Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-26 Thread John Leget
Yes , But i found out about needing to set the DISPLAY from a terminal when i tried to manually run my script, there was no DISPLAY set at all, so i had to manually set it. Still seems to me it might be usefull to have it when i fire up x < whatever> guess its juest a matter of adding it somewh

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-26 Thread Michael Stenner
I think it says in ip-up (the sript, not the directory) that all of the scripts are run with minimal (or even no) environment. So DISPLAY probably IS set, but ip-up is run without any of these variables. The wierdness here is not X or linux in general. It's the way pppd and ip-up work.

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-24 Thread John Leget
HI, I ran into similar problems fortunately i had had some trouble with junkbuster ( one way of looking at it ) and remembered seeing the following in the "/etc/init.d/junkbuster" startup script "su nobody -c " so i tried this "su myself -c " and found it complained about not knowing where th

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-24 Thread Daniel Mashao
On 23 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: > Daniel Mashao writes: > > Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what > > is happenning. > > Sure. Put this in your script: > > echo Running > /etc/ppp/running > > and the string 'Running' will appear in the file /etc/ppp

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-23 Thread John Hasler
Jay writes: > the output of pppd is already stored in your /var/log/syslog. That will not help him find if his script is running. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-23 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/23/99 8:18:41 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what > > is happenning. > the output of pppd is already stored in your /var/log/syslog. -Jay

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-23 Thread John Hasler
Daniel Mashao writes: > Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what > is happenning. Sure. Put this in your script: echo Running > /etc/ppp/running and the string 'Running' will appear in the file /etc/ppp/running if the script executes. -- John Hasler

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-23 Thread servis
*- On 23 Mar, Daniel Mashao wrote about "Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed" > On 22 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: > >> Daniel Mashao writes: >> > My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. >> >> Pppd runs those scripts with stdout and s

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-23 Thread Daniel Mashao
On 22 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: > Daniel Mashao writes: > > My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. > > Pppd runs those scripts with stdout and stderr redirected to /dev/null. Thanks for responding. But why don't I see the programs running? I even put in xload script that runs

Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-23 Thread John Hasler
Daniel Mashao writes: > My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. Pppd runs those scripts with stdout and stderr redirected to /dev/null. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

My ip-ip.d directory not executed

1999-03-22 Thread Daniel Mashao
My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. How can I debug this condition. I have tried putting in simple things like xload in the directory but they do not get executed. I am able to execute the contents of the directory if I run ./ip-up file in the /etc/ppp directory but not when pp