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Any equivalent of AUTOCAD is there? 11 45 (3/12/2005 5:10:07 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi all, I am a mech engineer. If there is one application which I felt Linux could not match properly, I felt it was Autocad. I felt really handicapped as in my regular work , I have to embed drawings in my r... Srikanth

Booting 3 distros(Win, RH, Deb) thru a CD- Possible? 2 28 (2/10/2005 9:02:11 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi I have a Celeron 900 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 40 GIG HDD system. It has Win98- 22 GB (C,D,E,F drives) (hda1) RH9 -10 GB (hda8- /boot, hda9- / , hda10- swap) Deb Sarge- 5 GB (hda 11-swap, hda12-... Srikanth

How to Secure the debian system? 16 34 (12/19/2004 5:37:38 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All I have only a dial up connection, but still would like to secure the system in whatever minimal way possible. My /etc/apt/sources.list contains the following: ---------------------- #deb file:///cdrom/... Srikanth

Connecting to the net in Debian Sarge 2 59 (12/16/2004 5:23:06 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, In my previous posts I had given details about the frustrating experiences in Debian Sarge. Problems erupted in connecting to the net too. Okay, this is due to the habituation in a particular distro b... Srikanth

Debian- The crummiest Distro 30 61 (12/12/2004 2:27:23 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi Before jumping on me , let me clarify some things. I am a linux user from November 1999 onwards. I started off with Redhat 6.1 and thu 6.2,7.0 7.1,7.2, 7.3 (for a good amount of time frame)and now keeping RH... N

Debian Sarge - Now KPPP does not work! 4 41 (12/8/2004 6:44:25 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi okay, now that X problem solved and everything else is okay except for KPPP. With external modem things should work fine, but it is not. When connecting it goes up to handshake and terminates with pppd error... Srikanth

Debian Sarge- X not working- i815e mobo 10 44 (12/6/2004 1:56:52 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All Debian has kept up its promise again! Yes, I installed Debian Sarge and as usual, X is not working again. My system is Celeron900MHz,128MB RAM Intel 815e chipset(Kobian) Mobo. It has win98 and RH9(With ... Srikanth

When is the next release of debian due? 3 50 (8/31/2004 12:26:40 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi all, I heard in some other newsgroup that the next release will come in September '04. Will it be a full overhauled release? Will it contain 2.6.x series kernel or will it continue with 2.4.x series? Will s... N

Unable to configure sound in Slack 10.0- Intel 815 e Mobo 1 31 (8/12/2004 4:15:59 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All I run a dual boot m/c(win98/ RH9) with i815 e motherboard (Mercury brand) which has integrated sound and video. I recently installed Slackware 10.0 on another partition. I am unable to get sound in Slac... N

KPPP Suddenly stopped working! wvdial also! 4 36 (6/13/2004 4:46:55 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All I am using a box with Win98/ RH9 / MDK10.0 (CE) powered by Celeron 900 MHz , 128 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD. I was using KPPP to connect connect to net right from RH 6.1 onwards. Suddenly for the past 10 days ... N

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(OT)How to recover text from .pdf files made from scanned pages? 19 56 (9/27/2003 2:52:02 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, I have some technical reports from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Admn, USA) in pdf format. Without going thru the whole report, I wanted to find relevant sections I am interested. "Find" in Acr... nssrikanth (57)

The computer won't power off. 8 59 (11/11/2003 6:52:51 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have Red Hat 9, and when I issue the command "halt", the system shuts down, but the computer won't power off. I dual boot with Windows 2000. In Win2k, when I choose shutdown, the computer powers off automati... SpamShield-ArcticWolf (41)

Fetchmail error 451 4.1.8 in slack9 25 62 (11/29/2003 3:07:42 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All If I give "fetchmail -u srikanthns -p pop3 mail.vsnl.com" and when I give the password at the prompt it reports an SMTP error in Slack9 and does not flush the mails. The same procedure in RH9 retriev... nssrikanth (57)

3 1/2 hrs for converting 5MB file to PDF in OpenOffice1.1? 14 34 (1/3/2004 3:31:08 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, I downloaded "complete works of Shakespeare" 2 MB zip file. Unzipped, it became 5MB file. I wanted to convert it into PDF for sharing it with my sister. Opened it in Open Office1.1.Clicked on the button... nssrikanth (57)

Converting .txt to .pdf after changing font type & size 7 53 (1/11/2004 7:40:56 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All In an earlier post I explained the difficulty in converting .txt to .pdf in OpenOffice (taking too much time) But in console mode I converted it to .ps (a2ps in RH or enscript in Slack9.1) and then to ... nssrikanth (57)

KPPP Suddenly stopped working! wvdial also! 4 36 (6/13/2004 4:46:55 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All I am using a box with Win98/ RH9 / MDK10.0 (CE) powered by Celeron 900 MHz , 128 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD. I was using KPPP to connect connect to net right from RH 6.1 onwards. Suddenly for the past 10 days ... nssrikanth (57)

Debian Sarge- X not working- i815e mobo 10 44 (12/6/2004 1:56:52 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All Debian has kept up its promise again! Yes, I installed Debian Sarge and as usual, X is not working again. My system is Celeron900MHz,128MB RAM Intel 815e chipset(Kobian) Mobo. It has win98 and RH9(With ... nssrikanth (57)

Debian Sarge - Now KPPP does not work! 4 41 (12/8/2004 6:44:25 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi okay, now that X problem solved and everything else is okay except for KPPP. With external modem things should work fine, but it is not. When connecting it goes up to handshake and terminates with pppd error... nssrikanth (57)

How to Secure the debian system? 16 34 (12/19/2004 5:37:38 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All I have only a dial up connection, but still would like to secure the system in whatever minimal way possible. My /etc/apt/sources.list contains the following: ---------------------- #deb file:///cdrom/... nssrikanth (57)

kid distro 62 34 (12/20/2004 6:25:05 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there a kid distro? My 7 year old wants to learn... So, I wonder if there is a really basic, simple child's distro. Something with simple colors, a few basic commands, perhaps not case sensitive, kid-leve... yan (1418)