On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 01:56:26AM +1000, Doug Young wrote:
> Would someone please tell me where to find info on the following .... can't
> find
> anything relevant in HOWTO's or MAN pages or that makes any sense to me
>
> (1) When I ping a remote site ..... how to stop the stuff ??
Ctrl-C will stop the ping, or you can send a predetermined number
of ping using the -c switch, like:
ping -c 1 www.debian.org
This will stop after 1 ping.
>
> (2) When I try to get Lynx working, it initially seems like its looking
> for the
> URL but then it stops and gives a "can't access startfile" message.
> I found the
> "lynx.cfg" file but the MAN page is really confusing and there
> doesn't appear
> to be any sort of HOWTO on lynx
I think you get this when DNS lookup failed. Check to make sure you
have DNS addresses set up in /etc/resolv.conf. (man resolv.conf)
Mike
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