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I always have trouble with iFax after I upgrade the kernel on my RedHat fax server. Here are my notes to upgrade the Brooktrout / Cantana / iFax / Hylafax / Dialogic / bt-tr1034 driver.

Stop BT service:

service bt-tr1034 stop

The kernel-smp version, the kernel-smp-devel version must match.

Check kernel version:

uname -a
|Linux server 2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Oct 19 17:42:26 EDT 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Check the kernel-devel version:

rpm -qa |grep kernel-smp-devel |kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL

The kernel-smp will probably be upgraded via YUM automatically. But the kernel-smp-devel may need manual intervention.

Uninstall any unmatching version:

yum remove kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL

Install a matching version:

yum install kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL

Verify RedHat Release:

echo "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4" > /etc/redhat-release

Make BT Driver:

cd /var/spool/hylafax/bt/tr1034/driver
make -f Makefile.kerndep INSTALLED_ARCH=i686

Start BT service:

service bt-tr1034 start

Verify everything is working ok. If not, it'll show here:

cat /var/spool/hylafax/tmp/ecc_trace.txt
faxstat