Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-06-08 Thread Cory Snavely
We...pon and poff, and let's not overlook plog _are_ elegantly tiny and simple, _but_ since my ISP instituted 'idle-time disconnects' I don't always know whether I'm connected or not. A little on/off light thingie might be nice to check before doing an apt-get, a perl -MCPAN or a

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-30 Thread Taupter
1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in the console or term. pon is some sort of script who calls pppd call connection. Gnome-Dialup is some sort of front-end for pppd call, as pon is. Taupter

RE: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-30 Thread Andrew McRobert
frontend in X for dialing ppp? 1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in the console or term. pon is some sort of script who calls pppd call connection. Gnome-Dialup is some sort of front-end for pppd call, as pon is. Taupter -- Unsubscribe? mail -s

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-30 Thread montefin
We...pon and poff, and let's not overlook plog _are_ elegantly tiny and simple, _but_ since my ISP instituted 'idle-time disconnects' I don't always know whether I'm connected or not. A little on/off light thingie might be nice to check before doing an apt-get, a perl -MCPAN or a wget.

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-30 Thread kmself
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 01:20:59AM -0300, Taupter wrote: 1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in the console or term. pon is some sort of script who calls pppd call connection. Gnome-Dialup is some sort of front-end for pppd call, as pon is. Various

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-30 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 02:00:35AM -0600, montefin wrote: We...pon and poff, and let's not overlook plog _are_ elegantly tiny and simple, _but_ since my ISP instituted 'idle-time disconnects' I don't always know whether I'm connected or not. A little on/off light thingie might be nice

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-30 Thread Taupter
montefin wrote: We...pon and poff, and let's not overlook plog _are_ elegantly tiny and simple, _but_ since my ISP instituted 'idle-time disconnects' I don't always know whether I'm connected or not. A little on/off light thingie might be nice to check before doing an apt-get, a

RE: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-30 Thread Larry Elmore
We...pon and poff, and let's not overlook plog _are_ elegantly tiny and simple, _but_ since my ISP instituted 'idle-time disconnects' I don't always know whether I'm connected or not. A little on/off light thingie might be nice to check before doing an apt-get, a perl -MCPAN or a

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-29 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello John, On Sun, 28 May 2000, john smith wrote: I have a few questions abt using ppp 1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in the console or term. There is a nice wmaker-applet called wmppp.app. You push a little button to start the connection, you push

is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-28 Thread john smith
I have a few questions abt using ppp 1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in the console or term. 2.how can I give permission for users to use the modem device thank you. Get Your

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-28 Thread John Hasler
john smith writes: 1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in the console or term. gpppon, in woody. 2.how can I give permission for users to use the modem device Add them to the dip group. The command is 'adduser username dip', as root. -- John Hasler [EMAIL

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

2000-05-28 Thread Shaul Karl
john smith writes: 1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in the console or term. gpppon, in woody. [01:53:22 /tmp]$ grep-available -P xisp Package: xisp Version: 2.6p1-2 Priority: optional Section: contrib/net Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski [EMAIL