Has anyone been able to setup HylaFax ?

["Nishikant Kapoor (H)" <nkapoor@c3ipros.com>]

Hello all

I installed hylafax-4.0-6.i386.rpm and the installation looked pretty
ok, as far as I can tell. Rebooted the box and the /var/log/messages
shows:

Jul  3 23:19:37 localhost FaxQueuer[197]: HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl1
Jul  3 23:19:37 localhost FaxQueuer[197]: Copyright (c) 1990-1996 Sam
Leffler
Jul  3 23:19:37 localhost FaxQueuer[197]: Copyright (c) 1991-1996
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Jul  3 23:19:39 localhost FaxGetty[225]: OPEN /dev/modem
Jul  3 23:19:45 localhost PAM_pwdb[219]: (login) session opened for user
nkapoor by nkapoor(uid=0)
Jul  3 23:19:55 localhost FaxGetty[225]: MODEM USROBOTICS SPORTSTER
V.34+ FAX /
Jul  3 23:21:14 localhost FaxQueuer[197]: SUBMIT JOB 9
Jul  3 23:21:19 localhost FaxGetty[225]: ANSWER: Can not lock modem
device
Jul  3 23:21:25 localhost FaxSend[297]: MODEM USROBOTICS SPORTSTER V.34+
FAX /
Jul  3 23:21:25 localhost FaxSend[297]: SEND FAX: JOB 9 DEST 5421893
COMMID 00000008
Jul  3 23:21:45 localhost FaxSend[297]: SEND FAILED: Unspecified
Transmit Phase B error

And "ps aux|grep fax" shows:

uucp       197  0.0  2.2  1972  1040  ?  S   23:19   0:00 /usr/sbin/faxq
uucp       225  0.0  2.1  2036  1024  ?  S   23:19   0:00
/usr/sbin/faxgetty /d

QUESTION: Shouldn't 'hfaxd' be there at startup ?
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Even if it is not there, the command "send -n -d 5421893 fax.file" seems
to initiate the fax connection and I can hear the modem dialing out. The
fax machine at the receiving end also responds and it looks like that
the whole thing is working fine. BUT, then the error message shows up in
/var/log/messages and the 'send' fails.

Here is the output of some of the basic test commands in the hylafax
documentation:

nkapoor:/home/nkapoor> faxstat -v
Trying localhost (127.0.0.1) at port 4559...
Connected to localhost.
220 localhost server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl1) ready.
-> USER nkapoor
230 User nkapoor logged in.
-> PORT 127,0,0,1,6,241
200 PORT command successful.
-> LIST status
150 Opening new data connection for "status".
HylaFAX scheduler on localhost: Running
226 Transfer complete.

nkapoor:/home/nkapoor> telnet localhost 4559
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 localhost server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl1) ready.
user nkapoor
230 User nkapoor logged in.
stat
211-localhost HylaFAX server status:
    HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.0pl1
    Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1)
    Logged in as user nkapoor (uid 60002)
    "/" is the current directory
    Current job: (default)
    Time values are handled in GMT
    Idle timeout set to 900 seconds
    Using long replies
    No server down time currently scheduled
    HylaFAX scheduler reached at /FIFO (not connected)
    Server FIFO is /client/605 (open)
    File cache: 15 lookups, 0 hits (0.0%), 1.1 avg probes
        15 entries (1.2 KB), 0 entries displaced, 0 entries flushed
    TYPE: ASCII; STRU: File; MODE: Stream; FORM: PS
    No client data connection
211 End of status
quit
221 Goodbye.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Some details about my system:
RedHat 4.2 Linux on a Cyrix 166, Kernel 2.0.30
USROBOTICS SPORTSTER V.34+ FAX on /dev/cua1 (or /dev/modem)

Any suggestions/ideas ?

Thanks
Nishi

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