From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 7 03:16:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA11654 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 03:16:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA11637 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 03:16:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.57.35]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA3665; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:16:28 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <36BCFB0C.7D910513@castle.net> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 12:25:26 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Gilbert Kaplan Subject: RE: ppp -> browser Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 07-Feb-99 Gilbert Kaplan wrote: > I have a pnp modem installed . When executing user ppp under 2.2.8 I am > able to connect to my isp where the user and password are accepted. From > that point I am at a loss as to how to proceed. I have tried invoking > lynx at the ppp prompt; but in fact I don't understand the relationship > of the browser task to the parent process . Is there a log that would > help me correlate my keyboard input with activity over the communication > line? How is the browser process associated with the communication line? > ( does it involve an configuration file or is it know by default as a > result of being a spawned process ?) *grin* Ye are caught in a common mistake. The ppp prompt will not allow one to execute programs. Simply use ALT+Fn to switch to another console, and use lynx from a normal shell prompt there. That should make yer work a lot easier =) Enjoy! --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven join #FreeBSD on Undernet asmodai(at)wxs.nl Time is merely a residue of Reality... Network/Security Specialist *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message