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Author: Bill Warner
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Faxing
Looks to me like you are missing some kind of fax software. You need to
make sure you have the packages that
provide /usr/bin/faxspool /usr/bin/sendfax and /usr/bin/fax in order for
the other tools to work.

This will be dependent on your distribution and method of install.

-Bill W

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 23:09 -0800, ec wrote:
> I need to get a fax going. I can scan in files
> (admittedly using @98 as the os) or, er, floppy
> sneaker them to a file on this linux machine, but
> cannot get KdeprintFax to send them. It starts then
> logs the following error when using mgetty fax
>
>
> Sending to fax using: /usr/bin/faxspool -F 'Ed
> Culbertson' -f '' -D '' '2960505'
> '/tmp/kde-ed/kdeprintfax_IPSJB9AD'
> /bin/sh: /usr/bin/faxspool: No such file or directory
>
>
> And with hyla fax:
>
>
> Sending fax to recipient
>
> Sending to fax using: /usr/bin/sendfax -n -h
> 'localhost' -l -x '' -c '' -f '' -d ''@'2960505'
> '/tmp/kde-ed/kdeprintfax_FiMcAdnI'
> /bin/sh: /usr/bin/sendfax: No such file or directory
>
> Efax gives
>
>
> Sending fax to recipient
>
> Sending to fax using: /usr/bin/fax NAME='Ed
> Culbertson' DEV='modem' PAGE=letter
> FROM='480.949.5934' send -l '2960505'
> '/tmp/kde-ed/kdeprintfax_6JIv04xF'
> /bin/sh: /usr/bin/fax: No such file or directory
>
> Been trying to get to 'no dialtone' using kppp. This
> was a good modem when I disconnected from dialup last
> year. USR Courier external.
>
> Oh, well.
>
>
> This is an installed Simply Mepis attempting an
> external usr courier that up till about a year ago was
> my dialup modem. I think it is still okay...got dsl
> now.
>
>
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