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

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: 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]

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 command echo

hebrew doc documents in ps

Sorry for re-posting the message I am hoping to get more replies with this new heading :) Do we know why nsps2heb fails on a ps file that one gets from a hebrew doc document? (It manages to translate the file fine, but no hebrew characters are visible :) Do we need yet _another_ font?

Re: doc documents in pdf (summary)

the simplest solution _for people who have access to a windows partition_ is the one suggested by a few people (and explained simply enough so that even _I_ can do it by shlomo goldberg :) install a dummy ps printer in your windows partition as described in the short attachment below read

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 message

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 unsubscribe | mail

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 = To

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

I finally got hold of the person in charge of /etc/sendmail.cf After I explained the problem (again! ) he said Great, then there's no problem because everything works just like it should. Internally, there's no reason to use the fully qualified domain name. At this point I see no other option

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? Thanks Dorit

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: 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 = To

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)

Well, that's pretty logical. Windows and Unix Ghostscript mostly use the same drivers, so if Windows GS would directly support your printer, the Linux GS probably would too :-) That's pretty logical, but it doesn't work: jobs appear in lpq and then disppear without a trace. Does this mean the

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 "unsubscribe" in the

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 command echo

Re: telnet problem (begging)

1999 00:26:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:26:55 -0800 (PST) From: Dorit Ben-Shalom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: telnet problem (begging) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Length: 634 Status: RO I used to be able to telnet from my home

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 "unsubscribe" in

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 = To

Re: mail problem -act2

From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Nov 12 04:53:12 1999 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from alpha.netvision.net.il (alpha.netvision.net.il [194.90.1.13]) by bgumail.bgu.ac.il (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA07328 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 04:53:11 +0200 (IST)

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 message body,

Re: mail problem

Which does not mean that the _error_ was generated by Netvision's mail server. It could be generated by the machine that mail.netvision.net.il talked to and spit back via SMTP. Yes. But my point was in the DUL context: If the _DUL_ error was spat to me, then, in pricnciple, other 'non

Re: mail problem (recreating original error)

From doritb Wed Nov 10 17:52:16 1999 Return-Path: MAILER-DAEMON Received: from localhost (localhost) by mail.netvision.net.il (8.8.7/8.8.7) with internal id RAA00695; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:52:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:52:15 -0500 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem [EMAIL

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 the message

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

I know I am missing something, but being a novice, I feel it is OK to ask. I understand that when I route my mail through my IPS smarthost, I can get 'undeliverable messages' warning etc sent to me through the smarthost. But remember that my original DUL rejection (the one which started this

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

Isn't there an option inedit-preferences-apperance-"on startup launch..." that defaults to only "navigator" checked? It doesn't launch them, but it still creates the files :) And you can always install the "navigator" package. is there any problem with installing both "netscape-navigator" and

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)

My mail account is two telnets away, and ftp-ing my whole mailbox is simply not practical. So I have implemented a system of buffers: When I need to do processing on a particular message, I save it in Mail under its current number in the queue, and ftp it to my own machine under that number. This

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] with the

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] with the

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 "unsubscribe" in the

man pages in wordpad

Hi guys I bought the only HP printer around that is not very likely to have a linux driver anytime soon. So I find myself printing man pages in wordpad. They turn out OK apart from boldface (?) where every character c turns into \Box c \Box c. Any simple conversion I can do to prevent this?

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 "unsubscribe"

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, e.g., run the

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 "unsubscribe" in the

Re: hebrew in netscape (cgi forms work around)

I filled out my first cgi form in hebrew today: (to appreciate this, remember I don't have hebrew on my physical keyboard either :) Switch to the hebrew xmodmap.il run netscape load hebrew page choose hebrew char set open new navigator window load a page in composer print a word on the

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 unsubscribe, send

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 to

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 message body,

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 to

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

Point out to them that your mailer (sendmail or whatever) did its job properly (passed the buck to them), and they should be able to determine how it got to MAPS? I will try. Linux and command lines is usually too much for most of them. Plus, I tired of hearing how rare it is for a girl to use

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)

The simplest solution (gratis a mark_o from netvision) is to set the DS flag in sendmail.cf to mailgw.netvision.net.il One minor glitch: It has to be root-level rather then user-level sendmail.cf (I like keeping all my modified rc and cf files at the user level so I don't need to copy more

Re: mail problem (summary)

a question of personal interest --- is this issue (cost of support) specific to linux, or global to all OSes in netvision ? Hi Ors Thanks for asking. I think I wasn't clear enough: _As far as I understood yesterday_ they just made a decision that linux is hard to support. _Therefore they are

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

#!/bin/sh # Change this to the location of your binary: netscape=/usr/lib/netscape/netscape-communicator echo "Moving $netscape to ${netscape}.old..." mv $netscape ${netscape}.old perl -pi -e 's:ANIMEXTS1:ANIMEXTZ1:' ${netscape}.old $netscape perl -pi -e 's:NETSCAPE2:NOTSCAPE2:'

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 unsubscribe |

fonts in netscape

:10:10 +0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dorit ben shalom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fonts in netscape Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4us In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; from dorit ben