[mythtv-users] kppp and mythtv

[Tony Rein]

Sorry -- I came in in the middle of this thread. In case no one's already 
suggested it, here it is:

Try wvdial. This is available in most Linux distributions. It's a command-line 
only wrapper around ppp and a few other programs, so you shouldn't have to 
get too intimate with them. Part of it is a script that runs and lets you 
type in answers for items like phone number, name password, etc, and writes 
configuration files and scripts that the main wvdial program uses. I think 
"pon" and "poff" that Michael Fox mentioned are part of the wvdial package; 
in any case they'll work with it.

I hope this helps.

Tony

On Monday December 26, 2005 5:35 pm, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:30:13 +1100
> Michael Fox <fox.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Depending on the distro, pon/poff from the shell works wonders.
>
> > Drop the use of kppp, and just use the ppp (pppd from terminal
> > configs) to bring up the link and do what you want.
> >
> > On 12/27/05, Korey Fort <k.m.fort at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > If you can run it from the terminal then you can try writing an
> > > expect script to automate your actions.
> > > "Let ye without segmentation fault cast the first int!"
> > >
> > > Korey Fort
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Beny
> > > Spensieri Jr Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 3:32 PM
> > > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] kppp and mythtv
> > >
> > > Being stuck on dial-up, I am trying to automate
> > > dialing up and mythfilldatabase, but I am having
> > > trouble.
> > >
> > > My dialer is kppp, this works great normally, but I am
> > > running into problems with having it run
> > > automatically.
> > >
> > > First I tried to get cron to run kppp, but kppp is not
> > > running and I get e-mails from cron with the error
> > > "kppp: cannot connect to X server"
> > >
> > > Then I tried to get mythtv to do it.  On the setup
> > > screen where you can automate mythfilldatabase, I
> > > changed the path to /usr/bin/kppp
> > >
> > > I then changed the arguments such that it will run a
> > > specific profile to update the show database and then
> > > close the connection.
> > >
> > > It is running it, but kppp gives the error "kppp:
> > > cannot connect to X server" again (in the log file I
> > > set up).
> > >
> > > I can't figure out how to get this to work.  I think I
> > > am running kppp as the regular user, mythtv is always
> > > running as so is X.
> > >
> > > I can do everything in a terminal window, but nowhere
> > > else.
> > >
> > > How can I fix this, running mythfilldatabase by hand
> > > is time consuming.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Beny
> > >
> > > "We are the Dyslexia of Borg. Your ass will be laminated.
> > >                                       Futility is resistant."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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