Re: fax debug

[bill jehle <billj brandx net>]

Denice wrote:

> 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

> Well here is what I put in /console.perms this time but I get the same error.

<modem>=/dev/ttys2
<console> 0666 <modem>     0600 root
do I need to create a device /dev/fax ?
Thanks for your help.

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