I am sending this to several mail lists, since I'm not sure where the problem is. I'm looking for more help.
I am running Red Hat 8.0 kernel 2.4.18-14 on a 700MHZ Pentium III. I have a Conexant V.90/56k data/fax/voice/speakerphone (rev 08) PCI modem card, for which I installed hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.18_14-1rh.i686.rpm for the driver. I also use a UMAX 3400 scanner on the USB port for which I have upgraded the sane-backends to version 1.0.11 (from 1.0.8). I then installed hylafax-4.1.5-1rh8.i386.rpm for sending faxes from the scanner thru the modem. All of this SEEMED to integrate nicely. The scanning function works far better with the upgraded backend than it used to, although photos are a little blurry and there is too much red that is difficult to compensate for. The copy function works pretty well, too, although the printer colors are off (from a test page, not the scanner). The problem comes when I try to send a fax. The scanner inputs the page image nicely in B&W, and creates a "faxproject." I am then able to input the destination phone number, and start the send process (using the "send faxproject" button on the Xsane fax front end). The system sends the cover page (even though it never asks for any cover page input), then crashes without sending the scanned page. The crash consists of a total lockout of any input devices, especially the keyboard and mouse. The cursor stops blinking, the mouse pointer disappears, and the "Caps Lock" and "Scroll Lock" lights flash. No keystrokes have any affect. The only way I have found to recover is to press the reset button on the tower, and reboot the system. When it has finished booting, my home page is completely fouled up. The screen is black, the font is about size 1 (unreadable), the X-windows Gnome panel is at the top of the screen instead of the bottom. I have not been able to recover the preferred setup from this condition. I reboot again, then log in as root and establish a new account for myself, into which I can copy the files I need from the old home directory. I am hoping that someone can suggest a way to isolate the problem. Keep in mind, the only way I have been able to recover from these crashes is to reboot the OS. Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Rich Teitel
