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Well, I've torn down the firewall, have no proxies, tried Lynx, Links, Netscape, Mozilla, etc., connected as root, logged on as user, checked permissions, checked the path, and still I can't connect to the internet as user.
I don't want to have to connect to the net as root and I'd really rather not have to boot into M$ to get online. Can somebody recommend a different way to connect from Linux?
I am using Slackware 9.0, SBC-Yahoo DSL, Realtek NIC. I am currently using Roaring Penguin's <www.roaringpenguin.com> rp-pppoe-3.5 package to get the adsl link up.
Originally posted by moses Can you ssh or ftp to some other host as a root? as a normal user?
Unfortunately, I'm not sure what ssh is. Haven't tried anything with ftp yet.
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Did you check out RoaringPenguin's FAQ on rp-pppoe?
Yes, the only thing it says about connecting and not being able to browse, is to check the DNS settings. Could it be the permissions for that? I haven't checked that.
Well, I totally screwed up my display today. Didn't know exactly what I did or how to fix it. Re-installed Slack and now everything works! I'm browsing as user!
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