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On Saturday 01 January 2005 9:32 am, Mike Tidball wrote:
I'm having trouble sending a fax.
Internal modem? External modem? Model? Driver?
I have saved the document as a text file. I have then tried sending it via kdeprintfax.
Most internal modems are software modems - much of the hardware of an external modem is absent. When the software driver is not open source, GNU/Linux drivers have to do what they can to solve the main problem: connecting to the internet. This is not always possible but the fact that even some Winmodems can connect to the internet under GNU/Linux without any support from the manufacturer is a massive achievement. Fax capability is a separate function within the driver and has a far lower priority because a fax itself is largely outdated technology. Although sending a fax may appear simple, each internal modem software driver handles the protocol in a different way and without manufacturer support, fax via an internal modem in GNU/Linux is a rare thing.
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/fax: No such file or directory
You also appear not to have installed the fax protocol so even if your modem supports it, it cannot be enabled. Install efax or gfax - make sure you are installing a fax SENDER application, not a fax VIEWER application like kfax.
I am using Suse 9.2 and have gone into yast and searched and installed everything available to do with faxing,
Not if /usr/bin/fax doesn't exist - you've missed something. Besides, installing everything is usually a recipe for problems - some alternative packages cannot sit side by side. You may have been lucky this time but this is not a good habit.
one program listed is send fax, but typing this into the run box doesent work.Nor does typing it into a shell.
Then install it (and uninstall some of the other junk that you brought in earlier).
What is the simplest way of sending a text file to a fax number?
Most people don't bother with faxes at all. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.dclug.org.uk/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.williamsleesmill.me.uk/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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