Re: flexfax: HylaFax is for the elite

[George Zeigler <genz1968@mtu-net.ru>]

Hello,
	
	if you are fortunate to get it going first round through, yes it's
simple.  But if not, be prepared to learn more about the innards of this
program then you ever wanted to know.  Once a guy learns to check:
A)
/var/log/messages
/var/spool/fax/docq  files
/var/spool/fax/etc/config
/var/spool/fax/etc/config.ttyS#
/etc/inittab

B) find out where the HylaFax thread is.  Post to it and whine.

C)	This does not include errors due to the distributions and not HylaFax
it's ownself.  One mis-print in the setup process can blow it.

D)	And if he gets all this going, the modem configuration can eat him
alive if he has to make changes.  Not HylaFaxes fault .  But I remember finding
a site where HylaFax config files could be found.  This should be front and
center on the HylaFax site, begging people to post their config files to it. 
But it's not.  Come to think of it, I still
have not posted my config file for my PCMCIA 10/1000 + 56k modem card.  See!

George






Mon, 13 Mar 2000, χΩ ΞΑΠΙΣΑΜΙ:
> Hi George,
> 
> too bad that you have such problems Installing Hylafax. I havent had
> these
> problems at all, and I am no Unix or Fax Guru.
> Nearly to years ago I read the first time about hylafax. I got a 4.0
> binary 
> for sun solaris from the Hylafax-ftp-server and installed it. Installing
> and testing took about 3 or 4 hours, that is not too long for such a 
> complex software.
> Even building a new version from soure for a redhat system went ok
> without
> any major problems.
> 
> A GUI would be nice to have, but you would still have to know what to
> do.
> 
> George Zeigler wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > > Nearly everything that can go wrong on Hylafax is distribution, not
> > > kernel, dependent.
> >         Would be nice to have a GUI setup for HylaFax.  That would help clear
> > out a lot of the minor setup mistakes.   HylaFax is a great program, but great
> > for those who can afford the time to install it, ask questions, read
> > scattered help material, no manual in an *easy to read* HOW-TO format, find the
> > thread, get on the thread and whine, and then one day shoot off a fax.  For
> > now, I think this program is for the elite.
> > 
> > George
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