Re: [hylafax-users] What command can I use to display runningservice.

["Dennis M. Linton" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ramon;

    I could be way wrong (last week was the first time I ever tried to install a fax server although mail and web servers are old hat now), but, as I noted in my last message, /etc/init.d/hylafax restart should restart everything that needs restarting with respect to your fax server.  That's all I do assuming, of course that it needs to be restarted.   Otherwise it starts automatically on boot.  I really do not think you should have to start faxgetty individually.

    I just issued ps -A and it does not report anything running on tty0 but everything is working fine because I just received a fax a few minutes ago.

    Issue faxstat -a and see what it says.  It will tell you whether your fax stuff is running or not.  Better still, do some in service testing - go down to the Copy Shop and send yourself a fax. 

    Actually, that's how I tested mine.  I just moved to the area and know few people well enough to engage them in my adventures.  So, I made arrangements with Copy Shop down the street.  They ignore incoming faxes (except for counting the pages as it $/pg) and if I want an incoming, I just call and ask.

Best regards,  
    Dennis

Ramon F. McDougall wrote:

Ok, I tried the command and faxq and hfaxd both start. HylaFAX documentation

States that is the server program that listens for incoming phone call and
either handles each call directly or hands it off to an appropriate program.

Faxgetty is started by init(8C) is that the same as init.d?


Thanks

Ramon
-----Original Message-----
From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis M. Linton,
P.Eng.
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:00 PM
To: Ramon F. McDougall
Cc: 'Jean-Pierre Radley'; 'Hylafax Users'
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] What command can I use to display
runningservice.

Ramon, everything that should start with Hylafax gets started with:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/hylafax restart
or
# /etc/init.d/hylafax restart

unless you are rebooting in which case it all should start with the boot 
process.

I seem to recall having seen somewhere that there should NOT be an 
inittab entry for anything to do with Hylafax.  There is nothing 
whatsoever in my /etc/inittab and all seems to work well.  I am using 
Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop in case it makes a difference.

Best regards,
    Dennis

Ramon F. McDougall wrote:
  

Thanks, ps -A displays services; I see 

9552 faxq
9556 hfaxd
1980 tty4 mingetty
1981 tty5 mingetty
1982 tty2 mingetty
1983 tty2 mingetty
1986 tty1 mingetty
1988 tty6 mingetty

How can I start faxgetty?

Thanks again,

Ramon	
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From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:57 PM
To: Hylafax Users
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] What command can I use to display
runningservice.

Ramon F. McDougall typed (on Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:33:49PM -0500):
| 
| Is netstat -a the command that is used to display all running services?
    

I
  

do
| a netstat -a or netstat -atup
| 
| and I still don't see my faxgetty service running.


No.  You want the 'ps' command.
Its options are highly variable among different operating systems, so
consult your manual page.