Re: [hylafax-users] Can't install HylaFAX under Fedora 7.

["Erik P. Olsen" <erik@xxxxxx>]

Lee Howard wrote:
> Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>
> > I am building my new system based upon Fedora 7 and I thought adding 
> > HylaFAX to it would be piece of cake. Sigh, it aint :-(
> >
> > I have had HylaFAX running on Fedora Core 5 for a year and a half 
> > without any problems. On Fedora 7 the HylaFAX daemon starts fine but 
> > the modem isn't initialised. In dmesg I see:
> >
> > Xen virtual console successfully installed as ttyS0
> >
> > and messages:
> >
> > FaxGetty[3393]: /dev/ttyS0: Can not initialize modem.
> > FaxGetty[3393]: Unable to setup modem on /dev/ttyS0; giving up after 2 
> > attempts
> > FaxGetty[3393]: CLOSE /dev/ttyS0
> > FaxQueuer[2638]: MODEM /dev/ttyS0 appears to be wedged
> > FaxQueuer[2638]: MODEM WEDGED: bin/wedged "ttyS0" "/dev/ttyS0"
> >
> > I assume this Xen is stealing the modem before HylaFAX can get to it. 
> > What is this Xen doing and how can I get rid of it? I did yum remove 
> > xen* but it still snatches the modem. Has anybody seen this and have a 
> > cure for it. I would be greatfull to hear about it.
>
>
> You're probably booting with kernel-xen.  See:
>
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Fedora7VirtQuickStart
>
> You probably just need to edit /etc/grub.conf and set the default to the 
> non-xen kernel.

Thanks a lot, that did it.

--
Ciao, Erik.

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