Re: flexfax: faxgetty and inittab(Linux 2.2.12)

[Simon Kelsall <simon@malbo.demon.co.uk>]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 03:41:54 -0500, you wrote:

>i have placed the faxgetty in the /etc/inittab file as stated via the 
>HylaFax FAQ files..however, it does not seem when the server is rebooted, 
>that it is started/re-started......
>
>my modem is on ttyS0 and my entry in the /etc/inittab file is
>
>S0:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0
>

Just 2 quick thoughts for you the above line will only start faxgetty
in run-levels 2 and 3. If your using RedHat the gui run level is 5.

Also in my inittab  I have /dev/ttyS0.

S0:2345:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty /dev/ttyS0

Hope that helps

Simon.