Re: flexfax: newbie problem

[Tim Rice <tim@trr.metro.NET>]

On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Jonathan Chen wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, David Anderson wrote:
> 
> > I really need tips installing hylafax on a SCO5.0.4 box. Got binaries
> > from ftp.sgi.com... everything installs as instructed. Modem is probed
> > correctly
> > so everything should work..
> > 1) about 20 times I've added in new fax with faxaddmodem but when I run
> > faxstat -s all I get is
> > 
> > # ./faxstat
> > HylaFAX scheduler on chrysler: Running
> > 
> > and no line about modem tty2A....
> > 
> > yes, I did run $./faxmodem tty2A after running faxaddmodem
> 
> faxstat doesn't give a reliable picture *unless* faxgetty is running.
> You could put in the following line into /etc/inittab (after disabling
> any other getty's on the line)
> 
> 	fx2A:234:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/faxgetty tty2A

You are using the binaries, so its /usr/local/HylaFAX-v4.0/slib/faxgetty

> 
> HylaFAX works best with faxgetty running...
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> Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>   | "Vini, vidi, velcro...
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> 
> 

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