flyspell-mode

[Paul Cizmas]

Hi:

I am using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin, X toolkit) of  
2006-03-22.

I am trying to turn on by default flyspell-mode.  To do this, I added  
in my .emacs file a line

(setq flyspell-mode t)

It does not seem to work.

To have flyspell work I have to do:

M-x flyspell-mode twice - first time is says "Loading  
flyspell...done"; second time it says "Starting new Ispell process..."

(1) What shall I do to make .emacs turn on flyspell?

(2) How can I avoid typing the M-x flyspell-mode twice (in case 1  
does not work)?

Thanks,
Paul