Re: [hylafax-users] AW: How to tell hylafax to skip a job that doesn' t work?

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2004.11.29 07:13 erich.iseli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Ok, my mail below was a little premature. Actually hylafax is trying
> during
> 3 minutes to connect to the modem and only after these three minutes,
> aborts
> the process. It starts again 2 minutes later for a new try.
>
> However, now I've come across another problem: I disconnected (phone
> line)
> the fax while hylafax was sending the fax. And now, the log reads:
>
> ...snip...
> Nov 29 16:57:07.65: [16366]: SEND begin page
> Nov 29 16:57:07.65: [16366]: <-- data [1025]
> Nov 29 16:57:07.65: [16366]: <-- data [1026]
> Nov 29 16:57:07.65: [16366]: <-- data [1027]
> Nov 29 16:57:07.65: [16366]: <-- data [1031]
> Nov 29 16:57:07.65: [16366]: <-- data [1034]
> Nov 29 16:57:08.90: [16366]: <-- data [1025]
> Nov 29 16:58:28.90: [16366]: MODEM WRITE SHORT: sent 1025, wrote 232

Usually this indicates a driver/firmware problem.  It means that we 
told the modem to transmit 1025 bytes but the modem only responded with 
a write-count of 232.

> Nov 29 16:58:28.90: [16366]: SENT 44111 bytes of data
> Nov 29 16:58:28.90: [16366]: SEND abort data transfer
> Nov 29 16:58:28.90: [16366]: <-- data [1]
>
> Question 1: why is the modem still sending data [1] after it had a
> MODEM
> WRITE SHORT?

It's trying to return the modem to command-mode so that it can try to 
recover and not get stuck.

> Question 2: why doesn't the process cleanly abort, also in the logs
> with
> "SESSION END" as always?

Because in order to cleanly abort the modem must be in command mode, 
and if the modem doesn't go to command mode then we can't do much, the 
modem is "wedged".

> Question 3: why doesn't hylafax retry later on? It's now 15 minutes
> since
> the job started, and faxstat -f is still mentioning "Sending Job 12".

It's probably stuck.

> This is really a situation that stinks and I guess that in a couple of
> minutes, I will get a mail that says: "Your modem is wedged"...

Get a new modem and save yourself a lot of hassle.

Lee.

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