Data Only Mode

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Hi,

On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:45:10PM -0400, Dean Channing wrote:
> I have installed a modem pool on a 486DX running RedHat 5.2.  The 
> connection of modems to the pool is working fine with one exception.  
> Once in a while, the modem tries to answer the line in fax mode.  This 
> confuses me... as I set the local variable "DEFAULT_MODEMTYPE" to be 
> data.  And according to the policy.h file, it says:
> 
> "data" - data only, no faxing available

set:

modem-type auto
data-only true

(this is slightly different - it will recognize the modem as a fax modem,
and explicitely disallow fax auto-detection).

> I also get the following message sent to the terminal:
> 
> sh: /etc/mgetty+sendfax/new_fax: No such file or directory

Well, create one :-) - even if it contains only 

#!/bin/sh
exit 0

that will silence mgetty.  Don't forget the "chmod +x".

gert
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