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/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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