Re: flexfax: faxaddmodem problem on Solaris 2.6

["Mark Wilson (P. Kay Associates Ltd.)" <percy@woodrow.demon.co.uk>]

Looks like you don't have write permission in /tmp, or /tmp nonexistent.

Best Regards,

Mark Wilson

P. Kay Associates Ltd.


On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 Sudhir_Koka@tivoli.com wrote:

> 
> The faxaddmodem script fails during the hylafax installation with the
> following error:
> 
> Probing for best speed to talk to modem:
>  38400/opt/local/fax/lib/faxaddmodem[808]: /tmp/addmodem6212: cannot open
>  19200/opt/local/fax/lib/faxaddmodem[808]: /tmp/addmodem6212: cannot open
>  9600/opt/local/fax/lib/faxaddmodem[808]: /tmp/addmodem6212: cannot open
>  4800/opt/local/fax/lib/faxaddmodem[808]: /tmp/addmodem6212: cannot open
>  2400/opt/local/fax/lib/faxaddmodem[808]: /tmp/addmodem6212: cannot open
>  1200/opt/local/fax/lib/faxaddmodem[808]: /tmp/addmodem6212: cannot open
> 
> Unable to deduce DTE-DCE speed; check that you are using the
> correct device and/or that your modem is setup properly.  If
> all else fails, try the -s option to lock the speed.
> 
> I am using hylafax-v4.0p12 version under Solaris 2.6 platform with gcc 2.7.2 and
> US Robotics V. Everything modem. I have configured /dev/cua/b serial
> port . I am able to get the cu and tip commands working with /dev/cua/b device.
> cu -l /dev/cua/b <phone no.> works fine. I am able to dial out.
> 
> I have run the faxsetup script. It has started hfaxd and faxq processes. But it
> fails
> in the faxaddmodem script with the above mentioned error. I tried to debug the
> faxaddmodem script, and it seems like /dev/cua/b device is busy, and in
> SendToModem function ondelay doesn;t create the temporary file
>  /tmp/addmodem6212. Any idea why /dev/cua/b device is busy?
> 
> The non-default server configuration parameters are:
> 
> CountryCode:            1
> AreaCode:               408
> FAXNumber:              +14085011993
> LongDistancePrefix:     1
> InternationalPrefix:    011
> DialStringRules:        "etc/dialrules"
> SessionTracing:         11
> RingsBeforeAnswer:      1
> SpeakerVolume:          off
> GettyArgs:              "-h %l dx_%s"
> LocalIdentifier:
> ClocalAsRoot:           yes
> TagLineFont:            etc/lutRS18.pcf
> TagLineFormat:          "From %%l|%c|Page %%p of %%t"
> MaxRecvPages:           25
> 
> 
> 
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