Re: Problem with sendfax?

[joey@finlandia.infodrom.north.de (Martin Schulze)]

Sylvain Briole writes:

> I am runnig Debian 1.2/Linux 2.0.29/Mgetty+SendFax 1.0 and I would like to
> send faxes with my modem which is on /dev/ttyS0
> So, I have converted a .ps file to a .g3 file using gs, and I try to send
> it :
> 
> nathalie# sendfax -x 5 -v 0320137288 /home/sbriole/ISEN/fax.g3
> Trying fax device '/dev/ttyS0'... OK.
> sendfax: cannot set fax station ID

Check your config files in /etc/mgetty, are you sure that you
have a fax modem?  I'm not a modem expert but I seem to remember
that there are some modems that cannot fax - or at least cannot
fax at level 3 which is needed for sendfax (USR SportSter might
be such a modem).

Regards

	Joey

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