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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
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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
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