8th Mile is the techno-cultural fest conducted by our college, RVCE. The event occured after 5 long years and it was a huge success. The first day featured eastern music and eastern dance competitions. The performances were great and we enjoyed every single moment. On second day, we had technical events. We won second [...]
Archive for March, 2008
8th Mile fest
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Linux Kernel module programming
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Since the day I began to gain understanding of the word “kernel”, I was always curious to know more and more about it. I was trying since few days to write a very simple “hello world” module but couldnt. Today I came across this link http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html … By following the instructions given in [...]
DKU-5 driver for linux
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am trying to connect my Nokia 6020 handset through DKU-5 to my laptop for a project. I am unable to find drivers. The handset is not being recognized by the system. I use Ubuntu 7.04. I searched the web for info but couldnt find any. Can anyone let me know about the driver? Or [...]
I coded for 12 hours continuously!!!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I had never thought that I could stay awake all night anytime. Innofest 2008, a technical fest by IIIT, Bangalore had an overnight programming contest named CODE BUTTER on 22nd night. In a team of 3, we were supposed to solve one problem ( which was actually a mini-project) in 12 hours.
The competition was awesome. [...]
Activities of our LUG
Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have created a mailing list for RVCE lug on Google Groups. Currently there are two projects going on in association with KK Mane sir from TIFR, Mumbai.
1. Free money project- Accounting package like Tally, basically an open source alternative to Tally.
2. Book reader project
As a part of activities on campus, I conducted a session [...]
Power of Emacs
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, my friend informed me that v can browse the internet using emacs. I tried doing it and it is an awesome feature.
I downloaded the packages w3m, w3m-el and w3m-img.
Started emacs, Alt+X typed w3m
This loads the w3m.
Pressed the open button in the 2nd row to enter the URL
Pressed Enter and there it is!!!
We can also [...]
