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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Frustrating but simple preference question Post 302432034 by jasondj on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 03:42:20 PM
Old 06-23-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
If it does not:
1. run this from the command line
Code:
stty erase ^H

2. add the same thing to your .profile
That fixed it thank you.
 

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gnome-network-preferences(1)					   User Commands				      gnome-network-preferences(1)

NAME
gnome-network-preferences - configure network proxy SYNOPSIS
gnome-network-preferences [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
The Network Proxy preference tool enables you to configure how your system connects to networks. You can configure the desktop to connect to a proxy server, and specify the details of the proxy server. A proxy server is a server that intercepts requests to another server, and fulfills the request itself, if it can. You can enter the Domain Name Service (DNS) name or the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the proxy server. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5). EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Network Proxy preference tool example% gnome-network-preferences EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfully >0 Application exited with failure FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnome-network-pExecutable for Network Proxy preferences tool ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-network-preferences(1)
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