Re: [hylafax-users] Fwd: Re: HylaFAX 4.2.1-23 and Fedora Core 3

[Stephen Carville <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry D. Boldt wrote:
> Well, the problem with faxgetty and HylaFAX is ALMOST solved. 
>
> The original problem has resurfaced now that kppp and faxgetty play nice with 
> each other.
>
> kppp and faxgetty coexist now, but after logging on to my ISP and then
> logging off (after about 1 hour), I tried to send a fax. It gets queued but 
> never sent. faxstat reports the status as " Waiting for modem to come ready". 
> It seems to be stuck in that mode and will not get out of it. HylaFAX thinks 
> that the modem is still being used by kppp. I checked the kppp lock file - it 
> was deleted by kppp on exit. So no lock file.
>
> After playing around with several modem commands, I was able to get HylaFAX to 
> start sending the fax, but then it stopped. I hadn't noticed that HylaFAX had 
> started sending the fax, and issued some others commands, including the 
> initialization command "ATZ". So not too sure if HylaFAX broke the connection 
> and stopped sending or if it just recognized that I had done something. 
> Anyway, I wasn't able to get HylaFAX to restart sending the fax after that.
>
> So now faxgetty and kppp play nice with each other, but I still cannot send a 
> fax since HylaFAX is "Waiting for modem to come ready". If I delete the 
> file /var/spool/hylafax/status/ttyS0, then faxstat reports HylaFAX as 
> "running" and still no faxes are sent. So deleting the status file achieves 
> nothing.
>
> How do I get HylaFAX "off the dime" and reporting "running and Idle" once kppp 
> exits and deletes it's lock file.
>
> I have changed the kppp hangup command to "ATHATZ" but that made no 
> difference. I have tried issuing the command "AT+FCLASS=0" manually and that 
> made no difference.
>
> HylaFAX just sits waiting for the modem to come ready.
>
> Any Ideas????

Have you tried stopping hylafax, starting kppp and then starting hylafax 
again after you're done with the modem?

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Stephen Carville <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Unix and Network Admin
Nationwide Totalflood
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Los Angeles, CA 90045
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