[Fwd: mgetty fax manager enquiries]

[Denis Gaulin]

Le 17 oct., 2007

Thank you Rick, I will get under way to download these packages ans see
what happen.

It is true I do not use much fax nowaday but often I need to send faxes
to hospital administration and purchasing dept. people for my work. And
these people like to have fax as a confirmation of quotes or other
discussions.

Right now I use my other Mac 10.4 computer .

To close I may get back to yoou for help....

Denis Gauiin








Le mardi 16 octobre 2007 à 09:19 -0700, Rick Knight a écrit :
> Denis Gaulin wrote:
> > Oct 15, 2007  21.27hra
> >
> > 	I send this request once more hoping someone could give me a hint
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> >   
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject:
> > mgetty fax manager enquiries
> > From:
> > Denis Gaulin <2050gaulin at videotron.ca>
> > Date:
> > Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:52:40 -0400
> > To:
> > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> > To:
> > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> >
> > Oct. 10, 2007
> >
> >
> > Hi, my name is Denis Gaulin, St-Bruno, Qc.  I read most of the queries
> > and answers on this list and copy those I think important to learn.
> > This is very good... The more I go the more I enjoy Ubuntu. Evolution is
> > great for Email !
> > Here is my problem.
> > 	I use Ubuntu Dapper, 6.06LTS  and I am not very experienced with this
> > OS.  My equipment is  a mobo  MSI- 6195 ( K7-PRO )  and a winfax modem ,
> > Conexant, HCF56K Dat /*fax modem, class 2 built by GVC Corp. ( from a
> > former IBM APTIVA computer). The modem is connected to the telephone
> > RJ-4/6  port ( wall plug ).
> >
> > >From the Ubuntu site I have downloaded the Mgetty  ( 1.1.33-3ubuntu2)
> > package.
> > I just installed it using Synaptic .  These compressed files have beeen
> > installed .
> > 	the following files are present in Synaptic and  installed;
> > 	 mgetty,   mgetty-docs, mgetty-pvftools, mgetty-voice
> >
> > However I see nothing in my desktop APPLICATIONS section,  nothing
> > anywhere else. to lead me to configure and initiate mgetty.
> >
> > The mgetty -docs literature  says that we have to compile the program by
> > copying policy.h-dist  to policy.h and edit it.   Then edit the Makefile
> > to specify installation paths . 
> > I see none of those file in all of the usr or etc /mgetty files.   I
> > have the impression that this is supposed to be done by Synaptic.....
> >
> > I tried to search for these files ( policy.h-dist,  policy.h  and
> > Makefile ) but nothing pertaining to mgetty to give me a clue as to what
> > to do to configure and start mgetty to run.
> >
> > All of the /usr/share/mgetty files give no clue
> > all the /etc/mgetty/mgetty.config,    faxrunq.config,  dialin.config,
> > sendfax.config  files are said to be only samples of what to write.
> > Where are the actual config files and how to initiate real
> > configuration?
> >
> > I am lost... anyone could tell me the way to get this program to run ?
> >
> > Thanking you in advance
> >
> > Denis Gaulin
> >
> > 2050gaulin at videotron.ca
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> I used to rely pretty heavily on being able to fax from my desktop but 
> not so much anymore, so I haven't install any of the fax tools I used to 
> us. But what always worked for me on previous versions of Kubuntu, 
> Slackware and RedHat was mgetty+sendfax, hylafax, tkhylafax and 
> faxprint. Those 4 tools together will give you a very complete 
> desktop/network fax solution. Of course, the only caveat is having a 
> modem that will function with linux.
> 
> Install those 4 packages, configure mgetty+sendfax, and if you still 
> need help getting it to work, come back here.
> 
> Rick
>