Topic: Problems installing Hylafax on E-smith 4.1.2

[Brendan Wajon]

Hello,

I've tried to setup an HylaFAX server on mine E-smith 4.1.2 box using the Hylafax HowTo of Ernst Bergen.

But I can't get it to work. It starts with the required files:

libtiff-3.5.5-7.i386.rpm -> no problems installing this package
ghostscript-fonts-6.0.2.noarch.rpm -> no problems installing this package

XFree86-libs-4.0.1-1.i386.rpm -> BINGO, problem:
XFree86-libs ##################################unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1.3: cpio: read failed - Bad file descriptor

compat-libstdc++6.2-2.9.0.9.i386.rpm -> no problems installing this package

ghostscript-6.50-2.i386.rpm -> BINGO, next problem:
error:  failed dependencies:
          libICE.so.6 is needed by ghostscript-6.50-2
          libSM.so.6 is needed by ghostscript-6.50-2
          libX11.so.6 is needed by ghostscript-6.50-2
          libXext.so.6 is needed by ghostscript-6.50-2
          libXt.so.6   is needed by ghostscript-6.50-2

and I stopped here.

Does someone have an working HylaFAX server on his/hers E-smith 4.1.2 box.
I just can't get it to work.

Brendan

[Jochen Hoegerl]

XFree86-libs-4.0.1-1.i386.rpm -> BINGO, problem:
XFree86-libs ##################################unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1.3: cpio: read failed - Bad file descriptor


download this rpm new, maybe from a other server. It looks like the downloaded
file is corrupt.

jochen

[Brendan Wajon]

Thank you Jochen,

Sorry for the stupidity on my part. Never even thought of re-downloading the error-given RPM.
I downloaded the XFree86-libs-4.0.1-1.i386.rpm again and the problem was gone.

Thanks for the tip.

Brendan Wajon

[Brendan Wajon]

Hello,

I''ve got another problem with Hylafax on my E-smith 4.1.2 Box. I can't get it to answer faxes correctly, but I can send them.

I've installed Hylafax with the use of Ernst Bergen How-To on http://www.e-smith.org/docs/howto/contrib/HylaFAX-HowTo.html
At first the "faxsetup" couldn't find the file /usr/bin/gs but I found it in /usr/local/bin and copied it to /usr/bin (changing the PATH in "faxsetup" as shown in the How-To didn't resolve this, but I still changed the PATH).

I added a line to /etc/inittab:
4:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0

This I got from www.hylafax.org, they mentioned this with the /usr/local/sbin but on my E-smith box faxgetty resides in /usr/sbin
I know I shouldn't adjust the inittab in /etc/, but change it in the templates-directory, but I don't know how!!
But that doesn't help, faxgetty doesn't seem to start according to faxsetup. When I run faxsetup to see if it notice faxgetty is says that I'm not running faxgetty.

System Specs:
Intel 166 mhz MMX
64 Mb RAM
Realtek PCI NIC (Sitecom 10/100mb)
S3 Videocard
E-tech PnP ISA modem 33K6 (fax-capability)

Disabled PnP OS in BIOS

Configured the modem with pnpdump -c --outputfile=/etc/isapnp.conf
then run: isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf > works, isapnp are enabled at startup

added a line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
setserial /dev/ttyS0 irq 4 port 0x3E8 (read it from isapnp.conf and works with minicom)

And if I run faxgetty at the prompt (logged in as root):
faxgetty ttyS0
The computer seems to hang, I can't do anything. Pressing CONTROL-C gives back the control of the computer to me.
But it answers incoming calls, but that results in transmission errors. (I tried to send a fax from my laptop to my computer through the phone). And I have Hylafax running, could see that with the Hylafax Client Cypheus.


Summary:
- Unable to get faxgetty started at boot
- People who send faxes to me get an transmission error

Can someone help me?

Brendan

[Stephan Burmeister]

> I added a line to /etc/inittab:
> 4:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0

Try this line instead:

mo:23457:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyS0

and issue the command:

/sbin/init q

Stephan

[Brendan Wajon]

Thanks Stephan,

With that adjustment faxgetty starts at startup an does answers calls.

Only when my Hylafax is being called, it answers it and after a while hangs up. Giving my laptop (testing if Hylafax receives faxes) an "transmission error". And asked some friends to fax, they received the same error.

The logfile off Hylafax says:
Jun 08 15:09:25.82: [ 1447]: SESSION BEGIN 00000021 310360365214276                                            
Jun 08 15:09:25.82: [ 1447]: <-- [4:ATA\r]                                                                    
Jun 08 15:10:28.98: [ 1447]: --> [10:NO CARRIER]                                                              
Jun 08 15:10:28.98: [ 1447]: ANSWER: Ring detected without successful handshake                                
Jun 08 15:10:28.98: [ 1447]: SESSION END

How is this happening? Hylafax sends faxes without any problem, only receiving them is just not an option at my place.

Does someone know what I have to change so that this error will not occur everytime?

Thanks,

Brendan

[Brendan Wajon]

Fixed it.

Changed the line:
ModemSetupAACmd:        AT+FCLASS=0  in
ModemSetupAACmd:        AT+FCLASS=1
This will always answers calls as a fax-call (to my understanding). And doesn't even considers that it might be a voice-call.

In /var/spool/fax/etc/config.ttyS0

And commented the line:
/usr/sbin/faxmodem ttyS0 in /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Brendan.