faxrunq claims ...cannot open!

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Hi,

On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 11:10:35AM +0100, H . Gehrke-Tschudi wrote:
> I  have mgetty 1.2.21 running on my Suse Linux 5.3 
> 
> I deinstalled my original Suse mgetty Version: 1.1.8-20 rpm
> lately and build the latest version 1.2.21
> It works fine right out of the box. Congratulations!
> 
> But if I want to send faxes and run faxrunq I have get an errror: 
> (this wasn`t the case with my former rpm version):
> 
> /usr/local/sbin/sendfax -v 0209497393 f1.g3
> Trying fax device '/dev/tty4c'... cannot open!
> Trying fax device '/dev/tty4d'... cannot open!
> /usr/local/sbin/sendfax: cannot access fax device(s) (locked?)

Configure sendfax to use the correct modem devices.

> There does not exist /dev/tty4c and /dev/tty4d on my maschine

Sure it doesn't - that's the serial ports on my SCO machine.

> Modem port is set to /dev/modem-> cua 1
> 
> sendfax config is set accordingly: 
> fax-devices /dev/modem

Looks like it's not reading that file - maybe it's reading a different
sendfax.config, check by calling "sendfax -V".

> I have read the Faq in mgetty concerning  /dev/modem. 

You have?  SO why are you using it (and cua1) then?

gert
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