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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help with somethings Date: 28 Jul 1995 22:36:18 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD box Lines: 57 Message-ID: <3vbop2$17d@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <3v6let$119@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <3v6let$119@agate.berkeley.edu>, Michael Heldebrant <hmike@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >how do i make things from the ports directory an the cd like trn and rzsz mkdir /usr/ports cd /usr/ports ln -s /cdrom/ports/distfiles distfiles mkdir news cp -R /cdrom/ports/news/trn news cd news/trn make make install >why is it when I compiled kermit I can only run it from that directory > by making it ./kermit?? Can I get some slip and ppp scripts anywhere > other than the FAQ Did you run make install after compiling kermit? I got the scripts from the FAQ to work after making a few changes. Let me know if you want a copy of my scripts. >how do I get rid off a bunch of annoying error messages when netscape starts > up and also how do I stop a dialog box of errors popping up > (how do I capture these messages into a file too I tried netscape >test > but it doesn't work) See the recent discussion on this point 8-) To save error messages, you need to re-direct standard error (2). The exact way to do this depends on the shell you're using. In sh and bash, it's netscape 2>test. >how do I set the system wide PAGER and EDITOR varaibles I tried /etc/profile > but that didn't work Depends on the shell you're using. This will work for sh and bash, for csh and tcsh you'll need to edit /etc/csh.cshrc. >how do I set the console for fifty line mode? Re-compile your kernel with support for pcvt. >how do I switch consoles when I am running X (Alt-F1 and friends don't work) Control-Alt-F1 >Does anyone have any tips for customizing fvwm? Some examples come with the source for fvwm. They're quite well commented. Hope this helps, James -- Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'