Not exactly what your asking, but why not bind "/sbin/ifup ppp0"
and "/sbin/ifdown ppp0" to keyboard shortcuts? That would seem to
be much easier...well that is the way I like it.
Cheers,
Dominic.
>>>>> "hk" == Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
hk> Hi,
hk> I just upgraded to 6.1 from 6.0. I'm having troubles dialing out
hk> through my modem. I could dial out fine under 6.0, using usernet. Now
hk> usernet hangs. I went into control-panel as root, and tried to activate
hk> the ppp0 interface. But I get an error message saying:
hk> Failed to activate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
hk> This file does exist with 644 permission. I can activate the interface
hk> with '/sbin/ifup ppp0', but I would like to use a graphical dialer. I
hk> tried configuring kppp but there's a problem there, too. My connect
hk> script goes like this:
hk> name: <username>
hk> word: <password>
hk> ppp
hk> I expect no machine prompt before sending "ppp". I could configure this
hk> script just fine in control-panel under 6.0 and 5.2, and also in ezppp
hk> under 5.2. The problem with kppp is that it doesn't seem to understand
hk> that I'm expecting no prompt before sending "ppp". When I try to
hk> connect with kppp, in hangs at "Expecting" the blank. Actually, it
hk> doesn't hang, it blinks like a loony. How do I tell kppp that there is
hk> no prompt to expect before sending "ppp"? I've tried ' ' and " ".
hk> Neither worked. Thanks,
hk> Hidong
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