Re: [hylafax-users] Hylafax Newbie: Cannot Initialize Server

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2004.10.25 07:42 Jason Self wrote:
> First of all I am a newbie like the subjet says when it comes to 
> hylafax.  Up untill last week I hadn't used a modem on a computer in 
> about 10 years much less for linux,  This is what happens when you 
> are DSL spoiled I guess.  On with the question:
> I have a Zoom Fax Modem,  RedHat 8.0 and RPM installs of 
> hylafax-server etc.  I have tired to use winprint-hylafax to print 
> from a windows client to the hylafax server but I am having no luck.  
> I have no idea where to locate log files to tell what is not 
> communicating correctly, especially since /var/spool/hylafax/log is 
> empty.  when I type faxstat I get the following 'HylaFAX scheduler on 
> localhost.localdomain: Running' 'Modem ttyS0 (phone number): 
> Initializing server.
>
> It is always initializing server and I am not sure why.  I have set 
> up a hylafax user and named it faxuser, and I am getting to a loss as 
> to how to get things running the rest of the way.  Any guidance would 
> be greatly appreciated and I have been reading through the 
> documentation.

Turn up logging (SessionTracing/ServerTracing) in your modem config 
files (see 'man hylafax-config'), and then look at the logs (probably 
/var/log/messages) to see why it is having difficulty initializing the 
modem.

At the very least, send a log of a failed initialization here.

Lee.

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