[hylafax-users] Re: [hylafax-users] Re: faxgetty doesn�t respond to call

[James Werkowski <jwerkowski@attglobal.net>]

Start with the basics:

Are you sure that the number you are calling is actually the line the modem 
is connected to, and that the telco is routing the calls through correctly? 
Try plugging a handset into the line and calling it ...



At 07:55 PM 10/30/2001 +0100, Wolfgang Riedmann wrote:
>Hi,
>
>first: thank you for all the responses:
>
> > > >In my /etc/inittab I have added the line
> > > >mo:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty /dev/modem
> > >
> > > that should be
> > >
> > > mo:23:respawn:/user/local/sbin/faxgetty modem
>
>I don�t have any /user directory on my system
>
> > > do not put /dev/ there.  Furthermore, it is a very bad practice to 
> refer to
> > > symbolic links like this (for reasons I'll care not to explain right 
> now),
> > > so, I'd recommend that you use this instead:
> > >
> > > mo:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyS1
>
>I used the other syntax because the line SuSE put in was using the 
>/dev/modem syntax, but with
>other paths. Anyway, I have changed that syntax.
>
> > Just a curiosity, why "mo"? if you have 2 modems what would you use?
>
>again, I have copied, and modified the line that SuSE had put in the file. 
>You�re right, but at this
>moment I need only one modem.
>
>But anyway, I have changed that sequence, but it doesn�t works. In my 
>/var/log/messages file I
>can read that faxgetty is recognizing the modem (at least I can see the 
>model and manufacturer
>name).
>
>When I call in, there is no response.
>
>Thank you for all your help!
>
>Wolfgang
>
>-- Wolfgang Riedmann
>-- Individuelle EDV-L�sungen - Soluzioni informatiche personalizzate
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>
>
>
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