Re: Kernel 2.2.2, include?

[Kevin Forge <forgeltd@usa.net>]

jfm2@club-internet.fr wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > As an example I think it is much more important to modify Indy in
> > > order after install the user is at H minus 2 minutes from being able
> > > to ask for help in case he needs it (ie improve network configuration
> > > for PPP users).
> >
> > pppsetup from slackware.
> > This is the nicest and simplest to use text mode ppp configuration
> > tool I have ever seen.  Way easier than LinuxConf.  This is for
> > those who need help with 'X' of course.  If the GUI works then KPPP
> > is the default.
> >
> 
> I want to hack the install in order the PPP config is asked then.
> When I see installs configuring networking only for people in LANs I
> tend to believe the author lives in Mars (where everyone has an
> ethernet at home).  Of course it must be made possible to configure
> after install: the user could not have parms at hand whne installing.
> 
> Also depending on what program was used for configuring PPP, starting
> and stopping PPP will use differnt mechanisms.  It is needed to make
> it smart enough for identifying if PPP was configured with the tool we
> will choose or with Linuxconf (possibly a legacy config) and use the
> right mechanism.
> 
> It is also a pity that every distribution is using its own PPP
> configurator.  This is an area where if Linux people used a single
> mechanism it would be possible to ask providers to deliver PPP
> connection scripts.  Linux is now a not negligible market share and
> its share between networked users is still bigger.  Lack of a united
> front and our minorty and hackeristic culture (we do it instead of
> asking it being provided) is the factor who is impeding that we get
> PPP configs from the providers.

This sounds like LSB to me. 

Is it at all possible to create a script that will take a working 
PPP setup from KPPP or any of the other PPP config tools and make
it work for Dial on Demand ?