Re: fax debug

[Denice <deatrich lcavsun1 epfl ch>]

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, bill jehle wrote:

> here is what I added in /console.perms did I do it right?
> 
> <modem>=/dev/modem
{snip}
> # permission definitions
{snip}
> <console> 0666 <modem>     0600 root
> 
> I still get the same error in the log,  erez newplaces com had a mini how-to on
> efax that you are probably familiar with and he  (she) says that efax expects a
> Real device file at /dev/modem and to create one with the same major and minor
> numbers. This, if needed, is a little over my head  so could you walk me through
> it, or is there a simpler way to hook a fax into lyx?

/dev/modem is usually a symlink to the real device name; try using the
real device name in its place;   eg:  <modem>=/dev/ttyS1

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