Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
I think it says in ip-up (the sript, not the directory) that all of the scripts are run with minimal (or even no) environment. So DISPLAY probably IS set, but ip-up is run without any of these variables. The wierdness here is not X or linux in general. It's the way pppd and ip-up work. -Michael On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, John Leget wrote: I ran into similar problems fortunately i had had some trouble with junkbuster ( one way of looking at it grin) and remembered seeing the following in the /etc/init.d/junkbuster startup script su nobody -c command so i tried this su myself -c proggy to launch and found it complained about not knowing where the X display was so i set DISPLAY=:0 ( in the script i set up for it ) and tried again and it worked fine. Im just wondering - wouldnt it be an idea to have the DISPLAY variable set when X is launched. ( And yes i know its possible to run multiple X servers but id assume those able to set that up would figure the rest out easily, me im just learning to crawl in linux ;0) ) Cheers Daniel Mashao wrote: On 23 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: Daniel Mashao writes: Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. Sure. Put this in your script: echo Running /etc/ppp/running and the string 'Running' will appear in the file /etc/ppp/running if the script executes. Thanks I did all these tests and indeed the scripts are running. I still have to figure out how to have xnetload to load immediately after pppd starts. It seems to be a problem with the display settings and path. /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
Yes , But i found out about needing to set the DISPLAY from a terminal when i tried to manually run my script, there was no DISPLAY set at all, so i had to manually set it. Still seems to me it might be usefull to have it when i fire up x whatever guess its juest a matter of adding it somewhere. cheers Michael Stenner wrote: I think it says in ip-up (the sript, not the directory) that all of the scripts are run with minimal (or even no) environment. So DISPLAY probably IS set, but ip-up is run without any of these variables. The wierdness here is not X or linux in general. It's the way pppd and ip-up work. -Michael On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, John Leget wrote: I ran into similar problems fortunately i had had some trouble with junkbuster ( one way of looking at it grin) and remembered seeing the following in the /etc/init.d/junkbuster startup script su nobody -c command so i tried this su myself -c proggy to launch and found it complained about not knowing where the X display was so i set DISPLAY=:0 ( in the script i set up for it ) and tried again and it worked fine. Im just wondering - wouldnt it be an idea to have the DISPLAY variable set when X is launched. ( And yes i know its possible to run multiple X servers but id assume those able to set that up would figure the rest out easily, me im just learning to crawl in linux ;0) ) Cheers Daniel Mashao wrote: On 23 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: Daniel Mashao writes: Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. Sure. Put this in your script: echo Running /etc/ppp/running and the string 'Running' will appear in the file /etc/ppp/running if the script executes. Thanks I did all these tests and indeed the scripts are running. I still have to figure out how to have xnetload to load immediately after pppd starts. It seems to be a problem with the display settings and path. /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
On 23 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: Daniel Mashao writes: Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. Sure. Put this in your script: echo Running /etc/ppp/running and the string 'Running' will appear in the file /etc/ppp/running if the script executes. Thanks I did all these tests and indeed the scripts are running. I still have to figure out how to have xnetload to load immediately after pppd starts. It seems to be a problem with the display settings and path. /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
HI, I ran into similar problems fortunately i had had some trouble with junkbuster ( one way of looking at it grin) and remembered seeing the following in the /etc/init.d/junkbuster startup script su nobody -c command so i tried this su myself -c proggy to launch and found it complained about not knowing where the X display was so i set DISPLAY=:0 ( in the script i set up for it ) and tried again and it worked fine. Im just wondering - wouldnt it be an idea to have the DISPLAY variable set when X is launched. ( And yes i know its possible to run multiple X servers but id assume those able to set that up would figure the rest out easily, me im just learning to crawl in linux ;0) ) Cheers Daniel Mashao wrote: On 23 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: Daniel Mashao writes: Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. Sure. Put this in your script: echo Running /etc/ppp/running and the string 'Running' will appear in the file /etc/ppp/running if the script executes. Thanks I did all these tests and indeed the scripts are running. I still have to figure out how to have xnetload to load immediately after pppd starts. It seems to be a problem with the display settings and path. /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
Daniel Mashao writes: My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. Pppd runs those scripts with stdout and stderr redirected to /dev/null. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
On 22 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: Daniel Mashao writes: My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. Pppd runs those scripts with stdout and stderr redirected to /dev/null. Thanks for responding. But why don't I see the programs running? I even put in xload script that runs okay if I run ip-up script, but never executes when pppd runs. Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
*- On 23 Mar, Daniel Mashao wrote about Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed On 22 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: Daniel Mashao writes: My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. Pppd runs those scripts with stdout and stderr redirected to /dev/null. Thanks for responding. But why don't I see the programs running? I even put in xload script that runs okay if I run ip-up script, but never executes when pppd runs. Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. Don't forget that ip-up and the files in ip-up.d are run as root. And they are do not explicitly know anything about X display settings. So if you are running as a regular user in X(which you should be) and pppd starts the xload will be run as root and will not know which DISPLAY to go to and will probably not have the proper permissions. Also remember that the scripts must have executible permissions. Also note that the the script /etc/ppp/ip-up actually calls the command 'run-parts /etc/ppp/ip-up.d' so ip-up must be executible as well and must have that command in it. -- Brian - Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. - unknown Mechanical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
Daniel Mashao writes: Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. Sure. Put this in your script: echo Running /etc/ppp/running and the string 'Running' will appear in the file /etc/ppp/running if the script executes. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address.
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
In a message dated 3/23/99 8:18:41 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there any way to send the output of pppd to a file so I can debug what is happenning. the output of pppd is already stored in your /var/log/syslog. -Jay
Re: My ip-ip.d directory not executed
Jay writes: the output of pppd is already stored in your /var/log/syslog. That will not help him find if his script is running. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
My ip-ip.d directory not executed
My ip-up.d directory is not executed when pppd wakes up. How can I debug this condition. I have tried putting in simple things like xload in the directory but they do not get executed. I am able to execute the contents of the directory if I run ./ip-up file in the /etc/ppp directory but not when pppd runs. Any ideas? /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/
