Am Dienstag, 11. November 2003 12:52 schrieb Robert Fox: > I have an AVM Fritz PCI card and I'd like to see an easy to configure > Fax solutions for modems and ISDN in Mandrake 10. > > SuSE has SuSEFax . . . > > I've been a bit confused with the efax vs. hylafax configurations and > what is really necessary for a single use solution. > > This would be a nice addition to drakconf (faxdrake or drakfax?)
Allready thought about that. Two steps are done for this allready: 1) Packages of proprietary AVM drivers, which makes fax possible with your passive ISDN card. (HINT: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/avm-capi4linux/ ;) ) A build switch for the package to compile it for different (4GB,UP etc) kernels would be nice. I didn't found the time to find out how to do this. 2.) a easy to use and easy to configure fax/answering machine solution) - lets use what SuSE uses in their newest distros (http://www.capisuite.de) . I have made a package of capisuite and sfftobpm (which is needed by capisuite), have a look at the 9.2/apps dir. packaging capi4hylafax shouldn't be so hard either, but capi4hylafax+hylafax is a bit much for home and soho use i would say. Otherwise i have a lot more often made the capi4hylafax+hylafax solution running. capisuite i haven't even tried yet. The package is made by a slightly changed SuSE spec. What is needed: Some documentation on how to make a drakwizard module or someone who can make one with information which values needs to be filled in there. So with a perl hacker we could be there in just a few days (hours?) :) (From what i have seen while looking trough some drakwizard modules) Pro for capisuite: - small - easy to configure - easy extensible (using python) - answering machine solution build in Contra capisuite: - gui solution for viewing/hearing messages/faxes isn't there (maybe kdeam can be used, maybe mail delivering is enough) - a regulary polling is used to send faxes (maybe dnotify can be used to make this nicer ?) I guess the Pro of hylafax is well known as well as the contras. Just make your own picture.
