On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 05:34:21PM +0530, Derek Cordeiro wrote: > > In Debian the wvdial package contains a file > /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial-pipe whereas in RedHat Lnx the same does > not exist. Is it that this file is not important? (Then why > does it continue to exist even in Knoppix?) >
This was not there in debian as well. This seems to have come in after wvdial source changed to compile with libWvStreams in early part of 2002 (ver 1.5.x). The documentation under woody is rather scanty on this issue. One needs to go through the sources to find out the significance of this wvdial-pipe. It seems work fine even without it though ... > > There is a utility called pppstatus in Debian Woody (and > Knoppix). The same I downloaded and compiled on Mandrake, > RedHat, But it fails to do the job (it provides a terminal > interface graph). Has anyone tried it, Any answers? Yes I have used it for about 2 years now. This little app by Gabriel Montenegro was essentially to get a visual picture of your ppp link which the legacy pppstats did not provide. I don't understand the term "fails to do the job". It is a console app, (man pppstatus), so a "terminal interface graph" is only to be expected. Bish -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : Monitoring internet traffic LOST #128 Visit: http://pppstatus.sourceforge.net/download.htm and down- load the latest "PPPStatus". Edit /etc/inittab as follows: 7:23:respawn:/usr/local/bin/pppstatus > /dev/tty12 This is a console program running on a free tty, which will give everything for ppp monitoring, including telephone costs. ####[kumarayil (at) eth.net]################################## : ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
