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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Lee Forrest wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 03:24:29AM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> > We have a 'dial' script that loads modules and runs ppp-on in an rxvt,
> > but when it connects it immediately disconnects.  In BL2.  (This works in
> > BL3, not sure if the script is identical).
>
> You should check.
>
> > Typing 'dial' in an rxvt or a terminal works.
> >
> > in the icewm menu:
> > prog "dial" - rxvt -e dial
>
> Try:
>
> prog "dial" dial

Did not work.

What worked is
prog "dial" - dial

> > Instead of dial I tried first inserting the modules and then in the menu
> > eznet up 0 or ppp-on.
>
> If the modules need to be installed before dial runs, then try something like 
> this:
>
> prog "dial" - insmod <module alias> && insmod <module alias> && dial

That inserted only one module of three.

> Maybe:
>
> prog "dial" - 'insmod <module alias> && insmod <module alias> && dial'

Did not work at all.


Thanks for suggesting that I leave out the rxvt, which you apparently need 
for regular non-X executables but not for scripts.