Christian, El Sáb 02 Oct 2004 00:15, Christian Einfeldt escribió:
On Friday 01 October 2004 22:35, Andreas Philipp wrote:
Hylafax is actually a server program which is not run interactively from the commandline,
That's good, because I don't know how to use a command line. ;-)
but backgrounded as a daemon process.
I am guessing that means point and click, hopefully.
The server processs, if correctly installed and configured, should actually be started automatically when you boot up your system. And no, sorry, there is no point and click with HylaFax.
ya know, I tried to follow those steps, and got confused. For example, I don't know if my computer is a client or a server or both. I have one single stand alone computer which is attached to the Internet via a modem.
Your computer would act as a server and as a client at the same time. HylaFax is foremost a fax server process, which, as I mentioned before, should be started when you boot your system (if it has been set up correctly) and run quietly in the background, waiting for an incoming fax call and handling the fax receiving process, or for you using a suitable fax client program to send a fax through the HylaFax fax server process. The HylaFax package includes a client program ('sendfax') which must be run from the commandline, but other clients are available, also with graphic user interface, even HylaFax clients for Windows. If you use the KDE desktop, KDEPrintFax is included. The CUPS print system under SuSE normally sets up a pseudo-printer which lets you 'print' to a fax server from any KDE program, acting as such as an appropiate fax client software for your HylaFax server. Do you plan to use the same modem for Internet dialup access and fax sending/receiving? If so, you won't be able to send or receive fax while connected to the Internet. Just wanted to point this out.
I did go there, but I am still kinda stuck. For example, I went to the HylaFAQ page, but it didn't have the first step, which is how to start the hylafax program.
The first step actually is not to start the HylaFax process, but to set it up correctly. On the website there is a very detailed description of the setup process, which, I admit, may seem daunting at first. Read it thoroughly though, even twice, and try to follow the installation and setup steps. The most important configuration step involves running the 'faxsetup' program which is included with HylaFax. This is a script which will ask you configuration questions and expects you to give it sensible answers. Before running it, read through the documentation. Another configuration script, 'faxaddmodem', lets you configure your modem. So, don't try to run hylafax, instead try to follow the installation and configuration steps first to get it correctly set up as a server process. This is where to start: http://www.hylafax.org/setup.html Regards, -- Andreas Philipp Noema Ltda. Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia