*- On 17 Jul, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote about "problem with /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/" > i want to start xnetload on ppp up, and kill it on ppp down. so i > wrote two scripts: /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/load: > > #!/bin/sh > xnetload -geometry 200x48+0+0 -fn > -schumacher-clean-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -fg white -bg black -nc -if > ppp0 & > > and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/load: > > #!/bin/sh > killall xnetload > > when i connect, nothing happens. if i type /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/load > at the command line, xnetload is loaded. if i then disconnect, the > other script kills it. > > i have set permissions to 755, the #! line is the first line and > the line isn't split. my fetchmail script, in the same directory, > appears to work every time. has anyone any idea why this won't work? > > tia,
I assume you are running X as a normal user. The scripts in ip-up.d are run as root and know nothing about X and what display to put it on. You will have to give xnetload an explicit -display option and use xhosts or some other means of giving the root user on your machine permission to open a window on your desktop. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
