[4446] in linux-net channel archive
Re: mgetty
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mail Groups)
Mon Sep 16 23:06:10 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 13:54:45 -1000 (HST)
From: Mail Groups <quasimodo@darkstar.summerset.com>
To: ae4ej@ae4ej.ampr.org
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <14@ae4ej.ampr.org>
Check to make sure that your modem is set to "auto-answer" mode. You can
find the correct string in the manufacturers instructions. If not-- check
around on the Net.
Once you have found the correct string simply send it through your modem
using any modem program.
Best of luck.
-Q
On Mon, 16 Sep 1996 ae4ej@ae4ej.ampr.org wrote:
> Hi,
> I am running mgetty+sendfax version 0.98
> I have installed and compiled it according to the docs.. But I have encountered
> a strange quirk.. When I boot up, I can see that mgetty has control of the modem as witnessed by the indicator lights on the modem..
> When I call in, the "aa" starts blinking, as it should, but the call wont
> get picked up.. the "rd" and "sd" lights both come on, but the call dosent
> get answered.. I am at a loss, and I have very little hair left from pulling
> it out! Are there any mgetty guru's there who may have the answer..
> Please reply to this one....arghhhhhhh..
>
>
