Re: [hylafax-users] Hylafax FreeBSD USR Ext Faxmodem - FREEZE

[Robert Seretny <rseretny@xxxxxxxxx>]

rtjohan@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Ok, so decided to pick-up a US Robotics 5686E External RS-232 Faxmodem.
> Started the Hylafax 4.1.7 configuration process on the FreeBSD 5.1
> machine.

You do realise that despite the slightly misleading terminologies used by
the FreeBSD team, the 5.x are not release-grade kernels, right?  5.1 is
probably even more bleeding (broken)-edged than usual.

> When hylafax started to test what baud rate it should communicate with 
> the faxmodem, the whole machine FROZE UP. What's could possibly be the 
> problem. I thought that people are using Hylafax on FreeBSD 5.1. Also, 
> thought the external RS-232 Faxmodem would be the safe way to go. Any 
> suggestions on how to proceed / debug?

Try a release kernel, 4.8.x.  Seriously.  A kernel that locks up when a
userland process opens a serial port is seriously broken and brain-damaged.
 There is nothing within HylaFAX or that modem [which I used on Linux] to
cause this.  Your question is better directed to the FBSD developers,
particularly, the serial port driver maintainer(s).

Really, I'm not busting your balls, and I use FBSD on a Snort box myself. 
But the 5.x code quality/stability is highly variable and I wouldn't touch
it in production use.  Caveat Emptor.

=R=


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