[ubuntu-in] Offline update/upgrade - How does it work
I have a really slow Internet connection and most often just getting the package list updated (doing sudo apt-get update) is difficult. Getting the updated packaged for a dist-upgrade is an altogether difficult and different matter, but can often be accomplished if the sudo apt-get update has succeeded, in part because I use debdelta and also because I can get synaptic to generate a list of files to download, then use that list to download from another machine with fast internet. I have looked at options like aptonCD, aptzip and apt-offline but could not get any to work. So this post is for basically 3 things: 1. Can someone explain (or point me to something online) how a sources.list file (in /etc/apt/) is translated into a list of uri's of package lists/.diff files and gpg keys to be downloaded and updated in the /var/lib/apt/lists/ and then to a list of packages that can be upgraded. 2. Is there a script or something else that works to update/upgrade a non-networked machine by downloading the necessary packages from another machine that is not necessarily Linux/deb based. 3. Apt-offline can be an option but I have no idea how to get it to work on another machine that has internet. The guide available for it is unfortunately not very helpful as I have no clue about python that is a requirement. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Advice for 3G data card
Just thought of updating this thread. I bought a Huawei E3131B data card/dongle and it works fine without any difficult configuration on Fedora/LMDE/Ubuntu/C#!/Opensuse. Just that I could not figure out how to use the SoftWifi feature of the dongle on Linux. Any ideas? On 2/12/13, Alok Singh Mahor alokma...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.comwrote: Am looking at buying a 3G data card and have shortlisted the Huawei E303 HiLink, E303C and E3131 with soft wifi. I will be using it with a Debian Testing based system. The E3131 come with Wifi, while the other 2 do not and hence I am veering towards that. Huawei's website claims E303 Hilink does not need configuration even in Linux. Would be grateful for any advice, specifically which of these is easier to configure/make it to work on Debian, how to get it to work and any links for solutions that you have found to be working. Suggestions of any other brands/models are also welcome. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in go for any 3G USB modem that are available in india. all will work on linux -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Advice for 3G data card
Am looking at buying a 3G data card and have shortlisted the Huawei E303 HiLink, E303C and E3131 with soft wifi. I will be using it with a Debian Testing based system. The E3131 come with Wifi, while the other 2 do not and hence I am veering towards that. Huawei's website claims E303 Hilink does not need configuration even in Linux. Would be grateful for any advice, specifically which of these is easier to configure/make it to work on Debian, how to get it to work and any links for solutions that you have found to be working. Suggestions of any other brands/models are also welcome. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] print multiple images back to back
Back to back printing is accomplished thru CUPS, not by any application. In the Print options. Test out a sample print and see. On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Alok Singh Mahor alokma...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, suppose I have many photos and I want to print them back to back, so I will need only half the number of my image files. which application/command can do this? I explored digikam and gnome-photo-printer but they are giving option to only print multiple images on a page. I am not sure whether these application can print back to back. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Keyboard Problem in GNOME
Even in GUI Terminal, no Astrix are shown on any Distro that i have used. If you are able to go root after typing the password, the system is OK. On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Balasankar Chelamattath c.balasan...@gmail.com wrote: That is in terminal. This is graphical mode. So bullets should be shown instead of characters. The problem is that keyboard is not working in such windows. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Keyboard Problem in GNOME
Most Linux won't show anything on the password field. In fact you won't have any indication of typing on a password field until you press return and the password is accepted or rejected. On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Balasankar Chelamattath c.balasan...@gmail.com wrote: The same is the problem when I have to type passwords where authentication is required (like opening synaptic package manager). I cannot enter my password. Nothing i type is shown in the password field. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] cpp and gcc multiple packages
Thanks for the prompt reply Mohanty. While I was not planning to remove any of them, it does seem like either a bad package design that different packages are dependent on different versions of the same package. I had a look at what would get removed and it was basically everything usefull and make my system pretty useless. Is this what it is like across All Linux distros, or is it unique to Debian? How about Arch or Fedora? -- Regards Narendra Diwate On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: Different application packages might require different versions of gcc, and installing these packages would have pulled these in as dependencies without your explicitly installing them. Yes, this is also true of my system, and I would strongly suggest not removing these, as some application(s) in your system needs this, and the only down-side is some extra disk space. You should only remove them if you do not need any of the packages that depend on it. N.B.: Be careful in following the instructions below. For example try: sudo aptitude remove --purge gcc-4.4 This will list the applications that will be removed as a result of removing this version of gcc. If you really do not need these packages, you can go ahead with the removal. Again, I would strongly suggest that you do not do this. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] cpp and gcc multiple packages
A linux question in general. I have Debian (LMDE tracking Testing) as main OS. I was looking at the packages and find cpp and gcc versions 4.6 and 4.7 installed. Additionally its various associate packages like base and gcj are also in multiple versions. I find something similar in Crunchbang that is also tracking Debian Testing. On both, I do not have any non standard sources, nor do i have installed any non standard packages, except Opera Browser on LMDE. Why/How did I end up with 2 versions of the same package? Is this common with other users as well? Is it possible to safely remove one of them? -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Delete dot files in /home. What happens?
Just a random thought when i was thinking of how to restore my system to what it was when it was just installed. So what would happen if one were to *delete all dot files and folde*rs in their /home/user directory? And that is the only user on that machine. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Small Desktop Computers (ARM Based)
Just thought to clarify, this unit (whichever gets bought ultimately) is not something to experiment on or play with, but for regular use at home. The reason for looking at these options is to have something Low Cost, Low Power, Low Space and Low Maintenance, ideally in that order. Also I aam not a geek by any stretch of imagination. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Naren Sriharsha narensrihar...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Apart from the RASPBERRY PI you have PandaBoard ES which looks similar but far away from the performance of RPI. PandaBoard es provides you wireless connectivity where as u need a dongle to plug into RPI. Besides the connectivity, RPI occupies the higher place.* Finally RPI is the best option for the geeks to play with.* -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Small Desktop Computers (ARM Based)
Thanks for the response. I should say that RaspberryPi is an extremely attractive option in terms of low cost, compatability of OS and hardware. I was unaware that they ship to India. What I was interested in is, what are the other options available in India apart from RaspberryPi either in the same size range or slightly bigger. Sometime back I had seen units that are smaller than or the size of a MacMini but cheaper with no Fan, No HD/Optional HD, boot off a Flash card slot and generally with a VIA Processor. Any options that you are aware of? -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Small Desktop Computers (ARM Based)
For quite a while I have been thinking about a Low Powered Desktop computer that is small in size, uses very low power, ideally Fanless and does not cost much. I don't want one that has to run a Full Fledged Heavy Desktop OS, nor one that is Bulky/consumes more power. I reckoned a VIA or ARM processor based machine should be good. Sometime later I heard of the Rasperry Pi. These machines are Diskless, boot from Compact flash cards, Fanless low power units that consume around 8-12 W of power. They should of course run Linux (Any Distro). Any idea how much they cost and where in india are such available. One can get an assembled Atom based PC for about 10 K with a CRT monitor, so anything less or around that is good. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] low resolution projector on linux
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Alok Singh Mahor alokma...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, I am using Kubutnu 12.04. I run my laptop on 1366x768 resolution. I am using a projector that seems to have lower resolution. so projector is showing just about 60-70% of what I see on my laptop screen. changing resolution dont solve my problem. what I can I do to show entire screen on projector? - Probably has to do with the screen aspect ratio. Most Projectors do well with a 4:3 ration, wwhile your laptop has a different ration, more like 16:9. There is normally an option to use only one screen, choose the projector only and see. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Debian Developer says Ubuntu is debians child who has left home
Had met him on his visit to Hyderabad and agree with some of his views. Had also met PG level students of HCU who were asked to meet him by their professor. Most were learning Linux just as any other course. With disinterest (or lack of solid interest, if put a little better), that is. As long as what they learn gets them a job kind. Most people I have met in the physical world are of this kind. The interest is lacking. Those I have met online are on the other hand are the ones very much interested in Linux and learning exploring linux. Narendra On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Chandan Gupta gupta.chand...@gmail.comwrote: An interviewhttp://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/11/ubuntu-is-debians-child-who-has-left.htmlwith Debian Developer who thinks that Ubuntu is Debian's Child who has left home. He also makes good comments on why one should use Debian and challenge themselves. Moreover he points out about India that unlike people at west we have less free time and hence we find ourselves less in number in developing free software and involving in contributions. Link: http://www.linuxcandy.com/2011/11/ubuntu-is-debians-child-who-has-left.html -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Oneiric Ocelot CD/DVD
Hi Would request all those who have downloaded the ISO's and can share the same with those whose bandwidth doesn't allow them to download to please reply to this thread with the follwing info: City,email ID, Contact number (optional), can write CD / ISO share thru pen drive, Cost of CD if any, Desktop/Alternate install, 32 bit/64 bit, any other pertinent info. Or if anyone can put this up as a shared Google Doc that will be great and accessible to all. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] PDF's DJVU rendering very slowly (Ramnarayan.K)
calibre is too big for me. I use FBreader. However it does NOT support DjVu at all with no plans to add support for it. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Kartik S drskar...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tried calibre. It is a e book reader. You would have to 'load' books into the library initially, it works very smoothly and supports almost all type of formats and you can convert from one format into another. regards Kartik just tried it, with both pdf and djvu, both don't get viewed, when ever i try and view it nothing happens will try from cli to see what error messages pop up tried to convert, the pdf and djvu files are over 10 mb each it refused to convert the djvu saying input format not recgonized and for the pdf it got stuck at 1 % in a ever increasing time count down . will need to use it a bit more to see if its worth it. thanks -- Ram _ Amazing Indians: Transforming lives in the hillshttp://www.timesnow.tv/Amazing-Indians-Transforming-lives-in-the-hills/videoshow/4383022.cms -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] PDF's DJVU rendering very slowly (Ramnarayan.K)
If you have Windows/Wine, you could see if Sumatra is any better. It is a small portable PDF/DjVu reader that i normally use on my portable drive for PDF's. Its small enough to give a try, but because of its size may not be fast enough. Narendra -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] PDF's DJVU rendering very slowly
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Had a query regarding pdf and djvu files I have some such files varying betwen 5 to 13 MB - from 100 to 400 pages, these are digitized copies of some books and literature. Compared to other pdf's these files get rendered very slowly - across software whether is okular, evince or adode pdf reader for linux. My laptop has 4 GB RAM and is a dual core 32 bit system with a pae kernel installed, Am wondering what could be the issue even if i open just one file and let it be (kind of let it load all the pages ) it reacts slowly and if i navigate to any page it takes quite a while for th page to become visible. Any ideas what could be happening and how this rendering could be improved I don't have any DJVU files, but have seen PDF take a long time as well sometimes, especially if the file is large with more pages/images. I use Evince and have consciously avoided using Adobe products for PDF's. I thought that the way evince is. Would certainly like to see it getting faster and better at rendering I have 2GB RAM and use a 64 bit OS on a dual core desktop processor. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Debdelta and localepurge issue
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: So why exactly are you using localepurge? And why are you complaining about breakage in system? By the way if you hope to receive any help then at least post the error message you get when using debdelta? Thanks for responding. I do not have any major breakage in the system. Debdelta NEEDS the locale files to recreate the .debs from the installed package and the downloaded delta. In the absence of the locale files, debdelta returns an error x (number) of locales missing, hence package creation failed. So how can this be now resolved? I have now removed pocalepurge, but some of the locales are still missing. I had used locale purge to remove unnecessary files on the system, but this is an unintended effect. So 1. How to use debdelta and avoid having packages not created because of missing locale files. Is there a work around or is it an either use (debdelta) or use (localepurge) case? And completed unrelated to localepurge and debdelta 2. How to create a package download script from the command line (apt-get) that won't include the packages already existing/created using debdelta? I think synaptic includes those already present? Correct me if I am wrong? Hope I am clear now. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Debdelta and localepurge issue
Hi Resending a query for which I surprisingly didn't receive any answers when I posted over a week back. Hopefully this time I am lucky to get a solution. I use Debian Testing (in Mint LMDE avatar) as my main OS and as i currently have a very slow connection, I would appreciate help on this issue. I use debdelta to update/upgrade and normally do this using apt-get from the command line. Now while debdelta is very usefull and reduces the download size significantly, it somehow can't get around the absence of quite a few locale filess that I removed using localepurge. Also I am unaware of how I can create a download list like I can when using synaptic (so that i can use another computer to download the packages) that does not include the packages already created by debdelta. So please help me with 2 things: 1. How to use debdelta and avoid having packages not created because of missing locale files. Is there a work around or is it an either (debdelta) or (localepurge) case? 2. How to create a package download script from the command line (apt-get) that won't include the packages already existing/created using debdelta? I think synaptic includes those already present? Correct me if I am wrong. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Some College event related to ubuntu....
Can help anyone who is planning something like this in Hyderabad. Mind You, I am a regular Linux user and not a Techy, but have a fairly good and varied experience with Linux. Narendra On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:08 PM, mohi mohanc...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Friend, I can just help with the flow that you can make in your college. But before that, I have to tell that it depends on the time duration that you are having for this event. That decides what topics can be covered, making the presentation/sessions interesting. Poke me for help, but mention the timings that you planned for. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] [OT] Hardware Suggestions needed
You didn't mention the purpose? That would give a better idea of what to advice. The processor choices are too basic and the RAM would be wasted. See if you can use a old 512MB RAM and put the money you save on a better processor. Just asked here a few days ago- 500GB Seagete for 1875/-. better to spend that 200 more for the extra storage. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Hi ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com
Is this SPAM? Can the user be banned? Found this in my SAPM folder. On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:13 AM, sandeep kumar tony_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: nice article on youtube music from foxnews rim will have you and tattoos and where i love when mtv http://yeifaeh.notlong.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] [OT] Hardware Suggestions needed
Watching Movies might become a little slow if not shaky with a Sempron. I am sure others will correct me if am off the mark. Hi Narendra, As I had mentioned, this will serve as a fairly basic desktop system for running office applications, watching movies, listening to music accessing the internet. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Debdelta and localepurge issue
Hi I use Debian Testing (in Mint LMDE avatar) as my main OS and as i currently have a very slow connection, I would appreciate help on this issue. I use debdelta to update/upgrade and normally do this using apt-get from the command line. Now while debdelta is very usefull and reduces the download size significantly, it somehow can't get around the absence of quite a few locale filess that I removed using localepurge. Also I am unaware of how I can create a download list like I can when using synaptic (so that i can use another computer to download the packages) that does not include the packages already created by debdelta. So please help me with 2 things: 1. How to use debdelta and avoid having packages not created because of missing locale files. Is there a work around or is it an either (debdelta) or (localepurge) case? 2. How to create a package download script from the command line (apt-get) that won't include the packages already existing/created using debdelta? I think synaptic includes those already present? Correct me if I am wrong. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Rar archive bigger than the file
Just received a .rar file (rar archive) that turned out to be bigger than the pdf file contained in it. Any one has any ideas why or how it could be. Only one file was in it. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Open 3G/CDMA USB Dongles for Linux
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:23 PM, sivakumar bharadhwaj jeyendras...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Sir, I have only thing to add (out of problems I have faced). Please do not go for vodafone connection. I have paid through my nose - just for nothing - for 4 months. speed is awful (coming just 14 to 15 kbps - at the max), most of the times - even google opening screen do not open. Subhra and Sivakumat, Thank you for the advice. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
Thank you all for the advice so far. More advice if any is welcome. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] need desktop search tool
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Swarup dinban...@sprynet.com wrote: Writing in to report that I've installed and tested the app called Recoll, fairly extensively. I think it is even better than Beagle. It does pre-indexing, searches perfectly, shows you the sentence in which it found the word, and offers to open a preview window in which all the places in that document where it found the word, will be highlighted. It is the most advanced search tool I've used so far. Google desktop cannot compare, rather it is quite useless for my purposes, as it cannot search documents using Indic Fonts. Conclusion: Recoll is a great desktop search tool, and especially the more so as it searches Indic Fonts perfectly. Great, Installed. Looks good. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM, KBS Ramachandra r...@meritsystems.comwrote: I installed Ubuntu 11.04 recently on the newly purchased *Toshiba Satellite C660 laptop* - i3 processor @ 2.53 GHz, 2GB ram, 320GB SATA, 15.6 (1366 x 768) LED screen, DVD Super multi drive, Webcam, Wireless, etc. - approx 28K Installation went smoothly - Network, wireless, webcam all recognized. One driver (Graphics accelerator) had to be installed using System Settings - Additional drivers. No issues here too. The device was recognized, driver downloaded and activated. Bluetooth has NOT been recognized / activated. Since I don't need it right away, haven't worried about it too much. KBS, What a coincidence, Just returned from a shop where the same model was available. Didn't ask the price as I was not too interested in it because I had no knowledge how well Linux works on Toshiba. But after your post here that things have worked well, I am considering it as well. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] I have already tried making USB with Unetbootin and I have also tried installing from same usb in other compaq cq 42 laptop sucessfully. but problem arise only in asus 1015b machine.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Shashi Bhushan bhushanx.c...@gmail.comwrote: I have already tried making USB with Unetbootin and I have also tried installing from same usb in other compaq cq 42 laptop sucessfully. but problem arise only in asus 1015b machine. If you were able to install on Compaq machine, then the USB is OK. You didn't mention: Which version? What error/problem? Give more details, so that someone can respond. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Hardik Dalwadi hardik.dalw...@ubuntu.comwrote: On Tuesday 21 June 2011 09:46 AM, Narendra Diwate wrote: I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware (http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have the most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly that this is true of all Distos. @ Marendra, Do you mean to say that Lenovo / Dell machines listed on Ubuntu Certified site would work with other distros? If yes, then it's not true so far, extra efforts are going to certify those machines and in few cases (Where you will find Pre-Installed Only tag), OEM is providing the dedicated / customized Ubuntu Image for the same. And also, if it is listed on Ubuntu Certification site, then, machine certified with that particular release will also work out of the box for future updates, provided by that particular release. Thanks for that clarification. Although I knew there will be some differences, I was of the opinion that they might be minor in difficulty. What major difficulties might we face when installing to the models that mention Pre-Installed Only? Are the difficulties not easily resolved? -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Open 3G/CDMA USB Dongles for Linux
I am looking at buying an OPEN (i.e not operator locked) USB Data Dongle, either in CDMA EVDO (Reliance/Tata Photon kind) or 3G (Airtel/BSNL/Tata Docomo kind etc). At the moment I am not looking at any specific operator in particular. So any advice on who is cheaper for limited use (about 2GB/month) Was looking at the Micromax site and find a few there. But some of them say Limited support to MAC/Linux. Don't know what it means. I know that there are a few others out there like ZTE/Huawei etc, but don't now if they sell open dongles in the market and what extent is Linux supported. Any advice on the following: 1. Does it make sense to buy an open unlocked device. I am not so much of a network hopper. 2. A cheap Open Data Dongle in either Technology that is known to work well with Linux (Debian derived). (Cheaper vis-a-vis the locked device that the Operator gives) 3. Are there any that do both CDMA EVDO and 3G. 4. Which operator to go by. I am in Hyderabad. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware ( http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have the most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly that this is true of all Distos. So these are my requirements: 1. Budget of 25K. 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't find one in budget. 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours. 4. 3GB RAM atleast. 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi. 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, so if it comes with an Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it. 7. Atleast 250GB HDD. 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux. Please advice if these are reasonable/outlandish expectations. Any specific models/brands to look at. Any recent experiences that you went thru. Any Deals out there etc. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Budget Laptop for Linux
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.comwrote: I am thinking of buying a Budget Laptop (About 25K INR, Not Netbook, so NO Atom or similar). Towards that end, because I want it to be fully compatible with Linux, was looking at Ubuntus page of supported/tested hardware ( http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/). I find that Lenovo and Dell have the most models that are supposed to work well with Ubuntu. I assume broadly that this is true of all Distos. So these are my requirements: 1. Budget of 25K. 2. Atleast an Intel i3 or its AMD eqivalent. May go for Core2Duo if can't find one in budget. 3. Good battery life of atleast 4or5 hours. 4. 3GB RAM atleast. 5. Card Slot, Webcam, Bluetooth, Wifi. 6. Am looking at as light as possible in this budget, *so if it comes with an Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it.* 7. Atleast 250GB HDD. 8. Know to work with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux. Sorry that should have read, if it comes without the Optical drive to reduce size/weight, so be it. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Open 3G/CDMA USB Dongles for Linux
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Shubhrajyoti Mohapatra shubhrajyoti.eng...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Narendra, I am using a BEETEL ZTE MF631 HSUPA 3G data card . It works well with every 3G operators and also in 2G networks. I am using BSNL GPRS @99 -2GB per month.Speed is fine so you can go for it. I am using ubuntu 10.10. The software given with the datacard only works with windows ans MacOS but by creating a new connection in ubuntu you still can use it. *Regards,* *Apu* Use linux live free Thanks, can you share the price of the Data Card. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Break password protected 7z archive
Ok, I am in a deep self made ditch now and need help. I have a password protected 7z archive that i use to keep all my critical and important data that I would normally not like anyone to have direct access to. The file list too is encrypted. Now I have forgotten the password. I have tried gogling and have found some help, but nothing that might work. Especially 7zcraker, but it is claimed to not work when the file list is encrypted. Any Help/Ideas? -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Unity and Debdelta on Ubuntu 11.04 i386
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Manish Sinha m...@manishsinha.net wrote: Try additional drivers under System. It will detect the necessary driver for your card. Those drivers are proprietary, just for your information. Then after installing, restart your system and try to login as usual. Unity should start. In case you are not able to find Additional drivers. Start jockey-gtk from command line. That worked. However the display resolution was only 800*600 which doesn't seem good. Thanks -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Unity and Debdelta on Ubuntu 11.04 i386
When I installed Ubuntu 11.04 i386 on my desktop recently, the system launched with Ubuntu Classic rather than Unity interface saying my system does not support it. I have a Desktop with AMD Athlon 64bit X2 3600 processor, 2GB RAM, and Nvidia GeForce 6100 graphics card and use a 15 CRT monitor. Is this config not OK for Unity? What is the minimum required hardware config? Any links where this can be found? I normally install debdelta to reduce the download size when updating. Running sudo debdelta-upgrade only results in just one delta package to be created. Running it again results in the next one and so on. This is not the normal behaviour of debdelta. It should create packages for almost all packages for which deltas are available and satisfy the size criteria. Any idea what is wrong here? Appreciate your help on these two points. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu User Guide(e-book) in Telugu released with content from Telugu Wikibooks
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Friends, You may have seen the press release of canonical announcing support for 10 Indian languages http://www.andhrabuzz.com/viewnews.php?newsid=ubuntu_operating_system_now_in_telugu_16920category=Technology Thank you for this and everything all of those involved did to get the Telugu version and guide out. I have recently installed the Telugu version and hope that my mom can use it. I am an illiterate as far as Telugu is concerned, but hope that it is helpfull for those who are not comfortable with English. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 11.04 i386 fresh install does not update pkg database issue
Installed 11.04 i386 on a spare partition on my AMD64 desktop with Telugu as default language hoping my mom will try it out. Installed fine. Tried to update package database after first boot and came up with the first issue in years of using Ubuntu. Error as follows: E:Encountered a section with no package header. E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary_i386_packages. E:the package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E:_cache--open() failed, please report. Any ideas what this is and how to resolve this. Is this bug already there or needs to filed. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Grub2 controlling OS
I have Debian Testing (LMDE actually) as my Primary OS which until today also had/controlled the boot loader GRUB2. My install today of Ubuntu 11.04 on a spare partition and an oversight took away that control of GRUB2 from Debian to Ubuntu. I normally install grub to the respective partition and do an sudo update-grub from Debian to be able to boot all OS's. Normally this shouldn't be an issue at all, but i normally install and later wipe these OS's for checking them out and don't intend to keep them. So if i wipe the Ubuntu partition now, i will lose GRUB2 control ? or am I wrong? How do I restore GRUB2 control to Debian? FWIW, I don't have a separate boot partition (should have, I now realise) -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Grub2 controlling OS
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, if you wipe Ubuntu your machine will become unbootable. First try 'sudo update-grub' from Ubuntu. See if it adds Debian entries to /boot/grub/grub.cfg. If it doesn't then do 'sudo grub-install /dev/disk_device'. The disk device is likely to be sda but you can make sure that using sudo fdisk -l. Once the Debian entries are added boot into Debian and then do grub-install from Debian. Ubuntu had in fact detected the other OS's. But the issue was that I would not be able to boot once I wipe the Ubuntu partition. So sudo update-grub from both Ubuntu and Debian did the same thing. Didn't passover control to Debian. So did a sudo grub-install /dev/sda from Debian and controls are back now to Debian. Thanks for the help. Hope someone can help with the new Ubuntu 11.04 install as well. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 11.04 i386 fresh install does not update pkg database issue
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Hardik Dalwadi hardik.dalw...@ubuntu.comwrote: Give a try after changing mirror to main server, for further information , refer this thread [1] [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com/msg07688.html Update: Tried apt-get update as well as update manager after changing to main server. Downloads all package info, but doesnt update the package database. Quits with the same error message as given in OP. Any ideas? -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 11.04 i386 fresh install does not update pkg database issue
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.comwrote: Update: Tried apt-get update as well as update manager after changing to main server. Downloads all package info, but doesnt update the package database. Quits with the same error message as given in OP. Any ideas? Ok. Just googled around and found the solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=863742 Bascially removed all package lists and updated with sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf sudo apt-get update Everything OK now. Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 11.04 AMD64/i386 Alternate ISO files available
Both ISO files (Ubuntu 11.04 Alternate install ISO in AMD64 and i386) available for those with no/slow internet in Hyderabad. Anyone wants the same send a email first, bring along a Pen drive of sufficient size to copy. Writing to CD not possible as on my drive it is not reliable. Any one else may also post here if they can share their iso's. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 11.04
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Sriranga(78yrsold) withblessi...@gmail.com wrote: It is not clear whether ubuntu 11.04 can installed within winxp similar to 10.10? It can be installed in Windows. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Keyboard shortcuts
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Jagan Challa jagan...@gmail.com wrote: You can do that in SystemPreferencesKeyboard Shortcuts Add newer shortcuts using the add button at the bottom of the Keyboard Shortcuts window. I do know about it. But how do i proceed after pressing the add button. Do i have to know any codes for the buttons that i press or can be just selecting the right key combos and it will do the rest. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Keyboard shortcuts
I have Archbang installed on a spare partition. This has a few very conviniently setup Keyboard Shortcuts like Super+w for Web Browser and Super+F for File Manager. Now looking at the Keyboard Shortcuts to set something along those lines, How can I setup shortcuts here. Any advice. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Canonical kills free Ubuntu CD program
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Stereotactic maill...@postinbox.com wrote: Exactly. Many new comes are not aware of this pleasant discussion here :) Thats one thing I rallied about till it got hijacked :) No offence meant!!! It's a bad sign but can't be helped though. On release day or immediately after if those with high speed connections can download and post their details on a list that can be maintained city/state wise, those that need the images can contact and either have a CD written or image copied to USB. Now I have fast enough internet to do this. Any one wants I have Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64 desktop and 10.04.2 in both AMD64 and i386 versions in addition to many other distos incl debian both arch. I am in Hyderabd. The debian images are regularly updated using jigdo. Its the single CD image with LXDE+XFCE. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Canonical kills free Ubuntu CD program
Thats Bad News. The only reason I am on this list and not on Fedora/any other distos's is the fact that when I didn't have a Internet connection and couldn't download, Ubuntu was the only one that would send me a CD. I asked for and received a CD from I think 6.04 onwards and they stopped sending me after 9.04 saying I have received quite a few. Fair enough. But not fair for those in places and countries where Internet download is impossible /too slow and people can't afford to buy the media. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Canonical kills free Ubuntu CD program
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: a registered LUG can request for CD's to be distributed by them. Yes, but how many new prospective users/fence sitters know about LUG's/Local vendors/where to try. I didn't. The only place I thought of then was IT mags with CD/DVD that MAY contain a Linux Distro and MAY contain one that I have heard/willing to try. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Canonical kills free Ubuntu CD program
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Manish Sinha m...@manishsinha.net wrote: When I was in college I was on 128Kbps connection which used to take some 16-18 hrs to download a 700MB ISO. Agree . Its just that many don't know how to download correctly. If they use their browser to download, then GOD save them if the download breaks. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Minimal Desktop
Thanks so much. Installed FVWM, Rox-filer and links. w3m already came with Fluxbox. This mail sent from links in basic html view. Looks surreal as if from terminal. But fast. On 3/30/11, Kingsly John member+ubu...@kingsly.net wrote: +++ Narendra Diwate [2011-03-30 07:30:45]: In order to play around and get comfortable with the command line, I have just installed just the core packages of Debian testing from the netinst iso on a test partition without much else. Then installed SLiM login manager and Fluxbox both of which together are just over a few MB in installed size. I am looking for a file manager and browser that are equally small and compatible. Text/console based file managers are ok and preferred. Any ideas. File Managers mc - Midnight Commander - a powerful file manager ( console based) xfm - X file and application manager rox-filer - A simple graphical file manager for X11 Browsers elinks - advanced text-mode WWW browser arora - simple cross platform web browser midori - fast, lightweight graphical web browser Other console based apps for every day use finch/moc/irssi/mutt And check out FVWM too, the defaults may not be very appealing but it is extremely customisable. Kingsly -- --- Kingsly At Users Dot SourceForge Dot Net -- http://kingsly.org/ --- -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Minimal Desktop
In order to play around and get comfortable with the command line, I have just installed just the core packages of Debian testing from the netinst iso on a test partition without much else. Then installed SLiM login manager and Fluxbox both of which together are just over a few MB in installed size. I am looking for a file manager and browser that are equally small and compatible. Text/console based file managers are ok and preferred. Any ideas. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] OS looks for Floppy drive?
Hi I have my assembled desktop for the past 5 years. It never had a Floppy drive. However every OS that has been installed on it till now, including Windows, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, and now LMDE tries to look for a Floppy drive. May be some cable or setting on the MB or BIOS tells the OS that there is a Floppy drive. This increases boot times. How do I tell the OS not to look for a Floppy or do something in the hardware or BIOS that will remove the non existent Floppy drive. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 11.10 to be called Oneiric Ocelot
The names are Interesting an part and parcel of the marketing spiel necessary to generate interest. No issues with that. I consider the 6 month release cycles too fast for comfort. Once a year should be a good time frame. Especially in a place like India where Internet access and speeds are too low to justify mass download and upgrade/update every few days/months. Of course we are far from the stage where we need to seriously worry because the base itself its too pidly. Anything that increases awareness and user acceptance/comfort/trust is fine. Let them have more names to get people on board. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] comparison of kword to other document software and other writer issues
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Try and setup bak up files In Open / Libre Office open menu- Tools - Options - Load/Save - General and select Always create a bak up copy Also select Save Autorecovery Information every foo x minutes (mine is 5) Thanks. Done that. Now I have a filename.bak file in the backup directory. I understand this file is the Pre-edited copy of the file. Am I right? What happens when the file during editing is frequently saved. Do new .bak keep getting generated? -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] comparison of kword to other document software and other writer issues
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: it was ms word and adobe distiller. So now am hopping mad, i want the same or better quality in Linux / open source and i know it can be delivered, the question is how. Have also faced issue with OOO 3.2. It was a simple Text Document that i was saving frequently. Then the Power went off. (I don't have a working UPS) When I restarted, the file (that i was frequently saving) shows a blank page without a single word on it. All the effort of typing till then was lost. I can understand the last few changes after the last file save action to be lost, but ALL the info getting lost is an absolute disaster. Any idea how to fix this other than backing up every file before you start working on it, so you don't lose everything you have. The formatting issues as well with OOO. But because I don't consider myself a real expert of Word formatting and have faced similar issues in MS word, I considered them to be lack of skill than a deficiency with the Software. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Is Available for Download
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Manish Sinha m...@manishsinha.net wrote: On 02/19/2011 07:46 AM, Narendra Diwate wrote: Hi On topic, I have Ubuntu 10.04.1 iso images with me and feel it a complete waste of limited bandwidth to again download the whole iso. Is there a way that i can just download the difference and regenerate/recreate/modify the iso to 10.04.2. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my laptop which got updated to 10.04.1 All you need to do is apt-get dist-upgrade and it will goto 10.04.2. No need to download the full ISO again Thanks. But I don't have Ubuntu Installed. Just have the iso that i wanted to update to 10.04.2 without needing to download the whole iso. i think zsysnc should do it. I too have shifted to Linux Mint Debian edition, primarily for its Rolling Release. Updates too are easier as i now don't look at levels 3 and higher. I just focus on level 1 2. Also installed debdelta which looks like it will reduce my updates even further. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Is Available for Download
Hi On topic, I have Ubuntu 10.04.1 iso images with me and feel it a complete waste of limited bandwidth to again download the whole iso. Is there a way that i can just download the difference and regenerate/recreate/modify the iso to 10.04.2. May be delta patch or torrent or any other way that i don't know of? Any ideas appreciated. Also on topic, why isn't ubuntu moving to delta deb (i think that is what it is called) where to update instead of downloading the whole package only the difference is downloaded, the package is recreated using the old one and the update done? I think Fedora uses it. Is this also possible with Debian and how? -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Is Available for Download
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: Also on topic, why isn't ubuntu moving to delta deb (i think that is what it is called) where to update instead of downloading the whole package only the difference is downloaded, the package is recreated using the old one and the update done? I think Fedora uses it. Is this also possible with Debian and how? isn't that what Linux Mint's rolling distribution is about - continuous package upgrades. Rolling distro is where, there is no distro release as such but packages are continually updated and so you can remain fully updated by doing small incremental updates regularly. LinuxMint is not rolling, but the Debian Version (LMDE) is a Rolling Release and that is what i now have on my system. A delta patch is just for each package, where you either have an older version in your /Var cache or the package is installed in your system. Then just the changed bits/files are downloaded and the whole package is reconstructed and then installed instead of having to downloading th whole package. E.g Openoffice base, instead of downloading the whole package, just the changed files are downloaded and using the files already installed in the system, the whole package is rebuilt/reconstructed. This brings down the amount of data that needs to be downloaded drastically. Fedora has already implemented a similar system since i think Fedora 11. There it is called delta RPM. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] [FYI] Indian Rupee Symbol “₹” Support In Ubuntu with Keyboard Mapping With “AltGr + 4″ and “India With RupeeSign” Keyboard Layout
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Hardik Dalwadi hardik.dalw...@ubuntu.comwrote: @ Ram, Exactly, It's just US International Keyboard Layout with Rupee Symbol enabled @ 3rd Level, achieved using AltGr + 4. Also you can use this keyboard layout with any input system. For example if your input system is Hindi, still it should give same result. Will it mean my english keyboard will be similar to the us keyboard layout ?? Yes, as i said above. That's great news and thanks for the link and clarification. If this may not be considered OT, may I ask how this can be done in Non Ubuntu but fully Debian based systems. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Sound problems in maverick meerkat
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Neha Jain neha.hbti...@gmail.com wrote: I copied the stuff from my ext. HD back to the lappy by $ cp -R /media/Elements/home/njain /home Please suggest me what could be the possible cause of this issue and how could I resolve it? Just a thought. /home contains the hidden configuration settings files of all apps. When you copied from HDD to /home, the existing ones might have been overwritten. Thus the problem. Not a big expert, but this came to mind as a probable cause. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] what constitutes Ubuntu (was: How to build one's own website )
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: Has any one looked at the Ubuntu only magazine (full circle) - I downloaded a few issues and guess what - an Ubuntu only magazine also talks about quite a few linux things which don't have ubuntu plastered all over. I have been downloading these for a while and have quite a few. Reasonably good and balanced. And yes, it does also talk about Linux. Stopped since, I have recently moved to LinuxMint Debian Edition (64bit). As this is a rolling release, no more update/reinstall every 6 months. Basically been in the works for a long time to move to a personalised, small efficient Linux. On the way to either a full Debian or Arch based and specific chosen apps. May be in a while. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Training Modules for Ubuntu
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Good idea, my nephew used to use it - with great fun I am not sure whether it will work on a OLPC, but on a i386 machine probably edubuntu/skolelinux might be better. Much more than just Gcompris, but you may need a Client/server setup if the systems are low spec and can't take it standalone. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Training Modules for Ubuntu
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi A few weeks back we started teaching young people how to access and use a computer. we have 2 Ubuntu Machines and one OLPC The OLPC is good to allow people a feel of a computer, its got some nice features and it can be played around with. The other two are running Ubuntu 9.04. The children have never touched a computer and a few that have been to other computer classes are taught under the see but don't touch system. here we encourage use of the computer and some daily activity / exercise. Was wondering if there are any teaching modules available to indicate directions etc. If such modules are available for Linux and in Hindi it would be really helpful. However considering the presence of a lot of wincing computers out there we need to kind of also let them know what to expect from those. So any simple intro to that type of computing would also be useful. regards ram One piece of software that i have found extremely usefull in teaching my son how to use a computer (He is 6 yrs old) is Gcompris. It has games/modules for all levels from a complete computer noob that will help them learn then Keyboard and Mouse use, but also Alplhabets and numbers and simple math and logic and thinking games. Try it. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Windows7 bricked. Pls help to backup My documents from linux
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Use Testdisk this is a really good tool (and i think it will be there on the live CD , if you choose that method) Testdisk is not available by default in Ubuntu LiveCD and needs to be installed. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Netbooks - suggestions and advise
Had helped a friend buy a Asus Netbook 1.5 years back. He uses XP , so no experience with Linux on that. I too believe an Asus or Lenovo would be best. However my friend complained that the battery on his Anus conked recently. Conked as in doesn't work at all. Only works when plugged in to a power source. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Rupee symbol
Hi Sorry if this is discussed before, but couldn't get things to work. I have installed the Rupee foradian font, but cant get it to appear on doc's or forum posts. I don't know the key combo and the one given of using the Tilde key below the esc key is not working. The font does appear in OpenOffice, so it IS installed. I want help to set a key for the symbol and to make it permanent. I am using Linux mint if it helps. I know it is not Ubuntu, but I am sure it won't be too different. Thanks in Advance Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] 01. Who Is Censoring The Internet?
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: A simple visual about the state on censoring on the internet 01. Who Is Censoring The Internet? http://yuxiyou.net/open/ which then begs questions about India which is here http://opennet.net/research/profiles/india It is interesting to see what sites have been blocked and why ? Like in transparency india is ranked high (wonder its it got anything to do with how tranparent corruption in india is) the analysis makes an interesting read however it seems to have missed out other sites that have been blocked on various counts, including some yahoo groups. Interesting. Other than the fact that the report is 2 years old, wonder how things have changed in the 2 years. Also I am not so much worried about the censorship as such, but about the restrictions that ISP's seem to put: Controlled speeds, very high contention ratios, high cost of internet access, stenting torrents speeds etc. On a related note, can anyone tell me the legal status on viewing pornography on the internet in India (in the privacy or your home, not at an Internet cafe/public computer). It looks like it is illegal, but no definitive view. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] 01. Who Is Censoring The Internet?
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: On a related note, can anyone tell me the legal status on viewing pornography on the internet in India (in the privacy or your home, not at an Internet cafe/public computer). It looks like it is illegal, but no definitive view. As best as I recall, publishing and distributing pornography is illegal in India. The consumption of it is not. Then why the hullaballoo at the internet cafe's mentioning viewing porn is illegal. Or is THAT illegal. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] 01. Who Is Censoring The Internet?
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.com wrote: Then why the hullaballoo at the internet cafe's mentioning viewing porn is illegal. Or is THAT illegal. probably comes as distribution (or the act of distribution) theoritically, practically most cafe's provide privacy with doors, curtains, high partitions etc Ram: Sorry if you thing i have hijacked the thread. By the way the links of blocked websites in Indian in the first post are working and seem to have been unblocked. So really interested to see how things have changed ih the 2 yrs since the report. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Shutting down the forums
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Pratul Kalia pratulka...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there! As per the recent discussions we have had on the IRC channel, it has come to light that the forums are mostly a spam hotbed and are not helping the community in any way. The community mostly interacts on the mailing list and the IRC channel. This has led us to the decision that we should close the forums. Since there is nothing archive-worthy on the forums, I'm going to take a backup of the database (just in case) and take them down. If anyone has any point to make, you have time till 9th Jan 2359 hrs IST. Didn't understand properly. You meant close down ubuntuforums.org or some other. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Vodafone 3G USB dongle on Ubuntu
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Bhavani Shankar R bh...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hello prakash Thanks for the heads up, I ll work on getting the settings included in mobile-broadband-provider-info database asap. So, its guys like you posting to the database that has made connecting mobile phone to PC for data/internet so easy and trouble free. Hats off to you and others like you. Thank you all a TON. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Applications for Kids/Educational
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: A game called tuxmath comes to mind. It is nice game about basic math operations. Also I have heard that tuxpaint and tuxtype are nice apps for children. gbrainy is also nice game but it may be too much for 4 year old kid. You may want to install edubuntu-desktop package. It is a metapackage which pulls in lot of applications targeted at children. Cheers, Onkar Thanks Onkar, tuxmath is already installed (and mentioned in my post), tuxpaint and tuxtype will give a try and gbrainy is certainly beyond kids. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Recovering data from a formatted HDD
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:09 PM, nagendra prasad nagendra802...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All, Yesterday I formatted my HDD accidentally . I had win xp and Mint installed. The issue is now my HDD is raw. I have some docs and photos which I really want back. Is their any tool which I can use with any live CD of Ubuntu to recover my data and partitions. Please help me. You can use Photorec/Testdisk Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] How to install plugins in bootable pendrive
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:30 AM, sandeep kumar tony_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: i`m trying to install ubuntu on pc but it can not able to run it (mouse ,key-board freezes) [i tried all ext3,4,2 file systems as suggested by ubuntu expert... but nothing works] The solution is to install Ubuntu on the system harddisk, Give more detail, There is nothing that can not be solved. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Applications for Kids/Educational
A while ago I remember we had a small interaction here on Applications/Games in Ubuntu/Debian useful for Kids/small children in the age group of 4-7 years. I can't seem to find it. I am looking for Apps that will teach a kid how to handle a mouse/keyboard, teach alphabets/numbers, simple math, and a few games to help them not get bored. Right now I am having tuxmath and Childsplay on my system. Any other not-so-humongous apps that you can suggest? -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Applications for Kids/Educational
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Rohan Garg rohang...@ubuntu.com wrote: Kdeedu might be of particular interest http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/kde/kdeedu Thanks for responding. Gnome apps would be better as that is the system that i currently have. Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Fwd: File manager than can organize by tags - like an image manage'
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: Some time back i had posted asking about a tagging system for filing in Ubuntu (Linux) here is a reply from ubuntu forums Interesting. Was always unhappy about folder based sorting of files. Pl post how it works. Had a look. It seems a bit technical at the moment. Will have a good look later. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Off Topic: Need help with LAN card Issue
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: it is off topic esp when you say XP try getting the lan cards connected to a UPS I would consider it as not just off topic, but SPAM. Please tell me what does Ubuntu, PHP, PHP Windows mailing lists have to do with Lan Card issue on Win XP. Such questions are best posted in general computing sites/forums/lists. Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Firefox issue
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Narendra Diwate narendra.diw...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya sand...@foss-community.com wrote: Does this issue start happening before you install any extension? If not, can you spend some time with the browser without installing any extension to see if the issue recurs? If it doesnt recur, install one extension at a time, and then spend a day or two seeing if the issue recurs. If there is an offending extension this would come out. And of course, I am assuming that you are using the stock Firefox which came with Ubuntu and not one downloaded as a tar.gz. There were just 3 addons - Flash block, adblock and Image block, and now there are just just 2 with the image block removed. So no experience without any addon. Never thought they were to blame, so never tried without them. The issue happens on fresh boot when firefox is launched. Then restarting system/browser has no effect. Only profile deletion works. It indeed is the stock Firefox that came with Ubuntu and updated as available. Not updated to the latest though. Current version - 3.6.11 After the same issue repeated with just Adblock and Flashblock, I run it without any addons. Today even that gave the same problem. Don't know where the p[roblem is. Is it a bug (new) or others are facing already. Is it with Firefox (Mozila) or with the mods done by Ubuntu. Pl help me figure out how to: 1. Find more about this either with Ubuntu or Mozila. 2. If it is an undetected bug and if yes how to post it with more info. 3. How to get a resolution for this. Typing this from newly installed Chrome. Thanks Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Firefox issue
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya sand...@foss-community.com wrote: Does this issue start happening before you install any extension? If not, can you spend some time with the browser without installing any extension to see if the issue recurs? If it doesnt recur, install one extension at a time, and then spend a day or two seeing if the issue recurs. If there is an offending extension this would come out. And of course, I am assuming that you are using the stock Firefox which came with Ubuntu and not one downloaded as a tar.gz. There were just 3 addons - Flash block, adblock and Image block, and now there are just just 2 with the image block removed. So no experience without any addon. Never thought they were to blame, so never tried without them. The issue happens on fresh boot when firefox is launched. Then restarting system/browser has no effect. Only profile deletion works. It indeed is the stock Firefox that came with Ubuntu and updated as available. Not updated to the latest though. Current version - 3.6.11 Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Firefox issue
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Sanjay Bhangar sanjaybhan...@gmail.comwrote: I used to have this issue / what sounds like similar issues about a year ago - I'm fairly certain, though, that this used to occur because I would use the same profile between multiple versions of Firefox. If I made sure to use different profiles for different versions I was using / testing, things seemed mostly okay. That said, it did seem that sometimes a profile would randomly die and I would have to create a fresh profile to have the browser work. If you do a lot of testing in the browser - installing experimental add-ons, trying different versions of ff, etc., I would highly recommend to keep a separate experimental profile and a separate normal profile for everyday use. You can even run two instances of firefox with two different profiles at the same time using the --no-remote option on startup. In my experience, with a lot of experimentation, profiles eventually kill themselves :(. Getting out the bookmarks should be easy - not so sure about history and passwords. For bookmarks, go to the profile folder ( ~/.mozilla/firefox/profile_folder/ ), there is one bookmarks.html and also a bookmarkbackups folder which should contain some .json files. There should be some easy way to import those. Thanks Sanjay I am no tester or anything of that sort. I am a normal desktop user who uses just 3 addons - Adblock, Flashblock and Imageblock. No experimenting either. The bookmarks, of course are there saved in a bookmark file and are backedup. Even otherwise they are available in the profile as a bookmark backup. Its the others that i am concerned about. These get built over time and can't be separated backed up etc, unless you backup the whole Profile folder and .ini. Will try your suggestion in post 1 when this issue recurs. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Firefox issue
I have been having issues with the Firefox browser for the past few months. Firefox version: 3.6.11 Ubuntu x86_64 OS: Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 Add ons: Flash block, Ad Block+, image block Issue faced: Occasionally on booting up and starting Firefox, the top menu bar, the location bar drop down, backward and forward, refresh and home do not work. Clicking them has no effect. Though I can enter a url in the location bar, the drop down that gives recently browsed sites is unavailable. Using the keyboard shortcuts for these doesn't work too. So essentially all my browsing history, bookmarks, saved passwords are not accessible. Restarting the browser/system doesn't help. Deleting the whole profile folder restores the functionality, though it takes me back to a blank slate as far as my personalisation and browsing history is concerned and everything needs to be rebuilt. Restoring the profile folder causes the issue to reappear. So it appears to have something to do with the profile stored. Would like to look if any one has has similar issues but can't get a hang of how to best describe this or how others would have described it. Any pointers, suggestions etc to resolve this. I am sure you understand how bad it feels when all the history, bookmarks, passwords etc are in a way lost when this happens. Also how and where to post this or search if already similar bug is posted with Ubuntu and Firefox. P.S: Is there a way to separate the personal info like history, passwords and bookmarks from the profile somehow? Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu is not getting configured in Acer Aspire 4745
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:04 AM, musunuru kamakshaiah chinnik...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Friends. I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 in my new laptop Acer Aspire 4745 with in Windows. GNOME-Sound Recorder is working, what I mean is I could not record voice, which is very much important for my profession. And also in top panel battery status applet is missing. Please let me know what to do. Regards.. MK 09177573730 Wubi installs (I am assuming that's the case) tend to have issues with Wifi. sound, webcam or a few others. If you can, do a regular hard disk install on its own partition. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] HELP Configuring gprs.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:42 PM, sandeep kumar tony_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: I'm using ubuntu 10.04 lts but i cant able to connect desktop with gprs using nokia 5233 ,a blue-tooth dongle blueman-bluetooth manager which i installed via ubuntu soft.center. it detects mobile , and after that when i try to pair .it fails every time i restart computer but no gain. i can't even able to send a songs to phone via BT. Ok, this is my experience. Ubuntu 10.04 already comes wth a bluetooth manager. However installing Blueman additionally has caused conflict and has caused trouble. So my advice, either uninstall the default bluetooth manager (dont know how if at all will it affect bluetooth and blueman), OR If you can connect with a cable - nothing beats it for convenience and speed. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Question regarding appropriate Ubuntu for OLPC
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: will check what the specs are - but you are right its quite basic ?? maybe it needs an upgrade ? - the memory any version of Ubuntu XFCE etc - netbook vrsion of what about some other light weight Linux OS Check if Pupeee works. Puppy version for Netbooks like eeepc. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Configuring GPRS
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:13 PM, sandeep kumar tony_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: How to configure GPRS(B.S.N.L) in UBUNTU 10.04LTS and KUBUNTU 10.04LTS desktop editions. I successfully configured BSNL broadband and home but now i want to use GPRS .please help I have used GPRS, but not BSNL so YMMV. Just connected it to the computer with a cable and everything was auto detected. Just has to connect. Before you do anything, pl ensure GPRS is active and the right settings on the phone are selected. Post here if you face issues. Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] configuring GPRS
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM, sandeep kumar tony_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: How to configure GPRS(B.S.N.L) in UBUNTU 10.04LTS and KUBUNTU 10.04LTS desktop editions.I'm using Nokia 5233 I successfully configured BSNL broadband and home but now i want to use GPRS .please help SANDEEP KUMAR Why are you reposting the same query again and again. Pl read and the responses and act on it. Then post with feedback. This behavior will get you banned. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Question regarding appropriate Ubuntu for OLPC
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: Hi A quick question, what would be an appropriate Ubuntu Version for a First Gen OLPC (one laptop per child) XO laptop The default XO sugar OS (based on UI) is not too good and a bit too basic. And the OLPC i have is a standalone (one of the buy one get one free schemes about 2 years back) so its not part of a wide network Would appreciate inputs I dont know the specks so not cant positively comment. But considering the low end specks on the machine, doubt if any of the new Ubuntu's will work. Netbook edition too might be too big / heavy for it. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Linux on Pentium II, 128MB RAM and USB1
I had the opportunity of trying to use a computer with the above specks: a Pentium II or Celeron with 128MB RAM and USB 1 on a VIA motherboard. It had XP installed on it. Now as i was carrying my Live USB's i wanted to try them on it and see how it would run and how badly would a slow USB port in USB 1 affect a Live USB boot. I had puppy, slitaz, austrumi, antiX on USB with me. AntiX CD was also available. Puppy and Austrumi worked well while Slitaz and AntiX failed to boot. This was surprising as I was expecting Austrumi and AntiX to not boot: Austrumi because of its display, i thought might need more than 128MB RAM and AntiX was a i686 version so was expected. i didnt have the i486 version which might have worked. Slitaz should have booted but didnt. Those that did not boot indicated something like failed to find file system probably referring to the compressed file system. My guess is that after the kernel booted ant init was up, it needs to find the compressed file system on the attached storage devices like CD, USB or HDD and as the USB was too slow failed to detect in a reasonable amount of time. Now i know the slow USB 1 is partly to blame for the non booting, but i am wondering now if the presence of a swap partition would have helped boot. Your opinions and experiences if any on booting with USB on a USB 1 port. Also any suggestions on a distro for dual booting on this machine - my choice is AntiX i486. Lubuntu will run on 128MB but needs 196 to install, Linux Mint LXDE needs 196MB to run, -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Linux on Pentium II, 128MB RAM and USB1
I had the opportunity of trying to use a computer with the above specks: a Pentium II or Celeron with 128MB RAM and USB 1 on a VIA motherboard. It had XP installed on it. Now as i was carrying my Live USB's i wanted to try them on it and see how it would run and how badly would a slow USB port in USB 1 affect a Live USB boot. I had puppy, slitaz, austrumi, antiX on USB with me. AntiX CD was also available. Puppy and Austrumi worked well while Slitaz and AntiX failed to boot. This was surprising as I was expecting Austrumi and AntiX to not boot: Austrumi because of its display, i thought might need more than 128MB RAM and AntiX was a i686 version so was expected. i didnt have the i486 version which might have worked. Slitaz should have booted but didnt. Those that did not boot indicated something like failed to find file system probably referring to the compressed file system. My guess is that after the kernel booted ant init was up, it needs to find the compressed file system on the attached storage devices like CD, USB or HDD and as the USB was too slow failed to detect in a reasonable amount of time. Now i know the slow USB 1 is partly to blame for the non booting, but i am wondering now if the presence of a swap partition would have helped boot. Your opinions and experiences if any on booting with USB on a USB 1 port. Also any suggestions on a distro for dual booting on this machine - my choice is AntiX i486. Lubuntu will run on 128MB but needs 196 to install, Linux Mint LXDE needs 196MB to run, -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] problem with Micromax Q7 connecting Internet
More details please. How are you connecting: bluetooth, wired. Which operator. What setup, which os version. I have a Micromax Q2 as backup phone that i sometimes use to connect thru wired connection on a ubuntu 10.04 gnome and it was the most painless connection that i had in a long time. Everything was detected and no config was needed. Just plug in, select com port on the phone and connect. On 10/14/10, musunuru kamakshaiah chinnik...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Dear friends, I could not connect to Internet with my Micromax Q7 new mobile, when I am connecting it detects modem, after all setup it does not connect to Internet. I found same and so many complaints for this mobile, but with out a solution. Any body know please suggest me. -- Sent from my mobile device Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] install vlc player
There is a way. I an replying thru mobile so can't go in detail. Google for offline install and you should be ok. This is a general method applicable to all install or update. On 10/9/10, sandeep kumar tony_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: can we install vlc player in a ubuntu system without internet. ( i mean, like windows click on setup install) because i cant able to connect to internet (bsnl dataone broad band) in my friends desktop(HCL) at my home. i have connected my laptop(dell), desktop(hp) by same procedure. I'm confused. plz help -- Sent from my mobile device Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] connecting via dongle with netbook remix 10.04 in Mumbai
Hi David Welcome to India and the Ubuntu India list. Would be able to share which dongle are you trying to use or are you looking for general advice. Would advice you to buy after you make sure it will work with your version of Ubuntu. I hear some of them dont support linux or need work arounds. On 10/10/10, David Bucknell david.buckn...@gmail.com wrote: I posted this to the Drupal-India group and was referred here. I have moved from Thailand to Mumbai to work in a school and would like to learn what people think is the best way to get Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04 connected to the Internet via a dongle. Recommendations of companies and services and descriptions of procedures would be gratefully received. Looking forward to meeting you. David Bucknell -- http://intknowledge.com http://flossed.org http://iteachnet.org http://makethewebyours.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Sent from my mobile device Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] File manager than can organize by tags - like an image manager
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Over the years of working with both images (many) and other files (many more) it seems that it is easier to organize images. There are a variety of image software (digikam, gthumb, the new shotwell) etc. Its easy to organize them with multiple references - date, multiple categories etc. This in fact makes it easy efficient in our multi disciplinary world to access the same image for multiple needs. However the same is not true for other files (od formats, pdfs etc etc) the only way we seem to be able to sort them is by what folders we make. Of course we can use meta search engines to find it by other keyword / dates etc. But it is not the same as being able to give multiple tags to a file and later being able to retrieve by that particular tag. So am wondering if such a file tagging / sorting and accessing thingy already exists and if so what is it. Or it is available and i don't know where to look. ** posted this on Ubuntu forums, not much infor there (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9939307#post9939307) look forward to replies This is like the one unanswered Q of mine till date. I have not found one solution by which i can add tags to files and then sort them by tags. Folders somehow dont seem like the best solution for me. Will see if there are any in the FOSS world. Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Looking for a small distro for low end comp
I have an oppurtunity to help someone put to use an old desktop by installing Linux. The system is a Intel Celeron 1.3GHz system with 125 MB RAM and 80GB HDD on a VIA MB. It needs a OS that is light and can be installed with LiveUSB. I tried with AntiX but am unable to get it to boot due to a slow USB port (USB 1). The boot process is starting but at the time it looks for the squash FS its unable to find it. My guess is its because of a slow USB 1. Booting thru CD also failed for the same reason. The CD has AntiX i686 so i was not sure it will work, but the USB has 1486. Any pointers and advice. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Looking for a small distro for low end comp
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Ganesan Venkata Subramanian chickoo.i...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Narendra Please try Tiny Core or Damn Small Linux. http://www.tinycorelinux.com/ http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ Sorry to not have clarified. It should be noob friendly. It should not run as root. It should have a GPRS dialer like umtsmon in AntiX or Debian. It should have Media player/office. -- Regards Narendra Diwate -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
