Don't close the tty before invoking pppd. It makes it difficult to use.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/settings/networksettings/ppp/connect.cpp b/noncore/settings/networksettings/ppp/connect.cpp
index 798431b..6905d79 100644
--- a/noncore/settings/networksettings/ppp/connect.cpp
+++ b/noncore/settings/networksettings/ppp/connect.cpp
@@ -799,65 +799,68 @@ void ConnectWidget::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *) {
 //     else
       cancelbutton();
   }
 
   if(vmain == 10) {
     if(!expecting) {
 
       int result;
 
       timeout_timer->stop();
       if_timeout_timer->stop(); // better be sure.
 
       // stop reading of data
       _ifaceppp->modem()->stop();
 
       if(_ifaceppp->data()->authMethod() == AUTH_TERMINAL) {
       //     if (termwindow) {
         //   delete termwindow;
         //   termwindow = 0L;
         //   this->show();
         // } else {
         //   termwindow = new LoginTerm(0L, 0L);
         //   hide();
         //   termwindow->show();
         //   vmain = 30;
         //   return;
         // }
       }
 
       // Close the tty. This prevents the QTimer::singleShot() in
       // Modem::readtty() from re-enabling the socket notifier.
       // The port is still held open by the helper process.
-      _ifaceppp->modem()->closetty();
+
+      /* Er, there _is_ not QTimer::singleShot() in Modem::readtty(),
+         and closing the thing prevents pppd from using it later. */
+      //_ifaceppp->modem()->closetty();
 
       killTimer( main_timer_ID );
 
       if_timeout_timer->start(_ifaceppp->data()->pppdTimeout()*1000);
       qDebug( "started if timeout timer with %i", _ifaceppp->data()->pppdTimeout()*1000);
 
       // find out PPP interface and notify the stats module
 //      stats->setUnit(pppInterfaceNumber());
 
       qApp->flushX();
       semaphore = true;
       result = execppp();
 
       emit debugMessage(i18n("Starting pppd..."));
       qDebug("execppp() returned with return-code %i", result );
 
       if(result) {
         if(!_ifaceppp->data()->autoDNS())
           adddns( _ifaceppp );
 
         // O.K we are done here, let's change over to the if_waiting loop
         // where we wait for the ppp if (interface) to come up.
 
         emit if_waiting_signal();
       } else {
 
         // starting pppd wasn't successful. Error messages were
         // handled by execppp();
         if_timeout_timer->stop();
         this->hide();
         messg->setText("");
         //p_kppp->quit_b->setFocus();