Re: [hylafax-users] Can no longer send faxes

[John H <arizonamythtv@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, I've tried the modem under XP since I have a dual boot and the
modem works so it's not a hardware issue. It must be a driver issue as
it did work in the past. I fired up minicom and tried sending the AT
commands from the log file and I get the same errors. I saw some other
people with the same issues but not a solution.

http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2007-05/msg00192.php

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:37 PM, John H <arizonamythtv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. Over time, with new kernels the martian
> modem may have changed a bit but I would think not enough to keep it
> from working. It did work in the past albeit it was unreliable as
> sometimes it worked well and other times not. It was the modem that
> came with my PC before I got into linux and after getting into linux I
> realized the softmodems weren't the best. I'm not adverse on getting a
> new modem but I want to get one that works better with Hylafax and
> linux.
>
> Any input on the following modems
>
> http://www.frys.com/product/5048755
> http://www.frys.com/product/5892163
> http://www.frys.com/product/3984638
> http://www.frys.com/product/4829330
>
> I'd prefer internal as my desk is pretty cluttered.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Ranjan Das
> <ranjan.das@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> i think i have seen in the martian modems download page that they have
>> specified that martian drivers cant be used for faxing.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> * John H <arizonamythtv@xxxxxxxxx> [100812 00:34]:
>>>
>>> > 02:0c.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)
>>> >       Subsystem: Agere Systems LT WinModem
>>>
>>> >       Kernel driver in use: martian
>>>
>>> >       Kernel modules: martian_dev
>>>
>>> So you're using a "softmodem".
>>>
>>> And eventually when HylaFAX uses the device, it gives errors (EIO):
>>>
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:09.99: [ 3580]: MODEM READ ERROR: errno 5
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:09.99: [ 3580]: MODEM READ ERROR: errno 5
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:10.08: [ 3580]: MODEM WRITE ERROR: errno 5
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:10.26: [ 3580]: MODEM WRITE ERROR: errno 5
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:10.36: [ 3580]: MODEM WRITE ERROR: errno 5
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:10.45: [ 3580]: MODEM WRITE ERROR: errno 5
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:10.54: [ 3580]: MODEM WRITE ERROR: errno 5
>>>
>>> Note that the errors didn't happen immediately, but only once it had
>>> started...  But at that point, it even gives EIO when told to hangup!
>>> So it looks like a bug in the "modem" that is causing it to crash only
>>> mid-fax-session.
>>>
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:11.54: [ 3580]: <-- [5:ATH0\r]
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:11.54: [ 3580]: MODEM WRITE ERROR: errno 5
>>> > Aug 11 20:52:11.54: [ 3580]: SESSION END
>>>
>>> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Did your softmodem driver change recently?  Has it been reloaded?  Since
>>> it's returning EIO when HylaFAX reads/writes to it, it's definitely a
>>> modem problem... But in this case, "modem" refers to both the "driver +
>>> hardware".  I'ld start looking for errors in dmesg, and then start
>>> looking at the driver/hardware...
>>>
>>> a.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aidan Van Dyk                                             aidan@xxxxxxxx
>>> Senior Software Developer                          +1 215 825-8700 x8103
>>> iFAX Solutions, Inc.                                http://www.ifax.com/
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