Re: [Usability] RE: PPP dialer (Re: Bug with volume handling in 2.3.2)

[Roberto Rosselli Del Turco <rosselli ling unipi it>]

Carlos Garnacho Parro wrote:
> > > BTW, is there some plan to add a decent PPP dialer to the
> > > GNOME Desktop
> > > applets/utilities?
> >
> > I believe there's one in gnome-system-tools. The decision has not yet been
> > made for that new module. Try it out. Tell us what you think.
>
>
> in the gnome-system-tools there is a network-admin tool, that configures
> PPP too, but I understand that this is not designed as a PPP dialer, I'm
> planning to write one based on gst, as you may run a standalone ppp druid
> when doing:
>
> ./network-admin --ppp-connection

This is an excellent idea. I tried to set up a pair of PPP connections 
with network-admin and they worked flawlessly at first launch (the 
connections druid looks great, too). As Carlos remarked, though, 
network-admin is a configuration tool, unsuitable for this use: actually 
all that you need after having configured a PPP(/other) connection is a 
small utility/applet to activate the desired connection.

Ciao

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