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Date:      Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:29:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chris Martino <chrismar@peanut.readington.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XF86 and DSL
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808131328260.11633-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980813124017.11152A-100000@peanut.readington.co m>

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On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Chris Martino wrote:

> Hey folks,
> I've got 2 questions.
> 
> 1) While putzing around my box today it seems that I've delteded
> /usr/X11R6/include .

Dooh!

>  Now, I know the files in there aren't necessary to run X, as I'm
> doing it now, but as for making new X programs go...forget it.  So..
> what do I have to do to get that directory back?

Reinstall the X332prog.tgz file.

> 2) The ISP that I work at is working on offering DSL (Digital
> Subscriber Loop) and along with new stuff the employees get to test the
> goods.  Has anyone successfully used DSL with FreeBSD? If so, what is
> involved.  From my understanding its simply a fulltime connection, but I
> think it does require some special hardware.

Wahoo! :)

Normally, you need a DSL `modem' of somesort to translate the signals
coming off the phoneline to Ethernet, then plug the Ethernet into your
FreeBSD box.  NetSpeed makes a PCI card that does the same thing, but
there is no support for FreeBSD yet.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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