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Re: HylaFAX and pppd problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Carlson)
Wed Nov 4 09:39:50 1998
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:37:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Bill Carlson <wcarlson@kinzemfg.com>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9811031916520.1776-100000@abril.eniac.com>
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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Agustin Navarro wrote:
> I installed HylaFAX 4.0p12-3rh5 over the weekend.
>
> I noticed that when Faxgetty is running, I can not open the ppp conection
> over the same phone.
>
> ifup ppp0 begins to dial the phone but about 30 sec later, the moden is
> reset and faxgetty sets the moden back to call waiting. It seems as if
> faxgetty is not checking the lock before taking over.
>
> Another think that makes me wonder is that ifup ppp0 locks the modem
> device but maybe Faxgetty is locking the cua device.
>
> Is this normal o have I made a mistake ? I though from the documentation
> that HylaFAX is compatible with In/out traffic ?
>
> This is Linux 5.0
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Agustin Navarro P.
> anavarro@vip.eniac.com
> 58.2.9630746
Make sure that ifup ppp0 and HylaFAX are using the same device name,
otherwise the locking will NOT work.
I believe the lock files are located in /var/lock, take a look at what is
there when faxing vs ppp.
Bill Carlson | Opinions expressed are my own
KINZE Manufacturing, Inc. | not my employer's.
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