Ah hah! Success! Thanks Bob.
Turns out the modem script I was using was turning on hardware flow control with
at&e4. But that's the wrong command. It was the right command for an earlier model
of the multitech, but not this one. I successfully sent a fax, and it even had a the
debian swirl on the default cover page!
Thanks!
Now to try receiving....
I may hit you up for some questions too Ralph..
Cory
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 06:30:29PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote:
> Cory Petkovsek wrote:
>
> > I can send a fax, but it looks like garbage. I sent a text file and
> > it looks like every other line is missing when it comes through the
> > other side. Also, it seems that hylafax hangs up when it's done,
> > but the receiving end sits there "negotiating" until it times out.
> > The 'other end' is a windows based gfi fax server.
> >
> > Receiving is a whole other problem. I sent a simple fax to hylafax,
> > but the tiff file I got is just garbage. I think this has something
> > to do with the tiff libraries not working properly? They are
> > installed however (libtiff3).
> >
> > So my question is, does anyone have experience setting up and using
> > hylafax or a working system?
>
> I have no experience with HylaFax. But your problems sound to me like
> they could be caused by a lack of flow control. Do the modem and the
> PC agree on what kind of flow control they're using?
>
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> Bob Miller K<bob>
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