Re: [ubuntu-in] MUAs Was:Ubuntu under XP
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Manish Sinha wrote: > My bad experience with mail client: > Well, I use Thunderbird and it too takes a long time for login,checking > server capabilities and downloading headers. Sometimes I feel as I would > sleep. If I create a label with filter to redirect mail with *Archive It* > option in Gmail, it is interpreted as a folder in mail client. To add insult > to injury, Thunderbird just fetches mail for the Inbox and not for mails > that have been archived and set the label. I have to click on those folder > icons to fetch the mail. > I guess no mail client is perfect. Hope Mutt works better in this case. You need to use IMAP protocol to be able to fetch mails from folders inside a mailbox. Plus configure which folders you want to subscribe to. I extensively use Gmail Filters with IMAP using Claws Mail as my MUA. Claws Mail is a fork of Slypheed, its light, fast and highly configurable , GTK based. > > > In Gmail, I simply goto last line using Ctrl+End and then type my reply over > there, but is time consuming in web based clients. Yeah thats what I do. It helps if you use Plain Text. HTH, Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Need to install previous updates
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM, nagendra prasad wrote: > Hi, > > I had Ubuntu Studio installed on my system. Now I have removed and Installed > it again. But before I did that I took a backup of update folder > '/var/cache/apt/archives' where system downloaded all its updates. Now I > want to install all updates again but I don't want it to connect with > internet and take much time. So, is their anything can install all updates > all at once instead of clicking on one by one?? > > Thanks, Assuming it is the same version of Ubuntu Studio, do the following steps - dump your backup into '/var/cache/apt/archives/' - Run $ sudo aptitude update (This will require internet access - as you dont have the latest repo listing which are stored in /var/lib/apt/lists/) - Run $ sudo aptitude upgrade ( This will update all the 'currently' installed packages to the latest version available in the repo, if you have the same deb version in your backup it wont require to download the newer version from the internet) You still will have to install those packages which are not installed by default during the basic install but you have installed them after installation , in your previous system. Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Airtel Broadband dialup howto?
On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:58:40 +0530 Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > use the following command in a terminal, and follow the onscreen > > setup : pppoeconf > > > > hope this will help your friend. > > > > ইতি > > অনিন্দ্য > > Anindya > > I mentioned in my mail, that I have tried the ppoeconf method from the > Ubuntu Help system. It isnt working... Maybe I did the wrong > setting-up? Hasn't someone actually done this yet? I am actually > surprised! > > > help! > pratul > What errors ?? It would help if you provide the output of plog or /var/log/syslog I have beetel 220BX modem , which I had configured to be used with pon but with Dataone. -- Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu OpenWeek is back again
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Roshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > List, > > For those who check the wiki regularly, this might not > be new! ;) > > For others, if you log on to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) > regularly, it might be worth to know how Ubuntu (andanks > its derivatives) are created and how it can be used in > fantastic ways to accomplish daily computing tasks. > > Follow the link to know more: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek Thanks a ton Roshan :) Catch you there. -Jasbir [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Locale en_IN or en_IN.UTF-8 ??
Hi, Choosing language as English(India) during the install process makes en_IN the default locale of the system.But this causes the gtk1 using applications not to show their menu eg. audaciity,xmms ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/65549 ) . Changing the locale to en_US solves this problem somehow. Also noticed there was no .UTF-8 for en_IN when listing the locales using locale -a . So generating the en_IN.UTF-8 locale and making it the default, solves the gtk1 bug plus other irritants. So my questions are, a) what is the difference between en_IN and en_IN.UTF-8? b) why cant en_IN.UTF-8 be the default locale when selecting English (India) as the preferred language? I have noticed this behaviour in Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 , and no other language packs have been installed. Can some one check this out in 8.04? -Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Sharing Ubuntu 8.04
Opps, forgot to paste the link :) http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/CDRequest#Ubuntu_CDs_For_Sharing Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Sharing Ubuntu 8.04
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Prakash Advani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent suggestion :) Open source is all about Sharing! I am willing > to share what I have with me. > > I am sure many of us will be downloading 8.04 once it is released, we > should plan a way to share them. I am sharing whats available with me > and where I am located. > > I have Ubuntu 8.04 beta, Ubuntu 7.10 32/64Bit , Kubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu > Server 7.10 32/64 Bit, Ubuntu Studio 7.10, Ubuntu JEOS 7.10, Edubuntu 7.10. > > I am located at Kandivali, Mumbai. > > Prakash We do have a CD share/request page especially for this, its convenient to have this info at a single location then to be scattered around in mailing list threads. Thanks. Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] OT: Unable to access the internet even though the BSNL WLL connection is working
On 3/22/08, Sanjay Bhangar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey .. > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi Jasbir, > > > > 1. I added the opendns namservers while the connection was off and it > > did not work > > infact when i did less /etc/resolv.conf > > > > it only showed the normal nameservers > > > > i then live added the above opendns - and it worked ?? > > > > Why ?? can i make these permanent additions ?? The dialer programs be it wvdial or adsl pppoeconf upon successful connection gets the DNS entries from the ISP and overwrites them in etc/resolv.conf . Also while disconnecting remove these entries. There is provision in the config files of these dialers to disable this auto feature. In case of wvdial add this line in /etc/wvdial.conf Auto DNS=off > I've had this problem before where Ubuntu keeps changing resolv.conf and it > can get quite irritating -- not sure if this was the most elegant solution, > but I would do: > $sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf (this makes the file 'immutable' and thus > network-manager can't automatically change it.. ) @Sanjay That is a bit excessive. You need to find out the exact program which is making changes to resolv.conf and disable the option. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] OT: Unable to access the internet even though the BSNL WLL connection is working
On 3/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Am using a BSNL WLL (CDMA) fixed wireless phone connection to access the > internet. > > The connection has been working pretty well since January. > > But for the last two days though the phone connects i am unable to browse. > This is my wvdial connection > WvDial<*1>: pppd: x?[06][08] > WvDial<*1>: pppd: x?[06][08] > WvDial<*1>: local IP address 10.1.0.8 > WvDial<*1>: pppd: x?[06][08] > WvDial<*1>: remote IP address 10.64.64.64 > WvDial<*1>: pppd: x?[06][08] > WvDial<*1>: primary DNS address 61.1.96.69 > WvDial<*1>: pppd: x?[06][08] > WvDial<*1>: secondary DNS address 61.1.96.71 > WvDial<*1>: pppd: x?[06][08] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tracepath 61.1.96.71 > 1: 10.1.0.26 (10.1.0.26) 0.241ms pmtu 1500 > 1: 192.168.50.1 (192.168.50.1) 1287.837ms > 1: 192.168.50.1 (192.168.50.1) 25292.169ms > 2: 172.24.160.22 (172.24.160.22)696.038ms > 3: 61.0.228.101 (61.0.228.101)asymm 8 1235.882ms > 3: 61.0.228.101 (61.0.228.101)asymm 8 25240.111ms > 4: no reply > 5: no reply > >snipped > 31: no reply > Too many hops: pmtu 1500 > Resume: pmtu 1500 > *** > I don't understand why it traces or pings a random ip address > > > So what could be the problem - if an additional DNS needs to be added / > changed how do i find out ??? > > Any one else using BSNL WLL can they confirm what their DNS' are and if > its working. Hi Ram, Yup the BSNL DNS seems to be the culprit. I am on BSNL Dataone and also cant able to reach those DNS servers. Try after changing the DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf to nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 208.67.220.220 (These are OpenDNS servers) HTH Jasbir. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] encoding to flash videos
On 3/18/08, Moz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Can someone give the full command using ffmpeg or mencoder to encode > an ASF or mpg or mp4 file to a flash video (flv) file suitable to > upload to various video sites? Goggle is way much faster :) ffmepg -i -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 320x240 output_file.flv well I was under the impression the the enconding part was also handled by the "various video sites" . Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Repository on DVDs
On 3/17/08, Francis Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all > i have got those dvd repositories by VPP. but it seems not all packages > available in them. i have added those dvds with synaptic. when i tired to Yup, not all the _latest_ version of the packages. Maybe the version in your DVD repo wasnt the latest, so the Package Management was trying to fetch and install the latest one. apt-cache policy is a very useful command to see versions of the packages in the various repos and which one will be fetched or is already installed. > install k3b its showing that libqt3-mt is not present like that even when i > was installing vlc player there was package like libnavdvd which i had to > download from internet. > > i think those packaes are only packages from ubuntu community. Is there any > packages which are not available with those dvds or i was somewhere wrong... > Nah, dont thing you are wrong ; Debian Package Management is just smart :) HTH, Jasbir Btw, apt-cache search libnavdvd come out zilch. Seems libnavdvd is a dvd menu navigation lib, hmmm dont know how come vlc barfed about this package. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Bhavani Shankar [was Re: What happened to ubuntu-in development ?]
On 1/23/08, Mir Nazim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bhavani, Why don't you just do what you want to do. Why keep bug everyone. > > JUST DO IT & PROVE IT. Its as simple as that. Yup, and feel your Karma rise, I dont mean the Launchpad one. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Need a /etc/fstab
On 1/23/08, Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone > I installed gutsy on my box, and I dont know what got into me, I > decided to do it using the text mode CD (alternate). It turns out that > if we use that it doesnt write the fstab for the NTFS windoze > partitions. All it does while startup is mount the ext3 partition. Hi Pratul, Did you select the NTFS windoze partitions to be mounted during the partition stage of the Alternate CD installation ? I extensively use the Alternate CD for installing and prefer it over the live cd. Here is a very illustrative tutorial for installing Feisty Fawn using the Alternate CD with NTFS partitions --> http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p3.htm Hey my reply may not be of any help to you, just wanted to clear doubts that Alternate CD can infact handle NTFS partitons. Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Setting up local apt-get repository ? Error
On 1/18/08, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Ok my sources.list points to > deb file:media/disk/ubuntu/dvd710_1/ubuntu gutsy main > multiverse universe > > and the files Packages.gz > > /media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > /media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz > /media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz > > are there : The location of the mirror and the path given in sources dont match. Try this line in your sources.list deb file:/media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1 gusty main multiverse universe >[Snip] > top:~$ sudo apt-get update > E: Malformed line 4 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist) > > the top 5 -6 lines of my sources.list looks like > # adding 7.10 material transferred from dvd to usb disk > # deb file:///media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/ubuntu/gutsy/ > main multiverse universe > > deb > file://media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > > deb > file:///media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz > deb > file:///media/disk-1/ubuntu/dvd710_1/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz > > so what now ??? > You need to remove these lines pointing to 'Packages.gz' HTH, -Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Command Line Problems
On 10/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: < big snip> > *** > hoping to know whats happening and how to rectify it. > > thanks > ram Hi, using the '-c' option clears the buffer contents after printing them once. Therefore subsequent 'dmesg -c' will output nothing unless some kernel activity has take place. *1 dont use '-c' , "dmesg > boot.txt" ,will work fine. *2 su is required for dmesg -c but not for dmesg (witout any options) *3 covered by 1&2 above. Also you can have a look at /var/log/kern.log for all the kernel messages. Run a $ tail -f /var/log/kern.log then watch the messages fly past as you plug your devices . HTH, Jasbir. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] [Fwd: to know about ubuntu]
Very well said. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Onkar Shinde wrote: >> On 3/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> This is a follow up on the previous posts on piracy >>> >>> there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and >>> that it includes components (codecs etc ) that are propreitory and that >>> basically go against the GNU/Linux core FLOSS philosophy >>> >>> comments !!! >> Wrong analogy. > > yep true > > Just that while the discussions on the ebook were on it struck me that > this was one question i had been wantin to ask - to clarify > >> The ebook was published by someone (or some company) >> and there is no mention about it being freely redistributable. >> FOSS is about sharing but not something which is not owned by you or >> when you don't have license for sharing. > > FOSS yes but the question still is about the proprietory stuff - the > difference i guess is that a. the proprietory drivers, etc are not > licensed as open source - even if they are freely distributable > > [whereas in the case of the book it is not freely distributable (and nor > is it open source)] > Yup, you got it right this time. :) Just that in the case of proprietary h/w driver stuff u only need them if you 'purchase' the hardware. So here comes the difference between the vendors which support Linux(with proprietary drivers) and those which support Open Source. rgrds Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Volunteers for Zonal CD Distribution
Aanjhan R wrote: > Hello All, > > Since its increasingly becoming difficult to courier CDs to various > parts of the country, I would like to have it couriered to the > following locations from where the CDs can get further distributed. > (If you have objections for this idea please raise) > > 1. Pune > 2. Chennai (Me, techno_freak) > 3. Kolkata > 4. Hyderabad > 5. Delhi > 6. Somewhere in Rajasthan > 7. Mumbai > 8. Kerala > 9. Bangalore (Me) > > Please volunteer for handling these CDs. > > Thanks and Regards, Add me for Chandigarh&Punjab. -Jasbir -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] List of packages installed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Onkar Shinde wrote: > >> You can get a list of such packages with 'dpkg -la'. Using command >> 'dpkg -la | wc -l' will tell you number of packages installed. 'dpkg -la | grep '^ii' | wc -l ' gives the correct answer to the number of deb packages installed . -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
