flexfax: Re: FaxGetty error: MODEM /dev/ttyd1 appears to be wedged

[David Banning <skytracker@funcow.com>]

Thanks for your response - sorry I didn't reply sooner - by iSP went
down - (note new email address);


>> If I could get some help on this it would be great!
>> I have been going over and over the mailing lists with no result.
>> 
>> I am using v4.0p12 on FreeBSD 3.4
>> I keep getting this error - there seems to be no communication
>> with my modem at all through Hylafax,  yet cu,  kermit work fine.
>> 
>> Probemodem works fine.  My modem is a USR internal 56K fax modem (2.0)
>> /var/log/messages say only
>> 
>> Apr 24 07:18:21 tracker FaxGetty[187]: MODEM /dev/ttyd1 appears to be
>> wedged
>> which it repeats non-stop.
>> from FaxGetty - starting hfaxd seems to cause;
>> Apr 24 02:24:11 tracker HylaFAX[226]: HylaFAX INET: bind (port 4559):
>> Address already in use
>> Apr 24 02:24:11 tracker HylaFAX[226]: HylaFAX INET: Unable to init
>> server, trying again in 5 seconds.
>> Apr 24 02:24:16 tracker HylaFAX[226]: HylaFAX INET: bind (port 4559):
>> Address already in use

>hfaxd needs to be run as a daemon or from inetd not both.
>The prefered method is to run it as a daemon.
>Comment out any entries in inetd.conf and send a SIGHUP to inetd.

The responses I got are from first running faxgetty alone with faxq,
and then hfaxd alone with faxq. Any idea?