Suse 8.0 In recent times KDE have improved fax integration . On this system Internet > Communication > send a fax will provide you with a basic GUI to send a fax. Naturally Hylafax needs to be running. In kde programs you can fax anything by using the "print to fax" feature. This is available in the print dialogue box. Like you, I watch the modem to see that the fax is sent. Is there not a better way. Something on the screen to show? And then, if there is no connection the fax send is repeating several times. Any chance to have that visible. It makes me nervous if I hear/ see the light of the telephone switch lightning up although I did not do anything to start that, At least not right before redialing ;-).
The directory /var/spool/fax has all of the Hylafax config files. This is where sent faxes are stored. Hylafax also gives a result in /var/log/messages which most Linux users have running in the background.
What and how do you let it run in the background?
Susefax is a Java front end for Hylafax. It provides only a basic faxing service. I don't think it is being developed any further. Gfax is a gnome front end for Hylafax. Ksendfax is also worth a look. Using KDE I suppose that leaves me Ksendfax. Where can it be found and how is it initiated?
On Saturday 02 November 2002 19:59, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Suse 8.0 In recent times KDE have improved fax integration . On this system Internet > Communication > send a fax will provide you with a basic GUI to send a fax. Naturally Hylafax needs to be running. In kde programs you can fax anything by using the "print to fax" feature. This is available in the print dialogue box. Like you, I watch the modem to see that the fax is sent.
Is there not a better way. Something on the screen to show?
Open a console and type tail -f /var/log/messages. Your fax progress is reported here.
And then, if there is no connection the fax send is repeating several times. Any chance to have that visible. It makes me nervous if I hear/ see the light of the telephone switch lightning up although I did not do anything to start that, At least not right before redialing ;-).
By default Hylafax will resend if the number is engaged or whatever. It will try at intervals of 3 mins or so. This can be altered in the config file for your modem. Have a browse through Hylafax.org. It will help. Tips If you need to kill the fax for some reason, do a faxstat -s to get the job number, then use the command faxrm {job number} to kill it. "Send a fax" (the GUI) can also do this.
The directory /var/spool/fax has all of the Hylafax config files. This is where sent faxes are stored. Hylafax also gives a result in /var/log/messages which most Linux users have running in the background.
What and how do you let it run in the background?
Susefax is a Java front end for Hylafax. It provides only a basic faxing service. I don't think it is being developed any further. Gfax is a gnome front end for Hylafax. Ksendfax is also worth a look.
Using KDE I suppose that leaves me Ksendfax. Where can it be found and how is it initiated?
The send to fax in KDE works best. Ksendfax is available in the apt-get repository. Brian Marr
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