[solved] efax

[MarkGrieveson]

Hello.  I have a hardware modem (56K) so I tried to set up efax.  However, I can't get it started:

Code:

mark:$ efax
efax: Thu Apr 26 17:16:59 2012 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: Thu Apr 26 17:16:59 2012 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 16:59 compiled Sep 15 2011 01:58:26
efax: 16:59 Error: can't open serial port /dev/modem: No such file or directory
efax: 16:59 done, returning 2 (unrecoverable error)
vector:/~
mark:$

Here's some information on the modem:

Code:

vector:/~
mark:$ lspci | grep Modem
02:0d.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01)
vector:/~
mark:$

[MarkGrieveson]

I created /dev/modem and linked it to /dev/ttyS2:

Code:

vector://dev
root:# ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/modem

I then changed the permissions:

Code:

vector://dev
root:# chmod 666 /dev/modem

I then tried to run efax:

Code:

vector://dev
mark:$ efax
efax: Thu Apr 26 18:01:07 2012 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: Thu Apr 26 18:01:07 2012 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 01:07 compiled Sep 15 2011 01:58:26
efax: 01:07 opened /dev/modem
efax: 01:08 using U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT V5.22.45 U.S. Robotics 56K FAX OK OK in class 2.0
efax: 02:00 Error: abnormal termination (code 74)
efax: 02:00 Error: Receive Phase B Hangup Codes:
efax: 02:00 Error:   T.30 T1 timeout, after EOM received
efax: 02:00 Error: unable to answer call
efax: 02:01 done, returning 3 (invalid modem response)
vector://dev

I didn't have a phone line connected to the modem, so I'm not surprised by the result.  However, is efax just a command line program?  I used efax on Debian, and it was a gui program there.  The README file for efax in /usr/share/doc says there is a man page for efax, but when I tried to view it via "man efax" and "man efax(1)" I was told that the man page did not exist.

[later edit]  I discovered that I was using efax-gtk on Debian, which is a gui front-end to efax.  Think I'll request that as a package for Vector.  I did find it on slackfind.net, so I now do have it.

[MarkGrieveson]

The /dev/modem link was gone upon rebooting.  However, I added my user to the dialout group, and set up efax-gtk to use ttyS2 (which is where my modem is).  So, everything works now.

As well, there is a man-page for efax.  It came up after rebooting the machine.