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

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

David Forrest wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Ramon F. McDougall wrote:
>
> > Aidan Van Dyk wrote:
> > > * Ramon F. McDougall <rfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [081125 21:26]:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > The reason I included that one is because my system did not create 
> > > > ttyS1. I thought that all those files are related somehow. I 
> > > > figured that if you have your ttyS1 for your serial device that it 
> > > > would write a corresponding file to event file. That makes it 
> > > > interesting even though the distributions are different the files 
> > > > are similar. I will edit mine tty1 and try to start that warlock 
> > > > faxgetty deamon.
> > >
> > >
> > > Look at /etc/default/hylafax, where you "configure" HylaFAX service
> > > start/stop/options in debian (and thus ubuntu). You tell it in there 
> > > whether
> > > you're runing faxgettys already from init (well, I guess in ubuntu 
> > > you'll have
> > > to figure it out in upstart/event.d), or if you want to make the 
> > > rc.d script
> > > start them for you.
> > >
> > > You have to make sure your config matches your "init".
> > >
> > > a.
> > I looked at /etc/default/ but there is not hylafax.
> >
> > [root@Hermes /]# cd /etc/default
> > [root@Hermes default]# ls
> > nss useradd
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ramon
>
> Ramon, I've been off the list for a while and out of town so I've 
> missed some of your prior notes.
>
> I am running Fedora 9 and had a dickens of a time getting it all set 
> up the first time so I feel for you considering the frustration I had. 
> I remember you said you were running F9. If so try the following.
>
> First: run the command chkconfig to see what gets started in each 
> runlevel. hylafax should run ("on") in runlevels 2,3,4, and 5, and be 
> "off" in 0,1, and 6. faxsetup should have created this setup.
>
> Second: run the command dmesg | grep tty to see what tty's have been 
> found. One of them should be your modem.
>
> Third: check to see if there is a config file for your modem in 
> /var/spool/hylafax/etc. File should be named config.ttyXXX (replace 
> XXX with whatever you found in step 2) If it does not exist, rerun 
> faxaddmodem using the ttyXXX you found in step 2.
>
> Fourth: Check to see if faxgetty is running. ps axl |grep faxgetty 
> should show /usr/local/sbin/faxgetty ttyXXX if it is. If not, just 
> start it as root as faxgetty ttyXXX. It is better to have it always 
> running as it forks for each call; mine seems to be the same pid for 
> weeks on end and runs as user uucp. I do use the F9 
> /etc/event.d/ttyXXX script, though, which should respawn it if it gets 
> killed for any reason. See the man init and man telinit pages. Thsi 
> script was installed by the make install command as I compiled hylafax 
> from source. I do not know how the rpm binaries do it but I assume 
> they "just do it".
>
> There is a short page here: 
> http://maplepark.com/~drf/consults/FaxServer.php
> about my system and config files.
>
>
>
> David Forrest e-mail drf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Maple Park Development Corporation http://www.maplepark.com
> St. Louis, Missouri
Well I'm glad you are back in town. :-) Welcome back.
First:
[root@Hermes /]# chkconfig

hylafax 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:offo I have to assume it has 
been running all along.


Well 2 is off. I guess I need to edit the inittab an include 2.

Second:
[root@Hermes /]# dmesg | grep tty
console [tty0] enabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
0000:00:08.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xe400 (irq = 17) is a 16550A

ttyS1 on irq 17 is verified

Third:

root@Hermes etc]# ls
config dialrules FaxDispatch setup.cache
config.sav dialrules.europe hosts.hfaxd setup.modem
config.ttyS1 dialrules.sf-ba lastrun templates
cover.templ dpsprinter.ps lutRS18.pcf xferfaxlog
[root@Hermes etc]#

There is a config.ttyS1

Fourth:

[root@Hermes /]# ps axl |grep faxgetty
0 0 4714 3851 20 0 5036 688 pipe_w S+ pts/3 0:00 grep faxgetty

Well I was running ps -ef and could never see. I'll attempt to start it 
again. Attempted to start faxgetty which is
in the /usr/sbin but I get a blinking cursor only, how long does it 
blink for before it starts?

I was under the impression that the RPMs would be easier. I was 
attempting to do a source install and that did not
work for me so I tried the RPM.

Thanks,

Ramon








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