Hylafax
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Setup
# pacman -S hylafax
It could be that you need a MTA installed like postfix
- After installation please run faxsetup as root. Answer the questions and modify to your needs.
- Run faxaddmodem as root. It asks you for the device, leave out the /dev prefix; only enter eg. modem, ttyS0 or such things.
- Answer the other questions, important ones could be the ringtones, max pages, permissions on files or your the name that should be shown.
- After that you have to modify your inittab, add this line to it, where <enteryourdevice> = for example modem ttyS0 etc.
f1:2345:respawn:/usr/lib/fax/faxgetty <enteryourdevice>
- telinit q
- Add hylafax to daemons array in /etc/rc.conf and if you want to start now /etc/rc.d/hylafax start
Your received faxes will be saved in /var/spool/hylafax/rcvq/ and deleted after 30 days. Your send faxes will be saved in /var/spool/hylafax/sendq/
Hints and tips
Pagesize
Hylafax defaults are made for North America settings. Pagesize of send faxes can be adjusted in /usr/lib/fax/pagesizes for A4 default setup please change the file to that:
---snip Japanese Legal JP-LEG 12141 17196 11200 15300 900 400 # #default NA-LET 10200 13200 9240 12400 472 345 default A4 9920 14030 9240 13200 472 345 ---snap
No dialtone error or if you are a laptop user
If you need a special number to get the Dialtone add this to:
/var/spool/hylafax/etc/config.<yourdevicename>
Uncomment the ModemDialCmd line, and change ATDT%s to ATDT<yournumber>%s
For laptop users it might be helpfull to deactivate the dialtone check
Uncomment the ModemDialCmd line, and change ATDT%s to ATX3DT%s
Automatic fax printing
Add this to /var/spool/hylafax/bin/faxrcvd at the end
/usr/bin/tiff2ps -a -h 11.1082 -w 7.8543 $FILE | /usr/bin/lpr -P <yourprintername>
This setup is for A4 pagesize, adjust -h and -w to your needs if you need an other size.
Disabling MTA actions
Normally hylafax uses a MTA to receive faxes, if you don't need that change, your /var/spool/hylafax/bin/faxrcvd
Change NOTIFY_FAXMASTER=always to never
Enable automatic printing of notifications
If you want notifications to be printed out and not mailed, change your /var/spool/hylafax/bin/notify
- Change NOTIFY_FAXMASTER=never to always and at the end of that file
- Comment this line :
) || 2>&1 $SENDMAIL -f$FROMADDR -oi -t
- Add this as next line:
) || 2>&1 lpr -P <yourprinter> -p
Remember to add your changed file to pacmans NoUpgrade list else your changes might get lost on update.
Useful commands
faxstat (shows you the status of hylafax) faxstat -s (shows you the send status) faxstat -r (shows received faxes) faxalter -a now <jobid> (forces send retry now) faxrm <jobid> (deletes fax from sendqueue)
For more options please read the manpages of each program
Apps for hylafax
GNU/Linux Apps:
- kfax is a nice app to view the received tiff files.
- KDE has a printer to send your document to fax, change it to use the hylafax backend.
Windows Apps:
- WFHC is a nice hylafax client for windows. Get it here: http://www.uli-eckhardt.de/whfc/
- SuSEfax is also a nice client for windows. Get it here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/discontinued/i386/SuSEFax_WIN32
For more information and configuration on hylafax please read the manpages.