Re: [RE: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!]

1999-08-21 Thread Civileme
Well, I have a script to turn ppp0 OFF 50 minutes of every hour when I am not using it. Yes, the "other" system lets application programs hook into the operating system core to make demands like that. I can well imagine it is possible for a daemon to be created to initiate ppp0 at need, but i

Re: [RE: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!]

1999-08-21 Thread Steve Philp
Michael Scottaline wrote: > > Stephan Schutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can you make the os auto dial when it hears an ftp, http - request? > > Stephan Schutter > == > Good question. Hope you (we) get an answer. I know in "

Re: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!

1999-08-21 Thread Steve Philp
> Stephan Schutter wrote: > > How can you make the os auto dial when it hears an ftp, http - > request? > > Stephan Schutter > > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, hevnsnt wrote: > > My girlfriend has been b*tching at me to put windows back on my > machine > > because she cant figure out how to connect to th

Re: [RE: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!]

1999-08-21 Thread Michael Scottaline
Stephan Schutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How can you make the os auto dial when it hears an ftp, http - request? Stephan Schutter == Good question. Hope you (we) get an answer. I know in "that other os" IE and Outlook Express can

RE: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!

1999-08-21 Thread Stephan Schutter
Title: RE: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!! How can you make the os auto dial when it hears an ftp, http - request? Stephan Schutter Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP WAITING! http://www.ms-windows-2000.com/ -Original Message- From: Rick Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!

1999-08-21 Thread Sean Armstrong
As far as making Icons, very simple under KDE. Just right click the descktop, under new their is application, click this. A generic icon is created on your desktop. Right click the Icon and click properties. Change the name to whatever you want but always keep the .kdlnk extension. (ie. ne

Re: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!

1999-08-21 Thread Rick Murphy
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, hevnsnt wrote: > My girlfriend has been b*tching at me to put windows back on my machine > because she cant figure out how to connect to the internet (no matter how > many times I show her) I am wondering if there is a way to make an icon in > KDE to: > > 1) Start the Kppp Di

Re: [[newbie] REAL Linux Question!!]

1999-08-21 Thread Michael Scottaline
hevnsnt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My girlfriend has been b*tching at me to put windows back on my machine because she cant figure out how to connect to the internet (no matter how many times I show her) I am wondering if there is a way to make an icon in KDE to: 1) Start the Kppp Dialer

RE: [newbie] REAL Linux Question!!

1999-08-20 Thread Ken Wilson
Make it a shell script by burying it in a file called 'othernet.sh', or any name of your choice. The text you want to type into the file goes like this #!/bin/sh telnet other.net.com Store the file in /usr/local/bin and then cd to /usr/local/bin and type 'chmod 766 othernet.sh' Now I