Thanks for writing, Istvan.
I have found the instructions that you mention. They would help if I could find an appropriate package of efax-gtk; do you know where I could find one for x86_64? I have spent most of the afternoon looking for one, without success. The sites mentioned by Google either are about news, or they don't answer at all.
Hi Stan: I don't think you can find an rpm. I have compiled myself the efax-gtk package from source. I could send you the package but I use 32 bit system so it's not good for you. However compiling the package is very easy and runs smooth (at least on my system). The guide explains from point to point how to do it. 1. Make sure you have the required packages. I have gtk2, gtk2-devel, libgnome (2.20xxx), libgnome-devel (2.20xxx), libsigc++2, libsig++2-devel. Naturally you need gcc and make. You might need checkinstall if you want make an rpm package. 2. Download efax-gtk source file (efax-gtk-3.0.16.src.tgz) from the site the guide refers to. 3. Uncompress the source.
tar -zxvf efax-gtk-3.0.16.src.tgz # this creates efax-gtk- 3.0.16.src.tgz folder
cd efax-gtk-3.0.16.src.tgz ./configure --prefix=/usr/local # files will be installed here make su
Now you can run make install to install the package or checkinstall make install to make an rpm. The rpm can be installed by rpm. 4. Create a fax printer. The easiest way is: as root: # /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p FaxPrinter -E -v socket://localhost:9900 5. Now make a copy of efax-gtkrc in your home dir as follows, as a normal user (not root)
cp /usr/local/etc/efax-gtkrc ~/.efax-gtkrc
5. Edit your .efax-gtkrc file. At the end of the file uncomment "WORK_SUBDIR:" and specify a working directory, eg FAX WORK_SUBDIR: FAX Save the edited file. 6. Create the FAX dir in your home dir. (mkdir FAX) 7. Now run in a console:
efax-gtk and in the opening application go to File/Settings: Modem tab: Serial device: usually this is "ttyS0" without quotes. Lock file: /home/<your-user-name>/FAX/lock (here you must give absolute path!)
8. Now you can start to use the fax program. I hope this helps. IG Papírképek akár ingyen! Digitális fényképezőgépek már 5000 Ft ajándék fotókidolgozással a FotoMarket Online Fotóáruházban! http://ad.adverticum.net/b/cl,1,6022,99786,162268/click.prm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org