Spell Check Does Not Work in 1.2.1 RH 8.0

[Richard A. Bilonick]

I reported this problem a few days ago but have not been able to resolve it. I'm running LyX 1.2.1 on two different Intel PCs running RH 8.0. RH 8.0 appears to use aspell and not ispell but has some sort of compatibility script. I type the following commands and get the same exact response on both systems:

Home:
[chippy@chippy chippy]$ whereis ispell
ispell: /usr/bin/ispell
[chippy@chippy chippy]$ ispell -v
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell .33.7.1 alpha)

Work:
[lrb0r22@rbilonick lrb0r22]$ whereis ispell
ispell: /usr/bin/ispell
[lrb0r22@rbilonick lrb0r22]$ ispell -v
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell .33.7.1 alpha)
[lrb0r22@rbilonick lrb0r22]$

Yet the spell check does not work on my Home system. When I installed RH 8.0 on my home system I did an upgrade. When I installed RH 8.0 on my work system I had to do a new install (due to some install problems). Yet the spell check works as expected on the Work system but not the Home system. LyX is configured identially on the two systems.

I tried changing the preferences in LyX on the Home system. I tried changing the preferences to aspell. Spell check never works on the Home systme.

I don't know what else to try.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rick B.

P. S. Here is the compatibility script:

[lrb0r22@rbilonick lrb0r22]$ cat /usr/bin/ispell
#!/bin/sh

# Ispell compatibility script for Aspell

command=""

for p
do
case $p in
-a|-A|-l|-c|-e*|-v*|-D) command=$p ;;
-* ) ;;
* ) command=${command:="-"} ;;
esac
done

case $command in
-A|-c|-e*|-d) echo "Aspell does not support the $command mode.";;
-a|-l|-v* ) exec aspell "$@" ;;
"-" ) exec aspell check "$@" ;;
* ) echo "Ispell compatibility script for Aspell."
echo "Usage: $0 [options] -a|-l|-v[v]|<file>"
exit 1 ;;
esac