> From: stephen...@yahoo.com [mailto:stephen...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
