Re: [hylafax-users] Hylafax does not dial

[Ian Firla <ian@deepsky.com>]

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Jann Rewerts wrote:

> Both modems work well for connecting to the internet (with wvdial/ppp).
> I also can communicate with the modem by sending commands manually from
> minicom.
>
> Do I have to have an extra kernel modul for faxing??

No. But it would help if you told us what chipset the modems were using.

What does lspci -v report about the modems?

The reason I ask is that some modems with certain chipsets work well under
linux as modems, but not as faxes.

These are internal modems, aren't they?

Ian

>
> Jann
>
>
> Ian Firla wrote:
> > This may seem a silly question, but have you confirmed that the modems
> > function? Are the kernel modules installed for them?
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > ------------
> > Dr Ian Firla
> > Robert Graves Trust		| "A partial count of the software available
> > St John's College, Oxford       | in just one noncommerical Linux system
> > OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565	| would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop
> > http://www.robertgraves.org	| ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Jann Rewerts wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I want to use Hylafax on my linux machine (SuSE Linux 8.0). I installed
> >> hylafax-4.1-16suse.i386.rpm, but I didn't manage to send a fax.
> >>
> >>I tried two modems: a 56k and an old Motorolla 28.8, but they don't seem
> >>to dial.
> >>
> >>The submission of a fax job to the fax queue does work. I can find the
> >>job in the /var/spool/hylafax/sendq directory.
> >>
> >>Can anyone help?
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>Jann
> >>
> >>
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Dr Ian Firla
Robert Graves Trust		| "A partial count of the software available
St John's College, Oxford       | in just one noncommerical Linux system
OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565	| would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop
http://www.robertgraves.org	| ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens



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