Re: [hylafax-users] HylaFAX not receiving faxes.

["Ramon F. McDougall" <rfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis M. Linton wrote:
> Ramon F. McDougall wrote:
> ...
> > Do you have a pci card modem installed on your system? Now that your 
> > system is up can you see any instances of faxgetty running? Did your 
> > version of Ubuntu come with  HalaFAX already installed?
> > Any suggestions on how to get this beast running?
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Ramon
>
> Ramon;
>
>     I think I do but I do not use it.  I stick with external modems - 
> life is just better that way.  I use an AOpen FM56EXV.  I have two or 
> three of them around here somewhere.
>
>     Yes, I can now see faxgetty running when I execute ps -A.  Maybe 
> faxgetty runs  as user faxmaster so without this user, faxgetty cannot 
> run.
>
>     Can you get your modem to work with any other apps - wdial, for 
> example.  I mention wvdial because its auto configuration script WILL 
> find a serviceable modem if one exists on your system.
>
>     I think if I were you I would completely remove everything 
> HylaFAX. Then I would get the modem working with something else - like 
> wvdial. That way you know that the modem will work.  Then, given all 
> the wisdom collected through the trials and tribulations to date, set 
> out to install and configure HylaFAX from scratch.  There is something 
> fundamentally wrong with your setup.  Could  be the missing faxmaster 
> user.  Could be who knows what.
>
> Regards,
>     Dennis
I agree with you. FaxMaster sounds important enough but I thought it 
started the daemons faxq and hfaxd which are both running. Well I have 
been thinking of removing Hylafax but I don't know how?

Kind Regards,

Ramon


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