[Asterisk-bsd] Choppy sound error when starting server

[Kiel R Stirling]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 02:48, Staffan Ulfberg wrote:
> Kiel R Stirling <kiel at knss.net> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 22:16, Staffan Ulfberg wrote:
> > > Kiel R Stirling <kiel at knss.net> writes:
> > > 
> > > > I am new to asterisk so please be kind. When I start asterisk I get this
> > > > error "Unable to open pseudo channel for timing...  Sound may be
> > > > choppy."
> > > 
> > > Some Asterisk modules use the zaptel device for timing.  If you do not
> > > have any hardware supported by the zaptel driver, you can load the
> > > "ztdummy" driver instead.  I do not know if it is as good as the real
> > > thing (I vaguely remember reading it uses some USB timer instead of
> > > the one built into the Digium hardware).  I do not believe the rc.d
> > > file that comes with the zaptel port loads ztdummy by default.
> > > 
> > > Try:
> > > 
> > > # kldload /usr/local/lib/zaptel/zaptel.ko
> > > # kldload /usr/local/lib/zaptel/ztdummy.ko
> > 
> > When I load the above modules and restart asterisk. Making a call locks
> > my system.
> 
> Oops.  What version of zaptel do you run?  I would at least try
> downloading the latest CVS version.  BTW, what is your version of
> FreeBSD?
> 
I'm running RELEASE 5.2.1 should cvsup to stable (I should really)? When
you say cvs version are you talking of the zaptel FreeBSD port or the
src release of the driver? The current version installed is
/var/db/pkg/zaptel-0.8_1/

> Another question would be if you need the zaptel timing code.  What
> module procuces the warning (meetme, perhaps?) -- start asterisk with
> "-vc" to get more information.  Do you intend to use it?  If now,
> maybe it would be easier to just disable the module in modules.conf?
> 
Tried this noload=>app_meetme.so in modules.conf because your right I
don't need the meetme module to load, however still the same. Is that
all I need todo?

> Staffan
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