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Re: running lynx



On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 09:37:50AM -0700, Simmons-Davis wrote:
> 
> I am unable to run lynx on the Debian 2.2r2 system I recently installed.
> After I run "wvdial", connect to my ISP, hit "cntrl z" and then type the
> command "lynx"  . . . 

If you hit ^Z you suspend wvdial.  Unless you then type "bg" wvdial
*isn't active* and you may not have Internet connectivity.  I don't
know wvdial, so that may or may not be true with this particular
tool.

Why not run wvdial in one VT and lynx in another?
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Carl Fink		carlf@dm.net
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