flexfax: RH: binary won't send; source won't compile (was: useless subject: Hylafax)

[David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>]

> My problems may be related to not being able to compile the system properly
> on a RedHat 5.2 Linux system.

FAQ: egcs patch needed.  Including the error messages would have confirmed
this.

> So far I have done everything on the local machine & not tried using any
> client server stuff.

Hylafax is *always* client server, even when on only one machine.

> Am I correct in saying that when I run sendfax it will drop a q file into
> /var/spool/fax/sendq & when I run faxsend I should specify something like 
> 
> /usr/local/sbin/faxsend -m ttyS0 /var/spool/fax/doneq/q1 

This should not be run manually, it is run by one of the daemons.

It seems likely that you haven't told Hylafax that the modem is available
for use.  The preferred method is to run faxgetty from inittab, even if
you are configured for receive only.  (Also something of an FAQ.)  More
extremely, you might not have started the daemons.

Note, some Linux distributions still use /dev/cua0; you should use whatever
UUCP would use for all dialout applications, otherwise the locking may
break.