Re: [hylafax-users] Don't know how to deal with this error

[Michael Hallager <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am trying to set up hylafax for some thime now (in addition with
> avantfax) on a OpenSuse 10.3.
> At the moment I can receive faxes, sending seems to not work any more
> (it did in the beginning). Anyway, my /var/log/messages file is growing
> every second with the following message.
>
>
> Jan 20 14:42:37 Marvin FaxGetty[22417]: OPEN /dev/modem  HylaFAX (tm)
> Version 4.4.0
> Jan 20 14:42:37 Marvin FaxGetty[22417]: /dev/modem: Can not open modem
> (No such file or directory)

It's looking for your modem at a symlink, not an actual device.

Try the following-

ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem


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