🚀 go-pugleaf

Hal Burgiss wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:31:13 -0500, James Silverton
> <jim.silverton@erols.com> wrote:
> >I recently installed SuSE 6.2 in a dual boot arrangement using
> >Bootmagic. For the immediate future, my connection with the Internet is
> >going to be over a 56K modem with an ISP (Erols) whose contract has
> >several months to run. Suggestions that I change ISPs would not be
> >helpful but I need some advice and information. The ISP quite honestly
> >says that it does not support Unix but has given me the only thing I
> >really needed, the IP of their news server, without any problems.  I
> >have found that wvdial works very well indeed to make a connection with
> >the ISP but two things are apparent.
> >
> >Once wvdial starts pppd, I have no easy indication that the connection
> >is still up other than hang-ups of, for example, Netscape or failures
> >of ping. Second, my ISP negotiates  password "verification" and failure
> >here is much more common than actual busy signals when dialing. Since
> >wvdial will have started pppd before the process is complete, I do no>>>>>>>>>>>>Deletions<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> One way to do this is to watch /var/log/messages. In an xterm you can
> run 'tail -f /var/log/messages'. Not pretty, but it works. There is also
> an app called root-tail (sp?), that does this but writes it directly to
> the root window (background). Kinda neat.
> 
> >In Windows dial-up networking, I can watch the process and immediately
> >redial if verification fails. I am impressed by wvdial and would like to
> >continue to use it but the verification failure and lack of a visual
> >indication of connection are a pain. Does anyone have any suggestions
> >for  a visual connection indicator since, AFAIK, such  a signal would
> >solve both my problems?
> >
> 
> Maybe there is some applet out there for this. In WindowMaker there is
> wmppp. This has on-off buttons, yellow light for connecting, red for
> dropped connection, and green for connected. It also has speed
> indicator. You have to set this up to invoke a script/command of your
> choosing.

Hi!

The best suggestion so far has been the Window Maker wmifs which is
essentially what you suggest. I down-loaded it from
http://www.mezaway.org/dockapps/wmifs.html

and it does work under KDE even if the display window is on the small
side. This was suggested by Joe Yardle on the ma-linux@tux.org
discussion group.

Jim.