Re: flexfax: Re: Waiting for modem to come ready............

[Holger.Raschke@t-online.de (Holger Raschke)]

Hi George,

>         I believe that maybe my faxgetty is not set up correctly in my
> /etc/inittab

You are right, if you have no faxgetty line (see below).

> # getty-programs for the normal runlevels
> # <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
> # The "id" field  MUST be the same as the last
> # characters of the device (after "tty").
> 1:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
> 2:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
> 3:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
> 4:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
> 5:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
> 6:123:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
> <snip>
>         What is with the "--noclear tty1"?  My serial port for my modem is
> ttyS1.

This has nothing to do with hylafax, it provides your
system-login-consoles.

> > # run faxgetty
> > fx:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0 38400
> >
> > with your portname and speed.

Add this lines at the end of your /etc/inittab. Your portname should be
ttyS1 as you mentioned in you mail. Check for an entry of faxgetty in
/etc/inetd.conf and delete it there! (faxgetty should only be started
from one service)

> >
> > Do that, and 'telinit q' as root, to make it active, and your faxstat
> > should start doing what you expect.
> 
Hope this helps.
-holger