on a proprietary system, and wanted to explore better alternatives in this regard. I was given a 256 MB RAM system, with 40 GB hard-disk. This system did not have Internet connectivity. The offline repository really helped. Most of the systems are donated by companies for the school to use. The school follows the Andhra Pradesh State syllabus, and this year they have introduced Intermediate (after Board X). They write their exams on slate or on Braille paper (which I believe, is very expensive). Some students stay in the school hostel, while others' are day scholars. They do have one MountBatten Brailler [1] (costing around 1,00,000 INR) which can produce output to a computer or a printer. It also spells out the input. I didn't have time to test it with Fedora (serial, parallel ports). A junior teacher, Miss. Shashi, did try out Orca [2] with the Gnome shortcut keys, listening to Orcas' audio output. She was able to navigate through the Gnome menus, and use Openoffice.org Writer. They did want spoken American English, which is default in Gnome. It will be good to have those Orca audio recorded in Telugu or other regional languages in India. There were some very interesting questions like: * Orca loads only after logging in -- which spells out menus, the frame window that is selected, keys pressed etc. So, grub which loads prior to all these doesn't announce the choice of kernel. So, how does one choose the right kernel? * A sound can be played after gdm loads? Otherwise, they wouldn't know if the system booted to gdm or not. If there are multiple user accounts, some application need to spell-out the login names? * By default there is no shutdown sound in Fedora 11? How to set one? * Some applications pop-up menus didn't support tab feature, so one had to remember to use shortcuts like Alt+S to Save, or Alt+C to Cancel. I shall check these requests with the Orca project team, and any other queries that they might have as follow-ups. I would like to thank Padma Shri Dr. A. Saibaba Goud for giving me an opportunity to deploy the solution at their school. Thanks to Rakesh ("arky") Ambati for introducing me to them, who also works for 'Braille Without Borders' [3]. Eric Ofori from South Africa will be following it up with support for the school staff (about 40 in number). If anyone in Hyderabad is interested in helping them, please do contact me offline. With all due respect to the physically challenged, I did not take any photos. SK [1] http://mountbattenbrailler.com/ [2] http://live.gnome.org/Orca [3] http://www.braillewithoutborders.org/ENGLISH/index.html -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

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Can you take even one freemedia request?
by susmit shannigrahi 13 Sep '09

13 Sep '09

Hi, For India, we have only 28 pending requests. https://fedorahosted.org/freemedia/report/9 If you take even one request, we can easily fulfil all. Will you please take it up? If you are not a member of freemedia group, please apply https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia#join If you are unsure about handling tickets, please see this: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Freemedia_screenshots Thanks. -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit =============================================

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Re: Re: Can you take even one freemedia request?
by anirudh singh shekhawat 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

Hi > If the other four does not respond by the end of this month, poke them > once more and close them too, you need not worry about them anymore. > Please comment on the ticket that "Requester Unreachable" or something > so that one knows what happened. > fine, alright that sounds reasonable. > Thanks a lot for your help. > sure, not a problem at all. Adip -- My web home http://acedip.in Linux Users Group Jaipur http://lugj.in -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/FA/L/MU/P/S !d s:- a-- C UL P++ L+++ E- W++ N++ o K-- w--- O- M- V PS PE Y PGP t 5 X R tv b DI D G e h+ r- y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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Jagriti - In my college
by anirudh singh shekhawat 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

# JAGRITI well all this started a few months ago when i saw fedora 9 in many computer labs in my college and i was pretty astonished and awed at the very sight of it, there was this feeling that i have an another option to work at other than windows(which is non existent anyways) which is very difficult to putout in words and i could see a new beginning and a fresh air was all around which only spoke of freedom..well many days passed and i was waiting for some news to come on its own from the college front about the new gained freedom in its machines but nothing happened a few more months passed. This campaign was called Jagriti, as it looked as an apt name for it since, its an awakening from the darkness which has for so long prevailed that, is not confused by light by all the mortals who don’t have a mind of their own :D And at last i thought it was time to take an initiative to start the freedom movement afresh where it had lots its steam. So now it was the time. This [1] is exactly what i have started along with another lug-jaipur (linux users group jaipur) member mukul gupta, also skit-osum [3] leader of my college, which also is an enthralling community of over 500 members which also makes it one of the seven such communities the world over. The project is well supported by our IT-Head of the department who is willing to do anything for it, he is even willing to change the whole infrastructure of few labs who have computers from the times of Adam, and would get some new sleek machines and you can imagine the joy of installing fedora 11 on them. That is just a notice which had to be circulated around the college to inform all the teachers and students what is going around. According to it, all the programming work will be done on linux and we are to assist the concerned teachers to implement it in their respective labs. This becomes so necessary pertaining to the wide spread use of turbo C which sensible people all around the world have even forgotten about but for some god knows what reason it happens to be the most popular IDE in india for c/c++. Though when we were planning our shift to fedora a guy also suggested to use another IDE for windows instead and i remember giving him some strange sort of looks and he knew what was coming and he shut up, but later i also explained him a few things and made that strange thought to go away. Everything seems to have been falling into place and we are about to start with our labs from monday, assisting teachers to write their c/c++ code on fedora. The project is witnessing a mild start but the whole picture will get clear by end of the next week and how have we performed in the coming week, and there-after we would be too glad to involve lugj and the indian foss community and take the initiative to a whole new level. keeping fingers crossed :D [1] http://bit.ly/eHM2L [2] http://lugj.in [3] http://studentdevelopers.ning.com/group/skitosum regards Adip -- My web home http://acedip.in Linux Users Group Jaipur http://lugj.in -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/FA/L/MU/P/S !d s:- a-- C UL P++ L+++ E- W++ N++ o K-- w--- O- M- V PS PE Y PGP t 5 X R tv b DI D G e h+ r- y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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Re: Can you take even one freemedia request?
by anirudh singh shekhawat 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

Hi susmit For India, we have only 28 pending requests. > https://fedorahosted.org/freemedia/report/9 > > If you take even one request, we can easily fulfil all. > Will you please take it up? > well there were 5 requests from jaipur and i've accepted all of them and sent a mail to the requesters asking them to maybe meet me personally to get the media or maybe suggest something. I thought this to be better than simply sending it over to their respective address as this would give a chance to meet them and also because i've seen that some times they are new to linux/fedora and needs some help regarding the same. But i havent got any reply from anyone accept one, who has just replied stating that he is busy right now and will be for quite some time now, so i told him to get media from me whenever he can. Also since jaipur is a small city i think giving the media in person is better than simply posting it, until some one asks me to post it otherwise. So i guess i'm closing one ticket, who has mailed me for the moment. Adip -- My web home http://acedip.in Linux Users Group Jaipur http://lugj.in -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/FA/L/MU/P/S !d s:- a-- C UL P++ L+++ E- W++ N++ o K-- w--- O- M- V PS PE Y PGP t 5 X R tv b DI D G e h+ r- y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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Fwd: Call for release slogan suggestions
by sankarshan 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mel Chua <mel(a)redhat.com> Date: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:36 AM Subject: Call for release slogan suggestions To: Fedora Marketing <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com> (Marketing folks - please take this out to other lists and teams you think would be interested! I'd like to have a Marketing liason driving this discussion in every other list.) We need a slogan for the F12 release. It will be chosen one week from now on 9/17. A release slogan is a short call-to-action that fits the artwork theme from Design, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F12_release_slogan#Themes. (F11's slogan was "Reign," F10's was "Fire it up!") Please put your slogan ideas here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F12_release_slogan#New_slogan_ideas. Feel free to discuss slogan ideas on this and other mailing lists - but also make sure to put your ideas in that table on that wiki page so they'll be counted. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 9/15 at 20:00 UTC, which is our next Marketing meeting (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_meetings) We'll be discussing submissions there, and then Mo Duffy will take that input and select the final slogan on behalf of the Design team on Thursday 9/17. Let me know if you have any questions/comments/concerns - and let the wiki table know if you have any ideas! Go! --Mel -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog> Sent from Raleigh, NC, United States

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Kolkata: SFD: Fedora Presentation
by A. Mani 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

I will be delivering a one hour lecture on "The Fedora Project" on Software Freedom Day at CSI Kolkata on the 15th of Sept. As the audience will be of mixed type, I will focus on both simpler and more technical aspects. (I will update this page later: http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/asiaandmiddleeast/india/ILUG-CALINFO ) Please help with pointers to latest statistics, better presentations and Fedora art. Thanks and Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc

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