Re: [ubuntu-in] Auto restartting ADSL connection

2009-08-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Gora Mohantyg...@sarai.net wrote: Are you guys not using the network manager panel applet? Of late, it has become so good that I no longer use the command line to configure the network. It handles redialling, etc. NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 is what i use

Re: [ubuntu-in] Auto restartting ADSL connection

2009-08-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Gora Mohantyg...@sarai.net wrote: I just realised that you were talking about the connection between the router and the outside world being disrupted. Yeah, I don't think that Network Manager would realise that and redial. so is using a ppp dialer like kppp or

Re: [ubuntu-in] Auto restartting ADSL connection

2009-08-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Onkar Shindeonkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: By the way, I never heard anyone complaining about frequent disconnect on BSNL connection. There seems to be some serious problem with your setup. Make sure the splitter installed is functioning properly. Also check if

[ubuntu-in] Question about install software from source versus software from repos

2009-09-03 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi am dual booting ubuntu 7.10 and 9.04. The former because when broadbadn does not work (which is frequently the case) then i need to use 7.10 because it allows me to use a device which does not work on 9.04. Often i need to work on openoffice documents while on the net, so if its a document on

[ubuntu-in] The strange case of the Huawei ETS 2288 CDMA dataphone (BSNL)

2009-09-10 Thread Ramnarayan.K
The strange case of the Huawei ETS 2288 CDMA data phone on 7.10 and 9.04 As you may have tracked on this list i have been having major headaches trying to setup the above device on Ubuntu9.04. Initially there was a usbserial bug and then it simply does not work. But Linux ram-laptop

[ubuntu-in] RSS feed that automagically downloads chosen articles

2009-09-24 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi need to know if there is any rss feed reader / or plugin that downloads chosen articles automatically instead of havng to open up in a browser and be manually downloaded. thanks ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Require 8.10 Ubuntu

2009-10-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi, On 10/1/09, Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Zyxware is doing good. You can find the contact details in the website. you can call them and request for a immediate delivery. they will do it sure. To repeat what i said in my previous mail (and to add) a) the last

Re: [ubuntu-in] Require 8.10 Ubuntu

2009-10-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 10/1/09, Mallikarjun mallik.v.ar...@gmail.com wrote: I have Ubuntu 8.10 64bit (default) Custom Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit created from remastersys not 64 bit, but 32 bit, what all packages do you have extra on 32 bit. regards ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] answer for unkown question (was ubuntu-in Digest, Vol 44, Issue 4 - )

2009-10-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 10/4/09, PALASH JHABAK palash.jha...@gmail.com wrote: Install Ubuntu then you can go for some video guide available on YOUTUBE or post ur queries here. - And, Pray, what is yor reply in aid of. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-in] DTP on Ubuntu

2009-10-19 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi am interested in knowing if there are any folks doing professional / semi professional or high quality work using Ubuntu (or any flavour of linux) if so what tools do you use. The interest is because i find it very hard to produce different outputs and they are mostly hack jobs and are not

[ubuntu-in] Squash FS on Ubuntu install discs and some related questions to Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04

2009-10-19 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi have been noticing that the last few versions - 8.10 and 9.04 esp that the install discs are had a few questions The install disc (8.10) seems to be divided into two parts - the bulk hidden away in a squashfs file system and some restricted and other minor stuff (about 9 mb) available in the

Re: [ubuntu-in] DTP on Ubuntu

2009-10-19 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:25 PM, BR!j!TH briji...@gmail.com wrote: I think Openoffice can do what ever you want .. .. 2009/10/19 Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com Hi am interested in knowing if there are any folks doing professional / semi professional or high quality work using Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Alternative to OpenOfficeOrg Word

2009-10-19 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Ok some responses: I agree it is a great software. but sometimes very annoying I have been using from quiet some time, not one to mention i have seen many while using, some to mention 1) when i paste something in the document, it will not appear but will be pasted is it something

Re: [ubuntu-in] Squash FS on Ubuntu install discs and some related questions to Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04

2009-10-20 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Onkar, On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Which CD are you referring to? It seems like you are trying to find the contents of 'Alternate CD' in the 'Desktop CD'. I guess that would be correct, i have downloaded iso's from the official sites and

[ubuntu-in] OT - information / facts on negative aspects of Copyrights / DRM etc

2009-10-25 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi This is kind of off topic to Ubuntu , but relevant to FLOSS, Was making a presentation (on a totally unrelated subject) when the people present saw my laptop booting into Ubuntu. Most, of those present, had never heard of Ubuntu, Open Source, Creative Commons, Copy Left etc, so we planned to

Re: [ubuntu-in] OT - information / facts on negative aspects of Copyrights / DRM etc

2009-10-25 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: Its the community that decides which is OFFTOP and which is ONTOPIC. Not the admin. The admin just executes what the community feels. IMO (I am *not* a mailing list admin), this is perfectly fine to be discussed here.

[ubuntu-in] Error Openoffice.org requires Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. Please install JRE and restart Openoffice.org

2009-10-26 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi am running version OOO.org 3.0.0 on Ubuntu 8.10 (installed from a download from the openoffice website). Ubuntu 8.10 ships OOO.org 2.4 by default. Mostly things are ok but some time back i had made an impress presentation (on an older OOO) with some gimmicky stuff - objects flying, bouncing,

[ubuntu-in] 24 hours with Ubuntu - A Crappy review of Ubuntu (used only for 24 hours ) by BBC

2009-10-26 Thread Ramnarayan.K
24 hours with Ubuntu http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/10/24_hours_with_ubuntu.html A really crappy review of Ubuntu by a BBC reporter, who used it for 24 hours and says its not good enough. Some of the feeback is interesting too - how the mincedows people feel threatened and find the

Re: [ubuntu-in] Error Openoffice.org requires Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. Please install JRE and restart Openoffice.org

2009-10-26 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Onkar, On 10/26/09, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have some sort of JRE package installed? (sun-java6-jre/openjdk-6-jre). If yes then you can configure the OOo to use JRE from menu Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Java installed openjdk-6-jre and things are seeming

Re: [ubuntu-in] 24 hours with Ubuntu - A Crappy review of Ubuntu (used only for 24 hours ) by BBC

2009-10-26 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 10/26/09, Sameep sam...@tuxwire.com wrote: I actually find the review quite fair. I'm sure that the issues faced by the blogger are in fact faced by several users. I agree with the fact that there are problems, but that he should take 24 hours to dismiss the OS is what is galling. There

[ubuntu-in] Interested in hearing about ser experiences about Karmic Koala (9.10)

2009-10-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi am keen to know what user feedback there if for Karmic Koala , from users on the list who may have upgraded / reinstalled. regards ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] OT: Taking tux (and Ubuntu) for a run

2009-11-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Quite a coincidence but people may be interested in this national ad campaign for CDAC's BOSS linux http://www.cdac.in/html/tenders/tender_chennai021109.asp The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a Scientific Society of the Ministry of Communications Information Technology,

Re: [ubuntu-in] download gmail mails elsewhere to read at home

2009-11-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
2009/11/2 Mallikarjun mallik.v.ar...@gmail.com: Firstly this is a Ubuntu-in mailing list, question is out of topic. why ? because from what i understand - 1. thunderbird is software we use within Ubuntu (among many other distros and OS) and in that case its relevant to an Ubuntu user 2. From

Re: [ubuntu-in] Interested in hearing about ser experiences about Karmic Koala (9.10) - WOW

2009-11-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
. 9.04 is running without issues in this laptop. I am using 9.04 since September. -- Gireesh On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 10:19 +0530, Ramnarayan.K wrote: Hi am keen to know what user feedback there if for Karmic Koala

[ubuntu-in] 9.10 overwrote grub of 8.10 - and did not place it in the revised grub - how to recover

2009-11-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi yesterday i installed 9.10 (Karmic Koala) over a mutilboot os system I had already existing Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu Studio 8.10 Kubuntu 8.10 and Win XP The fresh installation was located in the same partition as Kubuntu. However post installation my new grb only shows up Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu

[ubuntu-in] 9.10 overwrote grub of 8.10 - and did not place it in the revised grub - how to recover

2009-11-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi yesterday i installed 9.10 (Karmic Koala) over a mutilboot os system I had already existing Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu Studio 8.10 Kubuntu 8.10 and Win XP The fresh installation was located in the same partition as Kubuntu. However post installation my new grb only shows up Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to setup ZTE AC8700 EVDO on Ubuntu

2009-11-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 11/7/09, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Please don't do top posting. oops, sorry thats by mistake When you connect the device does network manager show you any notification? no message from network manger - though when i try to add a mobile broadband it seems to know which

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to setup ZTE AC8700 EVDO on Ubuntu

2009-11-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 11/8/09, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: That means the device is detected. So have you have tried making configuration? What happens when you try to establish the connection? $ sudo wvdial m0 ATDT#777 NO CARRIER -- No Carrier! Trying again. -- Sending: ATDT#777 -- Waiting for

Re: [ubuntu-in] display using overhead projector

2009-11-10 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 11/9/09, kartik drskar...@gmail.com wrote: This is really frustrating because i wanted to show some presentations and also publisize Ubuntu. Otherwise I am forced to use windows and MS office in the office computers and covert my Open office to .ppt thanks in advance I know the

[ubuntu-in] Koala's yes but not so Karmic (OT)

2009-11-10 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Saw an article on the Koala's, the real Koala's and there does not seem to be anything Karmic about their existence. For your information: regards ram BBC NEWS Koalas 'could face extinction' Australia's koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless urgent action is taken to halt a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Debian / Ubuntu Joint Booth at FOSS.IN 2009

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 11/11/09, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Kartik Mistry kartik.mis...@gmail.com wrote: I'm fine - if there are enough people to take care of booth (not sleeping there ;)) You mean like this guy ;) ?

[ubuntu-in] Apologies to Ubuntu

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi A few days back while posting about Ubuntu Karmic Koala - i had said that for once i would like to see Ubuntu pick up a device and make it just work the device in question was a ZTE AC8700 CDMA 3 g bsnl mobile broadband device. For a few days i cracked my head getting it to work. Then in

Re: [ubuntu-in] display using overhead projector

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Bad luck have you tried the monitor on another system (linux, windows etc) ram On 11/11/09, kartik drskar...@gmail.com wrote: Message: 7 Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:38:06 +0530 From: Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] display using overhead projector To: Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Apologies to Ubuntu

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 11/11/09, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Only thing i am making it work through wvdial and not the default network manager, if and when that works i will let the list know. Why do you prefer to make

Re: [ubuntu-in] Apologies to Ubuntu

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 11/11/09, Dhiraj Chatpar dchat...@gmail.com wrote: how could u say it just worked now fair not sure what you mean but the problem was not with Ubuntu but with bsnl and it just works because Ubuntu recognized the device, attached to a ttyUSBO place and all i had to do was add a few lines into

[ubuntu-in] OT - Linux does it again (New PC to encourage older users)

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi When i read this article my curiosity was satisfied, happily so, only when i confirmed that it had to be Linux that made it possible. My net is too slow to get more details, but the description of the interface is similar to the Sugar UI used in the OLPC's. ram *** New PC to encourage older

Re: [ubuntu-in] Debian / Ubuntu Joint Booth at FOSS.IN 2009

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On 11/11/09, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: Coming back to the subject. Anybody interested in helping us man the Debian/Ubuntu stall? would have liked too but am located too far north ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-in] Information on two software

2009-11-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Needed info on two types of software 1. My laptop HD seems to be failing, atleast that what Karmic is reporting DISK HAS TOO MANY BAD SECTORS - so any idea what software i could use to find out what is happening and maybe rectify the problem. fsck is too confusing to use and have not been able

[ubuntu-in] Helping plan for a Ubuntu server (lan network) in an internet cafe

2009-11-12 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi A friend want me to help him setup Ubuntu in his internet cafe. As of I now i have no idea what his existing configuration looks like, but am assuming that its a host of standalone windows machines and the internet is either served through a multiport router or redirected through one of the

Re: [ubuntu-in] Debian / Ubuntu Joint Booth at FOSS.IN 2009

2009-11-12 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On the other hand if you promise, cross your heart and hope to become proprietory, apple forbid,  to bring some swiss edition chocolate - that might

[ubuntu-in] Fwd: Two Questions regarding future ubuntu versions

2009-11-12 Thread Ramnarayan.K
For your information and comments ram -- Forwarded message -- From: Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:03 PM Subject: Two Questions regarding future ubuntu versions To: jonoba...@ubuntu.com Hi Am a long time Ubuntu user, since 2005

[ubuntu-in] something wrong with the command to add mediubuntu repos

2009-11-12 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi i got this command sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list \ --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu but when i use it (in a terminal) all i get is seems like something is wrong with the

[ubuntu-in] Fwd: [Bug 403329] Re: Some websites, like gmail, appear only partially, just lines and blocks and some icons

2009-11-13 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Here is the second part of the message ram -- Forwarded message -- From: ramnarayan ramnaraya...@gmail.com Date: Nov 13, 2009 6:56 PM Subject: [Bug 403329] Re: Some websites, like gmail, appear only partially, just lines and blocks and some icons To: ramnaraya...@gmail.com Hi

Re: [ubuntu-in] Fwd: [Bug 403329] Re: Some websites, like gmail, appear only partially, just lines and blocks and some icons

2009-11-13 Thread Ramnarayan.K
-- Forwarded message -- From: gaurav chaturvedi gaurav.p.chaturv...@gmail.com Date: Nov 13, 2009 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Fwd: [Bug 403329] Re: Some websites, like gmail, appear only partially, just lines and blocks and some icons To: Ubuntu India Local Community

Re: [ubuntu-in] new to kubuntu

2009-11-18 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM, mulla...@rocketmail.com mr.mull...@gmail.com wrote: Kindly download linux mint 7 glroia edition www.linuxmint.com it run all kind of songs video and all Another suggestion is Ultimate 2.4 (based on ubuntu) this is definitely the one stop install for all issues,

Re: [ubuntu-in] new to kubuntu

2009-11-20 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM, saurav paul saurav_p...@live.in wrote: Hi guys. Thanks for all your support. But the problem is I have got Reliance Broadband Netconnect+ HUAWEI EC168C data card (usb) and it is not working in my KUBUNTU 9.10 KARMIC . In windows it gets automatally detected

[ubuntu-in] OT : Hah A nice decent punch at M$ typical robbery (Microsoft Goof - One Small Snag in a Code-Licensing Quagmire)

2009-11-21 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi could not resist posting this because its one small punch for FOSS and one huge punch for humankind (the kind that use software atleast) * Start of article * Microsoft Goof - One Small Snag in a Code-Licensing Quagmire

[ubuntu-in] How to get packages included by default future versions of Ubuntu

2009-11-21 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi was wondering what the process is for a package to get included as a default in future Ubuntu releases. I suppose there is some popularity kind of thing involved, so any idea how this process works. See this article for some specific software that are proposed for non inclusion in future

[ubuntu-in] OT : Any website(s) in india that provide prices for computing devices

2009-11-25 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Needed to know of any non subscription based site that provide information on prices and availability of digital devices. Specially computers laptops, peripherals and accessories, Most of the company websites usually stop short of providing prices ?? thanks ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-in] OT : Any website(s) in india that provide prices for computing devices

2009-11-25 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: http://computerwarehousepricelist.com/ http://www.theitdepot.com/ http://infibeam.com/ does help thanks ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] Any one using a EEEPC BOX with Ubuntu

2009-11-25 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi I understand that apart from the eeepc laptop there is also a non laptop eeepcs which are low powered. So am wondering if anyone has used them and how well they perform with Ubuntu. http://in.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=QUObl5lSRQQ3lSqJ also any idea what it costs it seems like the eeepc

Re: [ubuntu-in] Any one using a EEEPC BOX with Ubuntu

2009-11-25 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Ritesh Sinha sinha.k.rit...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to reply to my own post, but if you're looking for a nice nettop type of system, I would recommend that you get one with an nvidia ION chipset. This will allow you to play HD video (and provide video video

Re: [ubuntu-in] accessing ubuntu partition

2009-11-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:56 AM, chavala kiran manohar kiranchav...@gmail.com wrote: i installed ubuntu through wubi.  i want to access some files from windows xp  i have tried some like explore2fs and diskinternals but nothing seems to work. what is the problem with explore2fs ?? ram --

Re: [ubuntu-in] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-11-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Am top posting because of the constant bombardment of unsolicited mails from stupid p2p / social networking sites and through members of the list , who are stupid enough not to secure their accounts or insensitive enough to intentionally allow such things to happen. Am not sure what the average

Re: [ubuntu-in] accessing ubuntu partition

2009-11-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Arvind Gupta arvind.bernau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have a dual partion of Karmic and Window 7. While installing I made karmic as primary, and I simply access my window partition like any other ubuntu partition. the orginal poster wants to access Linux

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Calendar

2009-11-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Friends, Some weeks back i wrote about the idea of 'maybe' doing something to promote Ubuntu (Linux / FLOSS etc). One of the ideas is put down below: *** The Ubuntu India 2010 Calendar The new year (2010) is already upon us - The calendar may or may not strictly happen before the new

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Calendar

2009-11-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
for the Ubuntu Calendar And some more ideas of what we can include are 1. Features that are not there on other OS' 2. Popular software that people can use on other OS's (as a start to get into Ubuntu/ Linux) regards ram On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [ubuntu-in] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-11-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
So how many of you also just got a A direct message from Mayank Jain via no-re...@adomado.com the only mayank jain i know is a member of this list Though i don't want to imply that it is this mayank - but could others on the list also clarify whether they too received such a message - if not

[ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-11-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Some days back i had posted about some software being dropped from future releases of Ubuntu, and this included GIMP An article by Ryan Paul, who was present when the decision was taken to drop GIMP from 10.04 is linked here

[ubuntu-in] Meet in Delhi on the 6th Sunday Afternoon - Any one interested

2009-11-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Am wondering if people in the Delhi and the neighborhood would like to meet up on the 6th , Sunday, afternoon. We could figure out a place. Agenda could be 1. To discuss promoting ubuntu - how to and what needs to be done 2. Meet up and have fun - nothing like knowing other folks 3. Discuss

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meet in Delhi on the 6th Sunday Afternoon - Any one interested

2009-11-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
in Chandigarh right now..but will be in delhi for 10 days..starting 2dec..ram where will we meet? Sumit On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Am wondering if people in the Delhi and the neighborhood would like to meet up on the 6th , Sunday, afternoon

Re: [ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-11-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Ravi Kumar ra2...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: Hi . DVD's have become quite ubiquitous, prices of DVD's now are less than what CD's where at the time of the first Ubuntu distribution. Who

Re: [ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-11-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Shrinivasan T tshriniva...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, If they want to slimdown the image size, they can remove openoffice,evolution,all the man pages, even gnome and they can come up with a mini distro for 50 MB like Damn small linux. Why can't they slimdown to

Re: [ubuntu-in] broken installation

2009-11-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:14 AM, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.comwrote: I tried to install the enable malayalam given in the http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in in ubuntu 9.10. But it caused unmet dependencies. when I tried to fix the broken dependencies, by the command *apt-get install

Re: [ubuntu-in] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-11-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Parthan SR parth.technofr...@gmail.comwrote: Sumit Chakraborty wrote: I accept my mistake and hereby apologise for my mistake. I will ensure that such a thing will not happen again in future. We appreciate your apology. You're being allowed to receive and

Re: [ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-12-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan ashutoshrish...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, is therea windows PC pre-installed with a Professional Image editor? That would have been really great! Well that does depend on who is providing a pre-installed computer also. On an average basis its

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meeting on 6 dec

2009-12-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Dear Arjun, Hi Am top posting my first few comments rest of the reply is below. Welcome to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu India List. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Arjun Ghosh অর্জুন arjungh...@gmail.comwrote: Dear Friends, this is my first mail to this list. I read that some of the members are

Re: [ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-12-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Dibyajyoti Mohapatra dib...@vubites.comwrote: only do not agree with the comment that ubuntu is dumbed down version of Linux. Ubuntu without gimp is dumbed is what i wanted to say However softwares such as thunderbird, wvdial GIMP should not be removed

Re: [ubuntu-in] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-12-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Okay, after more than a dozen mails discussing this linkedin and ips khurana thingy i don't think the admins have a choice do they. Vote for Banning this guy apologies be dammed. ram On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM, param thind params...@gmail.com wrote: LinkedIn param thind requested to

Re: [ubuntu-in] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-12-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Jay jayan...@gmail.com wrote: I've told this several times before.. I think we cant help these situations anymore.. Please sign-up to lists and people sign-up for services like Auto Invite[Like in this case].. I know it can get annoying, Its easier to just

Re: [ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-12-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Arvind Gupta arvind.bernau...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu without gimp is dumbed is what i wanted to say We can't reach for a conclusion like that. There are deifnitely  better photo editors like photoshop. Photoshop is not available for Linux and is not open

[ubuntu-in] Virtualbox 3.1 in Ubuntu 9.10 - problem loading USB devices

2009-12-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi I installed VirtualBOx 31. , after downloading directly from the location given below Its the first download on this page http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) i386 I thought that this would have USB device support built in but it does not seem to show up

Re: [ubuntu-in] Virtualbox 3.1 in Ubuntu 9.10 - problem loading USB devices

2009-12-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
SOLVED On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I thought that this would have USB device support built in but it does not seem to show up my usb devices (rather they are non selectable) So whats the issue - do i need to install anything else ?? Seems

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meeting on 6 dec

2009-12-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Just to clarify / confirm and set it p finally we meet and Delhi Haat INA at 1500 Hrs (3 PM) - or 15 - 20 minutes before. We folks can wait till about 3 PM outside and then go in. maps for the venue The ope source

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meeting on 6 dec

2009-12-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
oops the link is below On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: For those who need to know bus routes check this out http://delhigovt.nic.in/dtcbusroute/dtc/Find_Route/getroute.asp -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-in] BSNL Broadband does not work through Network Manager Applet in Ubuntu 9.10

2009-12-05 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Am setting up a fresh installation of Ubuntu 9.10 (Ultimate) . Everything has gone well. The only issue is the BSNL Broadband It is an ADSL connection and does not connect through the Network Manager Applet. I had to use use pppoeconf to set it up. Even on my laptop its the same problem The

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meeting on 6 dec

2009-12-05 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: a bit too late to suggest a meeting at the JNU? where were you all this while :-) am gam for anywhere but people may not be seeing the mail so i thinks its better to stick to default hope you are coming, even for a short

Re: [ubuntu-in] BSNL Broadband does not work through Network Manager Applet in Ubuntu 9.10

2009-12-05 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:14 PM, $reehari theneoind...@gmail.com wrote: Hi . First of all i don't see any reason why you need to configure dsl in network manager . Doesn't your modem auto connect to the internet ??? almost all modems do .. the way most of us connect to dataone (or any other

Re: [ubuntu-in] 8.04 complete repository needed - Bangalore

2009-12-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Fabian Enos fabian.e...@gmail.com wrote: The subject says it all. I have no internet connection at home and i need the repository. Preferably on cds. I will pay you for the cds used.  Thanks Check out http://tuxdvds.com I find the service reliable and the DVD

Re: [ubuntu-in] Canonical only to send free cd's to developers

2009-12-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan ashutoshrish...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.workswithu.com/2009/11/18/who-deserves-free-ubuntu-cds-more/ reading the original blog reveals some interesting facets see: http://blog.canonical.com/?p=264 Points from there are: We will

[ubuntu-in] Strange behaviour of mouse / touch pad

2009-12-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Am running 9.10, with the latest available kernel. r...@ram-laptop:~$ uname -a Linux ram-laptop 2.6.31-16-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 3 22:00:22 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux The problem seems to have cropped up today while trying to figure out why the network manager is not working I

Re: [ubuntu-in] Strange behaviour of mouse / touch pad

2009-12-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure you uninstalled only network-manager related packages and nothing else. There is no reason why uninstalling NM should cause problem for mouse. seems to be a hardware issue will lspci help with that

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meeting on 6 dec

2009-12-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Dibyajyoti Mohapatra dib...@vubites.com wrote: Dear all, Did you guys meet on Sunday? It will be better if you could post a brief summary about the same. Yes Narender has provided a summary the people who came are - Narendra, Satyakam, Bryan, Mark and Mr

Re: [ubuntu-in] Strange behaviour of mouse / touch pad

2009-12-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Jkhatri khatri.ja...@gmail.com wrote: just wanted to know what kind of hardware is there .  I was having the same problem... my blue-tooth adopter was the couse of problem thinkpad t60 with touch pad, trackball will post lspci once i can tranfer the

Re: [ubuntu-in] Strange behaviour of mouse / touch pad

2009-12-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Jkhatri khatri.ja...@gmail.com wrote: just wanted to know what kind of hardware is there .  I was here is the lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI

[ubuntu-in] A newbies review of karmic Koala 9.10

2009-12-08 Thread Ramnarayan.K
http://skattertech.com/2009/12/ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/ Its quite interesting, esp the simple comparisions with you know what $$ HP DV5 owners should also check it out ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu-in Digest, Vol 46, Issue 22

2009-12-12 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Ashish, am top posting because this is not a reply to your mail. Just had a suggestion since you are replying to a ubuntu -in digest which contains main mails it would be good a.) if you changed the header to reflect what you are responding too b.) post below the mail your are responding too

[ubuntu-in] PLaying Flash files in firefox without using a propreitory / closed source tool

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi am running FF 3.5.5 on Ubuntu 9.10 - with a host of multimedia codecs installed. Have even installed the gnash plugin (and restarted firefox) have redirected FF to use Totem Movie Player and have enabled Totem Movie player to play FF media files. But i still cannot play videos from some

[ubuntu-in] Slide show maker for ubuntu

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Some weeks (or months) back i asked about a software to make slide shows with images and to generate a video file with sound well just quite accidently found one Called quite nicely Imagination A simple and lightweight DVD slideshow maker its available in the Ubuntu repos and is linked below

Re: [ubuntu-in] PLaying Flash files in firefox without using a propreitory / closed source tool

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Nandan Marathe nrmara...@gmail.com wrote: I was able to play this with Flash player 10 plugin Shockwave Flash 10.0 r42. You would be able to get a version via flashplugin-installer package in multiverse can't truly say what made it work, but after installing

Re: [ubuntu-in] PLaying Flash files in firefox without using a propreitory / closed source tool

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan ashutoshrish...@gmail.com wrote: Does a propreitory / closed source tool include Adobe flash player? check the properties in synaptic where the are mentioned as non free I am pretty sure that adobe flash plugin in closed source / non free

Re: [ubuntu-in] Slide show maker for ubuntu

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Nandan Marathe nrmara...@gmail.com wrote: for slide show with/without animations, you can take a look at latex with its beamer extensions. The installations also come with custom examples with themes, which you can use directly. It allows for excellent

Re: [ubuntu-in] PLaying Flash files in firefox without using a propreitory / closed source tool

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan ashutoshrish...@gmail.com wrote: I was always able to work flash in Ubuntu by the following: (From most effective to least) 1: Remove any flash plugin and go to a website with flash with firefox. When prompted for missing plugins, install

Re: [ubuntu-in] Trouble adjusting the monitor's resolution

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Dhruv your entire question , of one line is posted after tonnes of other lines which makes no sense can you atleast cut out the noise and spare us the extra reading and searching. please read list mailing guidelines and am showing you below - what your mail could have looked like *** On Wed,

[ubuntu-in] Editing boot up options

2009-12-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi I have Ultimate (Ubuntu) 2.5 installed. However need to make a few changes 1. While booting up Ultimate shows me a Splash SCreen rather than the various lines that show up while booting, so how to re-enable that. Alt F1 works but would rather have it by default. thanks ram -- ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] More spam from list members- what can be done

2009-12-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi People might not think this is important even so am posting my 2 bits. Today , yet again, some spam came in from https://www.boxbe.com through a list member. I am sure its a list member because i ran a search for the address on my gmail accounbt and it returned only Ubuntu.in mails - and one

Re: [ubuntu-in] More spam from list members- what can be done

2009-12-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Fabian Enos fabian.e...@gmail.com wrote: Yes i agree its pathetic and quite cheap on the part of the person who gave away the ids. They really should be banned while i am kind of angry i think a.) the person should apologize and read some internet safety rules

Re: [ubuntu-in] Spam into the mailing list

2009-12-17 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Kartik Mistry kartik.mis...@gmail.com wrote: From: Aanjhan R: I really wonder where are the mailing list admin folks. I see my name in the wiki team but I dont have access. Folks, are you guys doing something in the background by moderating these folks? Or its

Re: [ubuntu-in] Spam into the mailing list

2009-12-18 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Ankur, are you new to the list if so please read the mail guidelines, Mahesh Mohan has already said why are you new to Ubuntu , if so it would be good to know that way folks will know what kind of advice and how to give. Reg. a possible see below your text posted On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at

Re: [ubuntu-in] Spam into the mailing list

2009-12-18 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:58 PM, shan chak shankholove2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi, I am not a fan of spams,but I find the dozen mails after a spam ,explaining why you shouldn't spam,why it hurts individuals,what wrong they do to society, even more frustrating. The spams in this list are very

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