[ubuntu-in] ubuntu linux toolbox

2008-09-25 Thread AlgoMantra
http://www.textbooktorrents.com/torrents-details.php?id=7987 Very useful book. ----.- 1/f ))) --. ---... http://www.algomantra.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu linux toolbox

2008-09-25 Thread AlgoMantra
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Parthan SR [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: AlgoMantra wrote: http://www.textbooktorrents.com/torrents-details.php?id=7987 Very useful book. Is the book available under a FOSS compatible license which allows free sharing and distribution

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu linux toolbox

2008-09-25 Thread AlgoMantra
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Fabian Enos [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Instead of throwing us a link to a torrent, you could have mentioned the name of the book, the author, etc etc so that we could have atleast googled it or something similar... The name of the book is the topic of this

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu linux toolbox

2008-09-25 Thread AlgoMantra
2. This is the attitude which might cause Free software enthusiasts to be labeled as pirates or free loaders. Here I am trying to pass on a link that I found useful, and deem absolutely appropriate for fellow Indian Ubuntu users, and instead of thanking me, you cast aspersions on my

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu linux toolbox

2008-09-25 Thread AlgoMantra
The Ubuntu Linux Toolbox book is not a freely available book for download. The publishers have clearly mentioned: No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu linux toolbox

2008-09-25 Thread AlgoMantra
Hence, the same publisher has the right to sell his copyrighted version in India at Landmark for INR 1132:

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu linux toolbox

2008-09-25 Thread AlgoMantra
Would be nice if you could mind your language when mailing to a public mailing list. I kindly request you not to send such links to this mailing list in future and to follow list guidelines. Else, we have to kindly show you the door. Thank you. -- Fuck you. I'll find the door myself you

[ubuntu-in] sharing folders over wifi

2008-09-22 Thread AlgoMantra
Yo all, I'm on Hardy. I went into sharing options for a folder which contains videos, so I can share it over wifi with my brother. It made me install a small package, and then gave the error: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory

Re: [ubuntu-in] sharing folders over wifi

2008-09-22 Thread AlgoMantra
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Fabian Enos [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Try 'sudo net usershare' * It opened up a manual page which doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever, therefore I took the liberty of copying it below for your kind perusal, should you have the patience to go through it,

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-09-06 Thread AlgoMantra
Hello All, A friend of mine is running Ubuntu Hardy on a Dell Inspiron 1525, with dual boot Vista. His lspci shows that the wireless chip is of type BCM4310. What's the best way of getting his wifi up and running? I have had lots of frustrating experiences for my own laptop, so if there is an

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-09-06 Thread AlgoMantra
Sanjay, did you buy a system with Ubuntu pre-installed? --- -.- 1/f ))) --. --- ... http://www.algomantra.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] [X-post]: Contributing to KDE-DOCS (long email)

2008-06-04 Thread AlgoMantra
If you are a newbie, and want to contribute to KDE Documentation, you could do it in the following way. Newbie at what? I'm not even sure what KDE is...but I have been using Ubuntu for 4 months now. --- -.- 1/f ))) --. --- ... http://www.algomantra.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-in] WHY CC Licensing is not a good idea (Was Looking for a flat-bed scanner in the 6-7k range)

2008-05-28 Thread AlgoMantra
I think you understood me wrong. By distribution, I meant a linux distribution. Linux distributions mainly contain artwork licensed under CC-BY-SA. I haven't seen any art in Ubuntu except the desktop wallpaper yet. Kindly enlighten me! Even if I misunderstood you, my argument is for ALL art

Re: [ubuntu-in] hardy getting slower with use?

2008-05-24 Thread AlgoMantra
Hello allso apparently Firefox 3 has a pretty insane bug. Calls some function called fsync() repeatedly... http://jasondclinton.livejournal.com/66509.html and... https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421482 -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-in] a unix puzzle

2008-05-24 Thread AlgoMantra
if you try *$cat yes /dev/audio* you should hear what sounds like a sine wave, but probably isn't a true sine. The reason why this happens (and more tricks) are described here: http://everything2.com/e2node/catting%2520weird%2520things%2520to%2520%252Fdev%252Faudio What I would like to do is

Re: [ubuntu-in] [OT] How TV , Mobile and Computers are interfaced

2008-05-23 Thread AlgoMantra
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM, sivaji j.g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nowadays most of the TV program allows the viewer to rate their program by sending sms i.e saying the viewers to type vote a and send sms to some number say 5657 to vote for team A . My question is how thing works ? what

[ubuntu-in] compiling C in Hardy

2008-05-22 Thread AlgoMantra
Just an advance warning, since I found this very strange for a linux system..you might be trying to compile C code using gcc but it may not work, with many errors saying stdio.h: no such fileetc that means you need to: $sudo apt-get install build-essentials. --- -.- 1/f ))) --.

Re: [ubuntu-in] compiling C in Hardy

2008-05-22 Thread AlgoMantra
This is nothing specific to hardy, you always need build-essential for compiling c programs. And build-essential is installed automatically in case of clean install. If it is an upgrade you need to make sure ubuntu-desktop is installed before upgrading. Okay, I didn't know that...

Re: [ubuntu-in] broken filesystem link

2008-05-18 Thread AlgoMantra
What do you mean by JRE1.4 that you have installed? Is it installed from repositories? Assuming that it is installed from repository, you simply need to change the default java being used. Try 'man update-java-alternatives' 1.4 is not included in the repositories. I had to download the .bin

Re: [ubuntu-in] hardy getting slower with use?

2008-05-16 Thread AlgoMantra
I've switched to Epiphany browser. Though it has less features, the performance is much better than Firefox and more importantly, it's keeping my wifi connection steady. Deluge is also another big problem. What's a better torrent client? Azureus was crashing on Gutsy... -- ubuntu-in mailing

Re: [ubuntu-in] What is Special with Ubuntu Studio

2008-05-13 Thread AlgoMantra
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:21 AM, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: linux lingam? ROTFLwhat a name. --- -.- 1/f ))) --. --- ... http://www.algomantra.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] hardy getting slower with use?

2008-05-09 Thread AlgoMantra
Hi, I'm noticing that Hardy (esp. Firefox) has become much slower since i installed it only a few days ago. Nothing dramatic, but its kind of annoying. How does one clean up the temp files and unnecessary data? -- --- -.- 1/f ))) --. --- ... http://www.algomantra.com -- ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-06 Thread AlgoMantra
at 10:33 AM, AlgoMantra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I moved the path accordingly to have the .fw in /lib/firmware/b43 manually, but still no effect. I am copying my dmesg output here: Please advise. I think I need a different firmware, perhaps? Yes, you are right. You need newer

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-05 Thread AlgoMantra
Parth/Onkar, Inside /lib/firmware (using sudo) I found all these .fw files. rebooting had no effect. Kindly advise... regards, - Rohit a0g0bsinitvals2.fw a0g0bsinitvals5.fw a0g0initvals2.fw a0g0initvals5.fw a0g1bsinitvals5.fw a0g1initvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals2.fw b0g0bsinitvals5.fw

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-05 Thread AlgoMantra
My fault. The driver expects the firmware files in b43 directory. The correct command is (I have verified on my ibook :-D ) 'sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/b43 wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o' (Replace .o filename appropriately). In case you get error 'directory does not exist then do 'sudo mkdir

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-04 Thread AlgoMantra
This is the command you should run, once the b43-fwcutter package is installed. 'b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o' (Replace .o filename appropriately) *Dear Onkar*, the b43-fwcutter package installed this time, after I skipped the option to fetch firmware. then I ran this

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-02 Thread AlgoMantra
I had the same problem on my HP Pavilion tx1000, and I found a solution to it. I was upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy, and I am not sure if this problem persists in a fresh Hardy install as well. Mine was a fresh install because Gutsy's update manager was badly corrupted. It seems to be a

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-02 Thread AlgoMantra
Lut4rp, Since I don't have Hardy currently installed, I tried this running the LiveCD two times with different outcomes. I am not a CLI guy yet, and perhaps I should have tried this on a proper install, but here's what happened. I got the .O file in XP, rebooted and kept it waiting as a copy in

Re: [ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-02 Thread AlgoMantra
I am not completely able to understand why are you trying this in a live session. I don't have idea how this works in live session but if you install hardy, I will be able to help you. Onkar Okay, I have installed Hardynow what should I do? --- -.- 1/f ))) --. --- ...

[ubuntu-in] wireless in Hardy

2008-05-01 Thread AlgoMantra
Hello Everyone, Has anyone else had problems with WiFi on Hardy? There seems to be some issue with a package called b43-fwcutter. I keep going in circles but no wifi yet. Please suggest a solution. I don't have a wired connection so I can't use apt-get. I can download files in WinXP and then

[ubuntu-in] ubuntu users in Jaipur

2008-04-10 Thread AlgoMantra
Hello All, I was just wondering if there are any Ubuntu users here who reside in Jaipur? I'll be happy to arrange a meetup so we can share ideas. --- -.- 1/f ))) --. --- ... http://www.algomantra.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-in] can't install anything, many errors

2008-01-18 Thread AlgoMantra
Hi, I haven't been able to install any packages for over a month now. The situation is beyond urgent, and quite ridiculous since I can't continue any of my work. The system kept saying that the file containing list of files for libtheora0 and libtracker-gtk0 were missing every time I run apt-get.

Re: [ubuntu-in] can't install anything, many errors

2008-01-18 Thread AlgoMantra
Did you try `sudo apt-get -f install` ? If so, what was the output ? regards VK Here it is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get -f install [sudo] password for fadereu: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0

Re: [ubuntu-in] New to the list..

2007-11-19 Thread AlgoMantra
aswin! awesome!! welcome!!! what is your idea of a goal, especially if you're using UBUNTU? great! On Nov 19, 2007 9:48 PM, aswin sahadevan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all...! My introduction : I met Parthan and Anjaan at BarCamp5 Bangalore and that's partly the reason i am part of

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

2007-11-16 Thread AlgoMantra
On Nov 16, 2007 12:25 PM, gaurav chaturvedi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rohit, Interesting project this, Where in Bombay is AlgoMantra, located? -- Bandra. just off Carter Road. Why? ----.- 1/f ))) --. ---... http://www.algomantra.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

2007-11-16 Thread AlgoMantra
On Nov 16, 2007 3:49 PM, mehul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 16, 2007 12:26 PM, Parthan S R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bhavani Shankar R wrote: considered bad mailing list etiquette to top post. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting#Top-posting and another thing... your

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

2007-11-16 Thread AlgoMantra
Chill man We are just asking you to follow some guidelines so that its easier to read for others... No hard feelings mate. Who exactly are you asking? And see your post, man! I don't think you are following the same freaking guidelines! Sheesh! Insane. -- ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] gnome radio on Gutsy

2007-11-16 Thread AlgoMantra
Has anyone used Gnomeradio on Ubuntu? How does one check if the right hardware/software is on the machine for this to work? Do laptops normally have an FM tuner card or does it have to be added externally? I'll be highly obliged for some light on the matter ----.- 1/f ))) --.

Re: [ubuntu-in] gnome radio on Gutsy

2007-11-16 Thread AlgoMantra
Thanks Mr. Pandit! But my question was slightly different than what you answered. Let me rephrase it in smaller parts: 1. Do Laptops normally contain an FM tuner card (eg. Compaq Presario C500) or does it have to be bought separately and installed externally? 2. Is it the same as a TV tuner

Re: [ubuntu-in] gnome radio on Gutsy

2007-11-16 Thread AlgoMantra
Thanks, Gora. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

2007-11-15 Thread AlgoMantra
heh, hard feelings about what, dude? - f On Nov 16, 2007 11:36 AM, Bhavani Shankar R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/16/07, Roshan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- AlgoMantra wrote: I don't think anyone should think like that, man :) I'm sure what you're doing is important. Its just

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

2007-11-15 Thread AlgoMantra
I'm glad, if this simple textual mode of expression pains you a lot. I had no idea this list was full of sensitive ladies instead of tough ubuntu hackers. How the hell do you code with such disability? - 1/f PS: Happy? -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

2007-11-15 Thread AlgoMantra
It just reconfirms, I am so uncl! I don't think anyone should think like that, man :) I'm sure what you're doing is important. Its just that I don't know what is NetBeans... about this. and another thing... your style of posting is called top posting..It is generally

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

2007-11-15 Thread AlgoMantra
amit, I'm chill. i know you're chill too. - 1/f -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in