Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 10:48:33AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> 2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Is there any GUI-based software for timing h

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread Carl Johnson
"Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been > >> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread John Hasler
Dotan Cohen wrote: > Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been > connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a > less technical user. Thanks in advance. You might look at pppstatus. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Dotan Cohen wrote: > Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been > connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a > less technical user. Thanks in advance. pppcost seems to be what you are looking for. Haven't tried it though. There's a screenshot here:

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread John Hasler
Dotan Cohen writes: > Thanks, Doug, but this would not work in the case of accidental > disconnects... Yes it would. The scripts in ip-down.d run when the link goes down for any reason. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Dotan Cohen wrote: Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a less technical user. Thanks in advance. http://packages.debian.org/sid/wmppp.app exists in all distributions. Right now mine shows 00:00 and

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Are you saying that /etc/ppp/ip-down isn't run if you unplug the phone > wire? I've never had that problem. As for handling accidental > disconnects, there's the pppd persist option. > Er, I really don't know! I'll pass that info on, thanks! --

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 10:48:33AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been > >> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I n

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/5 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been >> connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a >> less technical user. Thanks in advance. > > It

Re: Dialup connection timer

2008-11-04 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Is there any GUI-based software for timing how long one has been > connected to dialup? I have found wvdial but I need something for a > less technical user. Thanks in advance. Its not GUI, but a simple way would be to add a script to

Dialup connection timer

2008-11-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
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