Step 2: If you're using Gnome, then you can add the Gnome modem-lights applet to the panel (right-click on the panel, then follow your nose). If you're using KDE, you'll probably want to use kppp - see Nick and Chad's emails.
Once modem-lights is on the panel, then you right-click on modem-lights to set the Preferences (or is it Properties). modem-lights can drive any of the command-line dialers, e.g. if-up/if-down, and wvdial. I'm using if-up/down, so I set the dial-up option to:
/sbin/if-up ppp0
and, obviously enough, the disconnect option to
/sbin/if-down ppp0
The ppp0 refers to the ppp connection that has been configured by the Mandrake Control Center.
I don't actually have my Linux box in front of me, so I'm typing from memory here. There is also the question of giving your user (yourself) rights to dial out, and getting the correct lock file name. I'll have to look those up at home, unless anyone else can remember the details.
For more information, read the man page on if-up/down (or wvdial if you don't have any joy with those):
man if-up
I recommend trying to dial from the command line first.
Later on, I intend to try using Gnome PPP, which provides quite a lot more fruit than modem-lights, but it requires Gnome 2. I have other fish to fry first.
Douglas.
Kerry Mayes wrote:
Second attempt:
Hi all
Hopefully an easy question, I'm using Mdk 9.2 and looking for the app for users to control when to dial up the internet. Currently I can only find the bit within mandrake control center (which ordinary users don't have access to).
Googling tells me that I should have both KDE ppp and gnome ppp, but neither of these appear to be installed (cannot find the them in the menus, cannot find the files on the disk). RPM drake doesn't seem to include them either.
So my question: are either of these packages likely to be installed and just difficult to find or do I need to download and install them?
Cheers Kerry.
