On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, K. Ghosh wrote:

 |My requirement was, I want to use pine (from outside X), after
 |connecting to my isp through wvdial, and then see my mails from yahoo.
 |OK, I have learnt to connect using wvdial (have I really, no
 |prompt/action), and to exit wvdial. I have looked up wvdial how-tos, but
 |they tell how to set up ppp. How to run pine/mutt after wvdial connects
 |me ? Any hints ?

if you have "wvdial spawning pppd" it will hold the terminal hostage until
you disconnect...

Hit Alt-F2 to Alt-F6  and login on any of the virtual consoles (Alt-F1
will be the console that wvdial is running on).. and you can do anything
you want to.

If you want to do it in a single console.. you'll have to call wvdial is a
difference fashion ... ie., have "pppd spawning wvdial" (wvdial acts as a
replacement for 'chat') .. in which case you won't see any output on your
screen and you can launch pppd as a background process and regain control
of the terminal.

I'd go with the first method... a lot more simple and it'll easier to
disconnect too.

Kingsly


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