send and receive fax software

[Chen]

Hi all,

Do anyone can suggest me the right software. i use fc4, gui is kde. i have a faxmodem but cannot be detect by udev when i start my pc. Why?

I found 'efax' in my kyum but i cannot make it work after installed it. Is it the right one?

Hope someoe can help me.

TQ

Chen

[Quella]

Do you know if it is a reall modem or a winmodem? Not many winmodems (CPU and Memory is done through drivers on the PC not the modem). There are some projects working to make winmodems work in Linux. I would do a search and see if our modem is one of these.

Quella

[Chen]

according to what you said, it is definately a win modem. just get to know linux cannot detect winmodem. too bad!
how to get it work? hope i can get the update.

[Quella]

Most people go out an buy an external modem (never a WinModem) so it will work with Linux. You just hook it up to your external Serial connection and go. These modems are more expensive, but that is becuase they have CPUs and in some cases memory in the unit. That is what I did. I have a USRobotics v90 external modem for such use.

Do a search for Linmodem on the web or in Google. There is a project to get WinModems working in Linux, but I think it is still in its early stages.

Quella

[Chen]

Thank you very much for your explaination. i get a better picture now.

[jowah]

You might already have found this using Google, but here goes - some reading/reference material:

Linux Winmodem Support project
Linuxant - Linux drivers for Conexant chipsets

Good luck!

[Chen]

Thanks for you all. I try an external Aztech modem. It can be detected and i can receive fax without problem. Again TQ.