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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > BL3 will only dial as 'root'.
>
> That's not correct.  It is possible to configure eznet/pppd
> so that an ordinary user can do ppp-on and ppp-off.

How?  Have you dialed and used Xvesa and Opera as 'user'?

> > How could I automate things so that a file saved to Abiword's
> > default location would be copied to a floppy disk
>
> Why not copy the file to floppy from AbiWord?  Once the floppy
> is mounted, AbiWord will treat it just like any other directory.

This is for a 15 year old who never heard of linux and just wants to use 
the internet and write school papers, and lives in another town so I 
cannot help teach him to use the computer.  I would rather put on linux 
than Win98.  So I need to automate mounting and unmounting the floppy disk 
somehow.  He will not have a printer, the neighbor said he could use hers.

> > It would be nice if 'Remove floppy disk now' could flash on
> > the screen but Abiword will already be occupying the screen.
>
> xmessage
>
> > Do I need a sleep 15 or some other sort of pause while it copies?

> Just tell them to wait for the drive's light to turn off
> before removing the floppy.  As for mounting/umounting
> the floppy, you could make those menu items.

I cannot trust an unknown 15 year old to remember this.  Even I forget.
Maybe he can learn to email his file?

> Cheers,
> Steven