flexfax: /etc/utmp file and faxgetty

[Miguel Gualdron <mig@miso.wwa.com>]

I'm having a small problem with utmp and faxgetty.  I have a Linux box with 
kernel 2.0.30 and Hylafax 4.0pl1.  I have had both inbound and outboud fax 
services working ok for a couple of months now.  When I get a data call, and 
the user logs in, both /etc/utmp, and /etc/wtmp are updated correctly.  When 
the user logs out, the 'last' command reports correctly the length of time the 
user was logged in, but the 'who' command tells me the user is still logged 
in.  Apparently faxgetty is not cleaning up the utmp file after a logout.

I have successfully used agetty and getty_ps as the data-side of faxgetty, but 
the logout problem persists with both of them.

I used to use a sym-link for /dev/ttyS2 called /dev/modem; but I got rid of 
it, and the problem still exists.

Any help or ideas on this would be appreciated.

--Miguel

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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 15:28:00 -0800
From: John Conover <john@johncon.johncon.com>
To: Nico Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu>
Cc: John Conover <john@johncon.johncon.com>, flexfax@sgi.com
Subject: Re: flexfax: Cardinal modem.
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Nico Garcia writes:
> 
> > I'm trying to make a config.ttyS1 for the Cardinal modem. I keep
> > getting "unable to determine modem type" in the syslog. How do the
> > ModemMfrQueryCmd, ModemModelQueryCmd, ModemRevQueryCmd commands work?
> > I looked in the docs, and couldn't find anything.
> 
> Step back here: what operating system, what brand of Cardinal modem,
> what version of HylaFAX, and is the modem internal or external?
>

Its a Cardinal Connecta, model 3480, external 56K X2 Fax Modem,
running on Linux 1.2.8. The modem claims to support class 2.0, and
seems to be a US Robotics Sportster clone, which I am currently using
with HylaFAX in class 1. I wanted to see if the 2.0 worked where the
USR's doesn't. The Connecta seems to use the same command set as the
USR, (The I*'s formats may be different,) and the same TI DSP chip. I
tried the USR's config file for 2.0, but it gave grumblings in the
syslog.

I got the modem as an inexpensive add on for UUCP, started using it
for diald and pppd, and the firmware seemed robust. So, I thought I
would give it a test drive in class 2.0.

	John

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