Elsa modem problems

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Gert Doering schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 02:38:19AM +0200, Sebastian Fritsch wrote:
> > I've got different problems after installing a new (and other) linux
> > distribution.
> >
> > 1. sendfax doesn't work. when i want to start my queued fax jobs using
> > faxrunq sendfax tells me that it waits for a 'ring':
> >
> > [vgetty.modem]
>
> If you want to know what *sendfax* says, don't look in the *vgetty* log
> file.
>
> But besides this, this sounds like vgetty is using /dev/modem, and sendfax
> is using /dev/ttyS*.  So, read the manual, and use the same device for ALL
> programs.
>
> > 2. mgetty has problems to detect my voice modem. it's an elsa 28.8 modem
> > with voice extension. but this is not a generell problem. sometimes the
> > modems is dectected without problems.
> >
> > [vgetty.modem]
> [..]
> > 07/11 02:02:31 dem  mdm_send: 'AT+FCC=1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0' -> OK
> > 07/11 02:02:31 dem  detecting voice modem type
> > 07/11 02:07:06 ##### failed dev=modem, pid=606, got signal 15, exiting
>
> Somene killed vgetty.. - please increase the log level so that we can see
> what really happens on the line, and show the log again.
>
> > 3. vgetty doesn't play my selected message to the caller. What does the
> > information "No raw modem data header found" mean?
>
> Invalid file format...
>
> > 07/11 01:18:47 dem  wfr: waiting for ``RING''
> > 07/11 01:18:52 dem  reading ring_type ring configuration from config
> > file /etc/mgetty+sendfax/voice.conf
> > 07/11 01:18:53 dem  playing voice file
> > /var/spool/voice/messages/ansage.pvf
>
> You have to convert pvf file ("portable voice file") to the proper format
> for your modem (.rmd, "raw modem data") with pvftormd first.
>
> gert
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