Re: flexfax: modem wedged

["Joel B. Stalder" <joel@uptimecomputers.com>]

On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Francesc Guasch wrote:

> I installed flexflax at home easy, no problems.
> Then I tried in the office , but I get errors :
> I got the binary version pl1-1 for linux.
> 
> When I try to send a fax I check the logs and see :
> 
> Can not initializa modem
> modem appears to be wedged
> 
> I've searched the faq and I found nothing.
> The modem is a USRobotics flash external.
> There is a ppp connection sometimes in this modem
> that gets mails with fetchmail, but it shouldn't
> be a problem.
> Did I miss something obvious ?

Perhaps, perhaps not. In my experience, this is usually due to a
misconfiguration with the hardware settings for the modem. Try using
minicom, or some other communication program, to ensure that you are able
to communicate with the device.

-Joel