Re: [hylafax-users] Communicating with modem

[Bob Estes <bob_estes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Forrest wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Bob Estes wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to setup hylafax, but I can't get it to communicate with my 
> > modem.
> >
> > The modem is a Zoom v.34 33.6 Model 2836 PnP fax/modem.  It is 
> > connected to my serial port and a dedicated phone line.  It is 
> > connected, turned on, and functional.  I have been using it for the 
> > last ten years with Windows.
> >
> > My computer system is a stand-a-lone computer with an Asus P4SDX 
> > motherboard. I have a high speed cable internet connection and a 
> > dedicated phone line for the fax/modem.  My operating system is 
> > PCLinuxOS in a dual boot configuration with Windows XP Pro.  I am 
> > brand new to any form of Linux.
> >
> > When I installed hylafax I got an error message saying that something 
> > called getty was not installed, and that it was a non-fatal error. 
> > During the setup, hylafax didn't communicate with the modem.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Bob
>
> Bob, all of the below is from a Fedora 9 system. Your system may be 
> differently configured. Now; getty is only used if you also use the 
> modem for communications other than hylafax; so it is not needed for 
> faxing purposes.  The hylafax program uses faxgetty which is included 
> with the hylafax distribution and should have been installed in your 
> executable path. It runs as super user and mine starts automatically in 
> my init. See: man faxgetty.
> A quick way to see if is in the path is to use "which" on the command 
> line, like this: which faxgetty
>
> Mine returns this, confirming it is usable:
> root@maplepark hylafax]# which faxgetty
> /usr/local/sbin/faxgetty
>
> Did you run faxsetup after installing the program?  faxaddmodem?
>
> You can see if faxgetty is really running by using this command as any 
> user:
> ps axl | grep faxgetty
>
> Mine shows:
> [drf@maplepark snapshots]$ ps ax |grep faxgetty
>  3363 pts/6    S+     0:00 grep faxgetty
> 10749 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyS1
> [drf@maplepark snapshots]$
>
> showing that it is running as pid 10749 on ttyS1 (which is my modem.)
>
> Dave
>
>
> David Forrest                     e-mail   drf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Maple Park Development Corporation  http://www.maplepark.com
> St. Louis, Missouri
>
>
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Thanks for your reply, David.

I followed your instructions, and got the program to communicate with my 
modem.  It turns out that I wasn't telling it the right port 
designation.  My modem is on ttyS0.  After installing the new modem, I 
rebooted the computer, but hylafax did not start as you say it does on 
your system.  The command "which faxgetty" gives the following answer:

[root@robert-smbyo082 bob]# which faxgetty
/usr/sbin/faxgetty
[root@robert-smbyo082 bob]#

The command "ps ax1 | grep faxgetty" gives the following answer:

[root@robert-smbyo082 bob]# ps ax1 | grep faxgetty
17077 pts/3    R+     0:00 grep --color faxgetty
[root@robert-smbyo082 bob]#

How do I start hylafax so that I can send and receive faxes?

Thanks in advance,

Bob


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