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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:38:10 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        leegold <goldtech@worldpost.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: getting connected
Message-ID:  <20000613123810.A43051@jonc.ntdns.wilsonandhorton.co.n>
In-Reply-To: <000d01bfd4cd$5af6ef60$bee37ad1@beefstew>; from goldtech@worldpost.com on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 08:21:43PM -0400
References:  <000d01bfd4cd$5af6ef60$bee37ad1@beefstew>

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 08:21:43PM -0400, leegold wrote:
> having  a problem w/ppp. as root I,
> went into ppp.conf and changed USERNAME, PASSWORD, PHONE_NUM to the values
> for my isp. then i did a ppp, dial papchap. i did no other configuration.
> 
> i then as "lee" ( not as root ) i started X (fvwm2) w/ netscape &.
> 
> i did connect, but can't really surf. netscape says:
> 
> Netscape has detected a /home/lee/.netscape/lock file This may indicate
> another user is running netscape using your /home/lee/.netscape files.It
> appears to be running on host 192.168.1.2 under process ID 889. you may
> continue to use Netscape but you can not diskcatch, not use global history,
> or personal certificates.

Make sure Netscape isn't running, get a xterm window up and type in

	rm -f /home/lee/.netscape/lock

That should get rid of the Netscape error.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>


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