Ubuntu
efax package

'fax send' command works but doesn't terminate

Bug #196562 reported by Adam Funk
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efax (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: efax

The command `fax send 0123456 foo.ps` usually doesn't terminate after successfully sending a fax and hanging up. (I verify that it has hung up by pressing the speaker button on the phone and getting a dial-tone. The faxes are going through.)

I end up having to use ps and kill -9 to stop the processes, then I have to rm the lockfile manually (or else I have to do that before I try it again).

On rare occasions, it does terminate after sending and hanging up and it always (I think) terminates when it finishes unsuccessfully.

(I first reported this to Debian in 2004: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=270642 )

Package: efax 1:0.9a-19
Distribution: Ubuntu gutsy

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

Changed in efax:
status: New → Incomplete
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Adam Funk (a-funk) wrote :

I'm still running hardy, but the package search indicates the same version of efax from dapper through jaunty.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=efax&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

Just tried it again today (I don't fax very often) and got the same result.

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Stefan Güls (sguels) wrote :

This bug is still present in jaunty 9.04 current as of 09/30/09.

efax establishes a working connection to receiving fax, but the transmission times out with a 'framing error' and is considered unsuccesful, then modem hangs up with 'invalid modem reponse' error.

Other users seem to have the same symptoms, see also:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7987814

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for efax (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in efax (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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