Re: flexfax: Missing ':' separator ...

[Steve Williams <steve@genie96.com>]

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> > 
> >    May  6 15:06:00 gateway FaxGetty[198]: ANSWER: Can not lock modem device
> > 
> > Nevertheless the faxes are send correctly. Is this an error I need to
> > worry about or can I safely ignore this message? What do I have to do to
> > get rid of this message? 
> 

This message is normal.

FaxGetty sits waiting for a character to come in from the modem.  When a
char comes in, it has to determin if it is a "RING", or if it is a 
program that is dialing out.  The way it does this is by checking for a lock
lock file.  If there is a lock file, then it goes to sleep, ignoring anything
further until there is no lock file on the port.

So, say you "CU" out on a port FaxGetty is running on.  The modem responds
OK, faxgetty sees the data ( via select, not by reading the char ), checks
for a lock file ( which CU has placed ), and Faxgetty goes to sleep.

100 % normal.  No problem at all.

But yes, make sure that all apps are using the same lock file. as you can
see, it is critical to the operation.

> Make sure the DIR_LOCKS and LOCKS parameters are set correctly when you
> run ./configure.
> Double check the permissions on your uucp locks directory.
> Make sure faxgetty is the only process using your modem port. Ie. no
> getty or uugetty on that port.
> 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> --
> Tim Rice			Multitalents	(707) 887-1469 (voice)
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> 
> 


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