Simmons-Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Debian Group, > > I am unable to run lynx on the Debian 2.2r2 system I recently installed. > After I run "wvdial", connect to my ISP, hit "cntrl z" and then type the > command "lynx" at the command prompt (all as root) I get the following > errors (I have also set http://www.debian.org as my start page for lynx > during the initial configuration, is it incorrect to have a remote host as > my startpage?): > > debian:~# lynx > > Looking up www.debian.org > Unable to locate remote host www.debian.org. > Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host. > > lynx: Can't access startfile http://www.debian.org/ > debian:~# > > Please advise me as to how to get lynx working. Thank you very much for your > time and energy.
I think you're breaking your connection with the ctrl-z so the reason for the lynx error simply is that you have no connection to the internet. Instead run wvdial like this: nohup wvdial>/dev/null 2>&1 & Regards, Morten
