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List:       hylafax
Subject:    Re: [hylafax-users] faxaddmodem does not detect modem but minicom
From:       Lee Howard <faxguy () howardsilvan ! com>
Date:       2009-03-25 6:58:21
Message-ID: 49C9D60D.1000908 () howardsilvan ! com
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Please run faxaddmodem with "sh -x" like this:

sh -x /path/to/faxaddmodem

Then send me the output.

Thanks,

Lee.


Mike Ducharme wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm just trying out HylaFax as an alternative to our proprietary Tobit FaxWare \
> linux-based fax server. 
> Minicom works and is able to talk to the modem but for whatever reason, faxaddmodem \
> is not able to. When I try forcing the speed, I get this output: 
> **** PASTE BEGIN
> Using user-specified 19200 to talk to modem.
> /usr/sbin/faxaddmodem: line 840: kill: (9076) - No such process
> 
> There was no response from the modem.  Perhaps the modem is
> turned off or the cable between the modem and host is not
> connected.  Please check the modem and hit a carriage return
> when you are ready to try again:
> *** PASTE END
> 
> Pressing enter does nothing. It's an external serial modem, a MultiTech 56k. The \
> same modem runs fine with the old fax software on the same system. I've checked to \
> make sure that nothing else is locking the serial port, and so I'm really stumped \
> as to why minicom works and the old fax software works but faxaddmodem doesn't. 
> The server is running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 with the latest Hylafax \
> binary for SLES downloaded from the Hylafax site today. 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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