Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-21 Thread Doug Young
> I gather that first line doesn't do anything of consequence ?? Right. -- figures .. just like lynx it doesn't do anything of consequence either :( whether with OR without that line in "lynx.cfg" do you think possibly something else could be broken ?? I've tried looking at "nslooku

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-20 Thread John Hasler
Doug Young writes: > I think resolv.conf is set right .. first line is just server homepage, "server homepage"? That makes no sense. Please post a copy of the file. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dan

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-20 Thread egm2
Look at man ping (use ping -c [n] [www.someplace.org] - where is the number of pings). Ctrl-C should also stop it. In lynx.cfg STARTFILE:file//localhost/var/www/index.html will open the file /var/www/index.html The "localhost" should preceed the rest of the regular file path. Yo

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-20 Thread Doug Young
> 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) > I think resolv.conf is set right .. first line is just server homepage, second & third ones are primary & secondary DNS numbers lynx still not do

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-19 Thread Doug Young
Ah that might be it . I used wvdial and don't recall it asking about DNS stuff although ifconfig worked like it should and I could ping some known IP addresses. I am impressed with the user friendliness of wvdial though, its a really pleasant change after all the weird stuff appare

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-19 Thread Michael Merten
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 wil

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-19 Thread Cheshire
Not sure bout Lynx but ctrl-c out of ping. |cheshire|newbieyetenthusedlinuxadvocate -Original Message- From: Doug Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 10:50 AM Subject: Setup Issues >Would someone please tell me where to find info on

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-19 Thread Marc Mongeon
Comments below. Marc -- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 -- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Sp

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-19 Thread Larry Huffman
Doug Young writes: > 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 output and return you to

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-16 Thread Ray
On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 10:00:40PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > First Problem: > > I have a Debian 2.1 installation I intend to use purely as a gateway / > router (Intel Pentium 100 / 16Mb / 170Mb HDD) to the point where it will > dialup OK, tells me "Starting pppd at blah blah blah" . t

Re: Setup Issues

1999-07-15 Thread Marc Mongeon
See comments below. Marc -- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 -- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of