kppp and cron

> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> kppp: cannot connect to X server :0
>
> I've even tried using "xhost +" command from
within the script but  
> nothing
> seems to work.

The xhost command needs to be executed from within the X
session.

Cheers,
Kevin

Thanks Kevin, but point is I'm not executing this script
from within an X  
session but rather from root's cron.
In fact, I don't even care if X is running but obviously
kppp does and  
hence that seems to be my problem.

I really just wanted to be able to run "kppp -c
PPP_ACCOUNT" automatically  
without having to deal with any X issues.

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On Tuesday 12 December 2006 11:30 am, Marc Rosenthal wrote:
> Thanks Kevin, but point is I'm not executing this
script from within an X
> session but rather from root's cron.
> In fact, I don't even care if X is running but
obviously kppp does and
> hence that seems to be my problem.
>
> I really just wanted to be able to run "kppp -c
PPP_ACCOUNT" automatically
> without having to deal with any X issues.
I haven't used ppp recently, but if you want to connect from
a cron script 
perhaps you should not be using kppp?

It might be useful to have a look at pon, pppd and perhaps
pppconfig.

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On Monday 11 December 2006 23:30, Marc Rosenthal wrote:
> Thanks Kevin, but point is I'm not executing this
script from within an X
> session but rather from root's cron.

Yes, I understood that, but the xhost command needs to be
executed in the X 
session it should modify. The other commands don't matter.

> In fact, I don't even care if X is running but
obviously kppp does and
> hence that seems to be my problem.

I agree with Andrew: you should be looking into a non-GUI
solution.
Additionally to the ones Andrew listed, have a look at
wvdial.

Cheers,
Kevin

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Am Dienstag, 12. Dezember 2006 13:03 schrieb Kevin Krammer:
> Additionally to the ones Andrew listed, have a look at
wvdial.

I can second that - wvdial is great, easy to configure, very
reliable.
I used it back in the times when I was still on modem
dial-up (shrug :-/ ).

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