Bug#242614: kppp: Customizable Device List
On Wednesday 07 April 2004 19:54, Benoit Panizzon wrote:
> Package: kppp
> Version: 4:3.1.5-1
> Severity: wishlist
>
>
> Yo kppp Maintainer.
>
> I use a System with IRDA, Bluetooth and an Lucent Winmodem (Linmodem)
> Those serial Devices are called
>
> /dev/ircomm0
> /dev/rfcomm0
> /dev/LTmodem
fixed-upstream!
In kppp of KDE 3.2.1 ircomm and rfcomm are included by default.
And it's possible to add more (e.g., I added /dev/ttySHSF0).
Achim
>
> and are not included in kppp's device list.
> The easy solution is just to add a softlink from /dev/modem to the wanted device.
> But as I use all three connections quite often, I get a bit annoyed to change that symlink every time I want to use
> another device.
>
> As I read, the device list displayed by kppp is hardcoded in the headers depending on the os kppp is compiled on.
>
> Would it be possible for further releases to add a user expandable device list that would be saved in kppprc?
>
> -Benoit-
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.5
> Locale: LANG=de_CH, LC_CTYPE=de_CH
>
> Versions of packages kppp depends on:
> ii kdelibs4 4:3.1.5-1 KDE core libraries
> ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-3 Library of functions for 2D graphi
> ii libaudio2 1.6c-3 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s
> ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
> ii libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM
> ii libfontconfig1 2.2.2-1 generic font configuration library
> ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
> ii libgcc1 1:3.3.3-5 GCC support library
> ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-5 PNG library - runtime
> ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.2.3-2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
> ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii libxcursor1 1.0.2-5 X Cursor management library
> ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar
> ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
> ii xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1] 4.2.1-12.1 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
> ii xlibs 4.3.0-7 X Window System client libraries m
> ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1-5 compression library - runtime
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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