Re: [hylafax-users] HylaFax Login failed: 530 Login incorrect, font metric errors.

[Pedro Rocadas <procadas@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Hugh Esco <hesco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey folks:  
> 
> I'm trying this again in hopes of getting a response
> this time.  
> Is there a file where such a password would be set,
> which I can hack?  
> Is there a script I can run to reset this password? 

man hosts.hfaxd
man faxadduser

> 
> 
> I was on the verge of having a useful hylafax
> installation until my hard
> drive recently crapped out on me.  Last week I
> rebuilt the system on
> a temporary drive, while I wait for my real drive to
> be replaced.  
> 
> I'm running into two sets of issues I'd appreciate
> some help with.  All
> responses are appreciated.  
> 
> Now, I'm getting errors reading:
> 
> 	Login failed: 530 Login incorrect  
> 
> everytime I try to run sendfax (from a script which
> reads in relevant
> part: 
> 	sendfax -f "hesco@xxxxxxxxxx" -R -x "Georgia Green
> Party" -d
> "HughEsco@14048060584" GovBarnes-on-PR.pdf  ).  

http://www.hylafax.org/HylaFAQ/Q450.html

> 
> Also, running faxsetup yields several errors related
> to missing "font
> metric information".  I'm running Debian Woody
> testing.  What packages
> do I need to install so that my text files get
> appropriately converted
> for faxing?  
> 
> Your help is appreciated, 
> 
> -- Hugh Esco 
> 
> The faxsetup log reads:  
> 
> Setup program for HylaFAX (tm) 4.1.1.
> 
> Created for i686-pc-linux-gnu on Sun Nov 16 10:16:11
> UTC 2003.
> 
> Reading cached parameters from
> /var/spool/hylafax/etc/setup.cache.
> 
> Checking system for proper client configuration.
> Checking system for proper server configuration.
> 
> Setting Ghostscript font path in
> /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf.
> 
> Warning: /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/common does not
> exist or is not a
> directory!
> 
> The directory /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/common does
> not exist or this
> file is not a directory. This is the directory where
> the HylaFAX client
> applications expect to locate font metric
> information to use in
> formatting ASCII text for submission as facsimile. 
> Without this
> information HylaFAX may generate illegible facsimile
> from ASCII text.
> 
> Warning: /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/6.53 does not
> exist or is not a
> directory!
> 
> The directory /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/6.53 does
> not exist or this
> file is not a directory. This is the directory where
> the HylaFAX client
> applications expect to locate font metric
> information to use in
> formatting ASCII text for submission as facsimile. 
> Without this
> information HylaFAX may generate illegible facsimile
> from ASCII text.
> 
> Warning: /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts does not
> exist or is not a
> directory!
> 
> The directory /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts does
> not exist or this
> file is not a directory. This is the directory where
> the HylaFAX client
> applications expect to locate font metric
> information to use in
> formatting ASCII text for submission as facsimile. 
> Without this
> information HylaFAX may generate illegible facsimile
> from ASCII text.
> 
> Warning: /usr/local/share/ghostscript/common does
> not exist or is not a
> directory!
> 
> The directory /usr/local/share/ghostscript/common
> does not exist or this
> file is not a directory. This is the directory where
> the HylaFAX client
> applications expect to locate font metric
> information to use in
> formatting ASCII text for submission as facsimile. 
> Without this
> information HylaFAX may generate illegible facsimile
> from ASCII text.
> 
> Warning: /usr/local/share/ghostscript/6.53 does not
> exist or is not a
> directory!
> 
> The directory /usr/local/share/ghostscript/6.53 does
> not exist or this
> file is not a directory. This is the directory where
> the HylaFAX client
> applications expect to locate font metric
> information to use in
> formatting ASCII text for submission as facsimile. 
> Without this
> information HylaFAX may generate illegible facsimile
> from ASCII text.
> 
> Warning: /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts does not
> exist or is not a
> directory!
> 
> The directory /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts
> does not exist or this
> file is not a directory. This is the directory where
> the HylaFAX client
> applications expect to locate font metric
> information to use in
> formatting ASCII text for submission as facsimile. 
> Without this
> information HylaFAX may generate illegible facsimile
> from ASCII text.
> 
> Make /var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax a link to
> /var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax.gs.
> 
> Make /var/spool/hylafax/bin/pdf2fax a link to
> /var/spool/hylafax/bin/pdf2fax.gs.
> 
> Update /var/spool/hylafax/status/any.info.
> 
> Modem support functions written to
> /var/spool/hylafax/etc/setup.modem.
> Configuration parameters written to
> /var/spool/hylafax/etc/setup.cache.
> 
> Done verifying system setup.
> 

The messages in the log file are very
self-explanatory. You must check if ghostscript is
installed and if the package is installed already, you
can/must add symbolik links to wherever  are your
ghostscript et al files to comply with hylafax
requirements.
Cheers. 


	
		
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