Re: hebrew fonts and utf (gtk2)

2003-07-24 Thread Micha Feigin
check the locale settings (don't remeber which of the LC_.., LANG etc effects this, think it was LANG). I had that problem when setting the language to he_IL.UTF-8 since the hebrew text, at list from the hebrew keymap was generated as iso8859-8 and not utf8 and thus showed up as garbage. Try settin

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 02:19, Yehuda Drori wrote: > ביום חמישי, 24 ביולי 2003, 17:13, Aviram Jenik כתב: > > On Thursday 24 July 2003 16:45, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > > > > > > > > I recall that some new cards "autodetect polarity". Does this refer > > > to polarity on each pair or also to Tx/Rx

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Yehuda Drori
ביום חמישי, 24 ביולי 2003, 17:13, Aviram Jenik כתב: > On Thursday 24 July 2003 16:45, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > > > > I recall that some new cards "autodetect polarity". Does this refer > > to polarity on each pair or also to Tx/Rx autodetection? Is there a > > chance that it will work with cr

Re: hebrew fonts and utf (gtk2)

2003-07-24 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Sunday 20 July 2003 16:37, Erez Doron wrote: > my gtk2 apps converts every font into utf8 and then displays it. Every "font"? You mean - every text file you open? > whenevev i display hebrew chars i get just lines and signs (e.g. junk) You're opening a file with the wrong (not UTF-8) encoding

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Guy Teverovsky
Take a look here for the background: http://www.netguru.co.il/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19 The cable issue is mostly historical. All network equipment is devided into 2 categories: - DTE (Data Terminal Equipment: NICs) - DCE (Data Communication Equipment: hubs, switches, ro

Fwd: [ols-announce] Proceedings.

2003-07-24 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
FYI, OLS proceedings are now available. Very interesting reading. - Forwarded message from "Andrew J. Hutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: 24 Jul 2003 16:09:23 -0400 From: "Andrew J. Hutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Linux Symposium Inc. X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 To: [EMAI

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
Shaul Karl wrote on 2003-07-24: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 06:26:19PM +0300, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > > > Actualy the main issue is computer 3 which holds the connection to the > > ADSL modem now; I rarely use this computer but I frequenltly use the > > net so it's up most of the day. I'd like

August penguin - new price (lower price)

2003-07-24 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Hi all, We managed to get sponsorship from Actcom to the August penguin event. As a result, we managed to lower the participation price for non-members to 30 sheqels. I'm hoping that some of the people who could not attend the conference before due to it's price will now be able to attend it.

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Shaul Karl wrote: > What do you mean by different subnet? What are the other options, why > he has to be shamed if this is not his setup and why would someone > choose the wrong setup? IP addressing and routing is by subnet, as in subnet mask. If you AND the IP address (as a 32 bit unsigned b

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Eran Tromer
On 2003/07/24 20:35, Shaul Karl wrote: I believe that straight through cables are simpler to produce: you literally push the cable into the RJ connector and press it. Hardly. If you just cut a round cable and press the wires into a flat array, you get them in nearly random order. "Nearly" becau

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Shaul Karl
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 05:15:00PM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > > You could also do it wit some routing tables, for example, I assume that > you have network segment on a different subnet (shame on you if you didn't): > What do you mean by different subnet? What are the other options

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Shaul Karl
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 06:26:19PM +0300, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > Actualy the main issue is computer 3 which holds the connection to the > ADSL modem now; I rarely use this computer but I frequenltly use the > net so it's up most of the day. I'd like to put a hub in front of Is it worth t

Re: sound issue...

2003-07-24 Thread Oron Peled
On 24 Jul 2003 17:27:24 +0300 Gilboa Davara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 17:00, Amir Tal wrote: > > i didnt know that using "cat" will play the file!??! > > it just gave me a giberish output in my terminal. Amir, I think you missed the redirection sign in Gilboa's reply

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
It occurred to me that I did not know *why* different cables were used for PC<->hub and PC<->PC. A quick google didn't help. Can anyone enlighten me regarding the reason? -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, se

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote on 2003-07-24: > Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > > > My home network consists of 3-4 computers and an ADSL modem all > > connected one to the other with cross RJ45 cables, with no hubs. > > This was simplest at each point in time (it started with two computers > > and one c

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote on 2003-07-24: > Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > My home network consists of 3-4 computers and an ADSL modem all > > connected one to the other with cross RJ45 cables, with no hubs. > > This was simplest at each point in time (it started with two computers > > and one cable and

Re: sound issue...

2003-07-24 Thread Gilboa Davara
Please do $ls -l /dev/dsp. Gilboa On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 17:00, Amir Tal wrote: > On Thursday 24 July 2003 10:07, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > no i dont. > i didnt know that using "cat" will play the file!??! > it just gave me a giberish output in my terminal. > > tal. > > > > Ignore arts for

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
Beni Cherniavsky wrote: My home network consists of 3-4 computers and an ADSL modem all connected one to the other with cross RJ45 cables, with no hubs. This was simplest at each point in time (it started with two computers and one cable and at each point I had enough network cards) but it's somewh

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > My home network consists of 3-4 computers and an ADSL modem all > connected one to the other with cross RJ45 cables, with no hubs. > This was simplest at each point in time (it started with two computers > and one cable and at each point I had enough network cards) but

Re: sound issue...

2003-07-24 Thread Amir Tal
On Thursday 24 July 2003 10:07, Gilboa Davara wrote: no i dont. i didnt know that using "cat" will play the file!??! it just gave me a giberish output in my terminal. tal. > Ignore arts for a second. > Do you hear anything when you cat > /dev/dsp (as root)? > > Gilboa > > On Thu, 2003-07-

Re: [OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Thursday 24 July 2003 16:45, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > I recall that some new cards "autodetect polarity". Does this refer > to polarity on each pair or also to Tx/Rx autodetection? Is there a > chance that it will work with crossed cables anyway? I never heard of network cards that do

Re: sound issue...

2003-07-24 Thread Gilboa Davara
Ignore arts for a second. Do you hear anything when you cat > /dev/dsp (as root)? Gilboa On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 16:35, Amir Tal wrote: > got myself a used dell inspiron 4000 for a (very) good price, and loaded > debian sid on it. > it used to run winXP before i formatted it, and sound worked jus

sound issue...

2003-07-24 Thread Amir Tal
got myself a used dell inspiron 4000 for a (very) good price, and loaded debian sid on it. it used to run winXP before i formatted it, and sound worked just fine, so this is not a hardware problem. the debian mailing list describes a similar case, but i think my problem is a little more serious

[OT] Why do non-crossed ethernet cables exist?

2003-07-24 Thread Beni Cherniavsky
My home network consists of 3-4 computers and an ADSL modem all connected one to the other with cross RJ45 cables, with no hubs. This was simplest at each point in time (it started with two computers and one cable and at each point I had enough network cards) but it's somewhat inconvenient because

Re: Linux compatible wi-fi

2003-07-24 Thread dittigas
ביום רביעי 23 יולי 2003, 17:05, Shay Elkin כתב: > There was a bit of wi-fi discussion on this list recently, and it made me > want to go wireless myself. > > I searched the various hardware vendors online, but all I seem to find are > D-Link DWL-650+ cards, which seem to be the only reasonably-pric

KS and OLS [was Re: something to print]

2003-07-24 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:35:50AM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: > Perhaps it's a matter of who was able to get to the summit, which afaik was in > the US? Travel isn't cheap, unless someone was paying for free tickets for > all kernel devs... KS took place on Monday and Tuesday at the Ottawa Congre

Re: [APII] Early bird gets the worm

2003-07-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:05:04PM +0300, Tal Peer wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Aviram Jenik wrote: > > > > > So pick up your finger and click your mouse (lynx users: don't worry, it's > > just a metaphore): > > http://www.hamakor.org.il/august.html > > > > Who needs a browser anway? > php -r

Re: something to print

2003-07-24 Thread Christoph Bugel
On 2003-07-24 Nadav Har'El wrote: > Believe it or not, but wearing sandals *with* socks is actually quite > common in the US... Also in the Netherlands.. (at least I did, as a kid ;) = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [APII] Early bird gets the worm

2003-07-24 Thread Tal Peer
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Aviram Jenik wrote: > Every penguin has its day. Our day is August 1st. > Marked the date on your calendar? Good. Now why not save your seat at the > track? > > [snip] > > So pick up your finger and click your mouse (lynx users: don't worry, it's > just a metaphore): > ht

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Re: something to print

2003-07-24 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
"Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani wrote about "Re: something to print": > > > http://www.samba-tng.org/~peter/ks2003-group/ > > Is that just me, or Linus wears his sandals over his socks? > > hehe.. it's funny to see it everytime... :) > > B

Re: something to print

2003-07-24 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani wrote about "Re: something to print": > > http://www.samba-tng.org/~peter/ks2003-group/ > Is that just me, or Linus wears his sandals over his socks? > hehe.. it's funny to see it everytime... :) Believe it or not, but wearing sandals *with* socks is ac

Re: something to print

2003-07-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:55:07PM +0300, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > ביום רביעי, 23 ביולי 2003, 23:29, Hetz Ben Hamo כתב: > > Hi, > > > > http://www.samba-tng.org/~peter/ks2003-group/ > > > > (a picture of the linux kernel developers in the last conference) > > > > I think it might worth a color prin