Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1473 mails)

[bshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brad Shelton)]

On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 11:30:08AM +0200, A. L. Meyers wrote:
> Dear Linuxers,
> 
> If I uncomment the line to enable faxgetty in /etc/inittab, the modem is
> blocked. I can fax but I can no longer access the internet. (Even a
> newbie like me is not dumb enough to think he could do both at once.)
> 
> How can I temporarily "free" the modem from hylafax to use ppp and vice
> versa?

Go into /etc/inittab and comment out the faxgett line then "init q" to
reconfigure the init process.

When you're ready to put the fax back, re-edit /etc/inittab un-comment the
faxgetty line and once again, "init q". 

Presto change-o.


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Brad Shelton  On Line Exchange  http://online-isp.com

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