Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread Preshit D
Well, when he says there is NO sound at all, It must be his sound card. @Onkar, go easy on him. On 5/1/07, Onkar Shinde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/1/07, subhanil CHOWDHURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NO I am getting no sound from the speakers. Please tell us your problem correctly. Ther

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread Onkar Shinde
On 5/1/07, subhanil CHOWDHURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NO I am getting no sound from the speakers. Please tell us your problem correctly. There is difference between 1) not able to play 2) not getting any sound 3) not getting any video. There is a video file in /usr/share/example-content named

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread subhanil CHOWDHURY
NO I am getting no sound from the speakers. Subhanil __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [ubuntu-in] INTRODUCTION

2007-04-30 Thread Aanjhan R
Hi Ravi, On 5/1/07, Ravi Shanker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me know if such event happens. May be join ILUG-D Mailing list? Website: http://linux-delhi.org/ http://www.webrachna.com/cgi-bin/ilugd/ml.cgi (<--- temp location) Join their one of the many mailing lists they have. Reggies. --

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread Preshit D
Wait, he says even the examples files of Ubuntu aren't playing. Are you getting any sound from the speakers ? On 5/1/07, Anurag Mishra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Look at this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats Anurag On 5/1/07, subhanil CHOWDHURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread Anurag Mishra
Look at this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats Anurag On 5/1/07, subhanil CHOWDHURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Friends, I am still bothered by the fact that I cannot play any audio or video file on my computer. Moreover, even the media files that have been installed by Ub

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread subhanil CHOWDHURY
Friends, I am still bothered by the fact that I cannot play any audio or video file on my computer. Moreover, even the media files that have been installed by Ubuntu as examples are not playing. What to do?? The installation of Ubuntu was an experiment for me. Please help, so that I can stick to t

Re: [ubuntu-in] 7.04 CDs in Mumbai, anyone ... ?

2007-04-30 Thread Roshan
--- Ravi Shanker wrote: [OT] > I don't think anybody asking for M$ Windows Vista > this way will get any > help :P LOL Well, probably, 'anybody' will get help. There's a word called 'piracy' which has both sides of the coin, with many not realizing about it. Advantge: Popularized Disadvantage: R

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu CD for extra packages.. How to

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
Great, I got the package, thats in the Ubuntu Repo, good Thanks a lot buddy.. it simplified the task :) On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 02:14 +0530, Gaurav Mishra wrote: > On 5/1/07, Ravi Shanker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > DO anyone know how to make a iso for Ubuntu update CD which wo

Re: [ubuntu-in] INTRODUCTION

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
Ugh, I didn't know that there is such people in JNU, I must have met them personally. Well, If any event happens in, like LUG meets, lectures or guest lectures, I would like to be there to enjoy the works and words by those people. Let me know if such event happens. :) On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 02:1

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu CD for extra packages.. How to

2007-04-30 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On 5/1/07, Ravi Shanker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Friends, > DO anyone know how to make a iso for Ubuntu update CD which would > contain extra packages like eclipse, inkscape, stardict, audacious etc > with its dependency, so that I can distribute it to those who don't have > internet acce

Re: [ubuntu-in] INTRODUCTION

2007-04-30 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On 4/30/07, subhanil CHOWDHURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > Sorry I did not introduce myself in the last email. > I am Subhanil a PhD student in JNU pursuing my studies > in Economics. Glad to know you Subhanil , JNU has got some very good enthusiast in Linux ,Bioinformatics Prof Andrew ly

Re: [ubuntu-in] 7.04 CDs in Mumbai, anyone ... ?

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
Good, so nice of you. In this inhuman world full of political wastes, atleast we digital guys are getting better and better :) Help, Share and Step Ahead. I don't think anybody asking for M$ Windows Vista this way will get any help :P LOL Cheers On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 01:25 +0530, Preshit D wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-in] 7.04 CDs in Mumbai, anyone ... ?

2007-04-30 Thread Preshit D
I am from Mumbai. Emailed him. I have a copy. On 5/1/07, Ravi Shanker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok,Look around if you found someone locally in Mumbai, else give me the postal address, I will post that to you. I am in Delhi, and it would take almost 3-4 days. Right On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 00:57

Re: [ubuntu-in] 7.04 CDs in Mumbai, anyone ... ?

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
Ok,Look around if you found someone locally in Mumbai, else give me the postal address, I will post that to you. I am in Delhi, and it would take almost 3-4 days. Right On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 00:57 +0530, Sanjay Bhangar wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I normally would have downloaded it myself, but h

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu CD for extra packages.. How to

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
Hello Friends, DO anyone know how to make a iso for Ubuntu update CD which would contain extra packages like eclipse, inkscape, stardict, audacious etc with its dependency, so that I can distribute it to those who don't have internet access to their computer. An ubuntu CD with default applications

Re: [ubuntu-in] 7.04 CDs in Mumbai, anyone ... ?

2007-04-30 Thread Anurag Mishra
If anybody in the community needs UBUNTU CD and other programs, I can probably burn them and ship them. I am in US, and shipping won't take more than a week. I have the UBUNTU 7.04 CDs (and older versions too). If you can tell me how to save files for other programs as well I can burn a DVD for th

[ubuntu-in] 7.04 CDs in Mumbai, anyone ... ?

2007-04-30 Thread Sanjay Bhangar
Hey everyone, I normally would have downloaded it myself, but have not been able to because of construction work at my home and therefore can't leave the computer on. If someone has, preferrably just the GNOME Ubuntu, I would be hugely grateful and am willing to trade a collection of open source

Re: [ubuntu-in] INTRODUCTION

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
So the next time he will be in campus delivering his speech, I guess you will let me know, bro. I m too in Delhi, and I dont want to miss any such event. :) On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 10:42 -0700, subhanil CHOWDHURY wrote: > Hello, > Sorry I did not introduce myself in the last email. > I am Subhanil

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
You need to be sure you installed all the plugins right. I can play almost all videos (except some real vids) on my Box in TOtem. Also, VLC doesnt look well in this built with the audio quality. Also, VLC has its own decoders. FOr audio play, you may like to look at Audacious, (XMMS and Beep-Med

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread Amit K Saha
Hi Subhanil, > The problem is that I cannot play any audio or video > files in my computer. I have installed the gstreamers, > as instructed in the Ubuntu website. But still the > audia and video files are not playing. As with most Linux distributions, Audio (mp3) and Video (mpeg, avi, ..) do not

Re: [ubuntu-in] INTRODUCTION

2007-04-30 Thread Aanjhan R
Hi Subhanil, On 4/30/07, subhanil CHOWDHURY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in Economics. I am however a big enthusiast of the > free software project, although I am a novice. i have > heard Richar Stallman speak in our campus twice. > I think that the free software movement is a strong > one against

[ubuntu-in] INTRODUCTION

2007-04-30 Thread subhanil CHOWDHURY
Hello, Sorry I did not introduce myself in the last email. I am Subhanil a PhD student in JNU pursuing my studies in Economics. I am however a big enthusiast of the free software project, although I am a novice. i have heard Richar Stallman speak in our campus twice. I think that the free software

[ubuntu-in] Need Help

2007-04-30 Thread subhanil CHOWDHURY
Hello, I am a new user of Ubuntu. The problem is that I cannot play any audio or video files in my computer. I have installed the gstreamers, as instructed in the Ubuntu website. But still the audia and video files are not playing. Please Help. Subhanil

Re: [ubuntu-in] reiserfs or ext3 (performance issues)

2007-04-30 Thread Ravi Shanker
XFS is prone to heavy data loss if you do not have a consistent power supply and a UPS. In short, if in any case the computer shuts down abruptly, it looses a lot data, corrupting filesystem too. That is wat most people says, and also my personal experience while on Gentoo. As my UPS is totally dow

Re: [ubuntu-in] reiserfs or ext3 (performance issues)

2007-04-30 Thread Baishampayan Ghose
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 April 2007 10:05 PM, Prashanth Mohan cobbled together some glyphs to say: >> Actually right now I have >> Timing cached reads: 1444 MB in 2.00 seconds = 721.82 MB/sec >> Timing buffered disk reads: 178 MB in 3.07 seconds = 58.24