On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Christopher Sawtell wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:27, Helmut Walle wrote:

[...]

> > I can understand both of these, but my question is: Is there a way of
> > running mgetty per default, always being ready to receive a fax, and
> > only being interrupted for the short while when I am sending a fax?
> >
> > Yes, it is perfectly clear to me that the fax standards do not allow
> > to send and receive fax messages over the same phone line at the same
> > time :-)
> 
> Is the lock file appearing and disappearing correctly, and are both mgetty and 
> sendfax both configured to use the same file?

IIRC one possibly problem is the locking, i.e. make sure to use the
actual /dev/ttySn not a symlink like /dev/modem

Cheers,
-- 
Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Manager
University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand

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