Unstable package list

Nick Moffitt nick@zork.net
Mon, 17 May 1999 14:02:45 -0700


17May1999 01:58PM (-0700) From [jonathanj@allant.com] jonathanj
[Jonathan Jefferies]
> thanks for the suggestion Tom, but this is a chicken and egg
> situation.  wvdial comes up just fine and starts pppd but I've not
> yet gotten anything in or out over the dialup internet connection -
> this is one that is being used at home by my wife  as oppposed to
> the direct connection at work.  So I was hoping to use netscape to
> test the connection.  BTW, I did get netscape 4.04 installed late
> last night but I've yet to get it to work.  I think the problem is
> either:

        Why not just use lynx or ping to test your connection?  I see
no chicken and no egg.  You have all the tools you need to get
netscape.

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