Re: [ubuntu-in] Migrating an organization to FLOSS

2009-01-21 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: So I've been using Ubuntu on my machine at work and the team I manage all use Ubuntu - the rest of the organization seems to wonder why I never have virus problems and have seen that the basics an office computer requires,

Re: [ubuntu-in] Migrating an organization to FLOSS

2009-01-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: and we're considering migrating everyone to Ubuntu. Some 50 desktops and 50 laptops. Would anyone have advice? A manual? Guidelines? here is an interesting post by a long time windows uses *Living free with Linux: 2

Re: [ubuntu-in] Migrating an organization to FLOSS

2009-01-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: 6. Which windows os can give you god only knows how many languages to boot into and use (i guess the limitation is your hard disk size) i have hindi and english login options - apart from using hindi regularly within

Re: [ubuntu-in] Video cutter and editor

2009-01-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:12 PM, shan chak shankholove2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: I wonder is there any better software in ubuntu ( Linux in general) to convert and edit videos all at the same time(like wmv to avi and then edit avi)!!! I use mencoder and avidemux to do these stuffs. just posted

Re: [ubuntu-in] diary or journal tool

2009-01-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
am a bit worried about the java linking though - any cause for concern there java linking? afaik, its all javascript, no java - whats the cause for concern ? how does it work ?? javascript links can't be copied like html links ?? ** also i know nothing about java and javscripts ;-) so

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu India Distribution

2009-01-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Anand, On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.comwrote: However i would like to say 1. Don't compare pirated windows with Ubuntu - ethically for a school it sucks and they should know it - buying pirated software to teach kids thats not on. I'm taking

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu India Distribution

2009-01-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.comwrote: May I ask where this school is located? Canonical also has partners who can provide support: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/partners/solution/#as Prakruti Badi, Chennekottapalli, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Re: [ubuntu-in] installing fonts

2009-01-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Bruce Mathew brucemat...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends I am new to this systemPlease help me in installing new fonts and applications What version of Ubuntu are you using: For fonts open a Terminal and run nautilus (the file browser) in super user mode

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need to use Ekiga but firewall prevents it

2009-01-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Firestarter is not a firewall. It is just a GUI to manage firewall. By default the firewall in linux (when activated) does not block outgoing traffic. It just blocks incoming traffic. A more detailed description of

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working

2009-01-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Just a little idiot-check because I know I have done this in the past - you sure the little switch to turn on and off the wireless card isn't turned off, right ? yep its turned on, also when its on there is a led icon that lights up -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working

2009-01-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
maybe i am being para annoyed ;-) and there are not wifi networks around so my tools don't show anything On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:29 AM, ramnaraya...@gmail.com ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: so is there anyway i can diagnose

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to test if the wifi hardware is working

2009-01-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Aanjhan R aanj...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: maybe i am being para annoyed ;-) and there are not wifi networks around so my tools don't show anything Sorry but you made me say this. WTF

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Repository DVDs available at Zyxware

2009-01-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Vinayak Mutalikdesai vinayak.mde...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry it may be a silly question... What is this repository DVD? Due to H/W issues I am unable to use Ubuntu 8.10 [I am using 8.04]. Can I use the repository DVD? To answer your II question first -Yes you

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Repository DVDs available at Zyxware

2009-01-30 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Vinayak Mutalikdesai vinayak.mde...@gmail.com wrote: I have issue with video driver. I upgraded my PC once to 8.10 after that It wont display GUI. So I am not interested in upgrading to 8.10 with 8.04 only can i use it? 1. What are your system specs have you

[ubuntu-in] How to find / reset user password in Ubuntu

2009-02-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi am helping some of my folks update their ubuntu's but on their machines automatic login has been enabled consequently they have forgotten the user password is there some way of finding it / resetting it ?? thanks ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to find / reset user password in Ubuntu (solved)

2009-02-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Solved On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi am helping some of my folks update their ubuntu's but on their machines automatic login has been enabled consequently they have forgotten the user password http://www.pcsympathy.com/2008/05/12/ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Installing KDE on Ubuntu using other distors......

2009-02-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:00 PM, nagendra prasad nagen...@google.com wrote: Hi All, I need to know how to install KDE on ubuntu using other desktop distors. I have few .deb distors but I am unable to install the KDE desktop as everytime my system get crashes. Please help me. why not install

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to find / reset user password in Ubuntu

2009-02-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: which is why i have always password-protected the grub, and password-protected the cmos-settings as well. my own machine has a boot up password - these two machines are someone else's and are quite safe from any casual

Re: [ubuntu-in] wi-fi solution discussion

2009-02-03 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Rohit V Bhute rvbh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, After reading through reviews and checking through the HCL and stock availability in stores, I bought a Linksys WRH54G wireless router and a WUSB54GC USB wireless adapter. The wireless adapter is fully supported

Re: [ubuntu-in] samba for dosemu

2009-02-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Amit Sarda amit.sa...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All i am a newby in unbuntu. welcome i would like to install samba for dosemu. go to system -administration - synaptic package manager open this and run a search for samba - it will have the package you are

Re: [ubuntu-in] installing fonts

2009-02-05 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:38 PM, shan chak shankholove2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Use amarok or banshee...they are far better than Rythmbox and as far as codecs are to be installed I think the first time you play song then Totem or Rythmbox informs you about the missing codecs and asks if you want

Re: [ubuntu-in] Connecting a Wifi router to a BSNL Broadband modem through Ubuntu

2009-02-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Parthan, My further queries below: On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Parthan SR parth.technofr...@gmail.com wrote: ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Have been trying to connect a Linksys wrt54gl wifi router to a BSNL Broadband modem. Everything seems to be setup but i cannot seem to

Re: [ubuntu-in] Connecting a Wifi router to a BSNL Broadband modem through Ubuntu

2009-02-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Raseel, On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Raseel Bhagat raseelbha...@gmail.com wrote: You can isolate the problem step-by-step. First see if you are able to connect through a Wired connection using a regular Ethernet cable. Nope cannot connect to the net via ethernet cable (through the

Re: [ubuntu-in] Connecting a Wifi router to a BSNL Broadband modem through Ubuntu

2009-02-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Ok I tried all the suggestions turned Wifi Off and tried just the ethernet - still no progress Turned off encryption Turned of the wifi routers firewll still no connection to the net On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Raseel Bhagat raseelbha...@gmail.com wrote: Nope cannot connect to the net via

Re: [ubuntu-in] Connecting a Wifi router to a BSNL Broadband modem through Ubuntu

2009-02-08 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Any idea what the default login is for the BSNL modem -its a UTstarcom Eth+USB+ADSL2+router i cannot seem to access this router though am sure the login was admin and pwd was admin - so not sure whats happening now

Re: [ubuntu-in] [ilugd] Need help- new to linux

2009-02-18 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Madhavan, Good to know Chirag (and or you are exploring Ubuntu) Why did you begin with 8.04 (8.10 is far better) we can send you a copy immediately if need be. Am replying to some of your queries immediatly see replies inline On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net

Re: [ubuntu-in] Some questions regarding Kubuntu

2009-02-21 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:49 PM, ramnaraya...@gmail.com ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Is anyone running kubuntu and ubuntu - in dual boot - is it possible (same releases) It is possible. But, why would you want to

Re: [ubuntu-in] Some questions regarding Kubuntu

2009-02-21 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Pratul Kalia pratulka...@gmail.com wrote: See http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/kde for a guide (hasn't been updated to the latest version of Ubuntu but the process is the same.) No need of a dual-boot. thanks that sounds good ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-in] Some questions regarding Kubuntu

2009-02-21 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Vishal Rao vishal...@gmail.com wrote: one minor annoyance is that both DEs' software programs show up in the menus, so i have multiple browsers, email torrent, multimedia apps kind of littering the place... well i did install the kde apps and Desktop

Re: [ubuntu-in] Edubuntu LiveCD

2009-02-26 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Nitesh Mistry mistrynit...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all! Is a livecd version of Edubuntu available? If so, where can I find one? http://edubuntu.org/Download ah i think

Re: [ubuntu-in] free media DVD for ubuntu

2009-02-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:26 PM, ambika divya ambikadi...@gmail.com wrote: Can u please tell me  How to get the LUG , i try googling but failed . Depends on where you live. Nope he's not being cute but depending on where

Re: [ubuntu-in] free media DVD for ubuntu

2009-02-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:02 PM, ambika divya ambikadi...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried my local LUG ..link not working . Just a posted a mail. Can i know is BIHAR- LUG is fault ? Not sure if Bihar LUGis at fault - so since it may be sometime before you get good support

Re: [ubuntu-in] free media DVD for ubuntu

2009-02-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:16 PM, ambika divya ambikadi...@gmail.com wrote: Oh really thanks ,i am just wating for this reply . Can anyone help me .bihar LUG issue . Is it running or not. am assuming you are new to the list so some words of advice if replying to a mail its prefearble

Re: [ubuntu-in] how to install bluetooth connection in ubuntu 8.10

2009-03-03 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:57 PM, ambika divya ambikadi...@gmail.com wrote: hello all . Can someone guide me how to install bluetooth connection in ubuntu 8.10 ? I have nokia 6085 phone . install gnome-bluetooth to set up devices gnokii and or wammu bstscanner for bluetooth scanning use

Re: [ubuntu-in] good pdf viewer and editer for ubuntu 8.10

2009-03-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:49 AM, nilesh trivedi nilesh...@gmail.com wrote: OpenOffice can export documents as PDF. For reading PDFs, the built-in evince document viewer is good enough. evince is good to edit pdf's you have two options (atleast) install pdfedit - this takes time to get used

Re: [ubuntu-in] IM client -pidgin problem

2009-03-09 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 9:35 PM, ambika divya ambikadi...@gmail.com wrote: I don't want to change pidgin .Now what can i do . When i get one new mail it shows the notification of double the number of inbox mails . Any idea how can i rectify this Pidgin is muti support IM

Re: [ubuntu-in] OT : Spam On This List

2009-03-11 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Jay jayan...@gmail.com wrote: -- Debasis Chaudhuri i know what you mean, like the above example - blank mail with just a name i put it down to this guy trying to see if posting to the list works and get a few seconds of fame ;-) and maybe a worrisome

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello! new to list-- 3 questions

2009-03-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/16 suranjan jii suranjan.suran...@gmail.com: Hello there! My name is Suranjan, and I am just new to Linux. I am a college professor in Buxar, Bihar and am interested in spreading the news about Linux to all

[ubuntu-in] Continuing Problems with Huawei ETS2288

2009-03-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi This is continuation to a variety of mails to help setup a BSNL CDMA (fixed wireless phone) my issue is with Huawei ETS 2288 (BSNL) on Ubuntu 8.10 To clarify - this machine works well uptill 7.10 from 8.04 onwards somethings got changed and whatever has been suggested on this list has not

[ubuntu-in] Sharing Internet from within Ubuntu

2009-03-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Am accessing the net of an old laptop running Ubuntu 7.10. This is the only machine that can access the net via a BSNL WLL (CDMA) phone. I want to share this internet with other machines that have moved on in life and are running higher versions of Ubuntu. TO share the internet i have a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Continuing Problems with Huawei ETS2288

2009-03-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Moz, Thanks for the suggestions, but still no success. This is what i did. first checked ls /dev/ttyU* your right there were no ttyUSBO or USB1 so did -$sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 -$sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 voila next time it did ls /dev/ttyU* i got /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyUSB1

Re: [ubuntu-in] Continuing Problems with Huawei ETS2288

2009-03-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: edited RC Local with the lines' sudo -S modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0451 product=0x3401 /home/ram/foo/foo.txt sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 in the /etc/rc.local there are two

Re: [ubuntu-in] Continuing Problems with Huawei ETS2288

2009-03-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Moz, Thanks for putting in so much time. replies below your mail On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Moz list...@gmail.com wrote: When I was trying the configuration for the first time I did all this from the command line, not from rc.local or anywhere else. So, lets try this: 1. Change

Re: [ubuntu-in] configuring Huawei WLL phone

2009-04-03 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Dear Moz Thanks for the help. will try what you say. I have lose xp on a partition and the fact is even with the official drivers from BSNL and from Huawei i have not been able to set it up there either. Did a search for the specific device (ETS 2288) and reports from other places (Africa) seems

[ubuntu-in] Problem with xDSL connection of BSNL

2009-04-03 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi A few days back a lightening strike took out our BSNL exchange. The broadband service was the last to be restored but the connection we have seems to not work. Its a username password authenticated connection. Under 8.10 the network manager such a DSL connection - which i have made. But am

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu-in Digest, Vol 38, Issue 8

2009-04-07 Thread Ramnarayan.K
2009/4/6 Manish Sinha (मनीष सिन्हा) m...@manishsinha.net: Nothing much to say, except a few things 1. Please don't reply to digest messages. I guess what you mean is atleast change the subject line of a digest post to know what the contents of the mail are. 2. Please don't top post. ram

Re: [ubuntu-in] Partitioning Drive for i Linux

2009-04-08 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Prakash Advani prak...@ubuntu.com wrote: consoleart wrote: I prefer to have two / partitions so on one I install 8.04 and the other I install 8.10. Now I will replace the 8.04 with 9.04. That way I always have a working and fully configured operation system

[ubuntu-in] problem with PPPoeconf and xdsl connection

2009-04-08 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi we have a XDSL broad band connection - on an older system running 7.10 - we don't have an advanced network manager that helps easily setup up an XDSL connection - so i used pppeoconf. It worked for quite a while with no problem whatsoever. Now its stopped working - tried plog and the message

[ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's

2009-04-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi In desperation to access the internet via my BSNL / CDMA WLL phone i reinstalled Ubuntu 7.10. I have left space for another Linux OS (probably Kubuntu 8.10 - since i have that CD) The following is my HD partitioning /dev/sda8 6.5G 2.0G 4.2G 33% / (ubuntu 7.10 root and home

Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's

2009-04-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think you can share /boot partition. But I have never done such type of installation so I will wait for someone else to provide insights. Ok earlier i have dual booted two Linux OS' and what i remember is

Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's

2009-04-27 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Hardeep Singh hardeep1singh_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Ok earlier i have dual booted two Linux OS' and what i remember is that the later Linux automatically picked up the earlier os and replaced the grub loader incorporating the old, the winced and the new in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's

2009-05-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Hardeep Singh hardeep1singh_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: --- Original message --- From: Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: 27.4.'09,  23:06 what you mean is i should not specify a new /boot and let the new linux os

Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's

2009-05-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Finally some sucess On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: You don't need to put the second grub on separate partition. You can safely overwrite the first grub installation. Tried this but then the second Linux OS disappears (rather its boot details)

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to increase /root partition size in Ubun tu 8.04

2009-05-20 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Not a direct response but a possible solution. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena le...@itforchange.net wrote: Hi all, Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after installation, using gparted? or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root to

Re: [ubuntu-in] What you want to see in Ubuntu 9.10?

2009-05-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Hardik Dalwadi hardik.dalw...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hello Community, Better Localization, New features, Support for existing hardware, User Experience and more. I will be spending my next week at UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit), where the roadmap of Ubuntu

[ubuntu-in] (partially OT) Workaround for BSNL Huawei CDMA ets 2288 phone Question regarding Ubuntu kernel

2009-06-08 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi The CDMA FWT phone Huawei ETS T1 2288 has been non functional on ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10. Needless to say its been frustrating to not be able to use a later version of Ubuntu (and or other later software). The problem seems to be that the respective (default) kernels seem to not load the

[ubuntu-in] BSNL - Huawei ETS 2288 CDMA phone on Ubuntu 9.04 (not working)

2009-06-13 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi recently posted a mail on the BSNl Huawei ETS 2288 not working on Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10. Since then managed to lay hands on Ubuntu 9.04 and wanted to see if it fared any better. It did in one sense which makes me hopeful that it will work but somewhere down the line something is still amiss

Re: [ubuntu-in] (partially OT) Workaround for BSNL Huawei CDMA ets 2288 phone Question regarding Ubuntu kernel

2009-06-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Kingsly, On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Kingsly Johnmember+ubu...@kingsly.net wrote: These phones don't have drivers of their own, they usually work with generic drivers. So it's most likely not a kernel level issue. (Did it work with Ubuntu 7.x ??) Yes it worked with 7.04 and 7.10 but

Re: [ubuntu-in] (partially OT) Workaround for BSNL Huawei CDMA ets 2288 phone Question regarding Ubuntu kernel

2009-06-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
an edit On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Ramnarayan.Kramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Kingsly, . Strangely this device works on PCLinuxOS with kernal PclinuxOS Kernal 2.6.26.8.tex3 ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] question about ubuntu 9.04 updates

2009-06-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Will trying to figure out a solution to my problem with being able to use a USb serial device on Ubuntu 9.04 cam across a problem someone else had http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1163615highlight=Huawei+ets+2280 seems like the kernal itself might need to be updated So my question is

[ubuntu-in] Where can i find info on recent Ubuntu Developments

2009-06-18 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi was wanting to know what is the site / places were one can get recent Ubuntu development information, This is in the context of say wanting to know what the latest kernal update is for Ubuntu 9.04 and other recent developments that may be happening. Yes i could go to synaptic and ask it to

Re: [ubuntu-in] Where can i find info on recent Ubuntu Developments

2009-06-18 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Ritesh Sinha sinha.k.rit...@gmail.comwrote: For major changes/improvements in linux land and linux hw compatibility (along with a wealth of other info pertinent to linux but not limited to Ubunu) you could follow http://www.phoronix.com. If you use a feed

Re: [ubuntu-in] BSNL Huawei CDMA problem

2009-07-01 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Ninad, following your suggestions On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Ninad Pundalik ninadsp16...@gmail.comwrote: Kindly check the mail I had sent in response to your earlier mail. This is a problem with wvdial and not the kernel, if you are unable to connect to the internet. I too had

[ubuntu-in] Need to upgrade RAm but need to know what it is

2009-07-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi needed Ubuntu to tell what kind of RAM i have on my machine - and if i were to buy additional RAM what it should be. Any idea how to do it tried lshw and sysinfo - but both don't give any details ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need to upgrade RAm but need to know what it is

2009-07-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: Just remove the RAM from your system and check it? good idea also found out a nice way # sudo lshw -html computerprofile.html this generates a nice profile and tells quite a bit. Seems my laptop maxes out at 2 gig

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need to upgrade RAm but need to know what it is

2009-07-04 Thread Ramnarayan.K
2009/7/4 Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] abhishek.amber...@gmail.com needed Ubuntu to tell what kind of RAM i have on my machine - and if i were to buy additional RAM what it should be. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/check-ram-speed-linux/ thanks, thats a good tip ram -- ubuntu-in mailing

[ubuntu-in] Has anyone got this device working on Ubuntu 9.04 (or any linux running a new kernal)

2009-07-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Has anyone got this device - Huawei ETS 2288 (CDMA , BSNL Fixed Wireless Data Phone) working on Ubuntu 9.04 or any other Linux running more than kernal version 2.6.28 Second are there any other similar CDMA - USB wireless devices that are not working on Ubuntu 9.04 ?? Am asking the first in

[ubuntu-in] 9.04 collapsing in a heap after updates

2009-07-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Seems like 9.04 is giving more than enough trouble. Trying to be proactive i got my 9.04 machine onto a broadband connection and got it to update - first yesterday and then today The first error i got was Error activating XKB configuration. It can happen under various circumstances: - a bug

[ubuntu-in] 9.04 maintenance

2009-07-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On opening synaptic i there is a category - STATUS - Installed (Auto removable) what is this because it shows me about 26 packages and 229 MB that can be removed ?? does it mean i can ask Synaptic to safely remove these packages which include linux-headers-2.6.28-11 and linux-headers-2.6.28-13

Re: [ubuntu-in] 9.04 collapsing in a heap after updates

2009-07-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: Hi, Not using 9.04 at the moment, but many of your problems seem to have to do with a corrupted .Xauthority,/.Xauthority (or move it to ~/.Xauthority.bak if you are paranoid), and it will be recreated. Thanks will try

Re: [ubuntu-in] Has anyone got this device working on Ubuntu 9.04 (or any linux running a new kernal)

2009-07-15 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: I think this might be related to 'usbserial'. usbserial was previously a kernel module. Starting with jaunty it was built in kernel. So the devices that needed some arguments passed to this module do not work. AFAIK,

[ubuntu-in] This Connection is Untrusted (tourble with Firefox)

2009-07-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Am facing some trouble with firefox - on some sites that require secure connections - like ticket bookings, passport sites etc. The problem is when i click on some links i get this message (below between the ***) *This Connection is Untrusted* *You have asked Firefox to connect

[ubuntu-in] How efficient are we while on Ubuntu

2009-07-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Posted a poll on ubuntu forums am really curious to know how much time we Ubuntu folk spend on getting our system up and running http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1214950 so those who are members of the forum - it would be good to get your inputs ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list

[ubuntu-in] GIS on UBuntu

2009-07-20 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Wanted to install a complete set of GIS packages on Ubuntu Found help here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS and here http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=10 however was wondering if there was an Ubuntu GIS distro out there somewhere (or may be a Linux GIS distro) which would be more

Re: [ubuntu-in] GIS on UBuntu

2009-07-20 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Thanks . shp mostly will look at all the stuff, and i guess only when we start working will we know what from which regards ram On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Sanjay Bhangar sanjaybhan...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.comwrote: Hi

Re: [ubuntu-in] GIS on UBuntu

2009-07-20 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Just some more GIS stuff on Linux / Ubuntu see fwded message below and notes / comments below that. -- Forwarded message -- From: XXX Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:51 PM Subject: Re: hi - regarding GIS on Ubuntu Yes I mentioned to you OpenJump. The windows install of this S/W

Re: [ubuntu-in] Font Issue (Ram)

2009-07-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Ninad Pundalikninadsp16...@gmail.com wrote: Did you try copying the fonts to ~/.fonts?  That is the users personal Fonts directory.  You'll have to run fc-cache after copying the fonts, and restart any programs you are using, for them to see the fonts, as

Re: [ubuntu-in] Font Issue (Ram)

2009-07-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Ritesh Sinhasinha.k.rit...@gmail.com wrote: If you do a lot of font related work, you might want to check out a dedicated TTF font manager like fonty python It is also available in the standard ubuntu repository. installed this but could not figure out how to

Re: [ubuntu-in] Problem with firefox on Ubuntu 9.04

2009-07-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Onkar Shindeonkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Running 9.04 with kernal 2.6.28-13-generic and firefox version 3.5.1 Are you running firefox 3.5.1 from repositories? If yes and if you are sure that it is problem with firefox then report a bug on launchpad.

Re: [ubuntu-in] Problem with firefox on Ubuntu 9.04

2009-07-22 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Are you running firefox 3.5.1 from repositories? If yes and if you are sure that it is problem with firefox then report a bug on launchpad. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5 reported the bug to https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/403329 am

[ubuntu-in] Is it possible to Run Ubuntu 7.10 under a virtualized environment under 9.04

2009-07-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi, was wanting to know if its possible to run Ubuntu 7.10 under a virtualized environment in 9.04, if yes any links to How ? second will it be possible to have full hardware access / interaction through this virtualized setuo - meaning will 7.10 continue to interact with the hardware as a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to Run Ubuntu 7.10 under a virtualized environment under 9.04

2009-07-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Sarfaraz Kazisarzk...@gmail.com wrote: You can use virtualbox for this purpose. i have virtual box installed, so i just run it and install 7.10 under that ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to Run Ubuntu 7.10 under a virtualized environment under 9.04

2009-07-28 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Sarfaraz Kazisarzk...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/28 Ramnarayan.K ramnaraya...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Sarfaraz Kazisarzk...@gmail.com wrote: You can use virtualbox for this purpose. i have virtual box installed, so i just run it and install

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to Run Ubuntu 7.10 under a virtualized environment under 9.04

2009-07-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Sarfaraz Kazisarzk...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/07/2009, Sameep sam...@tuxwire.com wrote: You might need to install VirtualBox CSE (Closed Source) for USB to work. The last time I checked , VirtualBox OSE did not support USB. I might be wrong. Regards, Sameep

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Linux Lingamlinuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, this is not a call for volunteers, or even individuals and freelancers who wish to offer paid-support for ubuntu. wish to urgently know, are there companies, big or small, with hired full-time engineers and

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to Run Ubuntu 7.10 under a virtualized environment under 9.04

2009-07-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Sarfaraz Kazisarzk...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you can install the closed source edition directly from sun's website. This edition has got USB support. Here's the link - http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads thanks, doing that ram -- ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Linux Lingamlinuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: well i am on other lists, but did not x-post as it's not proper netiquette and also not say x post but just post, am being specific to ubuntu home-users. pointless to be contacted by a company that may want to drive a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Just an add on I know suse provides 1 year of some support if you buy their package which costs Rs 3.5 k (or atleast it did in 2006) ram On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Ramnarayan.Kramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Linux Lingamlinuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: well i

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to increase /root partition size in Ubun tu 8.04

2009-07-29 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Leena Possibly you moved on but i needed to do exactly what you wanted and could not / do not want to do a fresh install so check this link out to know more on how to resize root https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21286 if your case you may need to delete swap, create some free

[ubuntu-in] Questions regarding Virtualbox

2009-08-02 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi I successfully installed and set up virtualbox on my Ubuntu 9.04 system. Its the CSE edition meaning it has USB support built in (as opposed to the open source edition which does not) I installed PCLINUXOS as the guest OS, it installed well and works well, I had a few questions 1. I alloted

Re: [ubuntu-in] Questions regarding Virtualbox

2009-08-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
thanks, one question i still cannot address: | Finally i am unable to setup access to a USB device - added it from | settings nothing happens, the device shows up faded out under the USB | devices menu. would appreciate help on this too ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list

[ubuntu-in] searching for a digital pen tablets / drawing pad that works on Ubuntu

2009-08-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Needed to know if there are any pen tablets / digital drawing pads that work with Ubuntu Linux. would be grateful for references and would also be grateful for experiences of folks have any experience with setting them up and using them on their Ubuntu and costs if bought in india we want

Re: [ubuntu-in] searching for a digital pen tablets / drawing pad that works on Ubuntu

2009-08-06 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Ramnarayan.Kramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Needed to know if there are any pen tablets / digital drawing pads that work with Ubuntu Linux. found this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom but would still like experiences from people on the forum

Re: [ubuntu-in] drive mounting but space running out

2009-08-10 Thread Ramnarayan.K
boot with a live cd of Ubuntu and use the partition manager to move more space to your root partition. system -administration - partition manger Make sure you back up your data before doing this. As long as you do not delete any partition you should be ok and not get any errors I have been

[ubuntu-in] Disaster with 9.04, graphics display not working or recovering

2009-08-12 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Am running 9.04 Ubuntu on a T60 with an ATI x1300 Graphics card Have been facing some minor trouble with the card / graphics so decided to see if updating to the ati card driver fglrx i think would help so using synaptic i installed fglrx (i cannot remember the exact package name) and along

Re: [ubuntu-in] Disaster with 9.04, graphics display not working or recovering

2009-08-12 Thread Ramnarayan.K
2009/8/12 Mallikarjun mallik.v.ar...@gmail.com: Just scroll down in single user mode, last option is recover graphics some thing like that, which will set the /etc/X11/xorg.conf to defaults. I am sure most graphics problems will be recovered tried that , seems i have to do this Turn back

Re: [ubuntu-in] Disaster with 9.04, graphics display not working or recovering

2009-08-13 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Original Problem solved but other discussion below: On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Onkar Shindeonkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure you need fglrx driver for x1300. You should really trust 'Hardware Drivers' application these days when dealing with drivers. did not know this fglrx

[ubuntu-in] Query regarding USB access in VirtualBox Guest system

2009-08-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Recently setup Virtualbox under 9.04, the closed source edition which has USB support. I then installed PCLInuxOS 2009 as the guest system because this OS manages to run my Huawei ETS 2288 to connect to the net (which Ubuntu 9.04 does not) After setting up PCLinux i tried to get the device

[ubuntu-in] Auto restartting ADSL connection

2009-08-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi I have a BSNL ADSL broad band connection, which is quite flaky due to a bad exchange and due to lots of rain (yeah where i am we are getting quite some rain) because of this i have to constantly keep logging it, so was wondering if there was a way my Ubuntu 9.04 could check the status of the

Re: [ubuntu-in] Auto restartting ADSL connection

2009-08-14 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:50 PM, निशांत / Nishantnishantsharma...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Ramnarayan.Kramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: because of this i have to constantly keep logging it, so was wondering if there was a way my Ubuntu 9.04 could check the status of

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