Re: [hylafax-users] Repeatedly getting "Can not lock modem device" message.

[Siri Vias Khalsa <sirivias.khalsa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sumit - 

The modem is normally located at /dev/ttySx (at least real hardware modems with serial drivers are)
Is there a reason that yours is different and not in /dev? that coulsd certainly explain why you are getting that message.

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 08:09 -0600, Sumit Shah wrote:
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>     
>     Hi all!
>     I was having trouble receiving faxes.
>     
>     
>     When i "watch" the "faxstat" , it keeps on cycling it's status between these two blocks.
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>     Faxstat keeps changing it's status between these two block , at an interval of 30 seconds... 
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>     [root@fc-7 ~]#  faxstat
>     HylaFAX scheduler on fc-7.lanfax.net: Running
>     Modem ttySL0 (XXXX5419): Running and idle
>     
>     [root@fc-7 ~]#  faxstat
>     HylaFAX scheduler on fc-7.lanfax.net: Running
>     Modem ttySL0 (XXXX5419): Waiting for modem to come free
>     
>     
>     
>     While it was changing it's status "/var/log/messages" also generate "Can not lock modem device" error messages every 25 to 30 seconds 
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>     Feb  4 17:05:21 fc-7 FaxGetty[2593]: ANSWER: Can not lock modem device
>     Feb  4 17:05:22 fc-7 FaxGetty[2629]: MODEM /DEV/SLAMR0 MODEMAP DRIVER SmartLink Soft Modem/
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>     
>     
>     Any Ideas ??? May be the fax modem is not generating the fax tone ... What 
>     
>     Observations recorded so far.... 
>     1. faxgetty is running with it's Parent PID  1. 
>     2. inittab entry has this entry
>          t2:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty  ttySL0  (not using /dev/ttySL0)
>     3. able to dial (Voice) in and out ... 
>     4. Class 1 Modem
>     
>     
>     Thanks in advance. 
>     Sumit 
>     
>

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-Siri Vias

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