Sorry -- I came in in the middle of this thread. In case no one's already suggested it, here it is:
Try wvdial. This is available in most Linux distributions. It's a command-line only wrapper around ppp and a few other programs, so you shouldn't have to get too intimate with them. Part of it is a script that runs and lets you type in answers for items like phone number, name password, etc, and writes configuration files and scripts that the main wvdial program uses. I think "pon" and "poff" that Michael Fox mentioned are part of the wvdial package; in any case they'll work with it. I hope this helps. Tony On Monday December 26, 2005 5:35 pm, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:30:13 +1100 > Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Depending on the distro, pon/poff from the shell works wonders. > > > 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 _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
