RE: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question
> From: stephen2eq@yahoo.com [mailto:stephen2eq@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 7:50 AM
>
> At the moment I have to start an xterm and explicitly type 'pon' before
> I can use any internet-based programs such as iceweasel or even ping.
> My question is, is there any way I can get iceweasel (or ping) to cause
> a GUI dialog to appear, asking me if I want to establish the ADSL
> connection, if it is not up? (In other words, the way it works in
> Windows?) Said GUI dialog would preferably work on top of kfce, which
> I like.
>
> I HAVE tried adding the line 'demand' to my /etc/ppp/peers/provider
> file. After doing that if I run pon and then plog -f, I can see
> messages up to the point where it tells me the local and remote IP
> addresses, with nothing after that - presumably because pppd is waiting
> for some 'demand' before it connects. However, when I then try
> iceweasel, it still says 'site not found' and and nothing more appears
> in the plog -f output. Similarly, when I try ping, it still says
> unknown host.
I would suggest getting "demand" to work with pppd first. It's been awhile
since I've used pppd, but I do recall it wasn't too hard to get on-demand
dialing to work.
Then, you could use the "connect" option to launch some type of graphical
yes/no prompt. You may have to throw something together with Tcl/Tk or
similar.
I know this doesn't solve your problem, but it might give you some ideas.
-- Kevin
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