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On Saturday 01 January 2005 9:32 am, Mike Tidball wrote:External USROBOTICS FAXMODEM Suse just found it and it's been fine for dial up internet.
I'm having trouble sending a fax.
Internal modem? External modem?
Model? Driver?
How do i install Fax Protocol,It does not appear in Yast's list of packages
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Fax capability is a separate function within the driver and has a far lower priority because a fax itself is largely outdated technology.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.
Not available on the cd's I'll have to search the net.
Install efax or gfax - make sure you are installing a fax SENDER application, not a fax VIEWER application like kfax.
I've checked in yast again and everything that comes with the distro's in there
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).It is installed
I know but for my line of work it is the best way for certain things.
What is the simplest way of sending a text file to a fax number?
Most people don't bother with faxes at all.
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