* stephen...@yahoo.com <stephen...@yahoo.com> 30.10.2009 > 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.
Hello Stephen, I have these lines at the top of my /etc/ppp/peers/provider connect /bin/true demand idle 180 ..... ..... Hth Michael -- Check it out, send me comments, and dance joyously in the streets, -- Linus Torvalds announcing 2.0.27
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