Re: [hylafax-users] faxgetty -- again

["Adrian D'Costa" <adrian@pcsadvt.com>]

I use the /dev/ttyS0

Adrian

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Yan Seiner wrote:

> It sounds like a file locking problem.
> 
> I'd delete /dev/modem (rm -f /dev/modem) and use the physical device name.
> 
> Make sure that pppd and faxgetty use the same dev name so locking works 
> correctly.
> 
> --Yan
> 
> Volkmar 'Mjoellnir' Seifert wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 
> >>Second,  I have a single line that I use for fax, connect to the net and
> >>receive calls.  My installation does not set of faxgetty on startup.  I
> >>start it up with faxgetty -D ttyS0.  Everything is fine.  When I dial up
> >>to connect to the net, it work too but the problem is when I try to
> >>receive a fax, the log states that faxgetty cannot start modem and
> >>faxanswer does not work.
> >>
> > 
> > I am not really sure, if this solves your problem, but if you insert
> > the following line at the end of youe /etc/inittab, faxgetty should be
> > started automatically on system startup.
> > 
> > mo:235:respawn:/your/path/to/faxgetty /dev/modem
> > 
> > where modem is a symlink to ttyS# and of course you should set the correct
> > path.
> > 
> > This at least solves your problem of getting faxgetty started on system
> > bootup.
> > 
> > (hope this helps)
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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