OT: ubunto boot sequence

i am thinking about putting ubuntu on my old vaio. because of my visual limitations, i need to know what its boot sequence looks like _in advance_. does it have a text-only one-color option similar to RH 'serial' ? many thanks ! dorit

Re: Women and Linux

Guy My thoughts exactly. Thank you very much ! Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

rn man page

Hi list rn is the best news reading program for me, because of my visual disability. However, I do not know how to _post_ a message using rn. Can anyone point me to a man page ? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: IGLU@eGroups (was: is there newsgroup for linux-il ?)

I am afraid we _will_ have to pay the $5 for no advertisements if people like me are to use it. (they blink) Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body,

Re: naive tcp question

I don't _have_ isdn. But now I know that maybe I _should_. But then again, is it going to help me with my various telnet connections ? Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

Re: naive tcp question

ping -s 250 -c 50 your.default.gateway mremote IP address looks fine, even though a littel bit slow: PING 62.0.160.38 (62.0.160.38): 250 data bytes 258 bytes from 62.0.160.38: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=373.7 ms 258 bytes from 62.0.160.38: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=470.0 ms 258 bytes from

naive tcp question

My main problem in my connections is not so much speed but packet loss. Is this the kind of thing that improves with ISDN etc ? Thanks for your patience Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: A lecture about the Linux kernel?

Hi list I am trying to catch a ride from Jerusalem to the next meeting in Herzelia. Does anyone have a spare space ? (Ira said it is OK to post to the list :) Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: HUJI

Put more content (as opposed to fluff) on the web site. Please don't put visual fluff on the web site. It will mean I will not be able to go there any more :( Thanks for understanding Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: nir's question

The guy is considering adopting linux for his startup. He is asking for more information. Why is this so inappropriate ? Am I missing something ? Your favorite newbie Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

Hi guys I am only a relatively simple user but I would come to show solidarity only I have a cold and a fever. Maybe next time ?:) Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in t

Re: Jon Hall's lecture

close all the windows closing windows is _always_ good for ones health, regardless :) = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail

Re: doc documents in html

I thought I had mentioned wv (nee mswordview)? Sorry. I forgot. (I guess I am doing too many things in parallel) Does anyone have a sense whether wv or staroffice are better at doc2html ? Thanks again for your patience Dorit

doc documents in html

Hi Guys With your generous help I now know how to do doc2ps. Any help on doc2html? Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the co

hebrew doc documents in ps

? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: doc documents in pdf (summary)

your doc file in wordpad print your file to the dummy printer using a print to file option ps2pdf the resulting prn file Et viola Dorit From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 24 10:08:17 1999 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from cs.Technion.AC.IL (csa.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.1

testing

Can anyone send me any hebrew doc file? Testing something Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: testing

Do we know why nsps2heb fails on a ps file that one gets from a hebrew doc document? Do we need yet _another_ font? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the me

Re: doc documents in pdf

applix (AFAIK not for word7 or whatever the beast is called, maybe staroffice handles that) does anyone know whether star office can do any of doc2pdf doc2ps doc2html Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: doc documents in pdf

Thanks a lot! I hope to test many of the options and issue a report by the end of this weekend :) = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo

RE: doc documents in pdf

You can also print to file in Word and will save as ps. Sorry for my enormous stupidity but I have never used windows in my whole life. How do I get a postscript printer driver for windows? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send

doc documents in pdf

Does anyone know any good doc2pdf or doc2ps or doc2htm* Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscr

producing patch files to use in rpm spec files

Hi guys I am almost up to speed in patching my linux mailx. The only step I do not know how to do is how do I produce a patch file to include in rpm spec out of the relevant diff file? Thanks again for any help Dorit

Re: Mail question (re-building)

I now managed to get both rpm -bc /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/mailx.spec and rpm -bi /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/mailx.spec to execute without errors. But /var/tmp/mailx-root/bin/mail is identical to /bin/mail What am I missing _now_? Thanks Dorit

Re: mail problem -act2

than to complain to my department. I find the idea of complaining against a sysadmin very distressful. Can anyone suggest a better alternative? Thanks a bunch Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: Mail question

Did anyone keep a source for the 5.2 RH distribution of mailx? (the rpm doesn't work and all the links I can find to the source are outdated) Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: Mail question (the beauty of windows)

I copied my /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/mailx-8.1.1/aux.c to /dos/"My Documents" for printing. I rebooted. When I double-clicked on it the system hanged (the poor thing was trying to _execute_ it) Are you sure there is no way to get my printer to print in linux? Tha

Re: Mail question (re-building)

I think the right command is rpm -rebuild -bc mailx-8.1.1 But it complains about rpm: --root (-r) may only be specified during installation, erasure, querying, a nd database rebuilds What am I missing? Dorit = To unsubscribe

Re: another netscape question

This is turning to be a general problem with netscape: I just don't seem to be able to get rid of items in menues. This time it is preventing me from editing my bookmarks. I am getting tired of this. Netscape is supposed to be open code, right? Where can I get the code? Thanks Dorit

Re: list question

Which is not too convenient. Good mailers (MUAs) let you add any header to the message. As you might remember I am confined to Mail. Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

Re: Mail question

I figured out what the problem is: I am used to the showname option from the SunOS 5.6 version of Mail All in all it is a much better version Is there any way it can be ported to linux? Thanks again Dorit

Re: telnet problem (solved)

Someone very nice from the list offered me an account on his server. I pay the same amount as for actcom, but it is a straightforward RH 5.2 user account. Thanks again to everybody Your help means a lot to me God bless you Dorit

Re: man pages in wordpad (a new thought)

the problem isn't in the driver per se, but in the part that connects to the printer? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo u

Re: mail problem (recreating original error)

the point. I re-created the error to argue against the argument that DUL is mecessary so that 'message undeliverable' messages get relayed back: The DUL message _is_ a type of 'message undeliverable' message, and it _did_ get relayed. Am I missing something? Dorit

Re: mail problem (recreating original error)

the point. I re-created the error to argue against the argument that DUL is mecessary so that 'message undeliverable' messages get relayed back: The DUL message _is_ a type of 'message undeliverable' message, and it _did_ get relayed. Am I missing something? Dorit

Re: telnet problem (unexpected bonus)

Not keeping those crazy telnet connections to ucla with up to 95% packages lost makes my computer several times faster :) Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

list question

You have probably covered this ground long ago, but I am new: When I post to ILUG I sometimes want to reply to a message I have already deleted. I am careful to reproduce the exact right Subject field, but does not seem to place it in the right thread. What should I do instead? Thanks Dorit

Re: list question

The In-Reply-To: header should contain the Message-ID of the message you're replying to. Can I get this information from the linux archive? = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message

Re: list question

The References field is there. Not always, as far as I can see. Am I missing something? Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the co

Re: telnet problem (begging)

protos.lifesci.ucla.edu (protos.lifesci.ucla.edu [164.67.15.10]) by cmx.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA21223 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:27:05 +0200 (IST) Received: (from dorit@localhost) by protos.lifesci.ucla.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA15913; Thu, 11 Nov

Re: mail problem -act2

It seems bgumail is blocking both traceroute and ping (while allowing telnet and ftp). Is there any way to talk some sense into them? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

Re: list question

Is there any convenient way to add a header to a message? = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: telnet problem (begging) (solved)

I will sign up for a $16 a month shell account at actcom. They promised not to block me out if I login hundreds of times a day :) Thanks again to everybody for helping me solve this impossible situation As always Dorit

Re: mail problem -act2

bgumail. Right now, that's often impossible because of the domainname problem I posted to ILUG. What do I do if I can't convince the sysadmin to set the D flag in /etc/sendmail.cf Thanks Dorit

Re: list question

Apart from the fact that I seem to confuse MHonArc :) What do I need to build into my headers to make MHonArc happy? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the me

Re: mail problem

deliverable' errors could too, so the 'lose underlivearble' argument for putting dynamic connections on DUL doesn't seem to me very strong :) Please correct me if I am wrong Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: mail problem (recreating original error)

2:06 -0500 From: doritb Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: test4 Hi Livia My new friends at ILUG asked me to test this message :) Love Dorit --RAA00695.942274335/mail.netvision.net.il--

re: telnet problem (begging)

Can someone please please volunteer to help me with this problem? It is so hard to read my mail through two telnets. Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in t

Re: man pages in wordpad (a new thought)

Actually, my HP 3100 is _so_ proprietry, that my _windows_ ghostview has to use the generic mswinpr2 protocol. Does this mean that it is compatible with anything more generic in linux? Thanks (I hope you are not fed up with this topic already) Dorit

Re: mail problem

this whole thread :) was sent back to me through my ISP too. Doesn't that mean that I could get 'underliverable messages' from my ISP regardless of whether I route through the smarthost or not? Thanks for your patience Dorit

Re: mail problem -act2

bgu :( = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: another netscape question

Use Navigator Standalone instead of Communicator and it won't do it, as well as save you a few megabytes of RAM. This is so un-linux: can't I customize Communicator not to launch Inbox, Drafts, etc when booting? Thanks again Dorit

Re: another netscape question

lling both "netscape-navigator" and "netscape-communicator" packages? I have 2GB for both partitions combined :) Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the

star office vs. applix

Hi guys Unfortunately, I need a doc reader. Knowing as much as you know about my particular configuration, can anyone predict which of the two I will like better? (and yes, applix is not free, but I had already paid for a copy :) Dorit

Re: mail problem -act2

Do you think that there is a correlation between the fact that no one has stepped up so far, and the fact that bgumail looks the way it looks :) = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the

life on the edge (summary)

you might enjoy this piece of conceptual design Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: life on the edge (summary)

how about using 'imap' ? What's imap? pine has a very good IMAP support Can't do pine. Too visually complex :( netscape has IMAP Suport Only do netscape for emergencies: de-miming, attaching, etc. Thanks so much for the sympathy :) Dorit

Re: man pages in wordpad

You may be able to find an old 386 or 486 to use as a printer driver. By the way, I didn't get another computer, but I did 'borrow' a colleague's old HP 3P. (but that only works for at work :) Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe

Re: life on the edge (summary)

Re: imap Will look into it. Re: pine I also do not like its conceptual design. Re: netscape It's good to have a page editor from time to time :) Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

mail problem -act2

As a staff member in one of Isreal's universities, I also have an account on that university's misguided mail server. I need to set the /etc/sendmail.cf Dj flag on that machine too. The people in charge are less than happy to touch the file. Any work arounds? Thanks Dorit

another netscape question

I couldn't get rid of the icons in my nsmail folders, so I decided to erase the files themselves. But netscapre re-creates then when booting. Any advice? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: telnet problem

Could it be a _speed_ problem? (It happens _sometimes_ with my backbone connections and always with my dialup connection) Thanks again! Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

man pages in wordpad

this? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

glib, RH 5.2, and fridibi

Hi list Compiling libraries is at the high end of my expertise anyway. Before I do irreversible harm: Does anyone know _for sure_ whether there is a version of glib that is compatible with both RH 5.2 and fribidi-0.1.6? Thanks again Dorit

Re: hebrew in netscape

Hi list I can now read hebrew sites, and I can write hebrew in composer. But outside composer, I don't see the hebrew characters I write as hebrew. (e.g., in search engines). Any ideas? Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe

Re: Hebrew fonts in xemacs - solution

Hi Micha Thanks a lot for figuring this out. Sorry again for my enormous stupidity, but what exactly do I do with these definitions? Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

netscape question

) by mail.thestar.com.my (Mercury 1.44) with ESMTP; 2 Nov 99 13:59:38 +0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: v04220801b4442a4f301b@[192.168.1.115] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 13:46:27 +0800 To: dorit ben shalom [EMAIL

Re: Writing Hebrew under netscape.

My /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/ has many files, but none of them looks to my unprofessional eyes like Hebrew. Is there a keymap or keycode I could download from someplace? (Sorry, I can't do kde, it's not command line). Thanks again Dorit

Re: Writing Hebrew under netscape.

Hi guys I think I am missing something at a deeper level. I ran the 'turkish' script, I can view Hebrew sites OK (although sometimes ltr). But I don't get any Hebrew characters in composer. Am I missing some font or definition at a more basic level? Thanks again Dorit

Re: Writing Hebrew under netscape.

E.g. something that connects the font to my keyboard :) Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: parallel port and USB (was Re: Printer Drivers for HP 694C)

Sony VAIO (anyone in Israel got one?) My Sony VAIO 505g is my only machine (anywhere on this earth). Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body,

a thank you note

Hi guys I just wanted to say how happy I am that I've joined the list. Now I have people who are struggling with some of the same problems as I do, and know a lot more about them than me :) Thanks to everybody in general and to Omer Zak in particular Dorit

RE: Printer Drivers for HP 694C

I use magicfilter lprng packages. Any chance any of this stuff works for the notoriously difficlut HP 3100 (all-in-one laserjet)? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubs

Re: creating SRPMs

Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there another way to do this? Exactly. I am running against exactly the same problems in my very modest project of patching mailx (interdependencies between earlier patches and mine). Thanks again Dorit

Re: producing patch files to use in rpm spec files

Thanks to everybody who suggested the diff -u option. That was indeed the right answer. Next question: What do you do when you have two successive patches trying to patch the same .c file? How do you do it dynamically? Thanks Dorit

Re: hebrew in netscape (cgi forms work around)

on the keyboard shift to print the english equivalent print the english equivalent in cgi form. Et voila! Dorit 'My life is a constant work around. I just wish I knew around what' = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: mail problem

Sorry for my ignorance, but if I route my mail through the ISP gateway, does it necessarily solve the 'remote server not answer' problem? Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: SOT: regarding linux-unfriendly ISPs

they are about to start a Linux support center They have. 2 weeks ago. Free for another month, then "a lot of money". Again, what I am wondering about is what will happen to 'simple' linux calls. Dorit = To unsubsc

Re: hebrew in netscape

Sorry I didn't answer this message before. It got lost in the shuffle. One question before I start: Can I keep both versions of netscape and choose between them, e.g. with an alias? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: hebrew in netscape

Hi list This is almost too much. I was wondering how to print hebrew. I said to myself: I know how to write hebrew in netscape. I know how to print ps files. Netscape knows how to print a page into a ps file. Nope. I get the latin codes. Any help before I lose my sanity? Thanks Dorit

Re: hebrew in netscape

PS I know I am asking a lot, but will somebody also have the patience to explain to me why my logic was wrong? Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the me

telnet problem

I used to be able to telnet from my home machine to my main telnet account. Now I can only do that from my other telnet accounts. It doesn't _look_ like a firewall problem. Any ideas? Thanks Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: hebrew in netscape (printing solved)

Thanks to tsafrir for suggesting dov grobgeld nsps2heb script http://imagic.weizmann.ac.il/~dov/Hebrew/ns-heb-print/ It can be run using the syntax perl nsps2heb file.ps file.heb.ps Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

fribidi executable

Hi list What is currently preventing me from testing matan's rtl support for hebrew is the fact that I don't have the right glib to compile dov's fribidi-0.1.6 Is there any kind soul out there who is willing to share their executable with me? Thanks again! Dorit

man pages in wordpad (solved)

Hi guys The ps solution works beutifully. Thanks to everybody for pitching in. Dorit 'My life is a constant work around. I just wish I knew arount _what_.' = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: mail problem

linux. Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mail problem

It's not just that the headers mention netvision. The rejected letter _comes_ from netvision: From: Mail Delivery Subsystem [EMAIL PROTECTED] :) = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the

mail problem (summary)

ain to all the helpful people who suggested various solutions, and especially to the very generous Geoffrey Mendelson. As always Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the mes

Re: mail problem (summary)

they are going to add a specific linux-only support service for a "lot of money". What I find disturbing, is that, more likely than not, this might mean that _any_ simple linux question will now get grouped under this "special package". Am I

Re: hebrew in netscape

Does anyone know how to save document sources in netscape? (I am trying to reverse engineer some pages to solve some hebrew problems). Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: netscape question

${netscape}.old $netscape chmod +x $netscape It compiles fine, but when I run netscape I get: /usr/bin/netscape: /usr/lib/netscape/netscape-communicat or: Exec format error Any ideas? Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: netscape question

And /var/log/messages says modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-0 Thanks again Dorit = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo u

fonts in netscape

Hi guys Is any of this helpful to us? Thanks Dorit From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 4 21:10:11 1999 Received: from cmx.netvision.net.il (cmx.netvision.net.il [194.90.1.103]) by protos.lifesci.ucla.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA02038 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 4 Nov 1999