[fsug-tvm] compiz fusion doubt

2009-04-03 Thread jackson ouseph
hi frndz ,i am new to ubuntu ,in my desktop i can't enable certain effects get disabled which was previousily active such as firing paint and i like to knw hw to work on compiz and addons on it in detail.plz help me... jackson --~--~

[fsug-tvm] Re: Can Linux destroy the hardware?

2009-04-03 Thread sunil s
The same problem exists for windows also In my previous office, there was a computer which goes to sleep mode and could'nt recover from that. By experience we learned that there is something wrong in hardware ( and not that of OS) and changed the motherboard by the dealer On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at

[fsug-tvm] Re: Can Linux destroy the hardware?

2009-04-03 Thread Visakh
Hi, @BINNY The more you describe the problem, the more it appears to me like a power supply issue rather than a power management issue. As far as I know, all computer CRT monitors are designed to switch off their CRT when the video signal form the system disappears. Other than that, their CRT p

[fsug-tvm] Re: Can Linux destroy the hardware?

2009-04-03 Thread Shino Jacob
my monitor goes off ater 15 minutes , and usually I turn it back on by moving mouse or pressing any key, nothing happend so far, its not a very new system 2 yrs old and i am using ubuntu for the last 6 months or so. no problems so far. One question i have is , is turning off and turning on u

[fsug-tvm] Re: kind of attack

2009-04-03 Thread Visakh
Hi, There are rootkits for Linux and they are Linux specific. They are more common than Linux viruses, though I don't know how common they are. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You r

[fsug-tvm] The Hindu Editorial calls for Free Software in Healthcare

2009-04-03 Thread Anivar Aravind
The solution to the problem of flexibility lies in free and open source software. India has already adopted open source approaches in administrative systems and education projects. This represents a good policy foundation on which to build a national eHealth system. It could, for a start, leverage

[fsug-tvm] Re: kind of attack

2009-04-03 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Are there rootkits for Linux? or are they platform independent? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Visakh wrote: > > Duck and cover! The Chinese are attacking! Ok, may be that is not what > is happening! But at any rate- it is advisable not to probe the > attacker. The best defense on the net for

[fsug-tvm] Re: Can Linux destroy the hardware?

2009-04-03 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Well about the stabilizer, its actually a manual stabilizer not the automatic ones. When the voltage drops my UPS starts beeping as though the power had gone off and many a time I had to switch off the PC. I solved the problem by using the stabilizer , it has a switch for selecting the voltage stat

[fsug-tvm] Re: Can Linux destroy the hardware?

2009-04-03 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Well i am grateful to everyone for taking this post seriously. I didnt suspect Linux either and I intend to believe it was a faulty SMPS. But after the incident I am afraid to use the sleep mode. The reason I am taking this seriously is that recently a week ago I decided to give the 'Turn off Mon

[fsug-tvm] Re: GNU/Linux Syllabus and Meeting

2009-04-03 Thread Nikhil Nair
Which part of the palace would you guys be at ? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Prasad SR wrote: > > A humble Reminder > > Dont miss the meeting today eve after 5.00pm @ kanakakunnu > > > -- > Regards, > > Prasad.S.R > > "Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different

[fsug-tvm] Re: Video on GNU/Linux and ilug-tvm

2009-04-03 Thread nishandh M
may be we can do without video, but by extracting splash images of distrios from insatallation disks and default desktop backgroun images, we can download also...and Blasting Rock music can be composed using tools in Ubuntu studio. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is

[fsug-tvm] Re: Video on GNU/Linux and ilug-tvm

2009-04-03 Thread nishandh M
Some necessary softawares can be provided, i would like spending time in KINO/or Cinellera HD / Cinelerra CV/ or Open Movie editor etc, Audacity is good for sound editing, and we have Media transcoders also, all in the Open genre. I wud like to be a part of.Have Ubuntu studio, and some video tutori

[fsug-tvm] Re: Can Linux destroy the hardware?

2009-04-03 Thread nishandh M
i noticed this, in compaq laptop model v5000TU, with an ubuntu 7.04, when u shut down, the Hard disk is in use untill the last micro second (untill the system LED is off), and the kind of clinking sound is heared from the HDD area, the same u hear when u force an abrupt powerroff.But in the newer v