switchbd????

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Hi,

Dr. Matthias Prinz wrote:
> > This is again Creatix LV 144 VF under Linux.
> > vgetty works fine here.
> > But, sometimes strange things happen.
> > I append a log where vgetty crashes in shortly after starting to
> > receive a fax.
> 
> I can't find any evidence that "vgetty crashes" in the log file. Vgetty
> behaves well, but your modem is not sending a fax -- only gibberish.
> 
> Ok, maybe vgetty does not crash. Maybe 'crash' was too hard an expression. I
> apologize for that.
> But the fax-machine on the other end is certainly trying to send a fax.
> It is the same fax-machine I used all the time to test vgetty.
> It worked in previous versions.
> 
> Have you tried what it told you to, set "switchbd 0" in the mgetty.config
> file? If not, why not?
> 
> Ok. I tried. Same effect, only the other way round. Logfile attached.

Well, in that case, I'd say "this modem does not like this fax machine".
You know, the Creatix isn't the best modem on the market - it's one of the
cheapest...

You might want to ask Creatix whether they have any recommendations (some
special set up, AT commands, whatever).

*From the log file, everything seems fine up to the point where the fax
reception is supposed to start -- and then it fails completely.

gert

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