flexfax: Re: Hylafax and RedHat 6.2 ?

[g.bahia@kenwood-europe.co.uk (Gurj Bahia)]

Thanx, it's working now.

Regards,

Gurj

p.s. I used rpm -U --oldpackage <libtif*.rpm> to install

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lee Howard <faxguy@deanox.com>
To: Gurj Bahia <g.bahia@kenwood-europe.co.uk>
Cc: <flexfax@sgi.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: Hylafax and RedHat 6.2 ?


> RedHat 6.2 comes default with libtiff 3.5.x.  Currently the only available
> HylaFAX RPMs are not compatible with libtiff 3.5.x and you must downgrade
> your libtiff version to 3.4.x which is available by download from RedHat or
> on the RH 6.1 CD.  There are some patches available on
> http://www.hylafax.org/patches that claim to resolve the issue, but I have
> not tried them.
> 
> Lee Howard
> 
> 
> At 02:06 PM 4/27/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >You each posted recently on a problem with Hylafax and RedHat 6.1/6.2.
> >
> >I have just installed the hylafax 4.1beta1 RPM for hylafax on Redhat 6.2
> (fresh install).
> >When I tried to use sendfax the fax just sits in the send queue and the
> faxq process
> >seems to take up large CPU usage from there on (looking using top).
> >
> >Also if I try to receive a fax the remote TSI is detected and page recpetion
> >begins (according to /var/spool/fax/log/c0000764 log file). But the log stops
> >there and faxgetty takes up a constant high CPU percentage.
> >
> >I tried building the beta 2 hylfax tar file (from Hylafax.org) but the
> >./configure fails when checking the Tiff library.
> >
> >Any advice ? Or am I going to have to re-install RedHat6.0.
> >
> >I am mainly using this machine for fax protocol testing of GSM
> >terminals we are developing and some web front-ends to tools
> >we use here.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Gurj
> >
> >------configuration info------->
> >
> >AMD K6 300Mhz
> >96MB RAM
> >USR 56K Voice/fax modem on /dev/ttyS0
> >Clean RedHat6.2 install from iso image based CDR (custom install, though
> most packages)
> >
> >Past configuration and usage experience on Redhat 4.0-6.0.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>