Re: [hylafax-users] problem with a simple hylafax installation

["Glen Batchelor" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Basic_Server_Configuration:Starting_
Inbound_Service

 Please make sure that you have faxgetty running from inittab for the serial
ports you're receiving faxes on. The wiki you posted is partially broken but
regardless it doesn't say anything about inittab. I doubt the configure
script inserts those lines because it has no idea how you're going to
configure the ports/modems.

 Believe me, you don't want to use USR modems for even a decent level of
faxing. An occasional fax is OK, but the modem will hang and cause all kinds
of remote errors on other fax machines if you use it very frequently. Buy a
set of Multitech's or a fax server board if you are going to be
sending/receiving a decent volume of faxes. As soon as I replaced my 56XX
USRs with Multitech ZBA modems I noticed no more hangs and only an
occasional sending error. Moving to a Mainpine server board was interesting,
to say the least, but the IQExpress 4-port board seems to be working better
than the ZBA modems after weeks(months?) of "to-do". Wait until kernel
2.6.28 is available standard in your distro before looking at the IQExpress.
:)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:hylafax-users-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fabio Nigi
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:02 PM
> To: Glen Batchelor; hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] problem with a simple hylafax installation
> 
> Glen Batchelor ha scritto:
> >  Did you put faxgetty line(s) in your inittab for the modem port(s)?
> Read
> > the setup guide if you didn't.
> 
> 
> i use the debian package and i follow:
> http://wiki.debian.org/HylaFax#head-
> 09599a506463236ed5b2accd1aae8223b670cb6f
> 
> if i try same test (3 week of problem..)and sending fax, hylafax receive
> it and work really good, but, i don't know the reason same fax block the
> modem and the hylafax server be ureacheable.
> 
> Fabio
> 
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > Glen Batchelor
> > IT Director
> > All-Spec Industries
> >  phone: (910) 332-0424
> >    fax: (910) 763-5664
> > E-mail: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >    Web: http://www.all-spec.com
> >   Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com
> > ----------------------------------------
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:hylafax-users-
> >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fabio Nigi
> >> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:22 AM
> >> To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [hylafax-users] problem with a simple hylafax installation
> >>
> >> hi all,
> >> and thanks for the good work.
> >>
> >> debian testing running hylafax (and same other service) on a us
> robotics
> >> modem.
> >>
> >> the installation is use only to receive fax not to send.
> >>
> >> i don't know why but after same fax retrivial the fax stop working and
> >> said me that the modem not ok.
> >>
> >> i change it with a 2 new modem, same situation if a restart hylafax the
> >> modem line don't go up.
> >>
> >> after the "bad" fax receive hte light on modem stay up until i reboot
> >> the server.
> >>
> >>
> >> how can i resolve the problem?
> >>
> >> the only conf i do is :
> >>
> >> faxsetup with info of the fax and faxaddmodem in class1 don't touch
> >> anything else, fax are mailed me in pdf.
> >>
> >>
> >> many thanks,
> >> Fabio Nigi
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri
> >> Fabio Nigi nigibox.wordpress.com
> >
> >
> >
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> 
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