flexfax: Re: FaxGetty and ppp?

[Christoph Scheeder <christoph.scheeder@scheeder.de>]

Hi,

Friedrich Schunn schrieb:
> 
> What about modems that don't need FaxGetty to listen all the
> time if a new fax comes in, e.g. ELSA ML Office. Such modems
> are able to receive facsimiles while the PC is turned off. For this
> reason
> I didn't start FaxGetty at all. So the Modem would store the fax in
> its memory even while the PC is running. I use susefax/hylafax
> only for sending facsimiles.

I understand your intention, and in theory it could eventual be possible 
to do that with hylafax. But that depends on how your modem sends
a stored fax to the pc. if it simulates an incomming fax-connection 
to do so, it could be possible to use faxgetty to get them.
But you'll have to tweak the configuration a bit, and i don't know how.

> I would like to use hylafax to get the facsimiles stored in the modem
> memory "on demand". Is this possible with hylafax?

I don't think this is possible with hylafax without heavy tweaking.
 
> As far as I've understood the docs FaxGetty is needed for receiving
> faxes and FaxGetty has to be started while the system boots.

yes, it is needed for receiving faxes, and yes it is started 
at boot up, but not by a script. It is started via init, which 
means it is listed in /etc/inittab. this is neede to make shure it
gets restarted if it dies.
and as you get the message from faxgetty about modem-locking,
you'll probaly find a line starting it in your inittab.
 
> So is there a way to "read" facsimiles from the modem without
> FaxGetty?

with hylafax i know of no straight forward way.
have a nice day
Christoph

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