On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Randy Perkins wrote:
> i am trying to use vgetty as an answering machine on RH 7
> i installed the rpm mgetty-voice-1.1.22-1 from redhat.
>
> i tried to test the basic configuration at the command line
>
> mgetty /dev/modem the modem answers incoming calls
> vgetty /dev/modem does not answer incoming calls
>
> my logs mention not to run mgetty/vgetty from the command line.
> it says to use inittab. is this my problem ?
>
No. Mgetty/vgetty will run from the command line, but they only run
once, and exit after the first connection. Great for testing.
>
> will i have to change my init state every time i make a change to
> the vgetty config. what is the best way to set this up for
> troubleshooting purposes. i dont want vgetty to answer the phone
> until i have it set up properly
>
Even running out of inittab, you will not have to do anything with init
as long as all you are changing are the mgetty config files. Just kill
the running copy of mgetty/vgetty, and when init starts a new copy, it
will use the updated config files.
>
> thanks
>
> randy
>
>
Check your /etc/mgetty+sendfax/voice.conf to make sure you have your
modem listed as a voice modem. Also, check the logs to make sure that
vgetty isn't having a problem identifing your voice modem. This may be
the problem, as I don't think the identifing strings have been updated
for the 56k modems. I know the last time I set one up, I had to do some
custom work before it would see my Voice-surfer as a voice modem.
I'll be working with the newer vgetty soon, as I am moving the setup
from a server running 5.2 to one running 6.2.
Look for a log file /var/log/vgetty.ttyS? - it should tell you what is
going on. You may have to increase the debug level...
If you want it, I have a script to convert incomming message into a .wav
file. It also grabs the Caller ID info from a second device, because my
voice modem, and Ameritch do not play nice together...
Mikkel
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for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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