Topic: Faxserver?!

[Engelmann]

hi,
i thought there would be a Faxserver released with the 4.1 version but it isn't. Does anyone have a rpm to do so? Hylafax? Any tip?

[Jelke van der Meer]

Engelmann wrote:
>
> hi,
> i thought there would be a Faxserver released with the 4.1
> version but it isn't. Does anyone have a rpm to do so?
> Hylafax? Any tip?

Hi,


I installed Fax2Send on my e-smith 4.1.1 server and it seems to work fine!!

So visit fax2send.com and download your testversion.....

Installation is very easy to do.... and there are clients for windows too....

Good luck

[Steve lewis]

When you say install is easy, is the install exactly as the "command line" directions state. my e-smith is the only Linux box on my home lan. I use Win 98 and Mac OS 9 boxes. I am new to Linux so I will give this a shot.

[Jelke van der Meer]

Steve lewis wrote:
>
> When you say install is easy, is the install exactly as the
> "command line" directions state. my e-smith is the only Linux
> box on my home lan. I use Win 98 and Mac OS 9 boxes. I am new
> to Linux so I will give this a shot.

If you follow the directions from there website even a newby to linux can do the job.
The program comes with install and deinstall scripts.
You only have to edit the userslist wich is in your /etc directory. There is also a config file in this map. Both files can be edited using the linux editor called vi.
e.g. after running the install script change your directory with cd /etc and then
type vi userlist or vi config. both of these files are documented inside.

[Engelmann]

thx - ill try it...

[Steven Lewis]

Thanks, one other question. The download of Fax2Send is a 30 day demo. Being a fan of open source software I have become accustomed to "free" being the price of choice. Have you or other users surpassed the trial period with out a purchase, if so did the install "break" and cease to function? I am only asking because if the install breaks I may continue to search for a open source solution to the fax server need.

[Antarius]

Personally, rather than use a commercial app, I went with Hylafax. I downloaded the latest beta3 (for Rh6) and installed it on E-Smith 4.0

I had to add a heap of packages first to satisfy dependencies (such as ghostscript, which required xfs and so on), but it was all pretty easy. (I knew I held onto those old RH6.2 CD's for something!)

One big thing, I had to d/l RPM4 to be able to install the Hylafax rpm.

Once installed, it went like a breeze... Until I tried to get sneaky and change my symbolic link that I created from /dev/fax -> ttyS0 to ttyS1. I, erm, put the target and the link the wrong way around... Killed my ttyS1. Bugger!

(Anyone with hints to get it back? Modprobe and SetSerial hasn't worked so far...)


As for performance? Great. You have a wide choice of delivery systems - by editing a simple script you can pipe it through GhostScript to print out on any printer (in my case the office photocopier @ 22ppm), or to email the TIFF (or a link) to a designated person in the office.

Oh yes, and you get clients for sending via the HylaFax too. And it's a free app.

Cheers,

Ant

[Fran Boon]

>Killed my ttyS1. Bugger!
>(Anyone with hints to get it back? Modprobe and SetSerial hasn't worked so
>far...)

mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS1 c 4 64
chgrp uucp /dev/ttyS1

F

[Charlie Brady]

Fran Boon wrote:
>
> >Killed my ttyS1. Bugger!
> >(Anyone with hints to get it back? Modprobe and SetSerial
> hasn't worked so
> >far...)
>
> mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS1 c 4 64
> chgrp uucp /dev/ttyS1

Or just:

/dev/MAKEDEV ttyS1

Charlie

[Fran Boon]

>Or just:
>/dev/MAKEDEV ttyS1

I tried that on both RedHat-7.0 & E-Smith-4.1.1 & what I get is:

don't know how to make device "ttyS1"

Hence going for the more laborious route...

F

[Antarius]

> >Killed my ttyS1. Bugger!
> >(Anyone with hints to get it back? Modprobe and SetSerial hasn't worked so
> > far...)

> Or just:
>/dev/MAKEDEV ttyS1

Bewdy! It works. Ta muchly.


Cheers,


Antarius