start mgetty manually for fax receive

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Hi,

Uwe Schuster wrote:
> i have a question to fax receive with mgetty. Is there the possibility
> to start (let modem goes Off Hook) mgetty manually (e.g from command
> line) to receive a fax. 

"kill -USR1 <process id of mgetty>".

(abbreviated to: "kvg -USR1 ttyS0" if your mgetty is on ttyS0)

> I need this for fax services like "Stiftung
> Warentest Fax On Demand Service" where I must dial the number with the
> telefon, hear the voice messages and then start the parallel connected
> fax machine. I haven't found any note in the documentation for this.

It *is* documented. Look for "virtual RING" or something like this.

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