flexfax: anyone else running faxgetty under Solaris-2.6 ?

["Mark G. Thomas" <Mark@Misty.com>]

Hi,

I'm still trying to figure out why my faxgetty sometimes gets stuck
reporting "Waiting for modem to come ready", with the modem no longer
answering calls, generally after sending an outgoing fax from a line.

It seems to be more of problem with the hylafax I build with gcc-2.8.1
then built with gcc-2.7.2.3, however this isn't completely conclusive.

I'd be interested in hearing about faxgetty behavior from anyone
else, especially if you are running Solaris-2.6.

I have confirmed that there are no lockfiles left over in /var/spool/locks,
and that when I am using ports or sending faxes, consistent lock file
schemes are used.

I have also confirmed that the log files don't report any errors
about wedged modems or other faxgetty complaints.

Lastly, the exact same modem settings, ports, and other settings all
worked fine on the same machine back when I was running SunOS-4.1.4.

I'm also using a 16 port Magma Serial card, though will shortly 
try a native sun serial port too.


When I first start things up:
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Feb 22 21:43:43 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: OPEN /dev/cua/8
Feb 22 21:43:43 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2187]: OPEN /dev/cua/9
Feb 22 21:43:49 lucky.misty.com FaxQueuer[2190]: HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl2
Feb 22 21:43:49 lucky.misty.com FaxQueuer[2190]: Copyright (c) 1990-1996 Sam Leffler
Feb 22 21:43:49 lucky.misty.com FaxQueuer[2190]: Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Feb 22 21:43:52 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: MODEM MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS MT2834BLR/0216B
Feb 22 21:43:52 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2187]: MODEM MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS MT2834BLR/0216B
Feb 22 21:43:54 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: HELLO
Feb 22 21:43:54 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2187]: HELLO

lucky(#):/> faxstat -a
HylaFAX scheduler on lucky.misty.com: Running
Modem cua/8 (+1.215.836.4654): Running and idle
Modem cua/9 (+1.215.836.4654): Running and idle


When I send myself a fax, from one line to the other:
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Feb 22 21:44:57 lucky.misty.com FaxQueuer[2190]: SUBMIT JOB 648
Feb 22 21:45:09 lucky.misty.com FaxSend[2225]: MODEM MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS MT2834BLR/0216B
Feb 22 21:45:10 lucky.misty.com FaxSend[2225]: SEND FAX: JOB 648 DEST 836-4654 COMMID 00001648
Feb 22 21:45:39 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: ANSWER: FAX CONNECTION
Feb 22 21:45:44 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: ACCEPT TSI "Mark G. Thomas Cnslt"
Feb 22 21:45:55 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: RECV FAX (00001649): from Mark G. Thomas Cnslt, page 1 in 0:11, INF, 3.85 line/mm, 2-D MR
Feb 22 21:46:01 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: RECV FAX (00001649): from Mark G. Thomas Cnslt, page 2 in 0:06, INF, 3.85 line/mm, 2-D MR
Feb 22 21:46:01 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: RECV FAX (00001649): recvq/fax00273.tif from Mark G. Thomas Cnslt, route to <unspecified>, 2 pages in 0:22
Feb 22 21:46:03 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: RECV FAX: bin/faxrcvd "recvq/fax00273.tif" "cua_8" "00001649" ""
Feb 22 21:46:15 lucky.misty.com FaxGetty[2185]: MODEM MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS MT2834BLR/0216B

As indicated, the receiving FaxGetty[2185] wakes up and re-initialized
the modem when receiving the fax is done, however FaxGetty[2187] on the 
sending tty port never recovers and notices that the modem is free.

lucky:/home/mark> faxstat -a
HylaFAX scheduler on lucky.misty.com: Running
Modem cua/8 (+1.215.836.4654): Running and idle
Modem cua/9 (+1.215.836.4654): Waiting for modem to come ready

-Mark



-- 
Mark G. Thomas (Mark@Misty.com -- http://www.misty.com/)