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From: crs@quail.swcp.com (Charlie Sorsby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP and EMACS
Date: 14 Jul 1997 17:06:34 -0600
Organization: Just me, Los Alamos, NM
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Message-ID: <5qebdq$9n5@quail.swcp.com>
References: <33CA46A0.4D42@ix.netcom.com> <5qdnfu$n74@light.lightlink.com>
Reply-To: crs@swcp.com
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Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44438
In article <5qdnfu$n74@light.lightlink.com>,
Melinda Shore <shore@light.lightlink.com> wrote:
=
= In article <33CA46A0.4D42@ix.netcom.com>,
= Mike Hiromoto <badco@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
= >I have finally got ppp to connect to my isp. I am using freebsd 2.2.2. I
= >have ppp set to dial on demand. My problem is that now when I start
= >emacs, ppp dials out!!??? Has anyone encountered this before? Help!!
=
= Emacs does a dns lookup during startup. The simplest and
= most thoroughly suboptimal way to get it to stop is to move
= your /etc/resolv.conf out of the way.
Or use a civilized editor like vi! :)
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Best regards,
Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby Los Alamos, NM "I'm the NRA!"
crs@swcp.com www.swcp.com/~crs Life Member since 1965