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Re: Goofy kppp and Enlightenment problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorian)
Tue Oct 27 23:08:22 1998
From: Dorian <nazark@idt.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com,
"Patrick O'Neil" <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 23:35:11 -0500
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Ok now I am guessing but..
What I think whats happening is that kppp is trying to dock. Kppp is written
for the KDE windows manager and KDE (like you know) has a tool-bar. when
connected kpp tries to dock to this and show you the flashing lights a la
windows style Enlightenment has no such thing and this is what is probably
locking kppp. To correct this try disabling dock into panel and/or minimaze
windows on coonect from the kppp ppp options screan.
Another (better) solution would be to edit the scripts for manual dial (I belive
there is an app that will write the scripts for you but I cant remember the
name). Its not all that hard and you will be able to conect from the terminal
(very useful if you just destroyed X windows by accident and need to download
it again)
Hope this helps
On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Patrick O'Neil wrote:
>I have several wm installed to play with. Among them are KDE
>and Enlightenment. In enlightenment, I have come across an
>irritating problem. I have setup (by editing user_main.cfg)
>the web button on the top right of the enlightenment screen
>to start kppp. It will start it just fine and when I select
>"Connect" it will dial and negotiate just fine. What wont
>happen is a successful completion to the connection...pppd
>seems to lock up. I am then unable to cancel the connection,
>nor can I kill kppp by clicking on the X at the top right
>corner of the kppp window. If I have the log window open,
>I cannot dismiss it nor kill it with the top right X either.
>The ONLY way I have found to kill the program and regain the
>modem is by killing the kppp process.
>
>If I start kppp via a terminal window, however, none of this
>occurs and I am able to connect just fine (I am writing and
>sending this message that way).
>
>Why would simply starting kppp via a button on enlightenment
>make it unusable but starting it via an xterm make it work
>fine?
>
>Of course, one would have to have some experience with
>enlightenment (probably) to help me out here but what
>follows is the pertinent entry in my user_main.cfg file
>that sets up the three mouse buttons to start the appropriate
>app:
>
>actionclass {
> classname ACTION_EXEC_WEB
> type normal
> event mouseup
> anymod yes
># anybut yes
> button 1
> action ACTION_EXEC /opt/kde/bin/kppp
> next
> button 2
> action ACTION_EXEC /usr/lib/netscape/netscape
> next
> button 3
> action ACTION_EXEC kfm
>}
>
>Again, the question would be why does starting kppp this way (by means
>of the first mouse button clicking on the enlightenment web button)
>cause
>a lockup of the app and an apparent inability to successfully run
>pppd...
>but starting kppp via xterm is OK?
>
>--
>-------------------------------------------
>"If a man hasn't discovered something that
>he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
> --Martin Luther King, Jr
>-------------------------------------------
>
>Padraig UiNiall
>
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