Archive-name: fax-faq/mgetty+sendfax+vgetty
Last-modified: 1998/03/12
URL: http://www.webforum.de/mgetty-faq.txt
Maintainer: Klaus Lichtenwalder <Lichtenwalder@ACM.org>

			  ``mgetty+sendfax''
		Answers to Frequently-Asked Questions
       regarding Gert Doering's Fax-enabled getty replacement,
       with Klaus Weidner and Marc Eberhard's voice extensions

			 Klaus Lichtenwalder
		        Lichtenwalder@ACM.org

        Posted by: Chris Lewis, clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca

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Section Contents

• News Headers
• Introduction
• Table of Contents
• What is it?
• What does it look like when it runs?
• What do I need to use mgetty+sendfax/vgetty?
• What other software do I need?
• What terms cover my use of mgetty+sendfax/vgetty?
• Where can I get mgetty+sendfax?
• How can I integrate it into an office environment?
• What's going on with those Class 1 modems?
• What modems are recommended?
• Where is the list archived?
• Part 2: Other questions
• How can I contact mgetty/vgetty users and developers?
• What image file formats can sendfax send?
• Why doesn't mgetty accept other file formats besides G3?
• Why doesn't mgetty use the modem's autoanswer capabilities?
• Why mgetty ignores /dev/tty* dialin, /dev/cua* dialout conventions:
• Troubleshooting questions & answers
• Programs generating "invalid" Postscript that can't converted to the G3 format for sendfax
• My ZyXEL doesn't work right after a ROM upgrade: What's wrong?
• Why the occasional "tcsetattr failed: I/O error" message?
• When is mgetty actually running? (i.e. what can mgetty control?)
• The user's shell doesn't get killed after the line drops
• AutoPPP appears in the "who" listing
• Things to think of if using AutoPPP, or, as you might call it, ppp connections
• Part 3: Compatibility Issues
• Suspicious fax machines
• Part 4: Compiling, installing and using vgetty
• Compiling vgetty
• US Robotics voice format converter

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