On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:07:28 +0530 V K Madhavan <madha...@chirag.org> wrote:
> Hello, > > I work in the Kumaun Himalayas and have just migrated to Linux. I am > using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS as the operating system. Cool. Where in the Kumaon Himalayas? Is there an institutional involvement? If so, I imagine that various people could be persuaded to come over for a visit :-) For Ubuntu-specific discussions, there is also an ubuntu-in mailing list. I am adding them to this reply. [...] > 1. I have Clam TK Virus Scanner loaded. To get updates it says that I > have to be "root". How do I solve this? Loaded where exactly? Typically, on Ubuntu, one runs programs needing administrative privileges as sudo <program> [<args>] e.g., sudo aptitude update This will prompt you for a password. Enter your normal password. > 2. I have a reliance data card - ZTE MC315+ which plugs into the PCMIA > slot. I cannot get it to work on my machine. I managed to load the > software using Wine but when I try and operate the programme the message > reads - "R Connect Card not found please reinsert". Don't know about this particular card, but many of these should work in Linux. Searching Google for "Reliance ZTE MC315" turns up a link that seems appropriate as the very first entry. Which brings me to a point that you should definitely try a Google/Yahoo search before looking for answers on this list, and elsewhere. > 3. If I try to make changes to /etc../wvin.config it does not save it > and says that I am not permitted to do so. Same issue as in 1. You need to add "sudo " to the start of any command trying to edit the file, e.g., sudo gedit /etc/wvin.config > 4. I use an old IBM laptop and it does not have a built in wireless > ability. I used a USB wireless device manufactured by Netgear but I > cannot get that to work either. That would take detailed involvement. Try joining the ubuntu-in list, and asking there. > Could you please help? While I do have some access to a BSNL broadband > connection - it is unreliable and requires me to be connected directly > to the machine. I would be happy to call any of you, if you send me a > number and to follow your advice while I am at the machine. [...] The best advice that I can give you is to develop local expertise. We can try and help in that, but given the current weaknesses of the FOSS community in India, the bulk of the work will have to be done by you in a slow, painstaking process. For example, it is highly doubtful that anyone will be willing to offer you continued telephonic support free of cost, as you seem to be asking for. However, the advantage is that one develops significant FOSS expertise in the process, and there are always people willing to help one over stumbling points. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
