US Robotics 33.6 FAX Modem with MGETTY

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>>>>> "Kenji" == Kenji T Hollis <khollis@Gawain.Houston-InterWeb.COM> writes:

 Kenji> Robert:
 >> I have a slight problem with mgetty using sendfax on mgetty
 >> ... I am trying to send a two-page fax using a STOCK
 >> installation (and "-DFAX_USRobotics" in the makefile) and
 >> *still* I don't get any success. Can someone please steer me
 >> in the right direction?
 >> 
 >> [root@nimue faxserver]# faxrunq processing F000013/JOB...
 >> /usr/sbin/sendfax -v 713-627-2744 f1.g3 f2.g3 Trying fax device
 >> '/dev/cua0'... OK. Dialing 713-627-2744... OK. sending
 >> 'f1.g3'...
 >> 
 >> /usr/sbin/sendfax: FAILED to transmit 'f1.g3'. Transmission
 >> error: +FHNG:-5 (Unexpected hangup / read() error / write()
 >> error (int.))
 >> 
 >> Do *NOT* use /dev/cua0, use /dev/ttyS0 instead. This is stated
 >> in the manual. If you use cua, the locking mechanism is
 >> thwarted, and mgetty has no way to know that sendfax has the
 >> line open, so mgetty hangs up the phone in the middle of the
 >> transmission.

 Kenji> Here's the new transmission:

 Kenji> [root@nimue khollis]# faxrunq processing F000018/JOB...
 Kenji> /usr/sbin/sendfax -v 713-627-2744 f1.g3 f2.g3 Trying fax
 Kenji> device '/dev/ttyS0'... OK. Dialing 713-627-2744... OK.
 Kenji> sending 'f1.g3'... sending 'f2.g3'...

 Kenji> /usr/sbin/sendfax: FAILED to transmit 'f2.g3'.
 Kenji> Transmission error: +FHNG:-5 (Unexpected hangup / read()
 Kenji> error / write() error (int.)) command exited with status
 Kenji> 12

 Kenji> I did the change you requested. It still doesn't work.
 Kenji> Any more ideas? (Note, I *AM* using ttyS0)

Well, it still sounds like a locking problem to me. Is a lockfile
being created by sendfax? Where? With what filename? Is this the
same that mgetty i looking for? Verify that the file actually exists
right after sendfax starts, as there may be a directory permissions
problem. :-/

A quick way to see if it is mgetty not seeing the lock is to disable
mgetty from running in /etc/init. You might want to try that, and
then try sending a fax. If it works, then it is certainly a locking
problem.

BTW:  H a p p y N e w Y e a r ! ! !

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