Creating a launcher of wvdial to run in the background

[Steve Scrimpshire]

This tutorial is for Gnome/Sawfish, but can be adapted to work in any environment.

 

Assuming you have wvdial installed and working properly, you should open a terminal and run these commands (as root):

chmod +s /usr/bin/wvdial

chmod +x /usr/sbin/pppd

chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd

chmod 0755 /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial 

chmod +s /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial

 

The first three lines are compliments of bvc.

 

Then right click your taskbar and select Panel>Applets>Network>Modem Lights

(I use the modem_lights applet)

 

Then right click on the modem lights applet icon and select 'Properties'

Connect command would be:

 

wvdial &

 

That opens wvdial in the background (that's what the '&' is for).

 

The disconnect command would be:

 

killall wvdial

 

You may also have to check and see what the name of the LCK..tty* file is that is created when your modem is opened (the existence of this file is what tells modem_lights you are connected) under the advanced tab. Mine, for example is:

 

/var/lock/LCK..ttySHCF0

 

and verify that the device name is correct. Mine is ppp0.

 

I hope this helps someone.