WEDGED(8)

💖 WEDGED(8) — the HylaFAX modem wedged script 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because this one is about the moment your fax modem has fully given up the ghost and needs a human. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

wedged — the HylaFAX modem wedged script. it's giving "your modem is stuck, someone come help" 💀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/var/spool/hylafax/bin/wedged devid device

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so bin/wedged is the command script that the facsimile server runs when a modem is deemed to be in an irreparable state and requires operator intervention. literally the server throwing its hands up. 🙈

and like, how does it decide a modem is beyond saving? that decision is based on the setting of the MaxSetupAttempts configuration parameter described in hylafax-config(5). it's not vibes-based, it's config-based, periodt.

the default wedged script sends electronic mail to the FaxMaster alias. 📧

the interval at which emails are sent can be configured in the etc/FaxDispatch file by setting the WEDGED_EMAIL_INTERVAL variable to the desired number of minutes — so emails will be sent no more than every WEDGED_EMAIL_INTERVAL minutes, until the wedged condition persists. it will not spam you, it's polite. ✨

if the variable WEDGED_DISABLE_FAXGETTY is set in etc/FaxDispatch then the script will attempt to disable any faxgetty processes spawned by the init(8) process for the problematic modem. cut it off at the source, slay. 💅

in addition the faxq(8) process automatically disables use of the modem for servicing outbound jobs. so the modem is on timeout, fr fr.

the devid argument is the identifier derived from the name of the modem's device file by substituting `_` characters for `/` characters — e.g. term_10 for /dev/term/10. cute little transformation, love that for it. 🦋

the device argument is the name of the character special device associated with the modem.

and here's the lil bonus round: if there exists an executable file /var/spool/hylafax/etc/resetmodem then that file will be executed upon execution of the wedged script, in an effort to recover the modem. main character energy — it tries to save the modem. 🧚

🌈 FILES 🌈

• /usr/lib/sendmail — for delivering mail

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

faxq(8), hylafax-config(5)

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's from the System Manager's Manual crew, dated October 3, 1995 — yes she's vintage, yes she still ate. mwah 💅💖✨