[ilugd] FOSS Petition for WB

2011-11-24 Thread A. Mani
Please Sign: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-shift-towards-closed-source-proprietary-software-i.html The text of the petition is STOP SHIFT TOWARDS CLOSED SOURCE PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE IN E-GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION, AND DECLARE A PRO-FOSS POLICY Target: Department

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

2011-11-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Ashish SHUKLA said on Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 08:46:15AM +0530,: Are you sure your RTC (real-time clock) battery is not discharged ? Maybe try replacing the battery. This certainly is not a battery / RTC problem, because things work perfectly with the new drive disconnected. I used to

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

2011-11-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
A. Mani said on Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 08:49:01AM +0530,: Some mainboard component has failed or it is a built-in bug for the type of chipset you have. Yes, I suspect I will upgrade the BIOS and see. change bios. Remove all other sata drives and test. No use - see the other mail.

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

2011-11-24 Thread chandrakant kumar
you should try changing the disk mode to _ata_ if it is set to _ahci_. This option is somewhere in the BIOS settings. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2011-11-24 Thread nkapoor
Fri 25-Nov-2011: ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: = New/recent events: 0 Total events: 83 = New Discussion forum postings: 0 Total postings: 1137

Re: [ilugd] [Off-topic]R expert

2011-11-24 Thread kamakshaiah m
Dear Kapoor, I am happy to learn that there are experts of R in India. I use R for my research (management). Though I am not a programmer I am trying to do something about it. My question is, do we have any groups for R in India. I usually write to somebody in France and other countries as and