<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">ADSL does not support fax. I discovered this limitation recently too. Tim Sent from my HTC <div id="htc_header" style="">----- Reply message ----- From: "Alf Stockton" <alf@stockton.co.za> To: <ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 11.04 fax modem Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 13:39 </div> I have a need to send a fax from my Lenovo ThinkPad T500 running under Ubuntu 11.04 but am having a problem getting the fax modem working. I have tried among other things <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">efax -d /dev/ttyS0 -t T0113309560 Document-Fax.001 efax: Mon Sep 12 13:25:20 2011 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas efax: Mon Sep 12 13:25:20 2011 efax v 0.9a-001114 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas efax: 25:20 compiled Jun 21 2006 05:59:09 efax: 25:20 opened /dev/ttyS0 efax: 25:20 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:20 failed -> SABC-TVLicence-Fax.001 efax: 25:20 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:22 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:24 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:26 sync: dropping DTR efax: 25:26 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:26 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:26 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:28 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:30 sync: sending escapes efax: 25:30 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:30 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:30 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:31 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:31 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:31 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:32 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:34 Error: fax device write: Input/output error efax: 25:36 Error: sync: modem not responding efax: 25:36 Error: tcgetattr on fd=3 failed: Input/output error efax: 25:36 done, returning 2 (unrecoverable error) Suggestions please. </pre> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Regards, Alf Stockton <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.stockton.co.za">www.stockton.co.za</a></pre> </body> </html>