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TJK
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#41 Post by TJK »

I hate to prolong this. Thanks for all your help.
I know that I have an internet connection... but when Gpptp is "created" I don't even show a "ppp0" device (I'm doing some Googling on why no ppp0, but no answer so far)
jafadmin wrote:I checked my public IP address using "myip" which showed a legitimate routable IP address, and checked with the "ifconfig" command to make sure it showed a "ppp0" device.

Let us know about your network setup, and verify that you can get to the internet ok before starting Gpptp.
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#42 Post by jafadmin »

You are going to have to give us more information if you want our help.

What type of network connection do you have? Ethernet? Wireless? Dialup, what?

Can you ping 8.8.8.8 and get a response?
Can you ping yahoo.com and get a response?
Did you edit the "/etc/ppp/options.pptp" file and uncomment line 43 and save before using Gpptp?
Are you testing from a fresh ISO, or did you install other apps before trying Gpptp?

Unless we know more about your specific setup we can help no further because we can't replicate the problem.
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#43 Post by OscarTalks »

Just wanted to report that Gpptp v2.0 is working fine with all the vpnbook servers.

In my Dpup Wheezy and Dpup Stretch remasters I have it working with the yaf-splash notifications. In Stretch I had to add the yaf-splash executable.

In my Slacko 5.7 remaster I added the Slacko patch and it is working with xmessage (gxmessage) notifications.

I added a symlink from the chosen icon in /etc/ppp/gpptp/icon into /usr/share/pixmaps and named the symlink as gpptp.png so that JWM displays the icon in the GUI window and tray button.
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#44 Post by jafadmin »

OscarTalks wrote:Just wanted to report that Gpptp v2.0 is working fine with all the vpnbook servers.
Sweet! Thanks for the update, @OscarTalks. Very good news!
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#45 Post by jamesbond »

jaf, do you have the source tarball for this (with the patches if necessary)? I want to build and package it for Fatdog too. Thanks.
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#46 Post by jafadmin »

jamesbond wrote:jaf, do you have the source tarball for this (with the patches if necessary)? I want to build and package it for Fatdog too. Thanks.
I'll PM you .. Aw heck, I'll just post it here for whoever. PM me with questions.

Patches were about some puppies shipping with bad 'pptp' binaries back in the day. all the newer ones seem ok. Fatdogs were Ok, I think. At least mine are working fine. Test before ship, myrite? 8)


Gotchas are the symlink to the 'ip" command (this is a limitation of the pptp path requirement) , yaf-splash (for alerts), and the options.pptp file being configured right.

Oh, and it needs to compile in gtk v2.0
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#47 Post by jamesbond »

It's done. Thanks to jafadmin,

Gpptp is now on Fatdog's repo, and works nicely (tested with vpnbook). It's also easy to setup pptp server - only a few steps to follow, but that's another topic.
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#48 Post by jafadmin »

jamesbond wrote:It's done. Thanks to jafadmin,

Gpptp is now on Fatdog's repo, and works nicely (tested with vpnbook). It's also easy to setup pptp server - only a few steps to follow, but that's another topic.
Pure awesomeness, @jamesbond! 8)

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