Re: [hylafax-users] 2nd instance of faxgetty won't start

["Munoz, John" <JohnMunoz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is where my knowledge level caps off

 

The bottom of /etc/inittab  has:

fax:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty /dev/ttyS0

 

I put this line beneath it:

fax:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty /dev/ttyS1

 

rebooted, checked the display on the modems and only ttyS0 is set for autostart. 

My running processes on webmin only shows

/usr/sbin/faxgetty /dev/ttyS0     running

 

From: David Mimms [mailto:david.mimms@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:08 PM
To: Munoz, John
Cc: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] 2nd instance of faxgetty won't start

 

 

But only ttyS1 indicates that it’s set to autoanswer.  I use webmin to handle hylafax management,  if I stop the service, only tt1S1 stops (the original modem)  When I reboot both modems come idle but only the original autoanswers.  Both Config.ttyS0 and Config.ttyS1 are set to autoanswer but the only way I can get ttyS1 to answer is to run:

 

faxgetty ttyS1

 

but this only works as long as my shell is open.  If I close it the modem no longer autoanswers. 

 

How do I make hylafax listen on both modems upon startup?

 

You must add a faxgetty entry in /etc/inittab for the second modem.

 

David