Re: GNOME and PPP - suggestions for way forward

[bratsche dfw net]

This can't happen, because Modem Lights has absolutely nothing to do with
gnome-ppp, and gnome-ppp-dialer (in gnome-network, not gnome-core) does.
They don't have any settings in common with one another.

Cody

On Sun, 30 May 1999, Ben Frantzdale wrote:

> I mean that if someone sets up a login with gnome-ppp, they might
> expect the modem lights and ppp dialer applets to use the same settings.
> If this were the default it would make life easier for some.
> 
> --Ben
> 
> On Sun, 30 May 1999 bratsche@dfw.net wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I don't understand what you're saying. By panel apps, are you talking
> > about applets? The scripts (if any) in gnome-ppp are already shared
> > between the applet and the app.
> > 
> > Cody
> > 
> > On Sun, 30 May 1999, Ben Frantzdale wrote:
> > 
> > > What would be cool (and most logical to folks wo don't entirely understand
> > > this stuff) would be for gnome-ppp to be able to share its dialup scripts
> > > by default (or selectively) with the panel apps.
> > > 
> > > --Ben
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers guys,
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> > > > On Sat, 29 May 1999 bratsche@dfw.net wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > ->
> > > > ->The PPP Dialer applet that comes with gnome-core has been removed for the
> > > > ->next release. Does the Modem Lights applet have any uses other than
> > > > ->dialing into PPP shells? I've never seen this applet.
> > > > ->
> > > > ->There is a new PPP dialer applet that is distributed in the gnome-network
> > > > ->package, starting with version 1.0.2. It has some of the properties of the
> > > > ->applet you described.
> > > > ->
> > > > ->Your suggestions for the statistics is appreciated also. This is something
> > > > ->that is planned to be added sometime I think.
> > > > ->
> > > > ->Thanks,
> > > > ->  Cody
> > > > ->
> > > > --------------------SNIP--------------------
> > > > 
> > > > ->On Sat, 29 May 1999, James Green wrote:
> > > > ->
> > > > ->> Dear all,
> > > > ->> 
> > > > ->> I've been playing around with the ppp and modem progs that come with
> > > > ->> gnome. I want to quickly congratulate those who did gnome-ppp - it worked
> > > > ->> first time, unlike other scripts and setup-tools that give failure notices
> > > > ->> from those in #linuxhelp.
> > > > ->> 
> > > > ->> Now, it seems bizarre to have THREE (count 'em) apps/utils to perform
> > > > ->> modem/ppp operations. Could we not get rid of modem_lights and PPP-Applet
> > > > ->> and just expand gnome-ppp (it works, why break it?)?
> > > > ->> 
> > > > ->> I propose (and I have no idea what's in CVS, i'm using the latest
> > > > ->> stable tarballs):
> > > > ->> 
> > > > ->> - Gnome-PPP should be like the DUN in Windows95 in that it is available
> > > > ->>   both as an application and as a menu-driven system from the panel.
> > > > ->> 
> > > > ->> - Get rid of modem_lights and PPP Applet
> > > > ->> 
> > > > -------------SNIP-------------
> > > > 
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