Sometimes ago there was thread about fax programs. From it I picked up that efax would be easier to use as Hylafax, Susefax sendfax and whatever more. Being behind my homecomputer I have seldom the need to do faxes from home but just these days I have to send a fax from home. Tried to setup Hylafax with Susefax but get something about a missing java piece. Looked into sendfax but man pages and such did not make me any wiser. Then remembered the efax for SuSE so just downloaded it in order to find out that on my 9.1 it will not install (in Yast) and with Kpackage I had to find out that libg.so.6 (or something like that, sorry but my brain is not always able to capture such things ;-)) It should be part of the glibc_2.? and glibc_3. ?? package. I am using kernel 2.6.8-20041125024331 and have the glibc 2.3.3-97. What is missing and how could I get a working fax program? I could of course start my Drdos and start using one of those dos fax programs but I really would like to finish the work in SuSE.
Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
What is missing and how could I get a working fax program?
You could try grabbing the src.rpm from http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.2-x86_64/SRPMS.suser-jmorris/ef... and rebuild it with rpmbuild --rebuild --target=i586 efax-0.9a001114-1.src.rpm. HTH. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 09:16, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sometimes ago there was thread about fax programs. From it I picked up that efax would be easier to use as Hylafax, Susefax sendfax and whatever more. Being behind my homecomputer I have seldom the need to do faxes from home but just these days I have to send a fax from home. Tried to setup Hylafax with Susefax but get something about a missing java piece. Looked into sendfax but man pages and such did not make me any wiser. Then remembered the efax for SuSE so just downloaded it in order to find out that on my 9.1 it will not install (in Yast) and with Kpackage I had to find out that libg.so.6 (or something like that, sorry but my brain is not always able to capture such things ;-)) It should be part of the glibc_2.? and glibc_3. ?? package. I am using kernel 2.6.8-20041125024331 and have the glibc 2.3.3-97. What is missing and how could I get a working fax program? I could of course start my Drdos and start using one of those dos fax programs but I really would like to finish the work in SuSE.
Hylafax would be my recommendation. It's installed in just three easy steps. Step 1. Install Hylafax using Yast Step 2. Run the "faxsetup" command as the user "root". Step 3. Uncomment the line in /etc/inittab that says hylafax right above it. OK, in all fairness step three does require you to answer a few questions. Louis Richards
On Sunday 26 December 2004 10:24, Louis Richards wrote:
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 09:16, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sometimes ago there was thread about fax programs. From it I picked up that efax would be easier to use as Hylafax, Susefax <big snip> in SuSE.
Hylafax would be my recommendation. It's installed in just three easy steps.
Step 1. Install Hylafax using Yast
Step 2. Run the "faxsetup" command as the user "root".
Step 3. Uncomment the line in /etc/inittab that says hylafax right above it.
OK, in all fairness step three does require you to answer a few questions.
Dear Louis, Will try your way but run into problems when I want to run the hylafax program. How do you start using hylafax. fax? hylafax? They all give a "command not found"
On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 00:49, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
On Sunday 26 December 2004 10:24, Louis Richards wrote:
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 09:16, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sometimes ago there was thread about fax programs. From it I picked up that efax would be easier to use as Hylafax, Susefax <big snip> in SuSE.
Hylafax would be my recommendation. It's installed in just three easy steps.
Step 1. Install Hylafax using Yast
Step 2. Run the "faxsetup" command as the user "root".
Step 3. Uncomment the line in /etc/inittab that says hylafax right above it.
OK, in all fairness step three does require you to answer a few questions.
Dear Louis, Will try your way but run into problems when I want to run the hylafax program. How do you start using hylafax. fax? hylafax? They all give a "command not found"
Use Yast to make sure Hylafax is started at boot time. Choose "System" in the left menu and then "Runlevel Editor". This brings up another screen. Find Hylafax in the list and click "Enable". Click "Finish" and save your changes. Also, make sure the device is correct in the line uncommented in step 3 above. You should have a working Hylafax server at this point. I print to kprinter. This has a fax option. What it really does is call the kdeprintfax program. I run "kdeprintfax" from the command line once to set it up. Go to "Settings" -> "Configure KdeprintFax" -> "System" and set it to Hylafax. Some people do not like using kprinter because it brings up another dialog box. I like it for the consistent interface it provides. Either way I think this is the easiest way to get you setup and sending a fax. Louis Richards
On Sunday 26 December 2004 09:18 am, Louis Richards wrote:
I print to kprinter. This has a fax option. What it really does is call the kdeprintfax program. I run "kdeprintfax" from the command line once to set it up. Go to "Settings" -> "Configure KdeprintFax" -> "System" and set it to Hylafax.
Some people do not like using kprinter because it brings up another dialog box. I like it for the consistent interface it provides. Either way I think this is the easiest way to get you setup and sending a fax.
You can run kdeprintfax from the start menu: Start --> utilities --> printing Works well once hlyafax is setup and running. (not hard)
On Sunday 26 December 2004 12:49, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
On Sunday 26 December 2004 10:24, Louis Richards wrote:
On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 09:16, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sometimes ago there was thread about fax programs. From it I picked up that efax would be easier to use as Hylafax, Susefax
<big snip>
in SuSE.
Hylafax would be my recommendation. It's installed in just three easy steps.
Step 1. Install Hylafax using Yast
Step 2. Run the "faxsetup" command as the user "root".
Step 3. Uncomment the line in /etc/inittab that says hylafax right above it.
OK, in all fairness step three does require you to answer a few questions.
Dear Louis, Will try your way but run into problems when I want to run the hylafax program. How do you start using hylafax. fax? hylafax? They all give a "command not found"
Have installed and run hylafax. Seemed easier as it looked. Two problems which I have to solve. On one of my faxes I got the error response that the DN could not be received. The resulting fax (my office fax) showed only page one of two. As the other fax went without problem I can survive this problem. The other problem is that my home phone was out of order one whole day until we discovered that every caller got a fax tone after the first ring. A switching of of the modem was the solution but I assume that Hylafax/ mgetty has a software solution ;-). Have looked into the mgetty config file but did not find a solution, at least not one that I understood. Any help i plain English?
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 10:07, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Have installed and run hylafax. Seemed easier as it looked. Two problems which I have to solve. On one of my faxes I got the error response that the DN could not be received. The resulting fax (my office fax) showed only page one of two. As the other fax went without problem I can survive this problem. The other problem is that my home phone was out of order one whole day until we discovered that every caller got a fax tone after the first ring. A switching of of the modem was the solution but I assume that Hylafax/ mgetty has a software solution ;-). Have looked into the mgetty config file but did not find a solution, at least not one that I understood. Any help i plain English?
Do the following as root from a console or terminal. # faxaddmodem It will ask you which serial port your modem is connected to. Enter "ttyS1" (replace the number one with your port number). Now you should see a list of your modems settings and... Are these ok [yes]? no Enter no and each question will be asked again. Just hit enter until you see ... Rings to wait before answering [0]? Enter 0 Continue hitting enter for the rest of the questions. Next your modem will be tested for speed. If you are asked any questions about class 1 or 2, please choose class 1. Some modems will not work well as class 2. You can check in "/var/spool/fax/etc/config.ttyS1" that "ModemType" is set to "Class1" (if not ... change it). Also in the "/var/spool/fax/etc" directory is a file named "hosts.hfaxd". This file controls what other users and PCs can access the fax server. You are so close now ... why not go for a full blown networked fax server ;-) # man hosts.hfaxd The above command will bring up the man page for the file and it has examples near the end of it. You can ignore this part if you are not networked or just want to send faxes from the one PC. When finished, restart hylafax with ... # rchylafax restart Let me know if this works out for you. Louis Richards
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 01:20, Louis Richards wrote:
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 10:07, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Have installed and run hylafax. Seemed easier as it looked. Two problems which I have to solve.
Do the following as root from a console or terminal.
# faxaddmodem
Also in the "/var/spool/fax/etc" directory is a file named "hosts.hfaxd". This file controls what other users and PCs can access the fax server. You are so close now ... why not go for a full blown networked fax server ;-)
# man hosts.hfaxd
The above command will bring up the man page for the file and it has examples near the end of it. You can ignore this part if you are not networked or just want to send faxes from the one PC.
When finished, restart hylafax with ...
# rchylafax restart
Let me know if this works out for you.
Dear Louis, That was clear and and in plain English. Have changed rings to wait before answering to 0 but the modem responded right away with any incoming calls. Changed it to 12 which also did not change anything so I can still not receive telephone calls ;-( During the faxaddmodem the test of the speed was not successful resulting in three times following info: .............................. Probing for best speed to talk to modem: 38400 OK. There was no response from the modem. Perhaps the modem is turned off or the cable between the modem and host is not connected. Please check the modem and hit a carriage return when you are ready to try again: ............................... And somewhere during the setup session I got following info: ............................... Warning, the dial string rules file, /var/spool/fax/y does not exist, or is not a plain file. This file must reside in the /var/spool/fax directory tree. ............................... Should I make this file handmade or should it have been made automagically? As to networking, that is still a work in progress ;-) I have two computers connected with a twisted cable. They can ping each other but they have never exchanged any data up to now. Main system on the other computer drdos and a small slackware linux. Still have not found a way to let the computers exchange data although that must be easy ;-(. Modem works on both machines with a modem splitter.
On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 13:11, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: <SNIP>
Dear Louis, That was clear and and in plain English. Have changed rings to wait before answering to 0 but the modem responded right away with any incoming calls. Changed it to 12 which also did not change anything so I can still not receive telephone calls ;-(
During the faxaddmodem the test of the speed was not successful resulting in three times following info: .............................. Probing for best speed to talk to modem: 38400 OK.
There was no response from the modem. Perhaps the modem is turned off or the cable between the modem and host is not connected. Please check the modem and hit a carriage return when you are ready to try again: ............................... And somewhere during the setup session I got following info: ............................... Warning, the dial string rules file,
/var/spool/fax/y
does not exist, or is not a plain file. This file must reside in the /var/spool/fax directory tree. ............................... Should I make this file handmade or should it have been made automagically?
As to networking, that is still a work in progress ;-) I have two computers connected with a twisted cable. They can ping each other but they have never exchanged any data up to now. Main system on the other computer drdos and a small slackware linux. Still have not found a way to let the computers exchange data although that must be easy ;-(. Modem works on both machines with a modem splitter.
It sounds like you are using an external modem. Many of these modems have switches on the back or side that change the way they opperate. You will need to see if the modem itself is set to autoanswer incoming calls. Please reply with the brand and model number of your modem and maybe we can check out the settings. You are very close ... hang in there. I would also connect the modem directly to the server, at least for the initial setup. Louis Richards
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