Re: flexfax: FaxGetty and ppp?

[Christoph Scheeder <christoph.scheeder@scheeder.de>]

Hi,
this is completly normal, it only shows that
faxgetty has realized some other process is using the modem
and therefor it can't receiveor send  faxes at the moment.
It will not interfer with your ppp-connection.
Christoph

George Zeigler schrieb:
> 
> Hello,
>         when I connect to the internet, I am getting a FaxGetty comment in the
> middle of all my ppp stuff.  What's it doing there.  Sometimes for no apparant
> reason, I have problems in that, I connect just fine with kppp (ppp frontend in
> KDE environment) but my email and Netscape can't find the server.  And I can't
> ping, even though I'm connected.  Rebooting is the only thing that helps.  Could
> this be causing it?
> 
> Thanks
> George
> 
> /var/log/messages
> <snip>
>         Jan 10 09:08:26 george kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
> Jan 10 09:08:26 george kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
> Jan 10 09:08:26 george kernel: registered device ppp0
> Jan 10 09:08:29 george FaxGetty[185]: ANSWER: Can not lock modem device
> Jan 10 09:09:11 george pppd[1214]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0
> Jan 10 09:09:11 george pppd[1214]: Using interface ppp0
> Jan 10 09:09:11 george pppd[1214]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> Jan 10 09:09:20 george pppd[1214]: Remote message: ^F
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