Re: flexfax: Parse error in "dailrules"

[darren@hylafax.org]

In message <01BE179D.F848D6A0@BROUX-01>, BROUX writes:
>
>The exact name is : HylaFax-V4_0pl2-19_i386.rpm
>I'm using Linux Redhat 5.1 on a PII machine.


No idea where this RPM came from. you should rpm -e it and install:

ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/hylafax/binary/linux/rpms/i386/hylafax-4.0pl2-3rh5.i386.r
pm


>I've run faxsetup and faxaddmodem. I've tried to setup outbound only first wit
>h faxmodem, later i've tried using faxgetty.


Stick with faxgetty. But sounds like your modem config file is a bit 
inappropriate to your modem, causing it to become "wedged".


>Nov  3 15:36:19 faxser FaxQueuer[460]: Cannot open file "etc/dialrules" for re
>ading
>Nov  3 15:36:19 faxser FaxQueuer[460]: Parse error in dial string rules "etc/d
>ialrules" 


YUCK! Use the "official" RPM and this should go away.


>Modem is : 3com US Robotics  56K Voice Faxmodem capable of faxclasses 1 and 2.
>0 connected externally to com1.

Icky.

See http://www.trump.net.au/~rjc/hylafax/usr.php (soon to be incorporated in www.hylafax.org)

-Darren