WEDGED(8C)

👑 WEDGED — the HylaFAX modem wedged script

ok so you're here because your modem is being ✨dramatic✨ and this is the script that handles it. it lives in section 8C of the manual, bestie, and it's giving "system administrator, your fax machine needs a hug."

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

bin/wedged is the command script that the facsimile server runs when a modem is deemed to be in an irreparable state and needs actual operator intervention. like, a human. a whole person. 😭

this call is made based on the setting of the MaxSetupAttempts configuration parameter — it's described over in hylafax-config(5F) if you wanna peek.

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

you can configure how often those emails go out in the etc/FaxWedged file by setting the WEDGED_EMAIL_INTERVAL variable to the number of minutes you want. here's the deal tho: emails will be sent no more than every WEDGED_EMAIL_INTERVAL minutes, and that keeps being true until the wedged condition finally goes away. so it's not a spam situation, it's a "we're still stuck" reminder situation. 🫶

if the variable WEDGED_DISABLE_FAXGETTY is set in etc/FaxWedged, then the script will attempt to disable any faxgetty processes spawned by the init(8C) process for the modem that's causing problems. 🚫

and on top of all that, the faxq(8C) process automatically disables use of the modem for servicing outbound jobs. so the modem is very much benched. no cap.

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🎀 the arguments 🎀

• devid — this is the identifier that comes from the name of the modem's device file, made by substituting _ characters for / characters. e.g. term_10 for /dev/term/10. ✨
• device — the name of the character special device associated with the modem.

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🧚 the resetmodem thing 🧚

if there exists an executable file /var/spool/hylafax/etc/resetmodem, then that file will be executed (with the device name as the only argument) when the wedged script runs, in an effort to recover the modem. it's giving "one last shot before we call it." 💪

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🦋 FILES 🦋

• /usr/bin/sendmail — for delivering mail

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

faxq(8C), hylafax-config(5F)

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ok that's the whole vibe check, bestie. this page is from October 3, 1995 and it's a WEDGED(8C) situation — old but iconic, honestly. 💖 stay un-wedged out there. 👑✨