Ubuntu
efax-gtk package

[Lucid] Unable to send fax using efax

Bug #536639 reported by fiat1100d
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efax-gtk (Debian)
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efax-gtk (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: efax-gtk

Hi!

I am having a problem with sending faxes that I didn't have on earlier Ubuntu releases, I noticed it under 10.04 Lucid Lynx alpha release, the most current for x86.

I am used to scan what I need to fax and save it in PDF format, then print it using evince to a PostScript file. This latter file is the one I supply to efax-gtk for sending, and it used to be just fine.

Now, following the same steps, I get this error from efax:

efax-0.9a: 09:01:49 Error: can't read multi-strip TIFF files
efax-0.9a: 09:01:49 Error: missing offset to TIFF data
efax-0.9a: 09:01:49 finished - unrecoverable error

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 10 14:15:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: efax-gtk 3.0.17-1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
SourcePackage: efax-gtk
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686

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fiat1100d (gratteri-email) wrote :
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Alessio "Spinus" Moscatello (spinus) wrote :

The problem still persists in Lucid final release (efax version 1:0.9a-19)

Changed in efax-gtk (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alessio "Spinus" Moscatello (spinus) wrote :

I've compiled efax-gtk 3.2.1 from source and the issue disappeared...I'll take a look upstream to see if there is a way to fix the issue also in version 3.0.17...

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fiat1100d (gratteri-email) wrote :

Thanks for the tip about compiling from source, now I installed efax-gtk 3.2.1 and it works fine.
Can't this version be included in Ubuntu as the "default" one?

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JoLa (josef-latt) wrote :

I tried compiling from source. Running configure ends with an error:

configure: error: Library requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.10.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
No glib to find in synaptic.

Ubuntu 10.04

Eugene San (eugenesan)
Changed in efax-gtk (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
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Eugene San (eugenesan) wrote :

New version of efax-gtk now replaces efax (now part of efax-gtk).
Original efax has legal issues and probably will be renamed.

As for me, efax should be considered as superseded by efax-gtk.
I've packaged new version in https://launchpad.net/~eugenesan/+archive/ppa

Hope maintainers will adopt it.

Eugene San (eugenesan)
summary: - unable to send fax
+ [Lucid] Unable to send fax using efax
tags: added: efax efax-gtk
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fiat1100d (gratteri-email) wrote :

@ JoLa:

have you installed the required development libraries? I also got the same errors (and I think another one too) which were solved by installing proper -dev packages.

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JoLa (josef-latt) wrote :

Meanwhile this is no longer necessary because of the bnew version from Eugene San. Thanks

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in efax-gtk (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Lior Kaplan (kaplan) wrote :

version 3.2.2 was uploaded to debian. I guess it will be also available in Ubuntu in a few days.

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yota (yota-opensystems) wrote :

The package from debian http://packages.debian.org/sid/efax-gtk version 3.2.2-1 is working for me meanwhile...

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Alessio "Spinus" Moscatello (spinus) wrote :

I've filled a request to backport version 3.2.2-1 in Lucid...see bug #587064

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ingo (ingo-steiner) wrote :

I just installed efax-gtk version 3.2.3-2 taken from Squeeze - works like a charm

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