Bill, You really do want to use mgetty for faxes. I don't use agetty (I use mingetty on my consoles), but you will use mgetty only on the serial line(s) with modems (/dev/ttyS1, /dev/ttyS2...). While mgetty is waiting for incoming faxes, you are free to use that modem for dialing out. Just be careful to use device locking correctly, that is both your dial out (ppp, minicom, whatever) should be using the same devie (/dev/ttyS1) that mgetty is using. Give it a try. If you have problems, drop a question on the list. Here is a snippet from my /etc/inittab: # Run gettys in standard runlevels 1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 s2:2345:respawn:/usr/local/sbin/mgetty ttyS1 -n 3 -x 6 On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 06:26:03PM -0600, Bill Layer wrote: > I'm trying to get set up to send & recieve faxes.. Sendfax seems simple enough, > but what is the deal with mgetty? Why is it required, and does it replace agetty? > Is it possible to use a modem to recieve faxes, and still have that modem generally > available to other software when it's not in the process of recieving a fax? > > Anyone have these set up? Is there a better set of programs for faxes (I looked at > Hylafax, it seems too large-scale for my very basic fax needs... or is it?) > > Thanks, > > -- > > > -.bill.layer.- > > -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.- > > -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.- > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jim Kaufman mailto:jmk at kaufman.eden-prairie.mn.us Linux Consultant, CCNA Eden Prairie, MN 55346 home: 952-934-4851 fax: 952-937-9832 --- Get hold of portable property. -- Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations"