Re: [vox-tech] Mgetty-fax problems

["Mark K. Kim" <lugod@cbreak.MAPSorg>]

What does your "mgetty.config" look like?  It looks like you need to add a
"fax-owner" option to specify the user that will receive the fax, and
without that option it defaults to a username specified at compile time
(but who knows what that is! -- check the debian manual?)  More info on
"mgetty.config":

   http://home.leo.org/~doering/mgetty/mgetty_16.html#SEC16

There's probably more options to be concerned about, but I'm not sure what
else -- my experience with mgetty is unfortunately limited primarily to
working with voice modems.

BTW, do you know about the mgetty mailing list?  It's been a while since I
was on it, but it's really excellent:

   http://home.leo.org/~doering/mgetty/

If you need more seasoned help, I'm sure they'll be a great resource!

-Mark


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Henry House wrote:

> I have just installed a new modem (Best Data external V92 on ttyS1 via a
> plain old serial cable) and am attempting to use it to receive faxes. (This
> has previously worked for me on this machine with a different modem.) The
> host machine (Debian) has mgetty-fax installed and configured in
> /etc/inittab to listen to /dev/ttyS1:
>
> 	s1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
>
> just as shown in the documentation. The modem answers when I send a test fax
> and accepts transmission. But, the fax data just go into the void; mgetty
> does not save any G3 files. The log file shows:
>
>
> 03/28 12:09:53 yS1  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.31-Jul24
> 03/28 12:09:53 yS1  check for lockfiles
> 03/28 12:09:53 yS1  locking the line
> 03/28 12:09:54 yS1  lowering DTR to reset Modem
> 03/28 12:09:55 yS1  send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
> 03/28 12:09:55 yS1  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
> 03/28 12:09:55 yS1  send: AT[0d]
> 03/28 12:09:55 yS1  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
> 03/28 12:09:55 yS1  mdm_send: 'ATI'
> 03/28 12:09:55 yS1  Generic Rockwell modem (56000)
> 03/28 12:09:55 yS1  mdm_send: 'ATI3'
> 03/28 12:09:56 yS1  mdm_send: 'ATI4'
> 03/28 12:09:56 yS1  additional info: 'Smart One 56SX92-SCM'
> 03/28 12:09:56 yS1  modem quirks: 0004
> 03/28 12:09:56 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2' -> ERROR
> 03/28 12:09:56 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' -> ERROR
> 03/28 12:09:56 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2' -> ERROR
> 03/28 12:09:56 yS1  waiting...
> 03/28 12:13:00 yS1  wfr: waiting for ``RING''
> 03/28 12:13:00 yS1  send: ATA[0d]
> 03/28 12:13:00 yS1  waiting for ``CONNECT''
> 03/28 12:14:00 yS1  found action string: ``NO CARRIER''
> 03/28 12:14:00 ##### failed A_FAIL dev=ttyS1, pid=414, caller='none', conn='', name=''
>
> --
> 03/28 12:14:00 yS1  mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.31-Jul24
> 03/28 12:14:00 yS1  check for lockfiles
> 03/28 12:14:00 yS1  locking the line
> 03/28 12:14:00 yS1  lowering DTR to reset Modem
> 03/28 12:14:01 yS1  send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
> 03/28 12:14:01 yS1  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
> 03/28 12:14:01 yS1  send: AT[0d]
> 03/28 12:14:01 yS1  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  mdm_send: 'ATI'
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  Generic Rockwell modem (56000)
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  mdm_send: 'ATI3'
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  mdm_send: 'ATI4'
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  additional info: 'Smart One 56SX92-SCM'
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  modem quirks: 0004
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2' -> ERROR
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' -> ERROR
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2' -> ERROR
> 03/28 12:14:02 yS1  waiting...
> 03/28 13:14:02 yS1  checking if modem is still alive
> 03/28 13:14:02 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT' -> OK
> 03/28 13:14:03 yS1  waiting...
>
> (/var/log/mgetty/mg_ttyS1.log.1)
>
> My initial guess is that I just have a crappy modem and should try a
> different one. Does anyone have any other ideas?
>
> --
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