Ubuntu 8.04.1, X11.

I'm trying to use wmifs to monitor the state of a dialup connection
(green light = online, red light = offline).

It used to work with "wmifs -l -i ttyS0". Now we setup a new machine
and it doesn't work there.

Is there a common interface name for a dialup connection or any way
to find out the active interface?

Thanks in advance,
Niklaus

On 2008-07-21, Niklaus Kuehnis <kuehnik_0505@gmx-topmail.de> wrote:
> Ubuntu 8.04.1, X11.
>
> I'm trying to use wmifs to monitor the state of a dialup connection
> (green light = online, red light = offline).
>
> It used to work with "wmifs -l -i ttyS0". Now we setup a new machine
> and it doesn't work there.
>
> Is there a common interface name for a dialup connection or any way
> to find out the active interface?

usually it is ppp0


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Ignoramus14558 <ignoramus14558@nospam.14558.invalid> wrote:
> On 2008-07-21, Niklaus Kuehnis <kuehnik_0505@gmx-topmail.de> wrote:
> > Ubuntu 8.04.1, X11.
> >
> > I'm trying to use wmifs to monitor the state of a dialup connection
> > (green light = online, red light = offline).
> >
> > It used to work with "wmifs -l -i ttyS0". Now we setup a new machine
> > and it doesn't work there.
> >
> > Is there a common interface name for a dialup connection or any way
> > to find out the active interface?

> usually it is ppp0

OK, will try that. Thanks.

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Niklaus