Topic: HylaFAX install problem at 'faxsetup'?

[Patrick Basile]

Hi,

I'm trying to install/setup HylaFAX per the HowTo Document (http://www.e-smith.org/docs/howto/contrib/HylaFAX-HowTo.html) and am getting an error at step #10 when I run 'faxsetup'.  Below is a copy of my screen with the messages I get.

[root@bcsrv1 sbin]# faxsetup

Setup program for HylaFAX (tm) 4.1.

Created for i686-pc-linux on Mon Jul  2 01:22:36 EDT 2001.

Checking system for proper client configuration.
Checking system for proper server configuration.


Warning: /sbin/mgetty does not exist or is not an executable program!

The file:

    /sbin/mgetty

does not exist or this file is not an executable program.  The
HylaFAX software optionally uses this program and the fact that
it does not exist on the system is not a fatal error.  If the
program resides in a different location and you do not want to
install a symbolic link for /sbin/mgetty that points to your program
then you must reconfigure and rebuild HylaFAX from source code.


Warning: /sbin/vgetty does not exist or is not an executable program!

The file:

    /sbin/vgetty

does not exist or this file is not an executable program.  The
HylaFAX software optionally uses this program and the fact that
it does not exist on the system is not a fatal error.  If the
program resides in a different location and you do not want to
install a symbolic link for /sbin/vgetty that points to your program
then you must reconfigure and rebuild HylaFAX from source code.


Warning: /bin/egetty does not exist or is not an executable program!

The file:

    /bin/egetty

does not exist or this file is not an executable program.  The
HylaFAX software optionally uses this program and the fact that
it does not exist on the system is not a fatal error.  If the
program resides in a different location and you do not want to
install a symbolic link for /bin/egetty that points to your program
then you must reconfigure and rebuild HylaFAX from source code.

FATAL ERROR: /usr/bin/gs does not exist or is not an executable program!

The file:

    /usr/bin/gs

does not exist or this file is not an executable program.  The HylaFAX
software expects this program to exist and be in this location.  If the
program resides in a different location then you must either reconfigure
and rebuild HylaFAX or override the default pathnames in the distributed
software through one of the HylaFAX configuration files (consult the
HylaFAX documentation

Does anybody have any ideas why this is happening?  Thanks!

Regards,
Patrick

[Patrick Basile]

Hey,

Okay - well I just found some documentation at the HylaFAX web site (http://www.hylafax.org/howto/help.html#ss8.1) discussing this type of error; however it doesn't mention two of the errors I'm getting.

Here is what they say:

"8.1 Installation Errors
A common question arising during faxsetup is in relation to these messages:

Warning: /bin/vgetty does not exist or is not an executable program!
Warning: /bin/egetty does not exist or is not an executable program!

Simply put, don't worry about them. Both of these programs have to do with data and voice call handling, and for the purposes of faxing, their presence is unneccesary."

Something isn't right with my setup - so I can't just "ignore" the errors.  I'm not getting prompted for any configuration info when I run 'faxsetup', and at the end it doesn't prompt me to run 'faxaddmodem'.

Hope one of you has run into this problem and knows what I'm doing wrong.  Thanks.

Regards,
Patrick

[Jochen Hoegerl]

Patrick Basile wrote:
>
> Warning: /sbin/mgetty does not exist or is not an executable
> program!
>
> Warning: /sbin/vgetty does not exist or is not an executable
> program!
>
> Warning: /bin/egetty does not exist or is not an executable
> program!
>
> FATAL ERROR: /usr/bin/gs does not exist or is not an
> executable program!
>

Hi Patrick,

you can safely ignore the warnings for the mentioned getty's
if you just use the modem for tx/rx faxes.

What you need to do is, get a shell with ALT+F2, login as root
and start midnight commander ----> mc

On the left window change directory to /usr/bin
On the right window (change window with the TAB key)
search for gs. I think it is in /usr/local/bin.
If you found it hit F9 (which will activate the menu) go to file with the
cursor-keys hit enter and go down to symlink and hit enter.
The first line is the path to the existing file, the second should
already have /usr/bin in it. It should be /usr/bin/gs.
Make the changes and hit enter. You should now have a "file"
in /usr/bin  which looks like    @gs. If you highlight it you should
see  -->/usr/local/bin/gs at the bottom of the left window.

That's it. You can now go ahead and configure Hylafax.

P. S. If you edit files use "pico" as I found that the mc-editor
does not work properly sometimes. I realized this while configuring
my hylafax to mail me faxes as pdf-attachments instead of a link
to the tiff-file.

jochen

[Patrick Basile]

Jochen,

Thanks a lot for your clear and concise instructions...very helpful, and they worked like a charm!

Time to finish this setup and see what happens.

Regards,
Patrick

[Patrick Basile]

Any idea why the fax modem didn't reset after I sent a fax from Cypheus through my HylaFAX software on the e-smith server?