Re: [ilugd] Opinion solicited for an article

2013-02-23 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
(currently, gingerbread) android on a device which came with Froyo. (Hope to run JB 4.2.2 by the time you get to read this). ;-D And a 12+ year user of Debian GNU/Linux on my PCs. (apologies to the list) -- Mahesh T. Pai || A closed mouth gathers no feet. __

Re: [ilugd] Please post this !

2012-12-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
-- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software that's free; it's you. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] Back to the drawing board - A requiem to a man I never knew

2012-12-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ugh to send that soul back to the drawing board. And send us much more of them. We need more people like Raj. (apologies for grammar and typos; my eyes simply cannot bear the strain of re-reading this longish mail; though my mind wants to, so apologi

Re: [ilugd] Here is the last one for Raj

2012-12-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Sudevji, What? How? When? Sudev Barar said on Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:43:20AM +0530,: > The last rites would be performed at Lodhi Road Crematorium New Delhi at > 1500hrs -- Mahesh T. Pai || REVOLUTION, n. An abrupt change in the form of misgove

[ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] An e-governance project

2012-09-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
nt out the EOI to the corporate / business minded out there. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Encryption: A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of computer manuals. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@l

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
s. That is, assuming Ubuntu boot loader has a rescue option, which I believe it ought to have. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Man's most judicious trait, is a good sense of what not to believe. --Euripides ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.

[ilugd] Wipro too.

2012-06-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
links - was reading it from my mobile; using google reader (RSS). (for newbies around - I have changed the subject - notice that _most_ mail readers / clients will still show this message under the original thread.) -- Mahesh T. Pai || ___ Ilugd m

Re: [ilugd] Configuring sendmail in VPS Server

2012-05-26 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
einstall the package, the old config files in /etc/ are likely to be reused. If you suspect problems with configuration files, you ought to have used " dpkg --purge foo". > Please tell me how to resolve this issue . Start with Raj's suggestion in the other mail. -- Mahesh

Re: [ilugd] Android Device Drivers

2012-05-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
if someone can > provide me some good link for quick start on device drivers for android. http://developer.android.com https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=android+device+drivers -- Mahesh T. Pai || End Users are just friends who haven't

Re: [ilugd] How to Immediately Pause Printing in Linux?

2012-05-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
l tray option. -- Mahesh T. Pai || free - (adj) able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; free from obligations or duties; not bound to servitude; at liberty. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists

Re: [ilugd] How to Immediately Pause Printing in Linux?

2012-05-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
e? Point a browser at http://localhost:631. Go to the relevant printer, and use the "resume printing" button. Whenever a print job goes bad here, I simply cancel the job and create a fresh one. -- Mahesh T. Pai || DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the gro

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Android trouble?

2012-04-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Tanveer Singh said on Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 02:58:51PM +0530,: > Nothing to do with Android here. > Once you near your free usage quota(80% of whatever), you start getting > redirect to this airtel smartbytes page, prompting you to buy additional > usage, even if you do not want Additional usag

Re: [ilugd] Recommendations for .in domain name registrar

2012-04-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
op / server. Refer to Karanbir's reply. If you are hinting that this thread deserves a "slightly-OT/commercial" tag; IMHO, no. I speak only for myself. -- Mahesh T. Pai || End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. ___

Re: [ilugd] Suggestions for anroid phone for running cyanogenmod

2012-03-26 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
both free and non-free OSes. My phone is not supported by Heimdal. As to defy+, there are reports of people running ICS on it. See:- https://www.google.com/search?q=defy%2Bsite%3Aforum%2Fxda-developers.com -- Mahesh T. Pai || TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and

Re: [ilugd] Suggestions for anroid phone for running cyanogenmod

2012-03-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
tine machine running a working and safe copy of Microsoft's WIndows (safe, fecause that that machine was sitting isolated, without any network access, and had come with an OEM CD). And like the defy+, you need to be very careful about those small letters and variations in model numbers.

Re: [ilugd] [Hardware] Config for Linux desktop

2012-02-03 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
t a terminal server setup? A basic RAID set up on the server with may be, 8 of 16 Gig ram, and may be 1 or 2 GB Ram disk less nodes. I would not consider Atom, simply because it is a 32 bit h/w; since you mentioned sysadmin concept, I suggest you stick to 64 bit hw to avoid -- Mahesh T. Pai || Ma

Re: [ilugd] [Oracle Weblogic] Problems with weblogic

2012-01-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
art of your reasoning; not the first part the - "... encourage people to use ..." one. Sometimes, even trial usage ends in conviction and sentence to permanent bondage. -- Mahesh T. Pai || With freedom comes responsibility. Do not use unauthorised copies of copyrighted material. _

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft, Apple Protest SOPA?

2012-01-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
> * > * > LOL... Missed the message, eh? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distributing free copies of non-free software is -- -- like advertising drugs. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Cheap Android Phone with Call Recorder

2012-01-07 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ou obviously have not tried the market place? > > Question: How do I go about building a ROM for my sub 5k Android phone? > > Any wild / off-tangent ideas could be useful too :) Have you tried forum.xda-developers? There is plenty of literature out there available on how

Re: [ilugd] (hardware/slightly OT) New SATA disk giving BIOS errors

2011-11-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. cannot find any - this is a SATA disk nothing looking like jumber connectors on it). -- Mahesh T. Pai || The next best thing to knowing something is to know where to find it. --Samuel Johnson ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org h

Re: [ilugd] (hardware/slightly OT) New SATA disk giving BIOS errors

2011-11-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
rk schedule is not very conducive for flashing the BIOS). . -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre. * Man is free at the instant he wants to be. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] (hardware/slightly OT) New SATA disk giving BIOS errors

2011-11-23 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
somewhere in the BIOS to "halt on errord" - currently enabled) 4. How to identify the error BIOS is getting? Anything else I can do here? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Free Software - it is free as in FREEDOM ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delh

Re: [ilugd] Article on Drupal in "Hindu"

2011-11-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
license-free software". Heh. This looks more like an editor's devil, (as in 'priner's devil). The poor guys might have thought that "freely licensed" is same as "license free". Thanks for that correction. Hope it get published. -- Mahesh T. Pai ||

Re: [ilugd] unable to install packages in ubuntu 11.04

2011-10-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
tly do you mean by "even when the connection is ok"?? Can you browse other sites? What are contents of /etc/apt/sources.list ? /etc/resolv.conf ? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Encryption: A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of

Re: [ilugd] Online Trading Terminal in Linux

2011-10-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
outside India is available FoC and without restrictions. And there are several F/OSS tools to use this data to generate your own technical charting. The root for this, lies in the SEs themselves. They need to change their approach to IT infracture, which, currenty is a wonder why people do not car

Re: [ilugd] Best Obituary for Steve Jobs

2011-10-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
nd what is contained in that wiki article. I suspect you confused that with Down's??? And I really do not understand the point discussing what was discussed elsewhere here. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A closed mouth gathers no feet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Best Obituary for Steve Jobs

2011-10-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
> Mahesh T Pai writes: > > Gaurav Mishra said on Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 12:25:34PM +0530,: > Anyway, RMS does not seem to be alone in his views. The Steve Jobs who founded Apple as an anarchic company promoting the message of freedom, whose first projects with Stephen Wozniak

Re: [ilugd] Best Obituary for Steve Jobs

2011-10-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
free BSD OS they call OSX. Looks like Apple redifined freedom between 1980s and 2000s. RMS' post focuses on the acts and deeds; not the man. -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre. * Man is free at the instant he wants to be. __

Re: [ilugd] BSNL EVDO dongle on Fedora 14

2011-10-04 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
> to get this working would be much appreciated. Tried udev rules? That will force the system to recognise the device as a modem. However, you will need to look elsewhere (other than me, that is) for info on how to go about actually doing this. Sorry, I have to admit my ignorance on writing udev

Re: [ilugd] Finding Virtualization Software that Fits

2011-09-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
is what they do (at least, one of most important things) @ enterprise environment, right? -- Mahesh T. Pai || End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hser

Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] Android-India mailing list

2011-09-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ll in turn allow you to flash ROM from the SD card. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _

Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] Android-India mailing list

2011-08-28 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
usage until the bill is handed over. !dea is keeping on warning me about my data usage (2g) till previous day evening -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distributing free copies of non-free software is -- -- like advertising drugs. ___ Ilugd mailin

Re: [ilugd] DSC Registration for efiling

2011-08-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ly) do not comply with the standards. > > I wish to stand corrected. -- Mahesh T. Pai || "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." --Stephen hawking ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] ubuntu 11.04

2011-07-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distribute Free Software -- Help stamp out Software Hoarding! ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] What happens in BASH when you do Ctrl-C (hint, it's not simply sending a SIGINT)

2011-07-17 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ist. I was about to post this yesterday, but being dad to 2 kids who do not know that GNU/Linux is not user friendly (and hence grab the mouse and fire off one of their favourite tuxmath / tuxpaint / tuxtype / gcompris games) gave my session a SIGTERM. -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme e

Re: [ilugd] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2011-07-15 Thread Mahesh T Pai
h6nQ4y5zLL81tR/blk/I153048778_25/3kOnPwTdPwQc3cRckALqnpPbOYWrSlI/svi/ > > > -- > DID YOU KNOW you can use your LinkedIn profile as your website? Select a > vanity URL and then promote this address on your business cards, email > signatures, website, etc > http

Re: [ilugd] Inquiry : Ubuntu 10.10 live CD does not work on IBM Thinkpad R502!!!

2011-06-29 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
before posting questions:- http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Last but not the least, if you had googled, there is an identical thread on UbuntuForums. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Funny how people infriging commercial software licences are called "pirates", while huge companies i

Re: [ilugd] Youtube videos

2011-06-28 Thread Mahesh T Pai
ted there. Hypocrites. I never bothered, looks like the video disappeared. > > Regards, > Gora -- Mahesh T. Pai || He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge -- who knows who has written and where it is to be found. --A.A. Hodge __

Re: [ilugd] Youtube videos

2011-06-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
utube) that doing so amounts to a /possible/ copyright violation. Sir, is the law that only people with long purses and former cops as advi$o₹s are entitled to hold copyrights?Is my 4 year old kid not entitled to any? -- Mahesh T. Pai || ~/\$ mv -vfi linux gnu/linux __

Re: [ilugd] Youtube videos

2011-06-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
g. Of course, the data that you have written will be > lost when you close the file descriptor, unless you copy it > elsewhere. So, this means that even as I am viewing nth second of the flv, the file descriptor still contains 1st second? -- Mahesh T. Pai || "The greatest enemy

Re: [ilugd] What is common between sarees, Radios, TVs, and laptops?

2011-05-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ovt. behave responsibily? Read about boss here:- http://bosslinux.in/ Problem is, state of the FOSS movement in India is like that of a driver trying to start a car with a blown clutch cylinder. ;-D -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distribute Free Software -- Help stamp out Softwa

[ilugd] What is common between sarees, Radios, TVs, and laptops?

2011-05-17 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Populism at its peak. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/jayalalithaa-creates-rs-350-crore-opportunity-for-laptop-makers/articleshow/8405784.cms Sorry if the link goes far to teh right of your screen. Rants about OS to be installed welcome. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Free

Re: [ilugd] open source: try, encourage and discourage - anyway out?

2011-05-17 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ist. Actually, who are "we"?? Once GPL, always GPL. If future, improved eye candy versions go proprietary, we can always implement our own free versions based on the pre-proprietary code. ; -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software tha

Re: [ilugd] [LONG] Re: Large Debian installations in India

2011-04-02 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
on servers and testing (even unstable / experimental) on clients. Why? Is it because they are not using the typical desktop / office / productivity suites? -- Mahesh T. Pai || >From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) [devil]: LAWYER, n. One skilled in circu

Re: [ilugd] [LONG] Re: Large Debian installations in India

2011-04-02 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
PC install, and most of documentation is available on the F! key. But of course, we are not comparing cats and horses! -- Mahesh T. Pai || That men do not learn much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that hi

Re: [ilugd] Nokia xpressmusic 5800 as Bluetooth modem

2011-03-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
g dumb now - stopped using command line for bluetooth /and/ networking for couple of years now; network manager and gnome - bluetooth are doing things beautifully. (Debian sid + experimental + gnome). -- Mahesh T. Pai || Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enou

Re: [ilugd] Modes of Huawei's EC1260 Photon Plus (CDMA, HSIA, Dual)

2011-03-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
on zeroCD and mass storae, there is a package named usb-modeswitch; look up that, may help. -- Mahesh T. Pai || With freedom comes responsibility. Do not use unauthorised copies of copyrighted material. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi

Re: [ilugd] Where to send mails of linux job openings ?

2011-03-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Sudhir Gandotra said on Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 10:35:17AM +0530,: > Where to send mails of Linux job openings ? > > The mails sent to this list are not appearing. Gmail does not send you mail sent by you to a mailing list. -- Mahesh T. Pai || He is wise who knows the sources of

Re: [ilugd] Modes of Huawei's EC1260 Photon Plus (CDMA, HSIA, Dual)

2011-03-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
bhanuv...@gmail.com said on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 02:28:22PM +0530,: > > Awaiting Suggestions / Solutions. Is network-manager installed? Is mobile-broadband-provider-info package installed? -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre.

Re: [ilugd] [LUG@IITD:12456] What competition can do !!!

2011-03-05 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
rict limits - you have always done so; please stay that way. With Best wishes and warm regards for the good job you are doing. . > disclaimer: I work for Red Hat > -- > Harish Pillay h.pil...@ieee.org gpg id: 746809E3 PS:- I discovered that hardware with RHEL preinstalled is avai

Re: [ilugd] [LUG@IITD:12456] What competition can do !!!

2011-03-05 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
, it is trivial, and in any sense of the term, much possible to de-obfuscate it. And by way of a gentle reminder, and more important, you (Raju) was, IIRC are one of the first customers in India of a mobile phone running the linux kernel. You would have looked up what it takes to get source code to that man

[ilugd] Taking your Andoid Phone (was) Ilugd Digest, Vol 15, Issue 15

2011-02-19 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
age while starting a new topic; do NOT respond to existing threads - even editing subject lines will not help. Having a relevant subject line also will help. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Free Software - it is free as in FREEDOM ___ Ilugd mailing list Il

Re: [ilugd] Understanding Open source code licenses

2011-01-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
censes. Both are Free (as in freedom) licenses. Also, please do put in place why you should use strong copyleft licenses. (of course, this is a matter of choice - some people, like *BSD developers, do not like copyleft licenses). -- Mahesh T. Pai || That men do not learn much from the less

[ilugd] FIghting the Tax

2011-01-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Saw this on Groklaw. Posting this link because I recall somebody asking about dealing with The Tax. http://www.piana.eu/aduc -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software that's free; it's you. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
have > ***"-- I think you made a typing mistake here Mahesh!!! Yup; that should have been "... not be coming ...". Thanks. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What i

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ot;... will be transferred to one Credit Card Holder... " Sigh. Narendra, please go ahead. Too bad I would be coming there in person, else mine would have been one of the largest donations. -- Mahesh T. Pai || TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Dis

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
s permission before embarking upon a public drive to collect funds on the organisation. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. Any random guy can come around, make a few posts on some random mailing list claiming to support FLOSS, and then start fund raising drives; and then vanish with the funds. Please get in touch with FSF-B before you use their name to raise funds. Or for that matter, any other project. -- Mahes

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
t FSF say about it? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ston? https://my.fsf.org/donate The page clearly says you can make donations using PayPal. And there is a radio button below where you choose to pay using PayPal. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A closed mouth gathers no feet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
credit cards. Please be specific. Which of the FSFs is this for? It is a question of bonafides. -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software that's free; it's you. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
this earlier, this is not with blessings of FSF-I. Obvious. That said, about 7-8 years back, we were discussing tying up with some agency for enabling online donations to FSF-I. Is that in place yet? I know quite a few who would rather volunteer and donate to FSF Boston

Re: [ilugd] ubuantu 10.10

2011-01-11 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
resetting from the hang - replace N with 0, 1 and 2) -- Mahesh T. Pai || First they came for the Jews; and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists; and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists; and

Re: [ilugd] Idea about linux

2011-01-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ing lists, IRC chat rooms, web forums, etc are not enough. 2. You can start a group yourselves. 3. A person who uses 'linux' would think twice before signing up on Facebook. I am of course, speaking myself only. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com

Re: [ilugd] Delhi/NCR FOSS Geek meetup - 16 Jan 2011

2010-12-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
thing is different from using > it as a tool. I do not quite get point of this thread. What is it there requiring use of non-free (as in freedom) applications for promoting freedom? If you cannot practise what you preach, you are hypocrite. I know those are harsh words, but -- Mahesh T.

Re: [ilugd] FOSS profit

2010-12-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
like me who are willing to pay the price. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. ___ Ilugd mailing list I

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
table. Wonder why windughs is not complaining. Try running testdisk froma live CD on the partition. testdisk will recover the partition. To rephrase it better, "RECOVER the lost partition using testdisk". -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard]

Re: [ilugd] For Indian Debian Lovers like me - Please join its mailing list

2010-12-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
(and several volunteer groups have contributed excellent fonts for each language) The point, each distro does its bit towards improving GNU/Linux. Each distro has its own niche. > Those who want a better look and feel can try latest mint which is > also based on debian - > http://b

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-26 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
partitions? If so, installing the relevant module from grub command line may help. I faintly recall breaking this system when I encountered that problem, and none of the rescue CDs I had could support ext4. Was forced to do a reinstall, first one in a loong time!! Have you checked that? -

Re: [ilugd] How bios detects hard drive

2010-12-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ss denied" errors. Will show you the kernel modules in use. And again, I am no kernel / HW guru. I have not installed on systems which I have not used, which is probably less than the number of years I have been using GNU/Linux. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
th "linux". But, you should really be looking this up on the ubuntuforums.org website. I guess they ought to know better. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Distribute Free Software -- Help stamp out Software Hoarding! ___

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
out "initializing" it, or whatever. You need to be very careful, and read what the installer is telling. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard

Re: [ilugd] How bios detects hard drive

2010-12-23 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ly, I am a mere user, with little knowledge to C perl or ruby. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com First they came for the Jews; and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists; and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. T

Re: [ilugd] How bios detects hard drive

2010-12-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
chniques are used by BIOS so it doesn't > require any additional drivers to detect hard drives. You mean the IDE / SATA / RAID chipset driver? AFAIK, disks themselves do not require any drivers. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com __

Re: [ilugd] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2010-12-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ectly to the inbox.This is actually very good feature , > but I am unable to find that is this due to gmail spam filter or > anything related to ilugd mailing list setting ??? It is a gmail feature. Happens to me for some other mailing lists too. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fiz

Re: [ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
which has no official version > beyond 1.6. Which brand / model? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com The next best thing to knowing something is to know where to find it. --Samuel Johnson ___ Ilugd mailing list Il

Re: [ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
r that will work in reality is something would like to know. But, hey, is it possible to do something like remote login from the PC to the android phone, like, say using wifi or bluetooth, and run an addressbook editor inside the phone? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com It&

Re: [ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
phones and Nokia PC suite on one of the non-free OSes, not everything is ok. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself. ___ Il

[ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
up of having to research a handset every time I change one, and planning to change over to Android in spite of the stiff (for a poor guy like me - a low end Android costs about one months' take home) prices. Thanks in advance. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com

Re: [ilugd] A radical shift in e-governance

2010-11-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Hindu has a nice feature on the Indian open standards policy. The > examples cited in this article are very relevant. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com The next best thing to knowing something is to know where to find it. --

Re: [ilugd] Converting Unicode to PS

2010-11-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Nandeep Mali said on Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:16:41AM +0530,: > On a side note, am I the only one getting these annoying Boxbe alerts > whenever I send a mail to the list? > No; I too am getting them. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Funny how people

Re: [ilugd] Converting Unicode to PS

2010-11-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
command line? Have a look at a2ps. It is part of GNU. Before that, have alook at this too:- https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/a2ps/+bug/153606 Basically, depending on the script you are using, "unicode" is not a script. :-) It is pretty tough handling indic scripts, if that

Re: [ilugd] Print formatted HTML

2010-11-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
nt it. > Any other way out? Does not lpr work? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com With freedom comes responsibility. Do not use unauthorised copies of copyrighted material. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi

Re: [ilugd] Script to run at login but for non-root users only

2010-11-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Amit Sharma said on Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:44:10PM -0800,: > For that if I make a entry in /etc/proile then it runs for root also. Files in the /etc/ directory are system wide configuration files. The solution is already mentioned, -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizz

Re: [ilugd] Open Standards policy finalized--major victory for the FOSS community

2010-11-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Venkatesh Hariharan said on Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 05:41:52PM +0530,: > The open standards policy has been finalized and it incorporates many of the > suggestions made by the FOSS community in India. In the previous draft dated A big thanks to all those who made this happen. -- Mahesh

Re: [ilugd] Oracle kicks LibreOffice supporters out of OpenOffice

2010-10-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
minor bug, which affects indic rendering. (see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591615&archived=no&mbox=no ) -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. _

Re: [ilugd] Wipro Dot Matrix Drivers for Linux

2010-10-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
s for running dot matrix printers. I am currently using Epson LX 1050 driver. If you notice, "LX" is the nomenclature used by Epson for their 9 pin printers. (IIRC, AFAIK) -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability

Re: [ilugd] Dharna against Dreamspark

2010-10-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ist. Brand ain't; but the software is. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Free Software - it is free as in FREEDOM ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Dharna against Dreamspark

2010-10-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
; -- Anupam > Sent from my BlackBerry ^^ No offence meant, but, it is a good thing to practise what one preaches. Charity begins at home. And yes, the initiative is a good idea; too bad I am far off place. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.co

Re: [ilugd] Delhi Airtel Broadband- Firewalls for Torrents

2010-09-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
based distros make available the ISOs available via torrent. If true, this firewalling is restricting your use of the services for which you have paid for. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to ma

Re: [ilugd] I am facing problem with my Graphics card

2010-09-11 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Please search for this problem on ubuntuforums - http://ubuntuforums.org/ AFAICT, latest xorg does not require xorg.conf to be manually edited. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posti

Re: [ilugd] Gaming hardware - compatibility?

2010-09-03 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Shantanu Goel said on Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 11:59:37AM +0530,: > Yes, I've used various logitech gamepads, my PS3 gamepad, my PS3 > guitar hero guitar controller with Ubuntu without any issues. What is a guitar controller? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogsp

[ilugd] Gaming hardware - compatibility?

2010-09-02 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
installed couple of racing games, and the kids are excited. How do I enhance the experience? Of course, better graphics card and larger monitor are on the radar, but what about the joysticks and wheels? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com

[ilugd] SFLC coming to India.

2010-08-29 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Found this on groklaw. http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/aug/28/software-freedom-law-center-announce-opening-branc/ -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com That men do not learn much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history

Re: [ilugd] Command line Email Client

2010-08-29 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Vikas Rawal said on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 03:47:32PM +0530,: > > If you run Debian you can choose between mutt and mutt-matched. > > mutt-patched. Thanks for pointing out - it was a typo. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Encryption:

Re: [ilugd] Command line Email Client

2010-08-29 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
ore than 8 years now. I also have signify, which rotates signatures. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Ilugd Digest, Vol 9, Issue 23

2010-08-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Aveek Sen said on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:09:23AM +0500,: > What would be applicable for using internet via gprs on pc suite > based nokia phones? I've a nokia n72 & have never found the way to > do so yet. Depends on how you connect the phone to the PC. If you use a USB cable, it is likely t

Re: [ilugd] any prog similar to nokia pc suite

2010-08-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
access the files (themes, games, etc). -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com REVOLUTION, n. An abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] calculator with a memory?

2010-08-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
commands. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com A closed mouth gathers no feet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] calculator with a memory?

2010-08-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
neither seem have to have this seemingly silly feature. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com >From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) [devil]: LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. ___ Ilu

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