Re: flexfax: No Dial Tone

[Phil Watkinson <pkw@elgro.co.uk>]

At 13:42 04/03/99 +0100, Wolfgang Scherer <wolfgang@aero-club.org> wrote:
>I just installed Hylafax on my Linux-Server (2.0.35) using a CREATIX
>SG2834 Modem. Incomming faxes are propperly recorded, but trying to send
>a fax I receive the Error-Message: No Dial Tone. The reason is
>obviouslytaht the modem is connected to an internal telefon-system from
>which I have to dial "0" first to get a outside line.
>
>I just modified config.ttyS1
>ModemDialCmd:   ATDT%s  to ATDT0%s
>
>but this does not help. What do I have to change?
>

An alternative to changing ModemDialCmd in the config file is to alter
the dialrules file.

I added to my /var/spool/fax/etc/dialrules file:

	^[0-9]{7,}$		= 0,&		! add 0 and a pause for external calls

just before the final "]" on the last line of the file.

This way you can also dial to internal extension numbers (assuming that
they are less than 7 digits) as well.

Hope this helps,
Phil Watkinson,
Boston, UK.