Is there a simple FAX sending program for Ubuntu?

[NoOp]

On 11/22/2011 09:48 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> My all-in-one-printer is getting decrepit and it's FAX sending ability
> is broken.
> 
> I have a FAX/Modem I can put in my system but I can't see any FAX
> program that looks as if it will be simple[ish] to install and run.
> 
> The ones I have found are:-
>     efax - only sends text and postscript files, messy to send scanned images
>     gfax - frontend, looks OK, but what does it use to drive the FAX?
>     hylafax - much too big and complex
> 
> Any suggestions anyone?
> 

Not a simple answer... it primarily depends upon what chipset the
fax/modem has in it. I have an agere winfax card & sktsee helped me get
it working. Wasn't simple, but now I can use the card to send/receive
faxes w/o much issue using efax-gtk. The threads from this list that
sktsee helped with & some of the issues I did to overcome the problem:

<http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/137305>

Note: you'll need to click on the '(Continue reading). In my case I need
to use martian-modem. I just updated the kernel & found that
martian-modem wasn't working, so instead of doing a 'make install' this
time I simply purged martian-modem & reinstalled directly from from the
repositories ($ sudo apt-get install martian-modem). With sktsee's
script it's all working again. If yu do need to user martian-modem,
sktsee's script is as follows:

#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:    martian_modem
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Start:
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: martian modem driver
### END INIT INFO
# Init file for martian_modem
#
# chkconfig: 2345 45 55
# description: martian_modem
#
# processname: martian_modem
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: martian_modem
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Short-Description: martian_modem
# Description: martian_modem
# Author: Stefan Puch
# Adjustments for 2006/11 release A. Chentsov
### END INIT INFO

NAME="martian_modem"
MARTIANMOD="martian_dev"
USER_DRIVER="/usr/sbin/martian_modem"

# edit to set other name
DEVICE="/dev/ttySM0"

if [ `/sbin/lsmod | grep -c ${MARTIANMOD}` -lt "1" ]; then
	echo "kernel module is not loaded!"
	exit 0
fi


start() {
	echo -n "Starting ${NAME}: "
	if [ `ps -A | grep -c ${NAME}` -gt "0" ]; then
		echo "${NAME} is already running. Use restart instead."
		exit 1
	fi

	if [ ${DEVICE} != "/dev/ttySM0" ]; then
		ARGDEV=${DEVICE}
	else
		ARGDEV=
	fi
	/usr/sbin/martian_modem --daemon --group=dip --mode=0660
--log=/var/log/martian --country=us ${ARGDEV}
	[ -d /var/lock/subsys ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/martian
	echo "Done"
}

stop() {
	echo -n "Shutting down ${NAME}: "
	if [ `ps -A | grep -c "martian_modem"` -lt "1" ]; then
		echo "${NAME} is not running."
		exit 1
	fi
	PID=`/bin/pidof ${NAME}`

	# cease now
	/bin/kill ${PID}
	rm -f /var/lock/subsys/martian

	if [ -L ${DEVICE} ]; then
		rm -f ${DEVICE}
	fi
	echo "Done"
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
	start
	;;
  stop)
	stop
	;;
  status)
	PID=`/bin/pidof ${NAME}`
	if [ -n "${PID}" ] ; then
		echo ${NAME} "(PID ${PID}) is running..."
	else
		echo ${NAME} "is stopped"
	fi
	;;
  restart|reload)
	stop
	start
	;;
  *)
	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
	exit 1
esac

exit 0

Copy and paste the above into gedit & save as 'martian'. Copy the file
to /etc/init.d/martian:

$ sudo cp martian /etc/init.d/martian

Good luck, as it's not easy at first, but once you get the hang of it it
works well.
Note: I also have an Epson Workforce 635 that has a built in fax; works
well standalone, but Epson doesn't provide a linux fax driver (they do
for Windows), so unless I'm faxing hardcopies, I just use efax-gtk
instead - ditto for incoming faxes if I'm not near the 635 to turn on
the fax receive function button. Also note that if you have the proper
HP multifunction printer/fax, HP provide a fax utility that you can use.
So it might be worth checking out if you are in the mood for a new MF
printer/fax/scanner.

Additional information:
http://efax-gtk.sourceforge.net/