Re: sendfax problem - revisited
Mark Mabry wrote:
>
> Last month Sylvain Briole wrote about this problem that I am now also
> experiencing:
>
> bash# sendfax -x 5 -v 5551212 fax.g3
> Trying fax device '/dev/ttyS0'... OK.
> sendfax: cannot set fax station ID
>
> Changing the sendfax.config value for the fax id does not seem to
> matter.
>
> I did not find any solution while searching the archives.
>
> Does anyone know what is causing this? A solution?
>
> I'm using Debian 1.3/Linux 2.0.27/mgetty+sendfax 1.0 with a USR
> Sportster 14400 faxmodem. I know it can fax, since I've done a good
> bit of faxing (sending and receiving) in Windoze.
>
The fax id is specified in /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config on a line
was has "fax-id". Perhaps your fax id is bogus and the modem won't
except it? Try editing /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config and changing this
value.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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