[fsug-tvm] ubuntu 8.10 DVD Drive problem

2009-02-09 Thread sonal jain
Dear Friends I have installed ubuntu 8.10 last month. Earlier i was using 8.04. But there is some problem with the DVD Drive after installing 8.10 If u put any DVD/CD and play. After sometime if you eject it, then Drive will open and immediately get closed. then again you have to eject it, then

[fsug-tvm] Memory Issue in VOSTRO 1000

2009-02-09 Thread Krishna Kumar Kanoor
All I came across a problem which appeared strange for me. The following is my LAPTOP configuration: - *Vostro 1000, AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 (1.9GHz/256KB)* - *2GB, DDR2, 533MHZ 2 Dimm* The system setup was showing only 1 GB of RAM. I removed the RAM and installed it once again. Now the

[fsug-tvm] Re: ubuntu 8.10 DVD Drive problem

2009-02-09 Thread Anish .C
Can you tell me what to do with that patch ? --anish** On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Saral Sasidharan saralsasidha...@gmail.comwrote: O Aneesh Check this page with the 26th conversation Bug 453095 – Cd tray is closed automatically after

[fsug-tvm] Re: ubuntu 8.10 DVD Drive problem

2009-02-09 Thread Saral Sasidharan
If i know what to do must have been having the problem solved one month back. It is to you kidos in computer i have provided the link. I hope this is to be edited in some system file or kernel --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged

[fsug-tvm] Games for linux

2009-02-09 Thread BINNY THOMAS
It is a fact of life that there are more Games in the market for Windows than Linux.So us Linux fans might have to cheat our favourite penguin and use Windows when it comes to playing games. Well if things go their way it will soon be a thing of the past. Check this out.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-09 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Thanks for your valuable suggestions But to be frank I am an Ubuntu fan and I would like to concentrate my efforts on it, because that's the distro that introduced me to the world of Linux and according to my view 'new users' should try Ubuntu rather than Fedora (which by the way is not at all

[fsug-tvm] Re: kde look and feel

2009-02-09 Thread Shino Jacob
from where can I download the binaries. I dont want to build the entire package On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Ashik S aash...@gmail.com wrote: Why dont you upgrade to KDE 4.2 ? 4.0 was a release that announced that the new KDE is here. It is very buggy and its better to use GNOME than go

[fsug-tvm] Re: ubuntu 8.10 DVD Drive problem

2009-02-09 Thread paru
me too have the same problem On Feb 9, 6:36 pm, Saral Sasidharan saralsasidha...@gmail.com wrote: If i know what to do must have been having the problem solved one month back. It is to you kidos in computer i have provided the link. I hope this is to be edited in some system file or kernel

[fsug-tvm] Re: Ubuntu in desktop not functioning properly

2009-02-09 Thread Shino Jacob
any takers? i am in kesavadasapuram, otherwise I could have given a try. Mr. Manikandan can you try a rescue mode boot , if you have the boot CD. There is an option while booting up too. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Manikandan Nair nair.manikan...@gmail.com wrote: Thank u for the response.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Linux User Group in College of Engineering,Trivandrum (CET)

2009-02-09 Thread David John
Hi Yadu Is there involvement from the students of ECE/Applied? There is a good distribution of tools available for electronic design, which is sufficient for running labs for the whole Electronics BTech curriculum (circuit design, simulation, power electronics simulation, signal processing,

[fsug-tvm] Re: Linux User Group in College of Engineering,Trivandrum (CET)

2009-02-09 Thread Yadu Nand
Hi David, There is involvement from the ECE and applied departments. The HOD ECE dept, Dr. Gopakumar is a veteran FOSS developer,and he has given full support towards this. I would definitely contact the ECE dept regarding this matter . Someone from the ECE dept, will be in touch with you very

[fsug-tvm] Re: kde look and feel

2009-02-09 Thread Ashik S
@Everyone, how do you get KDE 4.2 on Ubuntu ? Is it on the repositories ? As for me, it was pushed to my desktop as an update. I usually have the full KDE install because i like it that way ( There is no KOffice though ) Regards, Ashik S --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[fsug-tvm] Interesting tool for the toaster

2009-02-09 Thread Nikhil Nair
Hi, Now that we have this cool toaster that will burn the base operating system for you. I think the next step should be to supply some of the awesome software thats available on Linux as part of the install. This would be especially useful to those who want to use Linux for more than just a

[fsug-tvm] Re: kde look and feel

2009-02-09 Thread Manilal K M
2009/2/9 Ashik S aash...@gmail.com: @Everyone, how do you get KDE 4.2 on Ubuntu ? Is it on the repositories ? AFAIK, KDE-4.2 is not available for any released ubuntu versions (Intrepid still has 4.1). The upcoming release(Jaunty) will have KDE-4.2. Here is a guide to install kde-4.2, but from