[plug] APC Redhat 5.2 PPP connections

[Tony Clark]

Its in the XFree86-devel-3.3.2.3-25.i386.rpm

Install that should fix problem.

Tony


On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> That is exactly what I did, and it came up with the error regarding the
> dir's not found,ie
> 
> 
>     X11/Xlib.h
>     X11/Xutils.h
>     X11/Xatom.h
>     X11/keysym.h
>     X11/Xresource.h
>     X11/cursorfont.h
> 
> It then says: make: *** [xisp.o] Error 1
>  there is obviously a package I have missed, but what ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Clark <tony at ballist.net.au>
> To: plug at linux.org.au <plug at linux.org.au>
> Date: Sunday, 21 March 1999 12:44
> Subject: [plug] APC Redhat 5.2 PPP connections
> 
> 
> >After a few messages in here I took a look at the APC Pocket book to see
> why it
> >seemed to be causing so many problems for people to get ppp up and running
> >with their ISP.
> >
> >The basic intructions for using the control tool seem ok..They warn you off
> it
> >and get you to use xisp.  This is where there are some problems with the
> >instructions.
> >
> >The following I hope will clear this up a little.
> >
> >cd /tmp
> >tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/APC/SRC/bxform-088-glibc.tar.gz
> >tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/APC/SRC/xisp-2_5p4.tar.gz
> >cd xforms
> >make install
> >cd ../xisp-2.5p4
> >vi Makefile
> >comment all lines that relate to slackware!
> >The Redhat section should look the same as below
> >
> ># # Red Hat vars (use the lines defining -lcrypt in EXTRALIBS
> ># and -DGLIBC2 in EXTRADEFS for version >= 5.0). Reportedly,
> ># the following is also good for SuSE Linux 5.x distributions
> >#-------------------------------------------------------------
> >BINX11    = usr/X11R6/bin
> >USRLOCAL  = usr/bin
> >SBINDIR   = usr/sbin
> >VARRUN    = var/run
> >USRLIBPPP = $(SBINDIR)
> >OPTSDIR   = etc/ppp
> >MANDIR    = usr/man/man1
> >ETCPPP    = etc/ppp
> >DESTDIR   = $(RPM_BUILD_ROOT)
> >GROUP     = root
> >GCCFLAGS  = $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS)
> >EXTRADEFS = -DGLIBC2
> >#EXTRADEFS =
> >EXTRALIBS = -lcrypt
> >#EXTRALIBS =
> >INSTALL   = install
> >#
> >
> >save the Makefile
> >
> >make
> >
> >If there are no errors
> >
> >make install
> >
> >xisp should then work correctly.
> >
> >Have fun
> >
> >Tony
> >
--
Systems Marketing Manager
ERG Telecommunications Pty Ltd a Division of ERG Ltd
Mobiles Australia +61 411 577715  Asia +852 93168907
Office Direct +618 9273 1215  Switch + 618 9273 1100