Re: [ilugd] Hindi Keyboard and Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Aug-07, at 11:24 AM, G Karunakar wrote: this 'indian' bug has been around in ubuntu for quite some time now - why dont the ubuntu fans do something about it? its not really a bug neither ubuntu specific!.. thats just because in recent versions of Xorg , the keymaps were organized

Re: [ilugd] Hindi Keyboard and Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On 8/16/07, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16-Aug-07, at 11:24 AM, G Karunakar wrote: the explanation is not convincing - somebody goofed. My ibook doesnt have his problem - it has two devnagiri keyboards, two for gujarati, two for gurmurkhi and 3 for tamil - all correctly

Re: [ilugd] Hindi Keyboard and Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread das দাশ
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 10:51 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: this 'indian' bug has been around in ubuntu for quite some time now - why dont the ubuntu fans do something about it? To be very frank, I also quite disliked it. But, then, a lot of FLOSS workers together did it for us: and tried

Re: [ilugd] Hindi Keyboard and Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread G Karunakar
On 8/16/07, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16-Aug-07, at 11:24 AM, G Karunakar wrote: this 'indian' bug has been around in ubuntu for quite some time now - why dont the ubuntu fans do something about it? its not really a bug neither ubuntu specific!.. thats just

Re: [ilugd] Hindi Keyboard and Ubuntu

2007-08-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Aug-07, at 12:10 PM, G Karunakar wrote: Actually its more of a presentation issue.. how the keyboard selection tool is dealing with it. for Xorg part... its to be either specified in xorg.conf (in XkbLayout ) or by setxkbmap -layout 'in(Hindi),in(ben)' etc.. In KDE the selection is

Re: [ilugd] ILUG-Delhi meeting 2pm Sun., 19th Aug., at JNU

2007-08-16 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 14:23 +0530, Ajay Kumar wrote: Gora / Luggers, My name is Ajay Kumar, and after having been a reasonably accomplished technologist, I am now working full time on Education Technology facilitation. Would love to meet the LUG and make new friends in Delhi, to which I

Re: [ilugd] ILUG-Delhi meeting 2pm Sun., 19th Aug., at JNU

2007-08-16 Thread Gora Mohanty
Hi, A reminder for the meeting at JNU, 2pm this Sun. (please see details below). We have a revised agenda, as follows: 1. Introduction to OpenMoko, by Deepank Gupta (please see below for his abstract). 2. Presentation by Ajay Kumar on the need of OSS to increase focus on social

Re: [ilugd] [Commercial] Linus latest interview, and that too with an Indian perspective!

2007-08-16 Thread Saleem Ansari
Could you please add a Search interface in the *LUGs Corner*, specifically to search for LUGs ? (I was unable to search for Linux-Delhi and jmilug!) On 8/15/07, Rahul Chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Commercial] Hi folks, Linus' latest interview, and the first with an Indian perspective,

Re: [ilugd] [Commercial] Linus latest interview, and that too with an Indian perspective!

2007-08-16 Thread Rahul Chopra
oops...thx for this tip...will certainly get that done within a week...thx -Original Message- From: Saleem Ansari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 August 2007 13:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Linux-Delhi mailing list Subject: Re: [ilugd] [Commercial] Linus latest interview, and

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Sahil Dave
the free edittion is really good, even i am using it.. but one of my friend wants the spring edition specifically, may be for some official purpose. On 8/16/07, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15-Aug-07, at 1:19 PM, Sahil Dave wrote: thanx for the reply Sharad, but if

[ilugd] Insights from Toronto Linux user group

2007-08-16 Thread Sriram J
Hi, http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free Regards Sriram ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 16-Aug-07, at 3:03 PM, Sahil Dave wrote: the free edittion is really good, even i am using it.. but one of my friend wants the spring edition specifically, may be for some official purpose. the spring edition

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Aug-07, at 4:01 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: the spring edition *is* free - there *is* a free dvd for download I guess you did make your point of view amply clear - what would be far more interesting is why you seem/appear not to be in favor of someone buying a Mandriva ? a

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: a friend of mine 'bought' a Mandriva, spent USD 80 on it, because he wanted a box, manual and support. I was quite happy because that way Mandriva gets some money to support the great work they are doing. Good. That

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread mehul
On 8/16/07, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my friend paid to download the paid-for version - but he couldnt do the download because he hadnt yet learnt to use wget - so he told them and they shipped the dvd to him. There are GUI ways too, isn't it?

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Aug-07, at 4:46 PM, mehul wrote: my friend paid to download the paid-for version - but he couldnt do the download because he hadnt yet learnt to use wget - so he told them and they shipped the dvd to him. There are GUI ways too, isn't it? gui ways break on long downloads - often they

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread mehul
On 8/16/07, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gui ways break on long downloads - often they refuse to resume. wget - c is sure and safe. What about kget and gwget? They claim to be able to do it. ___ ilugd mailinglist --

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Andrew Michael Lynn
Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/07 4:51 PM On 16-Aug-07, at 4:46 PM, mehul wrote: my friend paid to download the paid-for version - but he couldnt do the download because he hadnt yet learnt to use wget - so he told them and they shipped the dvd to him. There are GUI ways too,

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Anupam Jain
On 8/16/07, Andrew Michael Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/07 4:51 PM On 16-Aug-07, at 4:46 PM, mehul wrote: my friend paid to download the paid-for version - but he couldnt do the download because he hadnt yet learnt to use wget - so he told

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Sharad Birmiwal
I've had only too many broken downloads and lost quesues because d4x crashed that I wouldn't even recommend it to a pro. wget and proz work best for me. Sharad Birmiwal On 8/16/07, Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/16/07, Andrew Michael Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth

[ilugd] Installing Ubuntu on a brand new HP 6710s

2007-08-16 Thread Anupam Jain
Hi all, I recently managed to install Ubuntu Feisty on my brand new HP Compaq 6710s laptop and thought of sharing my experience with the list in case it helps someone. I faced two major problems with this particular laptop. First is the 80GB Hitachi SATA Hard Drive which Linux Distros simply

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 18:05 +0530, Anupam Jain wrote: [...] Recommending command line options to do something as basic as downloading a file from the net sends out really bad signals to Linux newbies.. [...] Speak for yourself, dude. The so-called newbies that I have explained command-line

[ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-16 Thread Linux Lingam
a prolonged powerfailure shutdown my computer running ubuntu fiesty in the middle of a task. on reboot, everything seemed to work fine, but my root password is no longer working. a quick 'pwck' command results in pwck: cannot lock file /etc/passwd how do i fix this problem? tia :-) niyam

Re: [ilugd] Mandriva 2007 Spring Edition

2007-08-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 17-Aug-07, at 12:34 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: Recommending command line options to do something as basic as downloading a file from the net sends out really bad signals to Linux newbies.. [...] Speak for yourself, dude. The so-called newbies that I have explained command-line ways to

Re: [ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-16 Thread Rakesh Pandit
Hello niyam, how do i fix this problem? This thread will help http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=146787 If nothing works then using a rescue remove x in line root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash from file /etc/passwd and if shadow file exist (in case it is not empty or

Re: [ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-16 Thread Rakesh Pandit
Hello, from file /etc/passwd and if shadow file exist (in case it is not empty or corrupted) create it and the line containing root password should be My lines are confusing, typed in hurry :-( You can create shadow file using pwconv if it does not exist. and if it exists remove the line

Re: [ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-16 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 03:32 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote: a prolonged powerfailure shutdown my computer running ubuntu fiesty in the middle of a task. on reboot, everything seemed to work fine, but my root password is no longer working. What do you mean by root password no longer working. What

Re: [ilugd] Ultimate OSX theme for ubuntu feisty

2007-08-16 Thread Vikas Rawal
Just thought of sharing this - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=200892 Ubuntu Feisty + Beryl + Ultimate OSX theme and you have a desktop that makes work a pleasure :) The download link in the post does not work. Vikas ___ ilugd