[Goodies-commits] r3560 - xfce4-modemlights-plugin/trunk
Mike Massonnet
mmassonnet at xfce.org
Thu Nov 8 09:08:54 CET 2007
Author: mmassonnet
Date: 2007-11-08 08:08:54 +0000 (Thu, 08 Nov 2007)
New Revision: 3560
Modified:
xfce4-modemlights-plugin/trunk/README
Log:
Some README mods
Modified: xfce4-modemlights-plugin/trunk/README
===================================================================
--- xfce4-modemlights-plugin/trunk/README 2007-11-08 08:06:53 UTC (rev 3559)
+++ xfce4-modemlights-plugin/trunk/README 2007-11-08 08:08:54 UTC (rev 3560)
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
| Xfce4 ModemLights Plugin |
+---------------------------+
-The xfce4-modem-lights applet is an xfce4 panel applet
-intended to simplify establishing a ppp connection via
-a modem. It is primarily designed to work with the debian
-ppp package and the pon/poff scripts provided by that
-package, but should be usable with any scripts that create
-a lock file during dialing and retain it through the
-connection.
+The xfce4-modem-lights is an xfce4 panel plugin intended to simplify
+establishing a ppp connection via a modem. It is primarily designed to
+work with the debian ppp package and the pon/poff scripts provided by
+that package, but should be usable with any scripts that create a lock
+file during dialing and retain it through the connection.
This plugin should work with any Xfce version from 4.2.0 onwards.
@@ -17,45 +15,48 @@
"Connection command:"
This is the command that initiates dialing, such as:
/usr/bin/pon interbaun
-Shortly after this command is executed, a lock file should
-be created indicating that the appropriate device is in
-use.
+Shortly after this command is executed, a lock file should be created
+indicating that the appropriate device is in use.
"Disconnection Command:"
This is the command that breaks the connection, such as:
/usr/bin/poff
"Device:"
-This is the device name (interface name) for the
-established connection, such as:
+This is the device name (interface name) for the established connection,
+such as:
ppp0
-Note that this name may not be preceded or followed by
-superfluous white space.
+Note that this name may not be preceded or followed by superfluous white
+space.
To determine the device name, one can execute
cat /proc/net/dev
before and after establishing the connection.
-This will show the active devices/interfaces in the first
-column. The new device after establishing the connection
-is the device/interface name required.
+This will show the active devices/interfaces in the first column. The
+new device after establishing the connection is the device/interface
+name required.
"Lockfile:"
-This is the name of the lock file created by the
-connection command, such as
+This is the name of the lock file created by the connection command,
+such as:
/var/lock/LCK..ttyS1
-Again one can frequently find this name by checking the
-content of /var/lock before and after establishing the
-connection. The absence of that file indicates to the
-applet that no connection has been established and that
-no dialing is in progress.
+Again one can frequently find this name by checking the content of
+/var/lock before and after establishing the connection. The absence of
+that file indicates to the applet that no connection has been
+established and that no dialing is in progress.
"Icon (Disconnected)":
-This is the path to the icon file that should be shown while no connection is active and no dialing is occurring.
+This is the path to the icon file that should be shown while no
+connection is active and no dialing is occurring.
"Icon (Connecting)":
-This is the path to the icon file that should be shown while no connection is active but dialing is occurring.
+This is the path to the icon file that should be shown while no
+connection is active but dialing is occurring.
"Icon (Connected)":
-This is the path to the icon file that should be shown while a connection is active.
+This is the path to the icon file that should be shown while a
+connection is active.
-To see the troughput on the ppp connection I would suggest adding the xfce4-netload applet next to the modem-lights applet and configuring the former to use the same device as the latter.
+To see the troughput on the ppp connection I would suggest adding the
+xfce4-netload applet next to the modem-lights applet and configuring the
+former to use the same device as the latter.
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