Re: flexfax: probemodem Fails

[CN Liu <cn-liu@mail.sinyih.com.tw>]

I'm sorry to post this message again as I forgot to subscribe to this list
before posting the following message.

Ras, where can I get "gcc 2.8.1 patches to the hylafax source"?

By the way, I also tried hylafax-i386-linux-v4.0pl2-1.tar.gz. Probemodem still
could not get any appropriate speed.

Regards,

> CN Liu wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > The software are: HylaFAX v4.0pl2 under Linux Slackware recompiled to
> > kernel 2.0.35 with RAID5 enabled with gcc 2.8.1; ZyXEL U-1496E.
>
> CN Liu
>
> did you apply the gcc 2.8.1 patches to the hylafax source before
> the compile attempt?
>
> ras
>
> >
> > **Problem 1**
> >
> > File config.log generated by ./configure has some errors like
> >
> > //usr/bin/gcc        -D__ANSI_CPP__ -I. -I. -I. -I././util
> > -I/usr/local/include -I././regex -g -O  t.c -lmalloc
> > ld: cannot open -lmalloc: No such file or directory
> > make: *** [t] Error 1
> > ...
> > /usr/bin/gcc        -D__ANSI_CPP__ -I. -I. -I. -I././util
> > -I/usr/local/include -I././regex -g -O  t.c -lutil
> > ld: cannot open -lutil: No such file or directory
> > make: *** [t] Error 1
> > ...
> > /usr/bin/gcc        -D__ANSI_CPP__ -I. -I. -I. -I././util
> > -I/usr/local/include -I././regex -g -O  t.c -lc
> > /tmp/cca011241.o: In function `t':
> > /usr/src/hylafax-v4.0pl2/t.c:1: undefined reference to `pututxline'
> > make: *** [t] Error 1
> > ..
> > /usr/bin/gcc        -D__ANSI_CPP__ -I. -I. -I. -I././util
> > -I/usr/local/include -I././regex -g -O  t.c -lgen
> > ld: cannot open -lgen: No such file or directory
> > make: *** [t] Error 1
> > ..
> >
> > /usr/bin/gcc        -D__ANSI_CPP__ -I. -I. -I. -I././util
> > -I/usr/local/include -I././regex -g -O -x c++ -E t.c++
> > t.c++:1: sys/bsdtypes.h: No such file or directory
> > # 1 "t.c++"
> >
> > make: *** [t] Error 1
> > ld: cannot open -lutil: No such file or directory
> > ...
> >
> > I ignored these errors and proceeded
> >
> > make
> > make install
> > faxsetup
> >
> > Then, the first problem I face is that faxaddmodem always fails to get
> > best modem speed:
> >
> > Probing for best speed to talk to modem: 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200
> >
> > Unabel to deduce DTE-DCE speed; check that you are using the
> > ...
> >
> > I can see the modem are responding to probemodem because the indicators
> > are flashing during the probing process. I have tried ttyS0, ttyS1,
> > cua0, and cua1 in combinations with 3 different modems of identical
> > model and 1 GVC modem. All failed to acquire the appropriate speed.
> >
> > **Problem 2**
> >
> > After faxsetup, I do not see
> > /var/spool/fax/etc/config.ttyS0
> > /var/spool/fax/etc/config.ttyS1
> > /var/spool/fax/etc/config.cua0
> > /var/spool/fax/etc/config.cua1
> >
> > **Problem 3**
> >
> > I found
> >
> > FIFO|
> >
> > in /var/spool/fax
> >
> > FIFO.ttyS0  (and FIFO.ttyS1, FIFO.cua0, FIFO.cua1) are not present. Is
> > this a problem?
> >
> > **Probem 4**
> > Syntax for sendfax seems mismatch its man page:
> >
> > Command "sendfax -d 12345 /etc/hosts" gets message
> >
> > sendfax: no files to send
> > ussage: sendfax [options] <fax-number> <page(s) in g3-format>
> >         valid options: -p, -v, -l <device(s)>, -x <debug>, -n, -S, -r,
> > -D <x>
> >
> > **Probem 5**
> >
> > Both commands:
> >
> > sendfax 12345 /etc/hosts
> > sendfax -v /dev/ttyS1 -d 12345 /etc/hosts
> >
> > get responds:
> >
> > Trying fax device '/dev/tty4c'... canot open!
> > Trying fax device '/dev/tty4d'... canot open!
> > sendfax: cannot access fax device(s) (locked?)
> >
> > Please help!
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > CN Liu