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#! rnews 1326 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news.nkn.net!dfw.nkn.net!usenet From: Syntax <syntax@eramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: question about ppp.. Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 21:43:48 -0500 Organization: National Knowledge Network Lines: 17 Message-ID: <31E1C764.167EB0E7@eramp.net> References: <31E1217B.3489@gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup1.eramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5aGold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) CC: ilin@gol.com I-Lin Wang wrote: > > Hi, > I have tried to use ppp on FreeBSD for a long time. Finally, I read a > post in the newsgroup who wrote down his scripts for /etc/ppp/ppp.conf , > /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup and /etc/resolv.conf. Somehow, it works, at least it > seems that I can dial OK and login OK. However, , I don't know what to > do next so that I can open xwindow, or do something else. I'm glad my files actually helped someone. I should have stated that you should start x-windows first with startx. Then you can bring up another window, start ppp and then when connected just iconify the window. Hope this helps. Syntax