OK - I upgraded:
efax-gtk-3.2.3
Ubuntu 10.10
Gnome 2.32.0
And I now get a whole new bunch of error:
efax-0.9a: opened /dev/ttyS1
efax-0.9a: failed page /home/glieblin/Desktop/fax.ps.001
efax-0.9a: error: tcgetattr on fd=7 failed: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: error: fax device write: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: error: tcgetattr on fd=7 failed: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: error: fax device write: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: sync: dropping DTR
same 4 lines again
sync: sending escapes
same errors again.
Any suggestions???
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"OK, I give up. I've been trying to sent a simple fax for about 5 hours, it's now 2:30 am. I have version efax-gtk-3.0.17. I have NO idea on how to upgrade as is advised."
5 hours? What a strange thing to do. The first thing though is to get some sleep.
I deduce that you may be using ubuntu. If so, and you want ubuntu support, then probably you need to ask in a ubuntu forum. However, I notice that ubuntu provides version 3.2.6 or 3.2.8 for recent ubuntu releases.
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"Is it not possible to to use later versions on Ubuntu 10.04 ?"
Sure, you can compile it yourself, or ask someone to make a package for you.
To compile it yourself you will need c++-gtk-utils library for version 3.2.9, but not for version 3.2.8. Basically compiling it yourself consists of './configure; make; make install'. For more detail, the README file in the source package is very informative. Make sure you have removed your other versions first though.
You will need to make a compilation environment for ubuntu. The packages you will probably need are libgtk3-dev, autoconf, automake and libtool, which will pull in a lot of other required stuff.
This may be beyond you, although judging by your persistence maybe not. If it is, go on a ubuntu forum and ask someone to make a package for you.
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I built the rpm on Fedora 11 x86_64. Everything seems to work except I cannot send faxes because of the following error:
efax-0.9a: 12:39:15 Error: can't read multi-strip TIFF files
efax-0.9a: 12:39:15 Error: missing offset to TIFF data
efax-0.9a: 12:39:15 finished - unrecoverable error
Does anyone have any ideas about what might be the problem?
Thanks Chris! That would be great. Email address is scott -*at*- 4ahomes -*dot*- com
I added your addition:
parms.push_back("-dMaxStripSize=0");
to line 304 of efax-gtk-3.0.20/src/efax_controller.cpp and rebuilt the rpm. Seems to work.
Thanks again!
I am having the same problem with the same error messages. Any suggestions.
efax-gtk-3.0.17
Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)
gnome 2.30.2
Hi,
You need to upgrade to version 3.2.0 or later, which contains a fix.
OK - I upgraded:
efax-gtk-3.2.3
Ubuntu 10.10
Gnome 2.32.0
And I now get a whole new bunch of error:
efax-0.9a: opened /dev/ttyS1
efax-0.9a: failed page /home/glieblin/Desktop/fax.ps.001
efax-0.9a: error: tcgetattr on fd=7 failed: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: error: fax device write: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: error: tcgetattr on fd=7 failed: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: error: fax device write: Input/output error
efax-0.9a: sync: dropping DTR
same 4 lines again
sync: sending escapes
same errors again.
Any suggestions???
It looks as if you have not got a modem connected to the second serial port (/dev/ttyS1 is the equivalent of windows COM2), or it is not working.
Chris
Dear Chris,
I have the same error message
efax-0.9a: 15:39:39 Error: can't read multi-strip TIFF files
efax-0.9a: 15:39:39 Error: missing offset to TIFF data
efax-0.9a: 15:39:39 finished - unrecoverable error
I am using ubuntu 10.04
Thanks for working out a solution
Mani
Mani,
You need to upgrade to version 3.2.0 or later.
Chris
OK, I give up. I've been trying to sent a simple fax for about 5 hours, it's now 2:30 am.
I have version efax-gtk-3.0.17. I have NO idea on how to upgrade as is advised.
I installed the repository "ppa", but it simply shows Efax as installed, no way to upgrade.
I tried a script someone posted somewhere, but it failed.
HELP?!?
More detail…
Error messages are:
efax-0.9a: 02:36:41 Error: can't read multi-strip TIFF files
efax-0.9a: 02:36:41 Error: missing offset to TIFF data
efax-0.9a: 02:36:41 finished - unrecoverable error
Just to make sure - I'm trying to send a postscript file.
"OK, I give up. I've been trying to sent a simple fax for about 5 hours, it's now 2:30 am. I have version efax-gtk-3.0.17. I have NO idea on how to upgrade as is advised."
5 hours? What a strange thing to do. The first thing though is to get some sleep.
I deduce that you may be using ubuntu. If so, and you want ubuntu support, then probably you need to ask in a ubuntu forum. However, I notice that ubuntu provides version 3.2.6 or 3.2.8 for recent ubuntu releases.
I did finally get about 4 hours of sleep.
I also tried the "get-install" of a later version, it almost killed my system. Three reboots and a strange menu selection later, it came back to life.
Is it not possible to to use later versions on Ubuntu 10.04 ?
"Is it not possible to to use later versions on Ubuntu 10.04 ?"
Sure, you can compile it yourself, or ask someone to make a package for you.
To compile it yourself you will need c++-gtk-utils library for version 3.2.9, but not for version 3.2.8. Basically compiling it yourself consists of './configure; make; make install'. For more detail, the README file in the source package is very informative. Make sure you have removed your other versions first though.
You will need to make a compilation environment for ubuntu. The packages you will probably need are libgtk3-dev, autoconf, automake and libtool, which will pull in a lot of other required stuff.
This may be beyond you, although judging by your persistence maybe not. If it is, go on a ubuntu forum and ask someone to make a package for you.
Ah, your old version of ubuntu may not have gtk3. In that case install libgtk2-dev instead of libgtk3-dev. efax-gtk will compile GTK+2 or GTK+3.