On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 10:35:05PM +0530, K.Ghosh wrote:
> I am running RHL7.2. I am able to connect to the internet 
> through rp3 and browse through Netscape. 

What is this rp3 ? If you can browse with Netscape then all
seems okay, but your next few sentences state differently !

>
> Now, Within X, I have run wvdial in an  emulated terminal 
> and logged on to my ISP. 
>

Are you running wvdial as root ? You can always connect to
the net with wvdial from one terminal as root, switch over 
to an user on another terminal and then start X session as 
an user. Avoid all net activities as root.

>
> When I run Netscape Netscape is not aware of the internet 
> connection. Also, mutt or pine, running in a second emul-
> ated terminal also are not aware of the internet  connec-
> tion. Why is this so ? What additional step is required ? 
> Any pointer please ?
> 

Your /etc/resolv.conf is probably not configured. Check up
your ISP Primary and Secondary DNS numbers, and  write the
file /etc/resolv.conf to look something like this:

search your-isp-name.com
domain your-isp-name.com
nameserver nnn.nn.nn.nn 
nameserver nnn.nn.nn.nn

Where nnn.nn.nn.nn is a number like 203.90.75.164

HTH

Bish

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