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Bilal,

I do not use the init scripts. I use rc.local to load my drivers and
start asterisk or safe_asterisk.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:03 AM, bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com> wrote:

[bilmar_gh at yahoo.com]

Steve;

U mean the make config?
If that what u mean, so it is what I do.

Regards
--- Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com>
wrote:

[bilmar_gh at yahoo.com]

Hi Steve;

The problem related to version zaptel 1.4.10.

I just discover that it might be related to init
script because every thing running on the same machine
if I used svn to get the source and compile it, but
ofcourse I will not get the zaptel 1.4.10 version
using svn (maybe it depends on the commands I used to
get it).

Now, if after that, I get zaptel 1.4.10 and compiled
it, then the driver will be loaded also fine when
machine booted and no error will appear while booting.

This is maybe because the init script was fine with
the version I downloadedusing svn (which is not
1.4.10), and it look like the init script that coming
with 1.4.10 is not good or maybe for my environment is
not good.

The idea that, existed init script will not be
overwrite with new init script, or maybe new versions
missing to do something that old vesions do it .. I am
not able to know.

About the using for the /etc/rc.local: this is new for
me, so for that I would like to know that based on
what u decided to add the below? How I can do it for
each card and so on? From where I can get data on how
to do it? Also, why u used rc.local?

Last thing: Any advise about the reason the init.d is
failing sometimes, and if it is related to
safe_asterisk or to something else?

Regards
Bilal

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Bilal,

I do not use "make config".

I manually enter whatever startup sequence is required
to load drivers
and start asterisk in /etc/rc.local. Below is an
example of an
rc.local for a machine running a with a quad port BRI
card, and a quad
port analog Sangoma card (4FXO). I am not sure if
what I do is
considered "best practice" but it works for me and I
know just where
to look if there are issues. Maybe someone else can
chime in if there
are any reasons why "make config" is superior to my
method.

/etc/rc.local
#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other
init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if
you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

exec 2>>/tmp/boot.log
exec >&2
echo "================= starting to boot: `date`
================="
set -x

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
/sbin/modprobe qozap
/usr/sbin/wanrouter start
/sbin/ztcfg -vv
/usr/sbin/fxotune -s
/usr/sbin/safe_asterisk

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:55 AM, bilal ghayyad
<bilmar_gh at yahoo.com>
wrote:

[stotaro at totarotechn...]

Bilal,

I cannot comment on the init scripts because I don't use them.

Since nobody chimed in that using rc.local was not optimal, I suspect
it is perfectly acceptable and has worked for me just fine on MANY
installs. Finally, instead of having to do some fishing in
/var/log/asterisk and /var/log/messages, the error (if any) is usually
right near the end of the log file making it easier to find.

Also, if you are using qozap, wanrouter, ztdummy (insert card here) it
makes a difference in what order the drivers are loaded and it seems
very clear to me that using rc.local makes it simple.

I got into Asterisk six years ago or so, I do not believe "make
config" was an option back then and if it was, I like to load
everything myself. I also like the fact that rc.local runs after all
the other init scripts.

Safe_asterisk should not be an issue, it should just restart asterisk
if it crashes, apologies if I gave you the wrong idea. The only
problem with safe_asterisk is that it keeps scrolling along if
Asterisk fails to load. I guess you could kill it in top.

Hope that makes things a little more clear. My example in this thread
should give you an idea of how easy and clear it is.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:08 AM, bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com> wrote:

[philipp.kempgen at amo...]

Steve Totaro schrieb:

[tzafrir.cohen at xorco...]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:07:46PM +0200, Philipp Kempgen wrote:

[stotaro at totarotechn...]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Philipp Kempgen
<philipp.kempgen at amooma.de> wrote:

[philipp.kempgen at amo...]

Philipp Kempgen schrieb:

[stotaro at totarotechn...]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com> wrote:

[tzafrir.cohen at xorco...]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 09:30:18AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:

[stotaro at totarotechn...]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Tzafrir Cohen
<tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com> wrote:

[tzafrir.cohen at xorco...]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:58:14AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:

[stotaro at totarotechn...]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Tzafrir Cohen
<tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com> wrote:

[bilmar_gh at yahoo.com]

Hi All;

So what should I do now to remove that bug? Any
advise?

Regards
Bilal
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[stotaro at totarotechn...]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:42 AM, bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com> wrote: