[fsug-tvm] Re: wifi problem
check the following ubuntu community documentation page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide On Nov 3, 9:17 am, abhisheklalned...@gmail.com abhisheklalned...@gmail.com wrote: i am already on ubu10.10 On Nov 2, 10:04 pm, perfect indian hindustani.in...@gmail.com wrote: pllease give us more details. which version ubuntu, if old version please install 10.10 maverick meerkat. for easy wifi connection please install some proprietry wireless drivers from software centre and install wifi radar application. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:47 PM, abhisheklalned...@gmail.com abhisheklalned...@gmail.com wrote: in my toshiba satellite l650-10m i managed to install ubuntu with acpi=off option but i dont know how to use wifi in ubuntu. wifi is working in windows, i got it with windows preinstalled. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Failed to download repository information (Ubuntu10.10)
sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5 sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2EBC26B60C5A2783 try these two command before executing apt-get update On Oct 29, 2:17 am, i.p.murali|ഐ.പി.മുരളി ipmur...@gmail.com wrote: I am receiving an error message as below when tried to update ubuntu: W:GPG error:http://archive.ubuntu.commaverick-security Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Software sources-Download from --- I selected Main server, tried with Server for US also but still same problem. Also tried apt-get clean cd /var/lib/apt mv lists lists.old mkdir -p lists/partial apt-get clean apt-get update but no luck Appreciate help. regards murali -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Ubuntu 10.10 is officially out!
a new version of virtual box has been released. it adds support for ubuntu 10.10 according to the announcement. its worth checking On Oct 11, 5:34 pm, Vishnupradeep intermedia.vis...@gmail.com wrote: Downloaded the iso. But can't install it in virtual box. Any one tried installing in virtualbox. On 10/10/10, Subin Sebastian subinsebast...@gmail.com wrote: DONE!!! :-D On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 7:24 PM, .Keralafarmer chandrasekharan.n...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu guarantees regular updates and upgrades. They're free and easy to install. Before you start - You can directly upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (see upgrade notes https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes). - Be sure that you apply all updates to your current version of Ubuntu before you upgrade. - Before upgrading, it is recommended that you read the release noteshttp://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotesfor Ubuntu 10.10, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues in this version. If you have a version of Ubuntu other than Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, please see the upgrade notes https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for more information on how to upgrade. Network upgrade for Ubuntu desktops (Recommended) You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure. 1. Start System/Administration/Update Manager. 2. Click the *Check* button to check for new updates. 3. If there are any updates to install, use the *Install Updates* button to install them, and press *Check* again after that is complete. 4. A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release. 5. Click *Upgrade*. 6. Follow the on-screen instructions. Network upgrade for Ubuntu servers (Recommended) 1. Install update-manager-core if it is not already installed: sudo apt-get install update-manager-core 2. edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal 3. Launch the upgrade tool: sudo do-release-upgrade 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. * * Other upgrade options exist, please view the Upgrade Noteshttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotesto learn more. 2010/10/10 Anoop anoop@gmail.com Ubuntu 10.10 is officially out! Download it from here:http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download -- With Regards, Anoop P -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- ___ *മണ്ണിരകളെ കൃഷിയിടങ്ങളില് സംരക്ഷിക്കൂ പ്രകൃതിയും ആരോഗ്യവും സംരക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടട്ടെ!* Thank you എസ്.ചന്ദ്രശേഖരന് നായര്, ശ്രീരാഘവ്, പെരുകാവ്, പേയാട്-പി.ഒ, തിരുവനന്തപുരം. 695 573 Ph. 0471 2283033 Mob. 91 9447183033 Blog:http://keralafarmeronline.com Profile:http://www.google.com/profiles/chandrasekharan.nair -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- S U B I N S E B A S T I A N -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Sent from my mobile device -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:
[fsug-tvm] Re: Ubuntu IT School .
try executing this command in terminal lsb_release -ir On Oct 14, 7:45 am, John Joseph jjk_s...@yahoo.com wrote: it comes from SchoolOShttp://wiki.schoolos.org/http://schoolos.org/ Their mailing list is http://groups.google.com/group/schoolos --- On Thu, 14/10/10, Suhail T suhail...@gmail.com wrote: From: Suhail T suhail...@gmail.com Subject: [fsug-tvm] Ubuntu IT School . To: Freesoftware users trivandrum ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com, fsug calicut fsug-cali...@freelists.org Date: Thursday, 14 October, 2010, 5:55 AM Last week I got an installation work in a school .. they gave me ubuntu IT school dvd to install in their lab ... I hav copied that .. its based on ubuntu 9.10 karmic .. anybody know from where it is coming ? Is there a new version available ? -- §µhãîl T Chennamangallur suhail...@gmail.com -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: We are more than 1%” initiative ai ms to prove Linux is bigger than people think
linux is already above 1% if u believe this stats http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportOperatingSystems.htm On Oct 7, 9:17 am, Robin S. Parriath robinparri...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Read the following article on OMG! UBUNTU! : /A new ‘Linux counter’ initiative that aims to disprove press claims than Linux is used by less than 1% of the worlds desktop computer users has been launched. Current estimates of worldwide Linux usage by StatCounter pin it a 0.77% share over the last 12 months, and a slightly lower figure of 0.75% since they began taking records. / To add your voice to the list, go to the following link:http://www.dudalibre.com/gnulinuxcounter?lang=en The above story appeared in :http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/10/we-are-more-than-1-initiative-aims... Thanks, Robin -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Keyboard and mouse not working in Ubuntu 10.04 fresh installation
i ve been running lucid since it came out and have installed in a couple of laptops as well, so far i havent come across the problem you have mentioned. it would be worthwhile to file a bug report. On Oct 2, 3:14 pm, Srihari k srih...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Saji Nediyanchath saj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi dude, I'm not sure if the solution in the following post may work. But its worth a try I guess. :) http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-860399.html Thanks saji for the quick reply , however installing xserver-xorg-fglrx did not fix the issue .. I searched for the options (noapic lapic) i had enabled in the installation CD and found the following thread ,http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1468165.html this thread has a solution , adding noapic nolapic to the boot options . It works , but now i have only one CPU core shown in my system monitor and /proc/cpuinfo ..(it is also mentioned in that thread) . and gnome doesn't start faast.. Is there some other fix ? No one else faced this problem ? Or is no one running 10.04 ? :O -- Srihari K -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Change the download location for update files. How?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=144779 On Sep 26, 2:10 am, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: How can we change the download location for update files (application updates, OS version upgrade) ? It is an Ubuntu based distro. I do not have enough space in the default download location. Once the download location is set, should I do some path changes elsewhere in any other config files? -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: BSD Magazine
he means there are magazines dedicated for anything that is apple such as 'Macworld' etc On Sep 20, 6:12 pm, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:59 AM, JeevZ jeevan...@gmail.com wrote: yeah... not all.. Mac proved it years ago:D What do you mean? -- .. Junise Safvan www.gnuise.co.cc 9746 283 383 -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: google voice and video chat plugin for linux..
great now this discussion is fanning out in to a debate of politics. politics aside i would like to point out that, most people use an app/ service based on its useablity/functionality and not its licensing conditions. i ve lot of friends who use google video chat and i cant force them to use some new IM protocols just because i'm using linux. bottomline is this, having mainstream apps, proprietary or non proprietary, available to linux platform will be helpful in increasing its adoption. now when i am using linux and friends ask can i use google talk in linux?? i can say a definite yes and maybe down the line get them interested in trying out linux. On Sep 15, 12:19 pm, V. Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 11:09 +0530, JeevZ wrote: and my point was if you r fanatic about Freedom then try to stop all other proprietary services.. not only on tech-no world.. On other words, if u use proprietary services, you must admit its good sides too.. I think fanatic is too strong a word to use in this context. Would you say that Gandhiji was a fanatic for freedom? Or Mandela for that matter? I know that there are people who believe that the British rule did a lot of good for the country, and some even say that it would have been so much better if the British were still ruling India, because, apparently according to them, we would have had much less problems. From that point of view, Gandhiji, Subhash Chandra Bose and so many others become fanatics. Moreover, let us remember that we are talking about the software world. That certainly does not mean that we are quite happy with everything else. Just a look at RMS's blog would show what all things he fights. But right now, here, we are concerned about software and we certainly cannot take on the whole world and make everything free. Each one of us, as individuals, may have a number of concerns, but cannot fight battles in all fronts simultaneously. Best Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of Indiahttp://swatantryam.blogspot.com -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: BROADCOM opensources wireless drivers
its good news. however its my understanding that these drivers are meant for for the latest wlan chipsets that support 802.11b/g/n. however it doesn't mention supporting the older chipsets with only b/g support that are out in the wild like the ones used to come with HP, Dell(masquerading as Dell Wlan Mini card etc) On Sep 10, 10:16 am, ganesh ganeshredco...@gmail.com wrote: Broadcom, the world's largest manufacturer of Wi-Fi transceivers, open sources its Linux device drivers. This is a big win for Linux users, as there are a lot of users that face Wi-Fi problems when they use Linux on their laptops. With these device drivers now open source, distributions can ship them out-of-the-box, and that means no Linux Wi- Fi problems for new devices and upcoming distributions at all http://www.osnews.com/story/23786/BREAKING_BROADCOM_OPEN_SOURCES_WIRE... -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: google voice and video chat plugin for linux..
earlier i've tried installing mozilla and chat plugin under wine along with flash. the results weren't exactly stellar(couldn't get the webcam detected) and then decided it wasn't worth the effort. On Sep 4, 1:38 pm, BINNY THOMAS binn...@gmail.com wrote: Just imagine a year ago! How difficult it was to voice chat in Linux! Regards, Binny Thomas -- How to Ubuntu, Demystify Linuxhttp://binny88.wordpress.com -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: google voice and video chat plugin for linux..
video chat in empathy works fine as long as your webcam is detected by your distro. however if u are behind institutional networks that block IM clients(i happens to be one such unlucky guys) empathy/pidgin wont be any help to you. the only possible solution is the web based video chat services like the gmail. and i am happy that i now have an option of using it in linux as well. :-) On Sep 3, 6:20 pm, Anoop Jacob Thomas anoo...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried, Pidgin and it works well for audio chat. Didn't try video chat as I don't have a webcam nor anyone to video chat to :P. -- Anoop Jacob Thomas http://anoop.caremedia.org -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Sound card for linux
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main this link is a good place to look up linux compatibility of sound cards. On Sep 3, 2:45 pm, ganesh ganeshredco...@gmail.com wrote: Which is the best sound card that is now available and is affordable.for linux system... -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Win Crash
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_show_2895.html On Aug 26, 3:45 pm, Jesse Francis atjes...@gmail.com wrote: I installed Kubuntu 10.04 in a lenovo Ideapad Z560(with i3, 2GBRam), and the win7 which was running fine till then and crashes during bootup after classpnp.sys.. and in win7 setup, they're not detecting hdd saying driver not found:( do i need special drivers to read that HDD?? Help Fast!!! Or that guy'll kill me!! and one more.. A sony Vaio,fails to boot ubu/kubu whatever version it is, goes blank at boot screen. later i made it boot in to linux live with nomodest is checked and installed it. Now even the installed version, though it is safe mode, shows the same error and have no idea how to give nomodest for installed one!! Any solutions for these problems?? -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Gmail Voice and Video Chat for Linux
lol, figured i out i had accidentally switched off my webcam using the hotkey, silly me :-) On Aug 20, 9:12 pm, Subin Sebastian subinsebast...@gmail.com wrote: @Bipin, it works for me. May be something wrong with your webcam. Regards Subin Sebastian -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Gmail Voice and Video Chat for Linux
great news, but still it doesnt detect the webcam in my laptop. on a side note only cheese seems to be working fine with my webcam so far. On Aug 20, 8:44 pm, ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.com wrote: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/gmail-voice-and-video-chat-f... -- aashik Mandatory Quote: My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. -- Jamie Zawinsky Free your documents, use OpenOffice:http://openoffice.organd LaTeX :http://www.latex-project.org/ -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: install from an iso image
hi, the following link had worked for me when i was installing xubuntu 9.10 onto a pIII system with a defective cdrom that didnt support usb booting http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-ubuntukubuntuedubuntuxubuntu-without-cdrom-drive.html maybe it will work for you as well bipin On Aug 15, 11:31 am, Vipin vipinsw...@gmail.com wrote: hi, how to install using an iso image with out burning to a cd or dvd please help.i googled and got some results but failed vipin -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: install from an iso image
on a follow up note this one will give you a better instructions http://www.blizzcraft.net/index.php?topic=1230.0 this uses the same approach as above but is more easily understandable caution : these methods use alternate installation cd image of ubuntu and not the live cd image bipin On Aug 16, 5:21 pm, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: hi, the following link had worked for me when i was installing xubuntu 9.10 onto a pIII system with a defective cdrom that didnt support usb booting http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-ubuntukubuntuedubuntuxubuntu-withou... maybe it will work for you as well bipin On Aug 15, 11:31 am, Vipin vipinsw...@gmail.com wrote: hi, how to install using an iso image with out burning to a cd or dvd please help.i googled and got some results but failed vipin -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Union Bank of India Official website
i think a better place to voice our suggestions would be the RBI itself. if they issue some guidelines saying that online banking services should offered through only browsers supporting security features such as, Extended Validation - SSL, in the interest of consumer, the banks would have to follow suit On Aug 15, 2:36 pm, Joseph Winworth joseph.winwo...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed. A press meeting would help it come to light. At least experts will have a say once the media takes it up. On 15 August 2010 13:44, Anoop Jacob Thomas anoo...@gmail.com wrote: I have actually sent a mail to South Indian Bank regarding it, but they won't do anything on mail from individuals. Actually we should really think of doing something, may be a mail or a press release regarding it. -- Anoop Jacob Thomas -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Union Bank of India Official website
this is not something new, even south indian bank's online banking service needs internet explorer. i guess these solutions were developed when IE6 was dominant one. now its gonna cost them hell of a lot make those services standard compliant. luckily though SBI and associates(you can say the common man's bank) services are browser and platform agnostic and even persuade the consumers to use only the current version of the mainstream browsers. Bipin On Aug 14, 4:04 pm, Joseph Winworth joseph.winwo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I recently visited the Union Bank of India website to try out Internet banking. And to my gravest shock I got this error message while trying to create a user id. [image: Picture 1.png] Isn't this something totally unacceptable and something serious enough to send a notification/grievance letter from this FSUG group highlighting the technical backwardness of their installation? I hope the authorities will look into the matter seriously if a letter from such a community is received rather than an individual. In my opinion, browser statisticshttp://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp(or see this India specific statistichttp://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-IN-monthly-200907-201008) is reason enough to scrap the current one and implement a better site. In short at the very least more than 50% of their users have the problem of switching their browsers to use the site. JW Picture 1.png 85KViewDownload -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: ubuntu 10.04 and sleeping monitor
have you tried installing the stock ubuntu 10.04. i too have a nvidia card and it works fine for me On Aug 6, 9:26 pm, sanalkumar mr sanalmadath...@gmail.com wrote: I' ve also tried -- nofb vga=none .That also was unsuccessful My Graphics Card details : 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] (rev a2) I've succeeded in installing with nomodeset and after installation edited grub menu by pressing e and deleted quiet and splash and added nomodeset there and booted with Cntrl+x and I was able to go to text mode (Cntrl+Alt+F1). I've selected ext3 instead of ext4. The language that I had selected was Malayalam for installation.When I tried to login graphically the error shown was in Malayalam and it goes thus ക്രമീകരണ സെറ്വറില് ഒരു കുഴപ്പമുണ്ട്. C/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 256 സ്ഥിതിയുമായി നിര്ത്തി ഇറങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നു. I also tried to copy the an xorg.conf file copy from ubuntu 9.10 to /etc/X11 and restarted gdm and that too didn't give any result. Still graphical login not possible.Any way out? sanal On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:56 PM, sanalkumar mr sanalmadath...@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, I've to install Ubuntu 10.04 customised by i...@school in my Compaq Presario system.When I try to install it, by selecting install Ubuntu the monitor goes to infinite sleep. I tried F6 and added vga=771 to the end of the line as suggested by the Ubuntu site and that also didnot succeed. Please suggest a way out. Thanks in advance. Sanalkumar VHSS Irimpanam 9496449969 (Mob) -- പറയാതെ പരിഭവം നീയൊന്നു മുടി കോതി- ക്കഴിയുമ്പൊഴായുസ്സു തീരും പറയാതെ പരിഭവം ഞാനൊന്നു നെടുവീര്പ്പിട്ടു- കഴിയുമ്പോള് ലോകവും തീരും.. -- പറയാതെ പരിഭവം നീയൊന്നു മുടി കോതി- ക്കഴിയുമ്പൊഴായുസ്സു തീരും പറയാതെ പരിഭവം ഞാനൊന്നു നെടുവീര്പ്പിട്ടു- കഴിയുമ്പോള് ലോകവും തീരും.. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Reliance mobile Broadband connection in ubuntu
hi On Aug 4, 9:50 am, sonal jain sonaljain@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends How to reliance mobile (USB) broadband to ubuntu 10.04.?? cheers Sonal -- Sonal Kumar Jain RF, Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum 695022 INDIA Ph: +91 471 2562906 (O) +91 9388472745 (M) alternative e-mail: sonaljain...@yahoo.com sonal...@vssc.gov.in -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Reliance mobile Broadband connection in ubuntu
hi ubuntu 10.04 network manager applet is capable os setting up mobile broadband connections such as reliance. however a bug in the modemmanager package shipped as default in ubuntu will prevent you from making connections. the work around is to install the latest modem manager packages follow the following steps(you will need a working internet connection beforehand). it has worked for me but i dont guarantee it will work for you. go to system Administration Software Sources, after entering the sudo password 1. click on other software tab and click the Add button(on with big +) 2. in the dialog box that pops up paste the following link and click ok deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/trunk/ubuntu lucid main this will add a 3 rd party repo to your software sources from which ubuntu can retrieve install software. these repos comes with a signing key sos a to ensure the validity of the packages these keys too should be added in the key for this repos is as follows -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: SKS 1.0.10 mI0ESXX0pgEEAMDSk9Vd+OWZNIa4dL2SpqFAjVq/hm4Nac2oc33g+BwP3jFajUC/ quPnYXXl N7GER+tTHJ9d0PlXQDoRxXFRdSjZYUHDkiT8UV1I +sTxkjDaA7uMXD4dEcL0SG0nh6OyHHrd 9PrWzIZ/jS6PsYtKrKwHYCvP/igPr5/ bH1PQoyZzABEBAAG0IUxhdW5jaHBhZCBQUEEgZm9y IE5ldHdvcmstbWFuYWdlcoi2BBMBAgAgBQJJdfSmAhsDBgsJCAcDAgQVAggDBBYCAwECHgEC F4AACgkQJI3R7ryOv+h8JQP+Ib07jYEiNG3PZf22xkV2rU/ ybI9s4fT1CCoPJq5V3uJmouUs jtSXMD/9V44kFamw+Xq1EVEWeExfeABjaX7Vc9SR50Kl/ DJVvBAbGs8rM2JxldQsl4sGWnTn AMJx/fv4iQsdyaklS3TcK6xo1yL21C4j0wYsmNxS16F28L3hRQ4= =8t/V -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- select and copy the above whole block and go to the authentication tab, right click anywhere inside and select Add key from paste data this will add the key to package manager. Now click on the close' button. it will ask you to reload package cache, select reload to update the package database. once reloading is done again go to system Administration update manager click on check for updates. followed by Install updates this will install the most newer version of modem manage and network manager packages after the update is complete restart the system. plug in youy modem in to the usb port give it a few seconds to be detected by OS now right click on the network manager applet icon on the upper panel and select edit connections go to the mobile broadband and click on add. in the dialog box that pops up select your modem and click next. in the following pages select india as country and reliance as provider in the final step another dialog box will pop up asking number, username and password in the number field type #777 if it is already there username and password is the 10 digit number for your card. enter them and click apply to connect to the internet left click on the network manager applet. in the list that pops up select reliance to connect to the net hope this will help you Bipin Ps: sorry for the long instructions i wanted to avoid use of terminal (to which some are averse to) as far as possible :-) On Aug 4, 9:50 am, sonal jain sonaljain@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends How to reliance mobile (USB) broadband to ubuntu 10.04.?? cheers Sonal -- Sonal Kumar Jain RF, Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum 695022 INDIA Ph: +91 471 2562906 (O) +91 9388472745 (M) alternative e-mail: sonaljain...@yahoo.com sonal...@vssc.gov.in -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Reliance mobile Broadband connection in ubuntu
oops link for the repo got autowrapped into two lines while posting the link is as follows deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/trunk/ubuntu lucid main On Aug 4, 12:41 pm, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: hi ubuntu 10.04 network manager applet is capable os setting up mobile broadband connections such as reliance. however a bug in the modemmanager package shipped as default in ubuntu will prevent you from making connections. the work around is to install the latest modem manager packages follow the following steps(you will need a working internet connection beforehand). it has worked for me but i dont guarantee it will work for you. go to system Administration Software Sources, after entering the sudo password 1. click on other software tab and click the Add button(on with big +) 2. in the dialog box that pops up paste the following link and click ok debhttp://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/trunk/ubuntu lucid main this will add a 3 rd party repo to your software sources from which ubuntu can retrieve install software. these repos comes with a signing key sos a to ensure the validity of the packages these keys too should be added in the key for this repos is as follows -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: SKS 1.0.10 mI0ESXX0pgEEAMDSk9Vd+OWZNIa4dL2SpqFAjVq/hm4Nac2oc33g+BwP3jFajUC/ quPnYXXl N7GER+tTHJ9d0PlXQDoRxXFRdSjZYUHDkiT8UV1I +sTxkjDaA7uMXD4dEcL0SG0nh6OyHHrd 9PrWzIZ/jS6PsYtKrKwHYCvP/igPr5/ bH1PQoyZzABEBAAG0IUxhdW5jaHBhZCBQUEEgZm9y IE5ldHdvcmstbWFuYWdlcoi2BBMBAgAgBQJJdfSmAhsDBgsJCAcDAgQVAggDBBYCAwECHgEC F4AACgkQJI3R7ryOv+h8JQP+Ib07jYEiNG3PZf22xkV2rU/ ybI9s4fT1CCoPJq5V3uJmouUs jtSXMD/9V44kFamw+Xq1EVEWeExfeABjaX7Vc9SR50Kl/ DJVvBAbGs8rM2JxldQsl4sGWnTn AMJx/fv4iQsdyaklS3TcK6xo1yL21C4j0wYsmNxS16F28L3hRQ4= =8t/V -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- select and copy the above whole block and go to the authentication tab, right click anywhere inside and select Add key from paste data this will add the key to package manager. Now click on the close' button. it will ask you to reload package cache, select reload to update the package database. once reloading is done again go to system Administration update manager click on check for updates. followed by Install updates this will install the most newer version of modem manage and network manager packages after the update is complete restart the system. plug in youy modem in to the usb port give it a few seconds to be detected by OS now right click on the network manager applet icon on the upper panel and select edit connections go to the mobile broadband and click on add. in the dialog box that pops up select your modem and click next. in the following pages select india as country and reliance as provider in the final step another dialog box will pop up asking number, username and password in the number field type #777 if it is already there username and password is the 10 digit number for your card. enter them and click apply to connect to the internet left click on the network manager applet. in the list that pops up select reliance to connect to the net hope this will help you Bipin Ps: sorry for the long instructions i wanted to avoid use of terminal (to which some are averse to) as far as possible :-) On Aug 4, 9:50 am, sonal jain sonaljain@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends How to reliance mobile (USB) broadband to ubuntu 10.04.?? cheers Sonal -- Sonal Kumar Jain RF, Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum 695022 INDIA Ph: +91 471 2562906 (O) +91 9388472745 (M) alternative e-mail: sonaljain...@yahoo.com sonal...@vssc.gov.in -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: EduBOSS torrent and other downloads
in linux execute the following command in terminal to generate md5 hash for your file md5sum filename replace the file name with your the name of your iso. this will generate a long string of alphanumeric characters. if these string matches with those given in the webpage the file you have downloaded is valid and can be used. also k3b will generate md5sum when your are about burn an iso image in windows you can use tools such as md5summer to verify the checksums On Aug 2, 5:50 am, Robin S. Parriath robinparri...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, I found a torrent for EduBOSS that's not available on the main BOSSLinux Downloads page. http://downloads.bosslinux.in/ISO%20Images/EduBOSS/ Currently downloading it, and will confirm if it is legitimate. Meanwhile, can someone please list the procedure(s) for verifying MD5 hashes? Also, go up a directory and you will find the link for BOSS 4.0 (testing) http://downloads.bosslinux.in/ISO%20Images/BOSS4.0-testing/ Cheers, Robin -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: gprs and bluetooth
hi following link might help you setting up dial up networking over bluetooth in ubuntu http://www.spiration.co.uk/post/1307/Ubuntu%20Linux%20-%20Bluetooth%20and%20GPRS%20dialup%20connection u will be needing a working internet connection to do some initial configurations i.e installing necessary packages Bipin On Jul 30, 1:26 pm, sanalkumar mr sanalmadath...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I've a Samsung C3010S mobilephone.I've to access internet in laptop via blutooth. How is it possible.Can anybody help me. I've no data cable for direct connection.Thanks in advance. sanal -- പറയാതെ പരിഭവം നീയൊന്നു മുടി കോതി- ക്കഴിയുമ്പൊഴായുസ്സു തീരും പറയാതെ പരിഭവം ഞാനൊന്നു നെടുവീര്പ്പിട്ടു- കഴിയുമ്പോള് ലോകവും തീരും.. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Firefox problems.
i too had similar sort of problems, if u dont mind loosing your customizations, bookmarks u can do complete uninstall of firefox and the reinstall from scratch. while uninstalling use the option to delete the customizations and preferences. after that reboot the system and install firefox, preferably latest one. u can also backup bookmarks as well. go to Bookmarks Organize bookmarks. in the bookmark library click on import and backup and select export html. this will export all u r bookmarks as an html file which can used to restore the bookmarks. Firefox sync is also an excellent addon for syncing and taking backups of all u r firefox bookmarks, preferences and ui customizations. i use it to keep my firefox preferences synced between my windows and linux installation(the latter one being constantly deleted as i try different distros) Bipin On Jul 21, 10:09 am, Vyshakh vyshak...@gmail.com wrote: Hai friends My firefox have some problems. # It cant save any pages. That is, No dialogue box appears on pressing Ctrl+S or choosing File-Save... # Even though I've downloaded lots of things, The Downloads Window is epty now. I use Down Them All for downloading files. But it is not the correct solution. Everything else is going fine. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: A query on Epic Browser
it is the creators freedom to to make software for their platform of choice, whether it be windows or linux or mac. if the software they made uses GPL components then they have to publish the source code, hence anyone can port that application to their platform of choice. however we cannot force developer to make an application for a particular platform just because it uses GPL components. they will be violating the GPL only if they intentionally prevent someone else from doing so. in this case all you can do is to ask them to provide the source code since they are using GPL, or rather MPL components. Bipin On Jul 15, 12:05 pm, Abhil@@sham abhilash...@gmail.com wrote: I heard Epic Browser is a free software venture, but the irony is that it doesn't have Linux version Why so ? -- Emotionally Yours Abhilash Thadathil Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067 91-9650966247 The World is Dynamic, So We Are !www.dillipost.in its a free software venture, but the irony is when i tried to download it, all I could get was a .exe file? No linux version? Why so? -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: FOSS DVD authoring software
qDVDauthor might also be helpful to you. check this links http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ it is also available from rpmfusion repos for fedora i think bipin On Jul 14, 6:32 am, Kartik Singhal kartiksing...@gmail.com wrote: Need some advice (preferably with user experience) on a good free (or open source) DVD authoring software. It may run on Windows or Fedora. My basic need is to burn some homemade videos taken using a Nokia N70 phone which uses a .mp4 extension (though I have converted them to mpg format already). I have already tried GPL licensed DVDStyler but it hangs in between when used under Windows 7. -- Kartik Singhal BTech CSE Student, NIT Calicuthttp://www.techglider.com -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: nvidia graphics problem
nvidia do not have opensource driver in the sense that they do not release their sources under GPL which means bugfixes and improvements are under sole discretion of nvidia and your distro vendor cannot optimize it for their build as well or bundle it with the os. however you still can download sources and compile your driver manually or use installation script provided along with. the binary nvidia drivers are also build using the same source using tools rpmbuild etc. that said the nvidia drivers are as functional as their windows counterpart and is miles ahead of the offerings by its competitor. i can even play windows games(world of warcraft, quake) using wine without any problems on my geforce 130M and i am using the my distro's, lucid btw, binary drivers from the repos. which you can as easily install system adminstration Hardware drivers. while downloading drivers do keep in mind that nvidia releases two sets of drivers one for legacy GPUs(173.xx series as of now) and one for latest ones(195.xx series) make sure u install the one matching your gpu. if there are any resolution problem a simple sudo nvidia-xconfig from terminal will solve the problem On Jun 18, 7:50 pm, Raru Rv raru...@gmail.com wrote: Nvidia is not having any open source driver.Am also having this problem. For more details check http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm/browse_thread/thread/ac154923... http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm/browse_thread/thread/91f1dc13... -- Raru Rv -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: nvidia graphics problem
as far as i know when you are installing proprietary drivers from ubuntu repos nouveau drivers are disabled so its not a problem. the problem you say arises when you are installing drivers using nvidia supplied source and scripts, which is not a concern for average users since the drivers supplied by ubuntu repos are stable enough. the only case where you want want to use nvidia supplied source is when you want to install or bleeding edge stuff or want install drivers for a system that do not have a fast internet connection. there is one more advantage for using nvidia supplied drivers that is whenever a kernel update is performed there is no need to recompile the drivers. i know nvidia say their drivers support DKMS however it didn't work for me in karmic installation when i installed the drivers from website and i had to recompile the drivers after a kernel update as opposed to when i was using stock ubuntu packages. On Jun 18, 9:56 pm, Mahesh Mohan maheshmohan...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Vipin, You first have to blacklist the nouveau driver. Ubuntu and other major GNU/Linux distros are now shipped with 'nouveau' open source driver for Nvidia. As of now, it only supports 2D acceleration. Follow the instructions herehttp://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-nvidia-drivers-manually-on-ub... http://maheshmohan.co.in -മഹേഷ് മോഹന് എം.യു -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: After installation of fglrx (Ati driver) my boot splash goes vulgar
this is basically a bug in lucid in case of systems with ATi and Nvidia cards after the proprietary drivers are loaded. i had the same with my nvidia based laptop. the fix for this readily available. try this link http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml by the way please select the words to be used in the subject title carefully. the boot screen shown is by no means a vulgar :-) On Jun 17, 8:47 am, ╔║۩…ĂßĤĨŞҢЁҜ…۩║╗╔║۩…ŁǺŁ…۩║╗ ابهيشيك لال abhisheklalned...@gmail.com wrote: After installation of fglrx (Ati driver) my boot splash goes vulgar Ati Radeon HD 4650 [image: DSC01055_.jpeg] -- അഭിഷേഖ് ലാല് -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: GPT to MBR / extended partitioning..
can u attach the screenshot of the partition table as shown by windows 7 disk management utility right click on My computer select Manage under the storage node select disk management Bipin On Jun 17, 6:13 am, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: The exact tool used was GParted 0.5.2 in PartedMagic. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:58 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, some relevant web links/comments on the follow would be of great help: 1) Which standalone tool is good to *convert a GPT hard drive to an MBR*one? Hope there would be one with low download size like below 50MB.I have Bootdisks of PartedMagic and Cute Partition Manager, will these be of help? Unable to find the windows7 partitions in ubuntu 10.04 partitioning tool. [full free spaceshown]. Win7 still loads eventhough partitions are not shown. I remember windows came up with a GPT drive warning while installing, but somehow got installed later. 3) Any body met with a situation by which one *cant create extended partition* in PartedMagic? The options are inactive, except create primary partition is it associated with the hardisk being GPT? Even after erasing the entire disk, the option is grayed-out :( -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: GPT to MBR / extended partitioning..
this link might be helpful as well http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/whatsgpt.html On Jun 17, 5:58 am, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, some relevant web links/comments on the follow would be of great help: 1) Which standalone tool is good to *convert a GPT hard drive to an MBR*one? Hope there would be one with low download size like below 50MB.I have Bootdisks of PartedMagic and Cute Partition Manager, will these be of help? Unable to find the windows7 partitions in ubuntu 10.04 partitioning tool. [full free spaceshown]. Win7 still loads eventhough partitions are not shown. I remember windows came up with a GPT drive warning while installing, but somehow got installed later. 3) Any body met with a situation by which one *cant create extended partition* in PartedMagic? The options are inactive, except create primary partition is it associated with the hardisk being GPT? Even after erasing the entire disk, the option is grayed-out :( -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: windows 7 is washing out grub --help-urgent
just out of curiosity, why is grub2 crap ? personally i ve never had any problems with grub2. On Jun 17, 4:55 pm, David Shar dvds...@gmail.com wrote: well Grub 2 is crap. If you wish to add more OS use GAG or Super Grub Disk. I am glad that I served your purpose. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: @David, Thanks.. super grub disk downlaoded from the following link, and booted http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10921 looks like an easy way to restore grub. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:33 PM, David Shar dvds...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, You need to log in with live cd and restore the Grub. See if it works otherwise open Gparted and flag Ubuntu partition as a boot. If it still fails email me your fdsik -l output. In addition try super grub disk, a free utility that handles complicated boot options. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:25 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Windows 7 seems to make two primary partitions, a 100MB as well as a user specified size partition. Boot flag is on the 100MB partition. Any correlation for the above discussd problem to this fact? On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Manu Krishnan T.V tvmanukrish...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday 16 June 2010 12:45 AM, raghu ram wrote: Friends recently i installed ubuntu 10.04 in my friend's dell studio latptop which is having windows 7, after installing ubuntu i could see grub with windows and linux partitions, for checking i booted into windows 7 which suceesfully booted but when i restarted no grub boot loader is there. using live cd again i installed grub it had shown windows and linux when ever i am booting into windows grub is washing out. it is teling no operating system found note : grub always finding the path of recovery paritions probably removing grub the paritions are like this sda 1 is dell utiliity sda 2 is windows recovery ( where grub always booting through) sda 3 is windows os ( pc is supposed to boot) remaining are linux partitions Since you are having Dell, check for any software like Dell Backup safe or something installed in your Windows 7. My friend had the same problem and he got it fixed after removing that software. There is a documentation regarding it in the Ubuntu website. but I can't locate in now. :( -- suggestions or solutions or comments are welcome thanks inadvance Susarla Raghuram Research Fellow Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai space center Thiruvananthapuram. 695022 -- With love and regards, Tvm a.k.a Bizzard Find me @ Bizzard's Hackshop http://www.bizzard.info/ Quote: I'm not a HANDSOME guy. But I can give my HAND to SOME one who needs help. Beauty is in heart, not in face..!! - A.P.J Abdul Kalam -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this
[fsug-tvm] Re: Linux boxes can be p0wned - if you aren't careful
there is no such thing as absolute 100% secure os platform. if anyone believes so, he is an ignorant. of course there can relatively secure ones. that said the weakest link in os security always boils down to the user itself. one should not execute binaries/scripts from untrusted sources, whether its in linux, windows or mac. if somebody do that, he is asking for trouble. Bipin On Jun 15, 9:55 pm, technikhil technikhil.m...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Just in case anyone had any mistaken beliefs regarding Linux - it is possible to p0wn a Linux box if it's maintainer is not careful -http://blogs.computerworld.com/16316/think_linux_is_free_from_malware... Like with all software - its better to be informed and be on your guard. In the case given in the link above a simple check using PGP/ GPG keys to sign the software. At the very least check MD5 hashes. PS: In case you are wondering what p0wn means :) -http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=p0wn -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Oru Mani Vartha @ Manorama News 'shouts' against free software
i found the whole article amusing. it doesn't say exactly how and why foss applications are unproductive/incompatibie with union government guidelines however it still fools a casual reader into believing foss is a waste of money. therefore it is ideal that we do something to educate the public about this fud. the open letter is a good idea, however i would like to add that sending this to manorama alone wont do any good. they may or may not publish it. its better to send the same to other media outlets as well. maybe someone will realiize the truth. Bipin On Jun 15, 4:03 pm, onoesimpleman onesimple...@gmail.com wrote: Manorama has commercial interests . I seriously think a company who has billing software ready has paid Manorama to plant the news. The funds given are out of our tax money and we need transparency and the only way to get transparency is to have a software where you can see the source. There are a lot of billing companies around which are open source with commercial support. jbilling is one of them and they will really complete the whole project for 25% of the budget allocated by central government and they also have long term support. I feel the same way about EVM software. That should be made public too. When all the super computers owned by India runs on FOSS why cant a simple billing solution run on FOSS? -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Intel Core I3
the config is good but i would like to add that ATi cards have very bad driver support under linux(if u are planning to install linux) and the Dell 1520 Wireless-N card uses broadcom chipset. Bipin On Jun 10, 10:55 pm, Sistla Venkata Abhishek svabhis...@gmail.com wrote: Nice one :) :) Thanks for the info Ratheesh Hello everyone .. i think ( and also not ) that this is not the place to post this kinda question over here .. but since the topic of a i3 has come up .. I wanted to get a suggestion / advice from all of you :) I've decided to buy a Dell Studio Laptop with the config being .. as follows : - Intel Core i3 processor - 370M - 320GB HDD with 7200 rpm - ATI Radeon 5470 1GB Graphics Card - 15.6 WLED Screen 1366x768 - 4GB DDR3 RAM - Dell 1520 Wireless-N card - 9 Cell Li Ion Primary Batter ( I know this increases wt .. but still i needed the back up and life :) ) I think I've given all the details so ... please tell me what do you think ... !!! I've also got a question to ask .. Has anyone used the 1520 N card ??? if so please do let me know how is it .. !! Hope everyone will respond .. !! :) :) On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 18:05, Ratheesh Kumar Kumar ratheesh.kuma...@gmail.com wrote: *About the 2010 Intel® Core™ i3 Processor* The wait is over—now everyone can move up to smart performance. As the first level in Intel’s new processor family, the 2010 Intel® Core™ i3 processor is the perfect entry point for a fast, responsive PC experience. *Smart style starts here* Get the smart performance you need without compromising the stylish looks you want, thanks to an ultra-thin laptophttp://www.intel.com/consumer/products/style/ultra-thin.htmpowered by the 2010 Intel® Core™ i3 processor, featuring enhanced battery life and sleek design. *Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology◊1* Enables each core of your processor to work on two tasks at the same time, delivering the performance you need for smart multitasking. Don't let too many open applications slow you and your PC down. Get smart performance now. *Intel® HD Graphics* Intel® HD Graphics provides superb visual performance for sharper images, richer color, and life-like audio and video.◊2 Watch movies and Internet videos in high-definition, play popular game titles and get full support for Microsoft Windows* 7. It's all built in; no need for an extra add-in video card. *Connect in More Places* Access to the Internet is increasingly important, no matter where you are. When you're on the move, pairing Intel®-powered devices with wireless broadband and a tiny USB modem from your service provider enables you to connect to high-speed Internet service just about anywhereΣ without depending on WiFi hotspots. Look for embedded WiMAX capability when you’re shopping for your next PC. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Best Regards, Sistla Venkata Abhishek III Year Computer Science Student, /* DB ( MySQL ) , CMS ( Drupal ) , IDE ( NetBeans - 6.8 ) and I speak Java along with PHP */ MHVR , Hyderabad. Ph: +91 9052 749 799 MHVR , Hyderabad. Ph: +91 9052 749 799 -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: Information
as a rule of thumb the centrino certified laptops are the easier ones to install any kind of open source distro, since intel is more open source friendly and release their hardware documention so that even third party developers can write drivers. On Jun 5, 11:05 am, Asha G dendron...@gmail.com wrote: I am a new member to this group. Would like to know : 1) which laptop is most Ubuntu / Free software friendly ? I just bought a Toshiba satellite model specifically asking for one that would work on Linux but it would load only Ubuntu 10.4 and now there is a bluetooth mouse that i purchased with it which does not work as there are no drivers. 2) Which computer shops in Trivandrum are most friendly to customers who use Linux ? 3) I would like to attend your next meeting so could you please send a confirmation about date and time soon as I have to plan a few days in advance. Thanks Asha Gopinathan SCTIMST -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Nautilus issues
just press ctrl + L and you can see the classic address bar On May 21, 7:11 am, Vyshakh vyshak...@gmail.com wrote: Nooo... I dont want location bar... I was asking about that tool which displays location of nautilus more conveniently. It creates individual buttons for each folder we opens... We can go to any previous directory by clicking on the curresponding buttons on it... On 5/20/10, prakreet vipinmatth...@gmail.com wrote: view location bar.. giv it a tick.. location bar will be restored.. gnome has removed that function.. so it is missing from ubuntu lucid.. Ctrl+L lets to edit the location bar as earlier.. check this website.. http://www.danielgibbs.net/journal/text-based-location-address-bar- ubuntu-lucid-lynx -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: What would be the best practice for the moment?
its getting really tiresome. of course.Adoption of FOSS is a good policy. I am curious about the selction of the distro, and the framework created for its maintenance and improvement. Making a seperate distro/Custom Linux/DVD remaster is absolutely OK, if it the resource demand can be afforded and well managed. Some problems are:isolation of the new entity from its parent distro. The parent distro attained fast maturity because of wide community support. The core of new entity (of the new distro/DVD remaster ) is not updated at the speed of its parent, making it substandard. When it is declared as a new entity and isolate it from its parent forum, it loses the support from the forum too. When you ask a question to the debian forum saying 'i am using i...@school and i would be pleased to get some comments or the following problem, you get less number of answers. For international users dont know i...@school. And they wont be very much intersted when they really come to know the interests behind declaring as a more or less 'new entity'. I mean taking advantage of it, for election and other group glorification purposes. In other words, the govt could have adopted a distro which is internationally developed, as such, and just add to its specific demands (language,specific apps etc). It could have been totally isolated only when there is considerable change in policies. the official docs on efforts from Govt side (Kerala)can be seen at: in the entire above paragraph you are commenting on the government's decision without having any substantial info regarding the actual variables that were used in making such a decision. simply put this is what i meant by you are shooting in the dark. if you want make such a statement first get your facts, file an RTI, get the answers from concerned authorities on what basis they are going ahead with custom solution and then come back here for a debate, rather than chasing the smoke. further why shouldn't government use a custom os for their purpose. maybe you have given some generic reasons, but that doesn't fly. to give you an example who said government is going ahead with expensive dedicated pc based solution for governance, they could have gone for thin client based solutions as well, where only one good server and and array of barebone pcs are sufficient for the task. can you imagine how a full fledged desktop based distro solution fit into this situation. further it is nothing new that organizations deploy their own custom linux solution for their purposes, that are radically different from the mainstream you are so fond of. an example is is the version of linux deployed in google servers, kernel of which is radically different from the mainstream linux kernel tree. oracle too has such a solution. now dont get started on the lines that govt lack the ability to do so. we do have talented pool of unemployed youth in kerala, maybe this might be an opportunity for them. lets not be cynical. 'i am using i...@school and i would be pleased to get some comments or the following problem here its the problem of the way of asking the question. rather than saying i...@school linux its better to say debian sarge(i may be wrong about actual version of debian used) based distro and one might get proper answers. its important to ask intelligent questions to get intelligent answers. Fact (5) of first post: 5)The students who learn GNU/Linux and associated systems does not have enough professisonal functionality** because of comparitively low-perfoming professional softwares in FOSS arena.They fail to get job.[Fact, main context of thread] simply put its not fact its just a statement made by you without any source of reference. further a person who actually trained well in FOSS based solution is most likely to be better skilled in adapting solutions that are dissimilar to one he is experineced, converse is true for proprietary solutions as well. where is Microsoft word ? syndrome i mentioned earlier thread becomes valid over here. Bipin On May 18, 9:09 pm, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:02 AM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: Is it terribly wrong if RD research out side Kerala came into mention? Consider KSCSTE expenditure. [not just shooting into space, I know instances where Vista-pre installed PCs were selected to buy, when XP was still there, and Vista remained unsupported for most of the office purposes like installing the Tally version.] Most research institutes in Kerala are supported for infrastructure through central funds. Central policy counts. yes it is wrong because as per your initial statement the government was going in for custom GNU/Linux distro for adminstrative purposes. this means running day to day governance activities. Now you can't get simpler explanation for that. @Bipin: That is a contextual fact, i gave in the first sentance. There are other statements too. Being
[fsug-tvm] Re: What would be the best practice for the moment?
1) Kerala Govt has already forced GNU/Linux based system in educational system and in administrative sections.It is not just 'let the user choose' ans. simple, here the user is the government of kerala, and they have chosen a solution that can meet their organizational requirements. On May 17, 11:52 am, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Problem: 1)Kerala Govt has already forced GNU/Linux based system in educational system and in administrative sections.It is not just 'let the user choose' [Fact, context] 2)Software providers in the field of GNU/Linux does not create it to be compatible with every distro/OS version[Fact] 3)Additional softwares/updates need to be installed for specific purposes,[Fact] 4)Current GNU/Linux systems has a high risk of breaking without warning, when softwares profile is changed[Fact] 5)The students who learn GNU/Linux and associated systems does not have enough professisonal functionality** because of comparitively low-perfoming professional softwares in FOSS arena.They fail to get job.[Fact, main context of thread] **apart from server side/embedded/mobile technologies in case of (5) ... As a key player in FOSS in Kerala, what would be FSUG-TVM priority? (please select more than one if necessary) 6)Give thrust on supporting the Distro and version the state has adopted(ubuntu), as specifically biased support could help boost its spread. 7)Answer every possible querry in FLOSS, based on individual MailingList members interest. 8)Support any other distro [one or more] : schoolOS, Mint,debian, RedHat, Fedora, Slackware, ArtistX, Novell, .. ..n 9)Strongly plead the govt for investing heavily in developing professional GNU/Linux and compatible software systems(mainly owing to reason 5) 10)Strongly plead the Govt to support heavily in user-developer communication systems, as it is necessary to rectify break downs(read along with 4) 11)Get into long term contract ( financial aid ) with Mac / Win owing to thier international success in providing professional software compatibility :D 12)Get into long term contract with professional application providers (Adobe, Avid, Apple... etc) owing to thier international success in providing professional software compatibility 13)Get into long term contract with FOSS software providers as this would explode possibilities in near future, eventhough not right now. 11)something else. .. -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: What would be the best practice for the moment?
look you are going overboard over decisions that normal in a enterprise/organization. these decisions are result of deliberation within the organization, and outside advisors. further theses decisions are also influenced by the organizational need, its financial condition etc. heck you yourself has stated that govt is going ahead with a custom solution for their purpose which means that this solution is optimized for their purpose, i repeat their purpose. these might include customizing the os specific to hardware/software set to get their job done. for chrissake these systems are meant to do official job and not for ordinary use such as watching movies. playing games. still if you are convinced about role of linux in an enterprise just check out the business model and the client list of companies such as Redhat, Canonical, IBM etc this is how redhat/canonical makes money. they don't sell the os. instead they charge for the customer support/service. i.e tailoring the os to meet the customers need. earlier you were crying foul about lack of support in linux. if you want good customer support just pay for it or else be content with the community support with distros which i should say is doing a fine job under the circumstances Remember there is nothing as free lunch. On May 17, 4:43 pm, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:52 PM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: 1) Kerala Govt has already forced GNU/Linux based system in educational system and in administrative sections.It is not just 'let the user choose' ans. simple, here the user is the government of kerala, and they have chosen a solution that can meet their organizational requirements. @Bipin, Unfortunately, I cant imagine user 'Govt' sitting in front of a boot screen. I can think about end users only.Govt is the decision maker and enforcer. Could it be very wrong, if somebody says Govt asked a group of people, and they made this mistake of instructing govt to use the specific distro in administrative wings? Consider the frequency of breakdowns as evident in this mailing list itself. Some end users are not comfortable with current framework to support FLOSS. What would be the recommendation if Govt gives the people an opportunity regarding improvement of FLOSS and support frame work? This opportunity is always there. On May 17, 11:52 am, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Problem: 1)Kerala Govt has already forced GNU/Linux based system in educational system and in administrative sections.It is not just 'let the user choose' [Fact, context] 2)Software providers in the field of GNU/Linux does not create it to be compatible with every distro/OS version[Fact] 3)Additional softwares/updates need to be installed for specific purposes,[Fact] 4)Current GNU/Linux systems has a high risk of breaking without warning, when softwares profile is changed[Fact] 5)The students who learn GNU/Linux and associated systems does not have enough professisonal functionality** because of comparitively low-perfoming professional softwares in FOSS arena.They fail to get job.[Fact, main context of thread] **apart from server side/embedded/mobile technologies in case of (5) ... As a key player in FOSS in Kerala, what would be FSUG-TVM priority? (please select more than one if necessary) 6)Give thrust on supporting the Distro and version the state has adopted(ubuntu), as specifically biased support could help boost its spread. 7)Answer every possible querry in FLOSS, based on individual MailingList members interest. 8)Support any other distro [one or more] : schoolOS, Mint,debian, RedHat, Fedora, Slackware, ArtistX, Novell, .. ..n 9)Strongly plead the govt for investing heavily in developing professional GNU/Linux and compatible software systems(mainly owing to reason 5) 10)Strongly plead the Govt to support heavily in user-developer communication systems, as it is necessary to rectify break downs(read along with 4) 11)Get into long term contract ( financial aid ) with Mac / Win owing to thier international success in providing professional software compatibility :D 12)Get into long term contract with professional application providers (Adobe, Avid, Apple... etc) owing to thier international success in providing professional software compatibility 13)Get into long term contract with FOSS software providers as this would explode possibilities in near future, eventhough not right now. 11)something else. .. -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom
[fsug-tvm] Re: What would be the best practice for the moment?
Seriously you dont know what you are posting do you? do a google search and learn about enterprise wide IT deployment process. better some people in this group might be able to spoon feed it to you in a way you understand the word organization here refers to the govt and not fsug or ilug-tvm or al-qaeda for that matter. they have their needs and might have consulted with peoples, and i hope some of them might be from the community as well thats all the fsug has to do with that decision and since its the govt decision maybe you can file an RTI to know about actual variables they took in to their decision making process and then come back here and discuss the merits and demerits of the aforesaid solution, rather than shooting in the dark there is something you have to get into thick skull, the hardware/ software procured by the government is supposed to do only one thing which is to run the governance related applications(accounting, inventory etc) and not any other frivolous stuff. the employees will be trained to run those apps at the taxpayer's(which btw includes you as well) expense. further you claim that business model of linux based companies is based on a flawed premise that, Linux is user-unfriendly and hence there is requirement of customer support which they are milking for their commercial purpose. by the same logic the other OS supposedly user friendly options are then literally ripping off the customers. first you have to pay exorbitant amounts as licensing, deploy expensive hardware and pay substantial amounts of money as maintenance and support fees annually i will give you an example, assuming the hardware cost being same(maybe Rs. 00 for arguments sake) the cost of deploying SLED (this includes OS, basic set of office applications and other productivity tools, security framework etc) was around 7500 Rs per pc per year excluding hardware, now if you are to deploy MS Vista/win7 enterprise(under MS EULA one cannot install any other version of winOSs in commercial platform i.e anything above 25 pcs) you will have to pay around the same amount for the OS alone, add to that price for a enterprise wide security solution(same as earlier no retail version allowed in commercial platforms) along with other required softwares. now to use OSX you have to buy an relatively expensive hardware platform just to have access to it. further if MS/apple decide to cease support for a particular os version you will have shell out additional amounts in terms of upgrading the hardware alone or else you will be stuck with outdated and EOL solution. further the apps you deployed on them might not be compatible to the newer os platform. this is one the main reasons many organization are not upgrading from win xp to vista/win7 despite MS pleas/ads. It is educating for you to read about IE6 debacle that many organization face now. now leave aside your personal tastes, idiosyncrasies and use the commonsense and tell us which is better investment of taxpayer’s money aka your money what i do with my hardware/software is my concern alone, whether i play fps, rts or watch porn because i have paid for it with my hard earned money. the govt/people's money is put into ICT for doing the sole task of governance and nothing else as stated earlier. you want to be creative buy your stuff, don't do it on common man's expense. one point to add there is already a working linux based solution deployed in public educational system called the i...@school GNU/Linux if you haven't heard of. it is basically a customized debian distro as far as i can gather from my tinkering with it. and it is working fine till date with help of community support i might add. there is enough opportunity for students to explore their creativity etc in that platform. the only drawback i see are the luck of sufficient amount of hardware to ensure optimal access for students, lack of content in local languages which i should say is being addressed. now to the last part. if someone is providing free good lunch for you, fine go and have it by all means. If you don’t like it you have the option of not going again, there is no compulsion. you cant be prickly about the amount of salt in the sambar etc bipin ps: posted from my win7/ubuntu lucid laptop :-) On May 17, 7:50 pm, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:53 PM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: look you are going overboard over decisions that normal in a enterprise/organization. true.But isnt it like: FSUG is an organisation, and ilug-tvm is its imprint. these decisions are result of deliberation within the organization, and outside advisors. further theses decisions are also influenced by the organizational need, its financial condition etc. The affore said parameters are variables. What if a functionally structured enterprise is born out of FSUG?(not a power hierarchy) Some responders in the list are working admirably on external funds
[fsug-tvm] Re: What would be the best practice for the moment?
1) Kerala Govt has already forced GNU/Linux based system in educational system and in administrative sections.It is not just 'let the user choose' ans. simple, here the user is the government of kerala, and they have chosen a solution that can meet their organizational requirements. its quite obvious from the above post that by organization i am referring to the govt of kerala hence rest of the following statement in quotes don't require further explanation I had no idea that you are meaning Govt brother, true :( since I had stressed upon about fsug priorities, i thought its fsug. and pls gimme a clause in it which was not also applicable to fsug! yup. now i would put defense reserach, and research laboratories.Holy cows.I have seen MACs in IISC. we read about the budget in news papers.(am supportng ur view really now its quite obvious that you want hear that only really like to hear and see what you like to see. this post began with your statement that the govt of Kerala has opted of custom GNU/Liinux for their administrative purposes educational system(i.e the public education system which mainly involves the schools) now where does defense research and other RD comes in this context, will you please explain. now regarding use of macs and other expensive stuff IISc or other RD institutes, one of which i happen to work, have you any idea regarding the computational need in an RD lab. just to give an example three dimensional reconstruction of protein structure in my institute is done using an SGI workstation because no other platform cuts it. you want us wait for the day when such technology becomes available in other affordable platforms? i merely state that hardware/software solutions for an enterprise are made on a case to case basis as per the organizations needs and financial priorities, and not on a idealogical basis. you cannot thrust your favourite distro as it is into the throats of an organization. However open source community can help the government in taking intelligent decision while deploying an ICT infrastructure. yeah. so any proposal on how to tackle with this situation? make Linux customer support under Govt? make FOSS ultimatum under govt support in a very transparent way ? now this is an example of the kind of journalism we see nowadays. rather than reacting to the whole statement you are making comment on the basis of a part of my argument and not the complete one. any sane man reading through this post is going to have serious doubts regarding your motives. anyway why should government should tackle such a problem? as per our constitution government can interfere in the activities of a business only if they are suspected/found to commit malpractices under the law and not at the whims and fancies of a person. do you have any proof to the effect that corporations such as Redhat is giving substandard products/services in order to boost their profits, then by all means go ahead and sue them or make those proof public so that we ignorants become enlightened. Till then its innocent until proven guilty. Again, the holy cow is ignored. Resaerch eats national income in chunks. No complaints, would like to hear ther is a lot of FOSS adopted in it. now this is getting personal and the holy cow expression not humouring me in this context put it this way i have a laptop which have brought from my fellowship. this fellowship isn't anyone's gift or dole, rather i have earned it and you personally know how difficult is to get one. so its my prerogative that what i do with my system and your comments are not welcome in that matter in a public forum. i am aware of the fact that fellowship is awarded to me by the country in the hope of me doing something constructive to society and to that extend i will do whatever i can. however my personal life is not hostage to that fact an hardware/software solution brought using taxpayers money by the government for governance purpose should only be used for that purpose alone and not for playing games by kids of some [public servant, if they want to do that they can buy their own stuff from their salary. on the lighter note do us a favour will you? read through your lengthy statements twice before posting. its getting very difficult make sense out of those statements, i can do better job making sense from some journal articles On May 17, 11:24 pm, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:22 PM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously you dont know what you are posting do you? do a google search and learn about enterprise wide IT deployment process. better some people in this group might be able to spoon feed it to you in a way you understand the word organization here refers to the govt and not fsug or ilug-tvm or al-qaeda for that matter. I had no idea that you are meaning Govt brother, true :( since I had stressed upon about fsug priorities, i thought its fsug. and pls gimme
[fsug-tvm] Re: What would be the best practice for the moment?
Is it terribly wrong if RD research out side Kerala came into mention? Consider KSCSTE expenditure. [not just shooting into space, I know instances where Vista-pre installed PCs were selected to buy, when XP was still there, and Vista remained unsupported for most of the office purposes like installing the Tally version.] Most research institutes in Kerala are supported for infrastructure through central funds. Central policy counts. yes it is wrong because as per your initial statement the government was going in for custom GNU/Linux distro for adminstrative purposes. this means running day to day governance activities. Now you can't get simpler explanation for that. hence for the aforesaid purpose a custom linux solution is a good choice. simply put, it just have to run those governance apps and not your favourite video editing apps. now to the latter part of the statement. regarding rd majority of these institutes operates as autonomous bodies i.e central government do not interfere in day to day activities. all that central govt can do is set the guideline is such way that ICT deployment in such institutions provide lowest possible TCO(total cost of ownership) Majority of the reaserch are human, but we have a lot of instances where there are investments for totaly illogical research [for example those involving field release of GMO food] Do you say that all resaerch in India is in good motive? I can give you a number of instances in State/Central academic and research institutes. Shud I stop commenting on research institutes, for the reason that you are in a reserach field? Thanks and admirable that you are maintaining an above normal moral value. this forum is not place to discuss the merits and demerits of rd going on in our country. we can debate over it in another place some other time. On May 18, 6:27 am, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:10 AM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: 1) Kerala Govt has already forced GNU/Linux based system in educational system and in administrative sections.It is not just 'let the user choose' ans. simple, here the user is the government of kerala, and they have chosen a solution that can meet their organizational requirements. its quite obvious from the above post that by organization i am referring to the govt of kerala hence rest of the following statement in quotes don't require further explanation I had no idea that you are meaning Govt brother, true :( since I had stressed upon about fsug priorities, i thought its fsug. and pls gimme a clause in it which was not also applicable to fsug! yup. now i would put defense reserach, and research laboratories.Holy cows.I have seen MACs in IISC. we read about the budget in news papers.(am supportng ur view really now its quite obvious that you want hear that only really like to hear and see what you like to see. This is not what i like to see. Its a hard fact.Doesnt PC offer the similiar performance at similiar cost? I dont think many reasearch softwares are there specific to MAC platform. Ther are a lot of media based, which are highly ranked among professionals. this post began with your statement that the govt of Kerala has opted of custom GNU/Liinux for their administrative purposes educational system(i.e the public education system which mainly involves the schools) now where does defense research and other RD comes in this context, will you please explain. Is it terribly wrong if RD research out side Kerala came into mention? Consider KSCSTE expenditure. [not just shooting into space, I know instances where Vista-pre installed PCs were selected to buy, when XP was still there, and Vista remained unsupported for most of the office purposes like installing the Tally version.] Most research institutes in Kerala are supported for infrastructure through central funds. Central policy counts. now regarding use of macs and other expensive stuff IISc or other RD institutes, one of which i happen to work, have you any idea regarding the computational need in an RD lab. just to give an example three dimensional reconstruction of protein structure in my institute is done using an SGI workstation because no other platform cuts it. Please release the spec? No FOSS platform cuts it?It would be worth to see some discussion on it. you want us wait for the day when such technology becomes available in other affordable platforms? This is a good question, which i am not sure is directed to me or into the dark space you called? You are making a comment about the current capabilities of Linux. i merely state that hardware/software solutions for an enterprise are made on a case to case basis as per the organizations needs and financial priorities, and not on a idealogical basis. FOSS is an ideology based initiative,in which 'open' is the most outstanding innovation.Not free
Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)
forgive me if i am wrong. isn't this discussion thread attempting to reinventing the wheel? the mailing list practices have been in place in last 2 last as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well. further standardizing mailing list practices is not the primary objective of this group. hence is there any significance in continuing this thread? better we put our energy in doing other constructive things in the area of open source Bipin On May 16, 7:03 pm, Srihari k harisult...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? : (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): When we make a post considering an extended range of readers,(from the busy contributors to --especially-- the newbie user) , we may have to expand a lot. A long post is not preferred in Mailing List, and giving some emphasis to relevant part of it makes it easier for the busy men. Ways to asssert emphasis to parts of text: make Bold, Italics, connect with underscore, alter colour, give highlight etc *bold* /italics/ _underline_ -- this much stuff would be enough for a mailing list i suppose. This ain't a love letter to be colorful. [snip] Now if some people want to use Stone age software to read the communications which exploits possibility of 21st century protocols and compliant softwares, it absolutely OK for them to. [i havent had a single drop of 21st century allopathic medicine in my blood stream for some 6 years] Everybody has the right to adopt their ways and declare it, but no right to force it. DONT YOU DARE call my phone stone age.Though it is a low-end nokia phone.It _definitely_ compliant to the '''21st century protocols'''. forgot to say BOLD TEXT is supposed to be shouting. Crying out to stop RTF/HTML as such would be a bad idea. Some days ago, 'Kerala Farmer' conducted a survey in this Mailing List, which had 'bold's in it. It attracted no irritation to bold_italics_underlines. Because its beautifully done,unlike my ways of RTFing. We can see some very productive improvements made to increase the survey's user friendliness there. -- Srihari K -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)
oops sorry i forgot to do a spell check before posting. please read the line the mailing list practices have been in place in last 2 last as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well as the mailing list practices have been in place for last 2 decades as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well. won't happen again Bipin On May 16, 7:54 pm, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: forgive me if i am wrong. isn't this discussion thread attempting to reinventing the wheel? the mailing list practices have been in place in last 2 last as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well. further standardizing mailing list practices is not the primary objective of this group. hence is there any significance in continuing this thread? better we put our energy in doing other constructive things in the area of open source Bipin On May 16, 7:03 pm, Srihari k harisult...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? : (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): When we make a post considering an extended range of readers,(from the busy contributors to --especially-- the newbie user) , we may have to expand a lot. A long post is not preferred in Mailing List, and giving some emphasis to relevant part of it makes it easier for the busy men. Ways to asssert emphasis to parts of text: make Bold, Italics, connect with underscore, alter colour, give highlight etc *bold* /italics/ _underline_ -- this much stuff would be enough for a mailing list i suppose. This ain't a love letter to be colorful. [snip] Now if some people want to use Stone age software to read the communications which exploits possibility of 21st century protocols and compliant softwares, it absolutely OK for them to. [i havent had a single drop of 21st century allopathic medicine in my blood stream for some 6 years] Everybody has the right to adopt their ways and declare it, but no right to force it. DONT YOU DARE call my phone stone age.Though it is a low-end nokia phone.It _definitely_ compliant to the '''21st century protocols'''. forgot to say BOLD TEXT is supposed to be shouting. Crying out to stop RTF/HTML as such would be a bad idea. Some days ago, 'Kerala Farmer' conducted a survey in this Mailing List, which had 'bold's in it. It attracted no irritation to bold_italics_underlines. Because its beautifully done,unlike my ways of RTFing. We can see some very productive improvements made to increase the survey's user friendliness there. -- Srihari K -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)
i am just asking what this thread is attempting to accomplish? to establish mailing list rules when there good set of rules already existing in place? what's the point in that? On May 17, 3:12 am, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/16 bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com: forgive me if i am wrong. isn't this discussion thread attempting to reinventing the wheel? the mailing list practices have been in place in last 2 last as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well. further standardizing mailing list practices is not the primary objective of this group. hence is there any significance in continuing this thread? better we put our energy in doing other constructive things in the area of open source Bipin, As long as people respond, a thread will continue. I don't think anyone needs to forcefully stop a thread as long as people are responding and the thread is on topic (or clearly marked off topic). People can skip threads looking at subjects (meaningful subjects are a pre condition to that). I'm getting head ache reading some of the mails in this thread, but may be because it is too late in the night. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)
wow that formatting was one hell of a overkill On May 12, 11:04 pm, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/12 nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com: This is just a repetition of the above, with some high lighting. pardon for using RTF, but I would like to get opinion on whether this seems offensive. I thought we are already through this. Hell YES, it is offensive. Try reading your mail in this screenshot. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en rtf.png 216KViewDownload -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)
hi it would useful if people read the mailing list practices posted on the group' s homepage. http://kandalaya.org/guidelines.html it would make everyone's life better. further it is my understanding that once a person sign up for a group then its his/her onus to respect the the rules/guidlines of the group(which obviously includes not posting HTML formatted message, as far as my understanding of those guidelines goes). however if person has any problems with those guidelines then he/she shouldn't sign up in the first place. thanks bipin On May 13, 1:32 am, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: @ Bipinkumar, Praveen, yeah! who the hell did that :P hehehe. he wont do that again, provided he get some reponses from those using other colour themes. I have a perception that majority users use dark text on light background.(wrong?) @ praveen, that rendering of text and background is not the exact one i made or meant . I made a pale yellow distinguition for two parts of conversation in a white background. Somebody called me and said the picture tube monitors are already yellowish, so i tried light blue differentiation between 1st and 2nd person's opinions. Well I am quite curious how colourfull web pages would get rendered with that theme. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:51 AM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: wow that formatting was one hell of a overkill On May 12, 11:04 pm, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/12 nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com: This is just a repetition of the above, with some high lighting. pardon for using RTF, but I would like to get opinion on whether this seems offensive. I thought we are already through this. Hell YES, it is offensive. Try reading your mail in this screenshot. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp:// groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en rtf.png 216KViewDownload -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- #// # Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci #// # -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: How to configure LG monitor TV in any free operating system.
As far my understanding goes this monitor tv is no different from any other LCD TV (Bravia/Vierra etc) sets that can accept VGA/HDMI signals from your PC/Laptop/consoles. just plug it in to the PC using appropriate cables, VGA or HDMI and you are good to go. make sure select appropriate out put resolution in OS. Regarding live recording of TV programs in this one it is not possible, as said earlier it is just a TV. To record TV programs you need a tv tuner card with capturing facility On May 9, 1:57 pm, venkatesh mutkula venkateshmituk...@gmail.com wrote: I have an have LG monitor TV(LG M227WA LCD Monitor TV ). Is it possible to configure in any free operating system with live recording? At present I have Ubuntu 10.04 with me. I had contacted LG customer Care. But they couldn't give me any support. Regards: Venkatesh -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: prob in tv tuner card
can you be please more specific with problem.in all likelihood there is no driver bundled with ubuntu for your tv tuner card make, and hence it is not accessible. and the driver support of TV tuners card in linux is shaky at the best. the following site can help you get your TV tuner card working if it is supported http://www.linuxtv.org/ also run the command from lspci from terminal to see whether your card is detected by the os. it wont show up under the name Odyseey though instead will show the name of the mafacturer of the chip in the card such as philips etc On May 8, 12:57 pm, alexander busifalus alexander619...@gmail.com wrote: hai my name is jey .iam working at reginal cancer center trivandrum. ubuntu9.10 is my os . there some problem in my tv tuner card (odesy) if anybody help me... urs free software freedom fighter -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Linux haters blog
as person using computers from DOS era i will say that linux is user friendly as any other OS (i've to admit my initial foray into linux had some difficulties). the percieved lack user friendliness can be attributed to users understanding of computers. for a person conditioned in using windows, if he has type a document he will as where is microsoft word? and not word processor same goes for media players, document viewers etc. as usage of terminals are concerned 99% of tasks in linux can be done without use of a terminal, However techie people who have been using linux for a long time tend give advices involving use of terminals when one asks for help because they are comfortable/accustomed with it. regarding asking for admin password for taking action, increase the UAC access level higher in vista/win7 and u will see it too will ask for admin password if u are not logged in as admin in the first place Bottom line if you put a novice who hasnt touched a computer in his life time He/She wil find Linux, windows or Mac OS similar in terms of user friendliness On May 9, 11:21 am, Sebin Jacob sebinaja...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Nisandh, Till this day, I haven't once used command line to mount an NTFS external drive in my arch linux machine. I have a WD external hard disk, which is password protected in windows, but opens up even without asking any password in my arch machine. I had also opened several other external hard disks in this system, most of which were only used before with windows. So your problem may not be that generic. Try changing distros man, or at least, your DE. Think beyond Ubuntu. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unpluggedhttp://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visithttp://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page:http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Reliance netconnect Issue with Lucid
Hi, i recently installed lucid in my laptop. everything is going fine except my reliance netconnect broadband plus connection. I am using huawei ec1260 modem for connecting to the net. With the karmic i was perfectly able to connect to the net using the gnome's own network manager applet. But now i am not able to do the same. the OS detects the modem fine and sets up the connection fine (number/password etc) however when i try to dial the connection nothing happens(the nm applet icon flashes for a while and a notification pops up saying connection disconnected) has anyone come across same kind problem and solution if any. thanks Bipin -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: 2GB HDD, Any Distro recommendations pls?
try ubuntu netbook remix, as the name implies it is supposed to be optimised for netbooks On Mar 29, 10:12 pm, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: ASUS EEPC 2G surf waiting to get painted. SPECS: Intel Atom, 512RAM, very very humble 2GB HDD. It has an SDcard slot for non protruding expansion of storage. Expecting some balance space for program installation. which would be the best Distro? offering a front end comparable to the Mint?am i greedy? Eralier had Xandros, Nice interface and boots in seconds,but looking for more LIBRE ones. any promising links on optimising distros for Light-Weight install ? any way to include only the necessary drivers and files? -- Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
[fsug-tvm] Re: 2GB HDD, Any Distro recommendations pls?
Also u can try moblin v2.0 its in beta http://moblin.org/community/blogs/imad/2009/moblin-v20-beta-netbooks-and-nettops-its-here On Mar 29, 10:12 pm, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: ASUS EEPC 2G surf waiting to get painted. SPECS: Intel Atom, 512RAM, very very humble 2GB HDD. It has an SDcard slot for non protruding expansion of storage. Expecting some balance space for program installation. which would be the best Distro? offering a front end comparable to the Mint?am i greedy? Eralier had Xandros, Nice interface and boots in seconds,but looking for more LIBRE ones. any promising links on optimising distros for Light-Weight install ? any way to include only the necessary drivers and files? -- Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
[fsug-tvm] How to schedule disconnection of internet
hi all, i am using ubuntu 9.10 and have a reliance netconnect+ connection for accessing the net through the gnome network manager. can anyone suggest any commands or tools with the help of which i can disconnect the net at a preset time or after a fixed interval has expired. thanks in advance Bipin -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
[fsug-tvm] Re: How to schedule disconnection of internet
hi thanks for advice, what i actually want is disconnect the connection after a particular time period. what you are suggesting is the way to manually disconnect the connection like we do as in the case of a dial up connection. i know that by executing poff command in terminal i can disconnect the connection, but i want the same to happen automatically without any kind of user intervention bipin On Mar 25, 9:09 pm, Raru Rv raru...@gmail.com wrote: If you need to disconnect the network then,click the network settings at top-right side of the screen. Then You may see an option as Disconnect.While clicking it you can disconnect the Internet.And when ever you needs the net to be connected then,click the network connections and click auto eth0. Hope it may be helpful to you. With hope, Raru Rv +91 9633921744 On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:21 PM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, i am using ubuntu 9.10 and have a reliance netconnect+ connection for accessing the net through the gnome network manager. can anyone suggest any commands or tools with the help of which i can disconnect the net at a preset time or after a fixed interval has expired. thanks in advance Bipin -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. With hope, Raru Rv +91 9633921744 -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
[fsug-tvm] Re: problem in installing firefox 3.6
if u have a decent internet connection you can install latest versions of firefox using ubuntuzilla repository below is the link theri home page where they have an howto to install firefox http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ubuntuzilla/index.php?title=Main_Page bipin On Mar 11, 8:44 pm, athithyan ac athithya...@gmail.com wrote: im using karmic koala in that i tried to install firefox 3.6.. But when i tried to do it im getting many errors like this *tar: firefox/application.ini: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 0: Operation not permitted* .. What does this mean how could install firefox 3.6 ?? is there .deb available instead of tar.bz2 ?? -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: problem in installing firefox 3.6
issue the following commands in terminal sudo echo -e \ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list /dev/null sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29 sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install firefox-mozilla-build this will install the most current build of firefox On Mar 11, 8:58 pm, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: if u have a decent internet connection you can install latest versions of firefox using ubuntuzilla repository below is the link theri home page where they have an howto to install firefox http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ubuntuzilla/index.php?title=Mai... bipin On Mar 11, 8:44 pm, athithyan ac athithya...@gmail.com wrote: im using karmic koala in that i tried to install firefox 3.6.. But when i tried to do it im getting many errors like this *tar: firefox/application.ini: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 0: Operation not permitted* .. What does this mean how could install firefox 3.6 ?? is there .deb available instead of tar.bz2 ?? -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: How to install Nvidia graphics card?
a new version of nvidia driver for linux (ver 195.36.08) has been released yesterday. it has many bugfixes over the old one. i've installed it on my karmic installation. it has fixed the issue of producing six identical desktops with older 185 series drivers in laptop displays(i was really annoyed with this one ). For details check the link below http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_195.36.08.html also make sure you are have matching versions of linux-image and linux-headers packages installed before starting to compile the driver hope this willl help. please post if you have any more problems Bipin On Mar 2, 11:32 pm, Raru Rv raru...@gmail.com wrote: Me downloaded many from different link but none is working... Just having only ablink in the screen...!!! On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Raru Rv raru...@gmail.com wrote: I installed in ubuntu by just right clicking in desktopchange desktop backgroundvisual effectsthen When I clicked normal a dialog box came(searching for drivers) then I download like that and installed... But when I done that My Screen size is increased...And I uninstalled it I think it can be solved... On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Arjun Sr arjun1...@gmail.com wrote: i too had the same problem while using jaunty. if i am not wrong. i just manipulated with hardware drivers.. nividia was detected and got it installed . In fedora core its cool. not sure of karmic and helena On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Raru raru...@gmail.com wrote: Hai friends..., I am using linux mint 8(helena)... Am having Nvidia geforce 9400 gt (1gb) graphics card... Now I would like to install Driver to make more visual effects... And so I googled fro driver and got a link but am not able to install it http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_180.51.html this is the link from which I got driver... Can anyone say what how to solve it??? I am having Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic koala) also in my system...When I installed driver in it all icons become 2 times bigger... And i was not able to change xorg.conf... Kindly solve my problem... I need it to be solved in my linux mint...As I use mint morethan ubuntu... Kindly send me driver if anyone has it... Hope my problem shall be solved advance thanks to those who are going to help me... -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website:www.ilug-tvm.orgor the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: i did not like ubuntu 9.10 how to downgrade with out problem
hi i've used both ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10. and i find karmic to be more stabler over jaunty. since i don't use dsl based connections i can't comment on the problem you have mentioned. i use wifi at my workplace to connect to the internet. i also have reliance netconnect broadband connection as well, that too work perfectly out of the box in karmic using gnome network manager applet. maybe an update will fix your problem. Bipin On Feb 22, 1:35 pm, raghu ram raghuramsusa...@gmail.com wrote: friends i upgraded my pc from ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 first my doubt is ubuntu 9.10 is stable version or unstable ??? there are a lot of problems which i did not face in ubuntu 9.04 1) internet problem every time when ever my modem is switched on ubuntu is not detecting internet automatically i am making it to connect through sudo pon -dslprovider and giving pass word it is really hectic job 2) somany times internet is disconnecting giving message like tryagain like kind of thing can somebody suggest me why this problems i am getting and how can i fix -- Susarla Raghuram Research Fellow Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai space center Thiruvananthapuram. 695022 -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: ubuntu 9.04 keyboard not detected while installing............
well ps2 interface is not hotplug capable so you have to connect the devices prior to booting up the system while usb is hotplug compliant. i've installed ubuntu 9.04 using ps2 keyboard without any problem. as for problem with the laptop installation it might be maker/ model specific issue. since all touchpad devices use ps2 interface and insofar i have never come across any problem installing ubuntu to laptop(i've done it on sony, hp, dell and lenovo systems, the last one is my own system) Bipin On Feb 22, 1:36 pm, lovelyp lovely...@gmail.com wrote: I had once experienced the same. I was using a PS2 5-pin DIN connector mouse which didn't work while installation. What i understood is that whenever i use a USB mouse, it will work while installing since USB is activate while our installation. I have got no clear idea about this but i think PS2 interfaces will not work while installing Ubuntu 9.04. On Feb 22, 1:22 pm, raghu ram raghuramsusa...@gmail.com wrote: friends, i tried to install ubuntu 9.04 in lenovo laptop, while installing i am not able to move mouse from pad and nothing i am able to type for partitions when i connected external mouse it is working but not keyboard then how can i install ubuntu 9.04?? please somebody help me thanks in advance -- Susarla Raghuram Research Fellow Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai space center Thiruvananthapuram. 695022 -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Mandriva+Reliance netconnect1x
Hi, i am also using a reliance netconnect broadband plus. if you are using gnome as your desktop environment you can use gnome network manager for connecting to internet. first plug in your usb modem. right click on the network manager applet and go to mobile broadband tab. click on add connection and follow the on screen instructions. it will first ask the device i.e modem used for connection select your modem i.e ZTE in your case and click next, if you are lucky, a profile for reliance netconnect wil be there is the service providers list, select it, if not enter the settings manually and click ok. in either case you will have to type in the username and passsword. once all done click ok and close the network connections box. to connect to net left click on he network manager applet, in the popup menu click on the connection name you have given to the dial up connection, say Reliance and you will be connected. to disconnect once again left click and select disconnect option. the process is similar in KDE also. there also you can use kde network manager for connecting the net. however in the mobile broadband tab take care to select Add CDMA connection option also check the network settings of firefox. see whether work offline is not selected or it is configure use some proxy for connecting to the net Bipin On Feb 22, 10:49 am, JeevZ jeevan...@gmail.com wrote: I recently bought a reliance CDMA netconnect 1x modem.. packed with ZTE dialer.. I have configured with usb_modswitch and wvdialconf. everything was fine and my modem detected and connected, DNS addresses shown too.. But I am not able to view any websites.. error showing there is no internet connection in firefox.. I have configured all of these using root account.. I have read some where in a post that , normal use must have the privilege to 'Dail up some thign like that.. Imade the changes in Settings-User-groups.. but still the wvdialer connecting but not able to access any websites..?? any idea abt it?? N.B:- no one please dnt purchase this cdma1x.. its performance is pathetic in windows, they are saying connection speed is 230kbps, but if u wanna check your gmail, u have to sepnd 10 minutes to login, plus connection is really unstable... -- Life is NOT Free!!! Jeevachaithanyan Sivanandan CyberBeamS Technologies http://www.cyberbeams.com http://www.jeevanism.wordpress.com ph: +919846352024 -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: File sharing through Wi-Fi network
Hi there hope the following stuff will be of help. it works for me in ubuntu 9.10 karmic. i will split this into two halves First is setup your linux machine with samba and second is accessing files from your friends systems I. Setting up your system install system-config-samba by giving command sudo aptitude system-config-samba once the installation is finished go to system administration samba to open Samba Server Configuration in the Samba Server Configuration go to Preferences Server Setting this will pop up a dialog box with two tabs namely Basic Security in the basic tab specify the workgroup (it is advisable to have all u r friends systems including non linux ones in same workgroup, say Hostel) and in security group change authentication mode to Share(User setting too works) leave the rest of the settings to their defaults once your done click OK now go to File Add share or click on the Big + button on the toolbar to get a dialog box to add folder u need to share this dialog is almost self explanatory select the folder(for instance 'Library'), give a share name (preferably a shorter one, 'library' in this case), check visible if everyone should be able to see the share through either network neighbourhood(windows systems) or smb:///(linux boxes), check writable if u r friends should be able to modify the files. in the access tab u can configure access settings i.e everbody or select users who can access(Please read the next para before u give setup user access). once u r done click Ok and voila u r share is ready to be accessed over the network. to be on safe side restart samba service by executing following command in terminal sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart since your primary linux user account will have sudo privilages it is not desirable use that account to access file from the client machine. so here is what i did i created a new user account named 'shareuser' using system administration users and groups. click the lock icon to enable administrator privileges. click on add user enter the user name, shareuser in thisexample and password, say 'xx' and select profile desktop user. do not select administrator profile!!. after this i give this user access to the share in Access tab. II. accessing from a client machine (i am assuming your machine name to be, say, enigma for this step) assuming that all u guys are in same workgroup(windows and linux included. mac guys too) u will see the your machine(something like enigma(samba, ubuntu)) in the network neighbourhood or smb:///(or rather Places network). in case of windows machine if it does not show just click the link view workgroup computers this will most probably show the available workgroups browse to your work group i.e hostel and nd access your machine enigma annd u can see the shared folder in it. now while opening share user name and password will be asked give the user name, shareuser in this example and password 'xx' to access the contents in windows machines u can also map the shares as network drives the procedure is as follows 1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, either on desktop or start menu, and select 'Map Network Drive'. 2. Now select drive letter' default is Z; and last available one and enter the share location in the format \\server name\share (for this example \\enigma\library) 3. click the link 'connect using a different username' and enter the username (shareuser) and password (xx) and click OK / Finish buttons now the share will appear as a network drive in the my computer. Well that is it for now. hope that it will work for you as it has done for me and all the best. Bipin Again i hope that this will work for you as it has done for me and all the best Bipin On Feb 20, 2:06 pm, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Deepak deepakkuma...@gmail.com wrote: You can install samba server then share the folder you want to share .It will be accessible to all the users in the network. I installed samba and shared the folder. How do my friends access the folder? On Feb 20, t1:56 pm, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. We have a wireless connection at our hostel, how can I set up a a folder in my machine to be shared in the network? I'm using Ubuntu 9.10. Thanks! -- Sajjad Anwar |http://geohackers.in|Blog:http://sajjad.in -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website:www.ilug-tvm.orgor the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Sajjad Anwar |http://geohackers.in| Blog:http://sajjad.in -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom
[fsug-tvm] Re: File sharing through Wi-Fi network
Bipin just check whether the option 'visible' is checked for the folder you have shared. Bipin On Feb 20, 7:16 pm, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there hope the following stuff will be of help. it works for me in ubuntu 9.10 karmic. i will split this into two halves First is setup your linux machine with samba and second is accessing files from your friends systems I. Setting up your system install system-config-samba by giving command sudo aptitude system-config-samba once the installation is finished go to system administration samba to open Samba Server Configuration in the Samba Server Configuration go to Preferences Server Setting this will pop up a dialog box with two tabs namely Basic Security in the basic tab specify the workgroup (it is advisable to have all u r friends systems including non linux ones in same workgroup, say Hostel) and in security group change authentication mode to Share(User setting too works) leave the rest of the settings to their defaults once your done click OK now go to File Add share or click on the Big + button on the toolbar to get a dialog box to add folder u need to share this dialog is almost self explanatory select the folder(for instance 'Library'), give a share name (preferably a shorter one, 'library' in this case), check visible if everyone should be able to see the share through either network neighbourhood(windows systems) or smb:///(linux boxes), check writable if u r friends should be able to modify the files. in the access tab u can configure access settings i.e everbody or select users who can access(Please read the next para before u give setup user access). once u r done click Ok and voila u r share is ready to be accessed over the network. to be on safe side restart samba service by executing following command in terminal sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart since your primary linux user account will have sudo privilages it is not desirable use that account to access file from the client machine. so here is what i did i created a new user account named 'shareuser' using system administration users and groups. click the lock icon to enable administrator privileges. click on add user enter the user name, shareuser in thisexample and password, say 'xx' and select profile desktop user. do not select administrator profile!!. after this i give this user access to the share in Access tab. II. accessing from a client machine (i am assuming your machine name to be, say, enigma for this step) assuming that all u guys are in same workgroup(windows and linux included. mac guys too) u will see the your machine(something like enigma(samba, ubuntu)) in the network neighbourhood or smb:///(or rather Places network). in case of windows machine if it does not show just click the link view workgroup computers this will most probably show the available workgroups browse to your work group i.e hostel and nd access your machine enigma annd u can see the shared folder in it. now while opening share user name and password will be asked give the user name, shareuser in this example and password 'xx' to access the contents in windows machines u can also map the shares as network drives the procedure is as follows 1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, either on desktop or start menu, and select 'Map Network Drive'. 2. Now select drive letter' default is Z; and last available one and enter the share location in the format \\server name\share (for this example \\enigma\library) 3. click the link 'connect using a different username' and enter the username (shareuser) and password (xx) and click OK / Finish buttons now the share will appear as a network drive in the my computer. Well that is it for now. hope that it will work for you as it has done for me and all the best. I tried to follow your guidelines. COnfigured Samba and shared a folder in my machine. Installed samba in my friends machine, but when he navigate to smb:// he cannot see the folder I shared. What could be wrong? He can navigate to Windows Network Workgroup (My machine name) And then only the print$ folder is visible. Bipin Again i hope that this will work for you as it has done for me and all the best Bipin On Feb 20, 2:06 pm, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Deepak deepakkuma...@gmail.com wrote: You can install samba server then share the folder you want to share .It will be accessible to all the users in the network. I installed samba and shared the folder. How do my friends access the folder? On Feb 20, t1:56 pm, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote
[fsug-tvm] Re: Its really urgent...Kindly help..
i used trasmageddon to transcode files including .flv ones without any problems it can be downloaded from getdeb repositories check the following links http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/all#how_to_install http://www.getdeb.net/software/Transmageddon Bipin On Feb 18, 9:55 pm, Raru Rv raru...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for those who spend their time to help me... Anyway @ stranger in black.thanks... Mobile video converter helped me On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Raru Rv raru...@gmail.com wrote: Yap... I know that... I think it ffmpeg is winff... when ever I search for ffmpeg I am getting Winff... And in winff its not working... Just install mobile media converter. Your urgency can be solved with it. -- .. Junise Safvan www.gnuise.co.cc 9746 283 383 -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website:www.ilug-tvm.orgor the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Startup Manager in Karmic
hi, i never said that grub.cfg cannot be edited manually instead i said it was not recommended. i would like to add that once you comment out the unwanted entries, during installation of new kernel packages the 'update-grub' will reinsert the older kernels if its still installed in the system. Further during this process it will update the grub config entries such as default item, boot timeout etc as read from the file '/etc/default/grub'. so the manual changes in the grub.cfg is prone to be overwritten during a kernel update process. However it does not apply to those offline systems where frequent update is not carried out. this is what i could understand from reading through the grub2 documentation(but then i am not a geek either). bipin On Feb 18, 8:11 pm, Adhin D mejaithekni...@gmail.com wrote: @ Bipin I was not talking about the link you posted. I agree with you fully that its more detailed comparatively easy to understand than anything I read before. It will be useful for those who are interested (both geeks non-geeks) about doing those things. But what about the others, those we FSAs convince with a great difficulty. Probably they'll be dual booting will be asking for windows as primary choice, also want to remove all other unnecessary entries. We cannot sit in front of them editing those config files mess up the grub. I'm telling this because I made that very mistake. I was commenting about the idea of editing grub indirectly by playing with other files. I mean what is the difference if we directly edit the grub or let those config files do it? If we make any mistake in editing the config files, it'll mess up the grub too...What is the difference? I couldn't find a satisfactory answer for that...Hope you'll have one, please enlighten me (no links, just tell what you know.) -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Startup Manager in Karmic
you are right. lets stop this discussion. bipin On Feb 19, 7:50 pm, Adhin D mejaithekni...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Bipin for the reply... On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 7:37 PM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: i never said that grub.cfg cannot be edited manually instead i said it was not recommended. I too never said that... I usually edit grub directly by removing write protection. i would like to add that once you comment out the unwanted entries, during installation of new kernel packages the 'update-grub' will reinsert the older kernels if its still installed in the system.Further during this process it will update the grub config entries such as default item, boot timeout etc as read from the file '/etc/default/grub'. so the manual changes in the grub.cfg is prone to be overwritten during a kernel update process. However it does not apply to those offline systems where frequent update is not carried out. this is what i could understand from reading through the grub2 documentation(but then i am not a geek either). Like you said, we ordinary desktop users don't update the kernels that frequently. We go for full distro upgrade or fresh install. So that wont be a problem. Besides if something bad happens with editing grub, it'll be handy wont it, those config files putting it back? But I still don't understand why editing grub.cfg is prevented. I hope somebody can provide a better answer... Anyway, lets wind up this discussion. This post is diverting from the topic... -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
[fsug-tvm] Re: Startup Manager in Karmic
glad to hear that i could be of help :-). regrading the i am not geek comment above, i would like to point out that i am not a geek either and that i was expressing an opinion based on my experience. the instructions are simple enough if u have the patience to read through it. i admit is a bit of lengthy manual. bipin On Feb 17, 11:20 pm, Anoop anoop@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Bipin, This is exactly what i am looking for. I have removed unused/old kernel images using synaptics and it worked well. Anoop On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM, bipinkumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: if u want u cab remove the unused kernel images using synaptics. this will also remove the unwanted entries from the grub menu. to do sogot system Administration synaptic package manager look for entries starting with linux-image-xx where is the version number. mark for uninstall entries that u do not wish to use and click apply. this will automatically remove the grub entries as well. be careful not to remove the most recent kernel that u probably might be using. this will lead to system being unbootable after restart. the advantage of this method is that u can free up lot of free space that otherwise were used up by the older kernel packages hope this well help Bipin On Feb 16, 11:08 pm, prakreet vipinmatth...@gmail.com wrote: i hav a doubt... how can i hide an entry in the startupmanager.. this would be very useful since after sometime the grub menu will be a mess with the entries for each kernel ubuntu installs.. -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website:www.ilug-tvm.orgor the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- With Regards, Anoop Pwww.anoopp.in -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ilug-tvm group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
