Peter Kazdera wrote: > > can somebody please explain how to connect to ppp via minicom using > minicom to dial and then quiting it and runnig ppp deamon to establish > a connection without using a script > > Peter YOU CAN NOT. Suppose you configure Minicom to set the modem (you need the modem's book to do a good work) and dial the number. When you hear the other computer whisteling you can leave Minicom without reseting the modem pressing Alt+Q. In this moment you have to start ppp and you have no time to write the command line because servers are set to dissconect after a delay (let say 30 sec) if there is no ppp at the other end of the line. So you got to write a script no matter how simple it is. And you need another script to end the connection. Trust me. I tried.I was never faster than my server. Without a script you can only ping to check your connection as the PPP-MODEM-TELEPHONE HOWTO says. Print the HOWTO on paper, and with the paper in your hand, do, step by step, everything it says. Or use Kppp from KDE. It is writeing the script in interactive way. On the RPM problem, first of all you have to say what linux you use. I presume it is RedHat if you want RPM. If it is Redhat I think you cofigured your Xwindow at installation time. Go in X and there is in the menu a "Control Pannel". In the Control Pannel there is a grafic tool for RPM, the icon is a box with a ribbon like those you get the kakes in.You can use the tool to see what packages you installed or what is available to install on a CD (for exemple). Cristian Carnutu
