Re: flexfax: RPM: document conversion script was not found

[Steve Williams <steve@genie96.com>]

> 
> On Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:56:26 -0600 (MDT), Steve Williams
> <steve@genie96.com> wrote:
> 
> >> >that you put something like 1 or 2 or 2.0 in that line.
> >> It came that way.  I just commented it out with a "#", rebooted (did I
> >> need to reboot?), then used the command:
> >> sendfax -d 912033674005 /etc/hosts
> >> In the hope that it would fax the text document to 9+1+203-367-4005.
> >> It bombed.
> 
> >That is VERY important that there is one less line in the messages file.
> >That means that deleteing the line fixed that problem.
> I guessed that.
> 
> >I would need to see the logfile ( I delete all my mail after reading <g> )
> >but the problem is that in your $FAXSPOOL/bin
> Should I define $FAXSPOOL somewhere?  I guess that it should be:
> /var/spool/hyla, since that has a directory called bin.
> I defined it, but we bombed the same way.
> 
> > there should be a program
> >called ps2fax, 
> It is there.
> 
> I will try having it make the config, but here is my log:
> Oct 23 16:45:12 detel FaxGetty[323]: MODEM ROCKWELL AC/V34/V1.100
> Z201-V34_DP
> Oct 23 16:48:07 detel login: ROOT LOGIN ON ttyp0 FROM edinct.tiac.net
> Oct 23 16:52:44 detel FaxQueuer[225]: SUBMIT JOB 6
> Oct 23 16:52:47 detel FaxQueuer[5091]: JOB 6: CONVERT DOCUMENT: exit
> status 0xff00
> Oct 23 16:52:47 detel FaxQueuer[225]: NOTIFY: bin/notify "doneq/q6"
> "no_formatter" ""
> 
> 

This means that for some reason, the "formatter", notably ps2fax is exiting
with a value that is non-zero.  Thus ps2fax is dying.

Try running faxsetup.


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