[Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (ULIMIT)

2008-05-12 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
One Day One GNU/Linux Command = ulimit - Control the resources available to processes Summary: ulimit, Bash built-in command, provides control over the resources (Virtual Mem, Max no .of process, Core file size, ...) available to processes started by the shell. For

[Ilugc] mukt.in logo suggestions needed

2008-05-12 Thread srikrishna das
Hi, I am posting this to ilughyd and ilugc at in the same email. Hope this is not against rules. A draft of mukt.in v2 logo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2488683144/in/set-72157605031072753/ Suggestions/Comments please. -- Linux Addict! krish --

Re: [Ilugc] What is Special with Ubuntu Studio

2008-05-12 Thread srikrishna das
ubuntu studio uses rt kernel builld sand *ubuntu uses generic kernel. uname -r in ubuntu studio to know the difference. I didn't find ubuntu studio much appealing. Infact, ubuntu detected my mic and sound more appropriately than studio version did. Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturd

Re: [Ilugc] Problem in Booting

2008-05-12 Thread K Sai Kiran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sabarigirisan S wrote: | | Module signature verification failes | insmod: error inserting '/lib/ext3.ko':-1 Key was rejected by service | Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... | | Please help | | Thanks & Regards | Girish Did you edi

[Ilugc] Advocating foss for final year college project

2008-05-12 Thread தியாகராஜன்
Dear Friends, Mr.Baskar and myself visited Jaya Engg College on 12/may/08 and gave a talk on Advantages of using foss in college projects . We gave few pointers and the mechanism of doing college projects in the foss way. We Thank H.O.D Mr.Kumaran for giving us the opportunity in serving the stud

[Ilugc] Re: Unable to upgrade from ubuntu 7.10 to ubuntu 8.04

2008-05-12 Thread msverman
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[Ilugc] Re: ilugc Digest, Vol 48, Issue 18

2008-05-12 Thread S.PARTHASARATHY .
> நன்றி. > > அப்போ இதையும் விசாரியுங்களேன். > > எந்த வகுப்புக்கு இவையெல்லாம்? > > ஏன்னா இதே நிலைமைதானே இங்கே குரோம்பேட்டையிலும், தாம்பரம் சானடோரியத்துலையும் > நிலவும். > > இங்கே அப்படி யாராச்சும் இருக்காங்களான்னு பார்த்து அவங்களை அணுகி > பிரச்சனைக்கு தீர்வு காண இயலு > ம். > > -- ஆமாச்சு > > ---

[Ilugc] GSoC and DebDev Meet

2008-05-12 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
Dear All, As we discussed in the Sat Meet, ILUGC is organizing small meeting with this year GSoC Candidates and Debian Developers. I request XGSoC candidates and other FOSS developers also to join in this meet and share your experiences. Plz pass this info 1st and 2nd year college students. NRC-F

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
Mr. Senthil (9842377002) telephoned me. He said that, discussing with CEO, he will try to arrange a training session for teachers in the district during the first week of June (after schools reopen). I told him that others from ILUGS and NRCFOSS might contact him for making plans. As immediate ac

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்
On Monday 12 May 2008 15:36:59 சிவகுமார் மா wrote: > The teachers did not get any training it seems. They say they are not able > to install any programs from the CD provided by ELCOT themselves நன்றி. அப்போ இதையும் விசாரியுங்களேன். எந்த வகுப்புக்கு இவையெல்லாம்? ஏன்னா இதே நிலைமைதானே இங்கே குரோம

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Srinivasan Sundararajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope you have seen my mails -- sent after you had submitted yours. > > If I could get in touch with Mr. Senthil and other teachers, we could > organize some useful activity. > Srinivasan. > Project Scientist, N

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Mohan L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can we, in ILUGC, take turns to visit the site and help out these folks ? > > > > If anyone is willing to join me, we can plan for our first visit next > > weekend (weekdays it's not possible for me due to commitments in day

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
Ramadoss, vaNakkam. On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM, ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ் <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just need to have one info. > > What happened to training program initiated by ELCOT for these staffs? > > Didn't it happen at all? > The teachers did not get any training it seems. They say they are

Re: [Ilugc] Unable to upgrade from ubuntu 7.10 to ubuntu 8.04

2008-05-12 Thread Ranjhith Kalisamy
On Saturday 10 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I found a shell script file cdromupgrade and tried to excute the file > and found errors as below. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/cdrom$ sudo ./cdromupgrade Use this: gksu "sh /media/cdrom/cdromupgrade" It worked for m

Re: [Ilugc] Problem in Booting

2008-05-12 Thread Arun Khan
On Sunday 11 May 2008, Sabarigirisan S wrote: > I have installed Fedora 8 in my PC. I have been using it for the > past two months. Now there seems to be a problem in booting. > > While it is booting I get the message > > Module signature verification failes > insmod: error inserting '/lib/ext3.ko

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
On 5/12/08, சிவகுமார் மா <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not sure, whether he is conversant with emails and mailing list > communications. We need to do something before the new school year begins. > I hope you have seen my mails -- sent after you had submitted yours. If I could get in touch w

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
On 5/12/08, ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ் <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What happened to training program initiated by ELCOT for these staffs? > > Didn't it happen at all? > > Want to know this for information. > > sometime, ignorance is bliss. Srinivasan. ___ To unsubsc

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
On 5/12/08, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NRC-FOSS could supply some TA-DA > > am checking with some of the lecturers around that part. will get back after checking up with the local experts. in the meantime, we can take up Bharathi's suggestion. We could organize a few days' t

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread Mohan L
> Can we, in ILUGC, take turns to visit the site and help out these folks ? > > If anyone is willing to join me, we can plan for our first visit next > weekend (weekdays it's not possible for me due to commitments in day > work). Of course, the teachers and students should be available during > our

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்
On Monday 12 May 2008 09:37:39 சிவகுமார் மா wrote: > I am not sure, whether he is conversant with emails and mailing list > communications. We need to do something before the new school year begins. Just need to have one info. What happened to training program initiated by ELCOT for these staffs?

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-12 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
I have checked with Ms. Nirmala, HoD /CSE of IFET, Villupuram. She is willing to help out, but is busy with some official work for next 2-3 days. I have also requested her to consider organizing a 2-3 day FOSS workshop for school teachers in that area in her college. We should be able to convince t

Re: [Ilugc] digital freedom in iitm?

2008-05-12 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Girish Venkatachalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Secondly GPS satellites are not geostationary (Am I wrong?). \-- Yes. At an altitude of 20,000 km compared to 36,000 km for a geostationary satellite. So, you need inputs from a series of satellites to dete