Re: [Ilugc] USB hdd issue : Spinning up disk and USB disconnect

2012-10-22 Thread apvr
> > Could be. Your lappie usb ports may not be able to sustain the current > draw by the hard disk. BTW, is the lappie running on battery *or* > power? > Laptop was on ac power. I tried in desktops also. Ubuntu, Fedora and Windows. It is not getting detected in any of the OSs. I suspect that the

Re: [Ilugc] USB hdd issue : Spinning up disk and USB disconnect

2012-10-19 Thread apvr
2012/10/19 "Arun Khan" > 1. Did it behave like this from day 1 or after some usage? It worked fine for one week. > 2. Is it attached to a laptop or a desktop? Laptop. > 3. Have you tweaked any power saving mode in the BIOS and/or the > desktop settings? I did not change any settings. Will it be

[Ilugc] USB hdd issue : Spinning up disk and USB disconnect

2012-10-19 Thread apvr
Hi, I am experiencing a problem with my Seagate 1TB usb external harddisk. When I try to connect to my Ubuntu 12.04, it is not getting detected. I see the following messages in syslog. > >Oct 19 16:36:31 vijay-pc kernel: [17279.868031] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB >device number 4 using ehci_hcd

Re: [Ilugc] [ilguc] Difference between LaTex and Office

2012-08-19 Thread apvr
2012/8/18 ARUN PALANIAPPAN : > What is the difference between LaTex and a normal Office Document? > What are the advantages of using LaTex or what difference does it make? One main advantage of LaTeX is the visual output. http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2007/05/latex-vs-word-vs-writer/

Re: [Ilugc] 407 Proxy Authentication Required error - synaptic/apt - ubuntu 11.04

2011-08-09 Thread apvr
>Does apt-get work from command line? Did you check again if you have >updated username and password in Synaptic? Also, have you checked for >typos? No, apt-get is not working from command line. Yes Synaptic config is correct. No typos. >          After updating apt.conf with the proxy details, di

[Ilugc] 407 Proxy Authentication Required error - synaptic/apt - ubuntu 11.04

2011-08-04 Thread apvr
I am using Ubuntu 11.04. I am behind a proxy with authentication to connect to the Internet. I had set up the system-wide proxy via System Settings. But Synaptic Package Manager did not take the proxy. So I configured the settings in the Synaptic for the proxy and auth. It worked. Now the proxy's