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Re: Comm failure during phase B/C



On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> 
> I recently wrote:
> 
> > The system is a Linux (2.0.29, Caldera distribution) in which
> > receiving faxes work perfectly. Sending always results in the same
> > error: "Communications failure during Phase B/C".
> > 
> > If I try to send to another system with (a well-working) HylaFAX,
> > it (the receiver) sends a "facsimile not received" notice that
> > 
> > "An attempt to receive facsimile on ttyXX failed because: COMREC received DCN"
>  
> I have since been able to pin the problem down a little better. The
> sending works fine on COM2 (/dev/cua1 on Linux). I experienced my
> problems above with 'intelligent' serial ports (in this case, Computone).
								^^^^^^^^^
That's probably your problem. I have a customer with Computone running
VsiFax. I had to move them to a COM port to get it to work reliably.

I've had good results with Equinox on UnixWare and Cyclade on SCO.

Have you tried "ClocalAsRoot:  yes"?

> 
> It appears to work OK when using the Computone non-modem-control port
> (/dev/cuf0) but gives the above problem when using the 'modem-control' port
> (/dev/ttyF0).
> 
> Can someone give an ide of what goes on at the stage that error message
> occurs on the sending system? Is there any danger running HylaFAX/faxgetty
> on 'non-modem-control' ports?
> 
> Thanks.
> - Evan
> 

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Tim Rice			Multitalents	(707) 887-1469 (voice)
tim@trr.metro.net



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