Re: [hylafax-users] Can't run more than one line of Hylafax + iaxmodem

["Joshua Kinard" <jkinard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carlos Alvarez

> I am trying to set up a multi-line fax server (inbound only) using  
> Hylafax+ and iaxmodem.  Calls are processed by an Asterisk server and  
> then sent to the fax server via IAX2.  This works perfectly for a  
> single modem, but I can't get more than the first instance to work.   
> It only answers on the first instance, so in this example of inittab,  
> only ttyIAX1 answers.  The other just rings with no indication by the  
> fax system that it is ringing.  If I reverse the order, then ttyIAX0  
> will work.
>
> mo00:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyIAX1
> mo00:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyIAX0

That's because in inittab, the first field of every line has to be unique (it's an identifier field).  So you want this instead:

mo00:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyIAX0
mo01:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyIAX1
...
mo09:23:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyIAX9

And so on.


--Josh


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