Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 20:29:23 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com> To: James Raynard <fqueries@parody.tecc.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd.questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ppp from shell, & starting X Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960103200832.24214A-100000@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960103210052.203A-100000@parody.tecc.co.uk>
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On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, James Raynard wrote: > > Question 2: Can I simply place the ppp files: [...] > > in my ~/home/bin directory, and expect it to run without any complaints. > > Possibly, but you really don't need to do this. Just start X as yourself > and then get a root xterm (type 'su -' at the command prompt in an xterm > and enter the root password when prompted). This will come in useful for > any other admin-related tasks you may need/wish to perform while running X. > > James That looks like a good solution. I'll give it a try. I did however fix most of the problems that I listed in that original letter. To start ppp from X, I "su" (for good luck), and cd to /usr/sbin, then: % ./ppp It works. The 'rtinit''wrong ifa' message I was getting when I first started ppp was solved by UnCommenting the 'ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost"' line in /etc/sysconfig. I don't remember just why I commented out that line originally, but with it now uncommented, I haven't gotten the 'rtinit' message, ( did get ' SIOCAIFADDR: file exists', but I'm not too worried about that one at the moment). Anyway, I can now startx after a ppp (text based shell) session without rebooting. UnCommenting that line solved a few problems and eliminated a few boot time error messages. Thanks for writing. Barry Masterson jbarrm@panix.com >--->--->--->--->---> FreeBSD 2.1.0 <---<---<---<---<---<
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