Re: flexfax: Modem hanging while receiving fax

[Ulrich Eckhardt <uli@transcom.de>]

Michael Möller wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> i've got a little problem with one faxmachine. Sending to this one
> is o.k., but sometimes it hangs while receiving fax.
> 
> Here ist the log :
[..]
> 
> Hylafax 4.0pl2 - SuSE Linux 5.0 / Kernel 2.0.33
> Modem : ELSA Microlink 33.6 TQV
> 
> BTW: Sometimes I have troubles with the modem state after sending
> faxes. faxstat tells me that it is "waiting for the modem to come
> ready" until I send the next fax. I "fixed" this with a little
> script that kills the faxgetty process when this problem
> occurs for more than 5 min. I've tried several modems and
> used the rpm-packages shipped with SuSE5.2 and built the
> package from source - same problem. On a second system
> i use the same software, the same modems, no problem.
> (Both systems have different motherboards, the one with
> the 16450 is ok, the other one with 16550A is not o.k.)
> What have i missed or is the workaround with the script ok.
> (Any problems to expect ?)
> 
> Michael

Hi,

have enabled the 16550 Mode with the setserial programm ?
If so there could be a cabeling problem, because the 16550 
can send the data a little bit faster. Change the two
cables and see if this problem already occure.

Uli

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