Re: [SLE] Please! I could use some help!

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Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:45:08 -0700
To: C Hamel <yogich@sc2000.net>, thilts@help-for-you.com, suse-linux-e@suse.com

I don't know what SuSE distribution you are running -- I came in late on
your problem and
perhaps I should not say anything at all. But for what it is worth, here
goes! First your subject
should give an idea of the problem and that might alert the appropriate
expertise in responding
to your problem. It's hard to do that but you should give it a try if my
suggestions don't work.

I do know that there is a serious problem with wvdial for version 9.1
which causes a "NULL" problem of some sort. If you are just running the
desktop version you might not be aware of
this problem. If you have this problem you can find an associated
"NULL" error message
near the end of your /var/log/boot.msg file. If so, then you need to
use YAST and download the patch. This error for some reason or another
has a domino error affect on some of your services that work in
conjunction with the portmap daemon.

Another possibility is that you have inadvertently installed some
software that may be causing a
conflict -- perhaps the very package for which you are having a problem.
 You may have to
compile the binary from source rather than unwrapping a binary from an
RPM file. It's worth the
trouble to set yourself up a small development space on your Linux
installation so that you can
get familiar with doing that sort of thing. I used to get support help
from a guy who would first
try the configuration route and if that did not work he would waste no
more time and agony and
he went directly to getting the appropriate source code and simply
recompiled the application. Of
course he had a lot of experience and contacts and knew how to read the
compilation messages
to ensure he was getting a working installation. If you go this route
there are lots of experienced
people on the list that will help you along and maybe even get you
started. They like the kind of
challenge where they can help and learn at the same time. It's only
rocket science until you get into
it and get your feet wet. Maybe (if you can't get hylafax working and no
one responds) delay it
and do some simple compile development exercises until you gain the
needed expertise.

That error message you are getting is a dead give away for someone that
understands exactly
what it means. I don't! But I do know that the message is pointing
directly at some kind of
incompatibility. Perhaps someone else on the list can guide you through
a compile config and build
process that will ensure a working HylaFAX installation. What everyone
seems to forget is that
these binaries coming from SuSE are dependent upon the SuSE development
environment and
you may be missing some aspect of that environment. But first you need
to identify the kernel,
and make sure that you get the appropriate application source code (if
available) that will
successfully compile with your kernel.

If this applies then try [SLE] Hylafax compile pblm (kernel 2.6.x, dist
9.2 and that sort of thing in your subject). The subject format is
[SLE] application, process, prblm, essential details. In your
text you do as you have, provide details of what you have done.

Just some ideas that might boost you into some real meaningful help from
the list.

Don't get discouraged
TED

C Hamel wrote:

>After far more Googling than I'd previously done, I found some help in
>Getting HylaFax configured. There is still one problem left ..and perhaps
>only one: the modem will not dial after having been auto-configured.
>
>I get the following hint in the logs:
>Jan 1 11:20:24 linux HylaFAX[5331]: Filesystem has SysV-style file creation
>semantics.
>Jan 1 11:20:24 linux FaxQueuer[4358]: SUBMIT JOB 1
>Jan 1 11:20:24 linux FaxQueuer[4358]: Missing ':' separator in modem group
>specification
>
>I have no idea where that missing ':' might belong! I have checked
>out some files referring to various mfrs and found nothing obvious. Since
>those files are furnished in the pkg I would presume them to be correct.
>Anyone else experienced this --or, perhaps, know to what it is referring??
>
>Thanks!
> --
>..."Yogi" CH
>Namasté Yoga Studio
>
>

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