Efax doesn't notice line is busy?

[Bernn]

Hi,
I just installed Efax-gtk on Debian and it works great out of the box.
I'm using an external USR Faxmodem.

efax-0.9a: 16:14:23 opened /dev/ttyS0
efax-0.9a: 16:14:26 using U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT V5.11.6U.S. Robotics 56K FAXOKOK in class 2.0
efax-0.9a: 16:14:28 dialing Txxxxxxx

*** Stopping send/receive session ***

Everything works great when the remote fax picks up.
When the line is busy, Efax just keeps on waiting & polling until I manually end the connection.
This happens from the old command line Efax script as well, not just Efax-gtk.
What should I do next?  I assume it's the modem's responsibilty to detect the busy signal.

Thanks for any help,
Bernn

[Chris Vine]

It is the modem's responsibility.  Possibly the modem is set for the wrong country so the busy signal is not being detected; possibly there are some modem command strings you need to send to it on initialisation.  In any event, there is nothing that can be done about it at the efax/efax-gtk level.

Chris

[Bernn]

Just in case someone else has the problem.
I added "X4" to the end of the modem init string and it fixed the problem.

[Chris Vine]

Thanks for the report.  As you say, it may come in handy for someone else.

Chris