Re: flexfax: Which modem works best with HylaFAX?

[darren@info.tpc.int]

In message <99031915032702.01235@laneslinux.localdomain>, Lane Lester writes:
>Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>> In particular, if you're using RedHat, you _really_ need to start with
>> one of the (3, I think) pre-patched RPMs.  I did that, and all the
>> problems I had been having getting started mysteriously vanished.
>
>I'm trying the hylafax-4.0pl1-2.i386.rpm.  I =thought= I got it set up,
>but a =send= and =receive= didn't work.  I have a USR Courier, so I'm
>going to try the config file that Gerry sent us.


That RPM is dated, you should consider the newer hylafax-4.0pl2-3rh5.i386.rpm.
It's not likely to make a LOT of difference, but that RPM includes most of the 
relevant patches, for instance the tagline patch which WILL cause faxes to 
fail. Your problems are more likely to be related to modem configuration 
problems . . . Gerry's config may well help a lot!

>I'm just running a standalone PC, so I don't know if hylafax is too
>powerful for me, with its server/client design.

It should suit your needs as well as any more lightweight package, with the 
power there if/when you need it.

>I also want a decent X interface to whatever I use for faxes, but I
>don't know if that's possible.

See:
	ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/hylafax/contrib/tkhylafax/

-Darren