Re: flexfax: configure question - new setup

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu>]

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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Michael Blaustein wrote:

> > > I'm trying to configure hylafx (4.0p12-1) on linux (2.0.34), and I'm 
> > > sorry to say I'm having some basic difficulties that reading the manuals 
> > > has not cleared up for me (because I'm new to linux and communications 
> > > software?).  Please help if you are willing.
> > > 
> > > I start hfaxd, then faxgetty.
> > 
> > Did you run faxsetup, and do you have faxq running?
> > 
> 
> Yes, and yes;  I still get messages from faxgetty that the modem can't be
> initialized and appears to be "wedged" and faxstat can't connect (does
> this indicate a problem with my network setup, which includes only the
> loopback interface?)

Hmm. Can you ping "localhost", which is the default FAXSERVER? And
if faxstat fails, you probably either have a network problem or your
$SPOOLDIR/etc/hosts table is not permitting connections to your hfaxd.
Read the manual page on the HylaFAX "hosts" file carefully and see
where that gets you...

			Nico Garcia
			Senior Engineer, CIRL 
			Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
			raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu

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