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