Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Gnomemeeting connection to netmeeting

[David Selby <meeting pusspaws net>]

Damien Sandras wrote:

> Le lun 08/12/2003 à 22:25, David Selby a écrit :
>  
>
> > You gave me a clue. I am on a dial up 56K, setup as dial on demand. I 
> > did an experiment.
> > Started gnomemeeting several times with modem connected, all OK
> > Reset modem
> > Started gnomemeeting, modem dialed & connected - can't log on, then 
> > stuck for 20mins
> >
> >    
>
> Yes, that's normal.
>
>  
>
> > Theory - isp allocates me a dynamic IP address on startup, seconix gets 
> > caught up in this & thinks I have changed IP address ?
> >
> >    
>
> You start gnomemeeting, register, change IP address, try to list... And
> Seconix thinks you are not registered anymore or that you are an hacker
> :)
>
>  
>
> > I'll brush up on bash & put gnomemeeting in a wrapper which starts link 
> > if not already up.
> >
> > Thanks for the tip
> > Dave
> >
> >    

OK this is pitifully poor code ... but it does the job ... just in case 
anyone is interested ...

#!/bin/sh

# Wrapper around gnomemeeting to ensure modem has dialed BEFORE
# gnomemeeting is called ... avoids dynamic IP problem ...

message=' This is the Gnomemeeting wrapper script\n\n

I am now "pinging" 216.239.59.99 & waiting
for a settled IP address\n\n

I will then start Gnomemeeting\n'

# ping http://www.google.com & start link !
until ping -c 1 216.239.59.99 &> /dev/null; do
      
       echo -e $message | fmt -sw 60 - | xmessage -fn 9x15 -buttons 
"Delete message now
" -timeout 30 -center -bg yellow -file - &
       sleep 30s

done
gnomemeeting