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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2000 01:25:23 +0100
From:      John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PPP connexion & emacs20
Message-ID:  <stsevs4j0kbuc4203lufk0oti5bm7l6t35@4ax.com>

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Vicnent Foley wrote:
>Hi.  I successfully installed FreeBSD 4.1.  I must say that so far I'm
>quite impressed.  But I can't fully enjoy my BSD experience due to the
>fact that I cannot connnected.  I followed the instructions in the
>handbook where you were talking about PPP connections.  Though I did
>what was written (or at least I believe I did), I still cannot get onto
>the net.  So I was wondering if you had a bit of time on your hands (5-7
>minutes) to help me.  I'll give out my ISP informations and all that,
>and I'd like it very much if you could tell me what to do.

=46irstly; please don't send real details to a public list.  At least =
change
your password soon if it was your real one.

>Login: lfoley
>password: *****
>phone: 377 8294
>IP's: 204.101.179.3
>       204.101.179.10
>domain: rocler.qc.ca
>It's a PAP connection.  I always have a dynamic IP (changes every time I
>connect).  Modem is on COM2 (and it worked under Linux)

Then you can forget the IP's you mention above, unless they are your DNS.

>
>Could you help me figure where to put these infos?  Or could you suggest
>a software such as pppconfig (Debian PPP tool) that would make
>connecting (from console) painless?  Thank you.
>

You need to put the info in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf

http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/index.html for more info.

>I also have a problem with emacs20, I can't use my alt key as my Meta
>key (in console).  Is it a BSD problem or an emacs one?  If it's an
>emacs problem don't waste your time looking for an answer I can find it
>myself.

A quick search of the mail archives at:
http://www.uk.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists
found the following:

| Well, I don't know about the Microsoft key, but most people use Alt
| for Meta.  I've just noted, with some surprise, that we don't supply a
| standard keymap for it, so I've put one up at
| ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/us.emacs.kbd.  Move it to
| /usr/share/syscons/keymaps and put this in your /etc/rc.conf:
|=20
| keymap=3D"us.emacs.kbd"	# keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* (or =
NO).
|=20

I haven't checked if the keymap is still there.

HTH
John.


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