FreeBSD Start Guide

FreeBSD 8.0 Hylafax quick install

We need to install following ports:

• /print/ghostscript8-nox11
• /shells/bash
• /comms/hylafax (current version hylafx-6.0.2)

cd /usr/ports/print/ghostscript8-nox11
make install clean

cd /usr/ports/shells/bash 
make install clean

cd /usr/ports/comms/hylafax 
make install clean

Configuration

• run hylafax setup:

/usr/local/sbin/faxsetup

• run modem setup for each modem

( serial port : COM1=cuau0, COM2=cuau1 )

/usr/local/sbin/faxaddmodem

Autorun

to make sure the hylafax start with system edit /etc/rc.conf and add:

hylafax_enable="YES"

Information

• config directory : /var/spool/hylafax/etc
  
• configuration file for cuau0 modem : config.cuau0

FreeBSD 8.0 [amd64, i386] The uart(4) driver is now the default driver for serial port devices in favor of the sio(4) driver. Note that the device nodes have been renamed from /dev/cuadN and /dev/ttydN to /dev/cuauN and /dev/ttyuN.