On Friday 24 Jan 2003 11:40 am, John McQuillen wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 20:56, Keith Powell wrote: > > On Thursday 23 Jan 2003 9:30 pm, John McQuillen wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 02:30, Keith Powell wrote: > > > > I have been investigating the Gnome desktop, and have been trying to > > > > get the Modem Lights applet working to use it for dial-up. I can't > > > > get it to work. When I click on it, nothing happens. > > > > > > > > It gives "pppon" (without the speech marks) as the connect command. I > > > > assume that "pppon" is a script, but it doesn't appear to installed > > > > anywhere. Trying to run "pppon" from a command line doesn't work > > > > either. > > > > > > > > How do I get Modem Lights to work, please? > > > > > > > > I can't find a help file for it anywhere. > > > > > > Try '/sbin/ifup ppp0' and '/sbin/ifdown ppp0' for disconnect. > > > > I still can't get it to work: I must be doing something very wrong. > > > > In the "connect" command box I have tried the following: > > > > ifup ppp0 > > /sbin/ifup ppp0 > > cd /sbin/ifup ppp0 > > > > I then changed the ifup permissions to 'me' as user and 'users' as group > > and repeated the above. Although as 'others' could run the script, it > > should have run without changing permissions. > > > > I then copied the ifup and ifdown scripts into the /etc/ppp folder and > > tried again. Again Modem Lights asked me if I wanted to connect and then > > just remained blank. > > > > The only way I can connect with ifup (and disconnect with ifdown) is to > > enter > > > > cd /sbin and then run ifup ppp0 (or ifdown ppp0) > > > > in a terminal. > > > > Sorry to bother you further, but have you any more advice, please? I > > don't know what else to try. > > You will have to allow normal users to run pppd. As Root, edit > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 > > Set USERCTL="yes" > > Cross your fingers and try again with /sbin/ifup ppp0 in the Modem > Lights connect box. > > I hope that works for you. > > Regards, > > John...
I followed your instructions and it is now working. Can I uncross my fingers, please? :-; Many thanks for your help, John, it is appreciated. I can now continue investigating Gnome! Cheers Keith
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