mgetty thinks my modem is a fax

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Hi,

On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:36:44PM +0200, Peter Lindstrøm wrote:
> Sometimes when mgetty recieves a call from a modem it thinks it is a fax
> machine and the negosiation fails. At other times the negosiation works
> fine and I get the login promt.
> Atleast that is what I think is happening.

Could be.  Some modems are not too good at distinguishing incoming fax and
data calls.

> Is there any way to disable the fax capabilities totally ?

"data-only yes".

gert
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