Drop the use of kppp, and just use the ppp (pppd from terminal configs) to bring up the link and do what you want.
On 12/27/05, Korey Fort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you can run it from the terminal then you can try writing an expect > script to automate your actions. > "Let ye without segmentation fault cast the first int!" > > Korey Fort > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beny Spensieri Jr > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 3:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mythtv-users] kppp and mythtv > > Being stuck on dial-up, I am trying to automate > dialing up and mythfilldatabase, but I am having > trouble. > > My dialer is kppp, this works great normally, but I am > running into problems with having it run > automatically. > > First I tried to get cron to run kppp, but kppp is not > running and I get e-mails from cron with the error > "kppp: cannot connect to X server" > > Then I tried to get mythtv to do it. On the setup > screen where you can automate mythfilldatabase, I > changed the path to /usr/bin/kppp > > I then changed the arguments such that it will run a > specific profile to update the show database and then > close the connection. > > It is running it, but kppp gives the error "kppp: > cannot connect to X server" again (in the log file I > set up). > > I can't figure out how to get this to work. I think I > am running kppp as the regular user, mythtv is always > running as so is X. > > I can do everything in a terminal window, but nowhere > else. > > How can I fix this, running mythfilldatabase by hand > is time consuming. > > Thank you, > > Beny > > "We are the Dyslexia of Borg. Your ass will be laminated. > Futility is resistant." > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
