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Date:      Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:57:24 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Kenneth Richardson <midiman@ionet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I hate to ask this but....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901260055360.29237-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <36AD0E04.76B9E1AB@ionet.net>

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On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Kenneth Richardson wrote:

>I bought the full BSD ($80) with the big book. I have it up and running.
>
>I've connected an X2 modem to sio1. I have xwindows and netscape
>installed. I can do xinit and start xwindows then in the terminal screen
>in xwinows start netscape. It comes up but can't find any address on the
>WWW. That's because I haven't made a connection to my ISP.
>
>I terminate xwindows and netscape and start ppp. I dial into my ISP and
>login with my username and password.

Don't terminate X. Use Ctrl-Alt-F1(2,3,4) to switch back to the console.
Or, use 'su root' to become root within an xterm and start ppp.

>At this point, how can I start xwindows and netscape and browse the web?

I leave the rest to you.

Catchya Later,		|	Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter.
Jason Wells		|	http://www.freebsd.org/


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