[Asterisk-bsd] Hello List :) New to Asterisk not new to FreeBSD

[Bradley W. Dutton]

> I'm NOT using FreeBSD 6.0!
> I originally tried the install on 6.0 b4 I came across that info.
> I am now tryin to install on FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE.

Uh oops, I think I need some sleep.

>
> As to my issue with installing from the ports collection, it seems as
> though
> I can not retrieve the proper file.  I guess I don't understand this
> phrase correctly:
>
> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
>
> Which I interpreted as dl the file manually and place it in
> /usr/ports/distfiles.  Which I did.  Then moved back to the
> /usr/ports/net/asterisk directory and proceded to make && make install
> with
> the same results as earlier -> Error Code 1
>
> (ugh)
>
> What exactly does "port manually" mean to do???

Installing manually means exactly what you did, download the file, then
put it into the /usr/ports/distfiles/ directory. Does the file you
downloaded have the same name, i.e. is it named asterisk-1.0.6.tar.gz?


>
>
> On 12/3/05, Bradley W. Dutton <brad-asteriskbsd at duttonbros.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> In the "Warning" section on
>> ttp://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=FreeBSD+zaptel it states
>> FreeBSD 6 isn't supported yet. I'm eagerly waiting for 6.x support as
>> well, I'd like to get my VOIP conference line running again.
>>
>> And yes the port makes it much easier to install Asterisk on FreeBSD:
>> cd /usr/ports/net/asterisk; make && make install
>>
>> If your ports only have Asterisk version 1.0.6 you should read the
>> FreeBSD
>> handbook on how to update your ports files.
>>
>>
>> > This page leads me to think they are supported for FreeBSD.
>> >
>> > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=FreeBSD+zaptel
>> >
>> > But in doing further reading I found this sliver:
>> >
>> > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FreeBSD
>> >
>> > "Asterisk 1.0.9 <http://www.freshports.org/net/asterisk/> is now
>> available
>> > via the ports or packages. The FreeBSD port automatically includes the
>> > Zaptel driver, and H323 support. If you build the port from source,
>> you
>> > can
>> > use the WITHOUT_H323 and WITHOUT_ZAPTEL knobs to disable these
>> things."
>> >
>> > Leading me to think maybe all I need to do is install asterisk from
>> the
>> > ports collection?
>> >
>> > But when I initially tried that I could not fetch it correctly:
>> >
>> > patrick# make && make install
>> > ===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
>> > => asterisk-1.0.6.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in
>> /usr/ports/distfiles/.
>> > => Attempting to fetch from
>> > ftp://ftp.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/.
>> > fetch:
>> > ftp://ftp.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-1.0.6.tar.gz:
>> > No address record
>> > => Attempting to fetch from
>> > ftp://ftp.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/old-releases/.
>> > fetch:
>> >
>> ftp://ftp.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/old-releases/asterisk-1.0.6.tar.gz
>> :
>> > No address record
>> > => Attempting to fetch from
>> > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
>> > fetch:
>> > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/asterisk-1.0.6.tar.gz:
>> > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
>> > => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
>> > => port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
>> > *** Error code 1
>> >
>> > Stop in /usr/ports/net/asterisk.
>> >
>> > Ok let's try and use pkg_add:
>> >
>> > patrick# pkg_add -rv asterisk
>> > looking up ftp.freebsd.org
>> > connecting to ftp.freebsd.org:21
>> > setting passive mode
>> > opening data connection
>> > initiating transfer
>> > Error: FTP Unable to get
>> >
>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.4-release/Latest/asterisk.tbz
>> :
>> > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
>> > pkg_add: unable to fetch '
>> >
>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.4-release/Latest/asterisk.tbz'
>> > by URL
>> > pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed
>> >
>> > Tried this to make sure pkg_add is not the problem:
>> >
>> > patrick#   pkg_add -rv apache
>> >
>> > Sure enough that worked ok and installed apache.
>> >
>> > I did notice that it seems to try and fetch an older version (1.0.6)
>> than
>> > the one I tried to install from source (1.0.9).  Maybe that has
>> something
>> > to
>> > do with my issue?  Possibly someone besides Alex will chime in.
>> >
>> > I'll put on a pot of coffee.
>> >
>> > bb
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/3/05, Alex Ayala <alex at ayalanetworks.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I believe there is not support for zaptel drivers on freebsd just
>> yet.
>> >>  Maybe I'm wrong.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 12/3/05 1:16 PM, "webmasterb" <webmasterb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hello fellow asteriskers (can i say that?)
>> >>
>> >> My name is Brian.  I'm looking to setup asterisk on a 1.1GB machine
>> with
>> >> 256MB of RAM Using an X100P wildcard (clone? i ordered the devices on
>> >> EBay).
>> >> When up and running I would like to use this machine with my Vonage
>> VOIP
>> >> connection. To support my young educational non-profit org ->
>> shameless
>> >> plug
>> >> www.parkday.org <http://www.parkday.org/> <http://www.parkday.org/> .
>> >>
>> >> I have been reading about asterisk for about one month now. I have
>> >> purchased the O'reilly Book "Asterisk: The Future of Telephony" and
>> have
>> >> read about half of it.
>> >>
>> >> First attempt at running asterisk on FreeBSD 6.0 RELEASE resulted in
>> a
>> >> core dump anytime I tried to run asterisk from the cmd line. Poking
>> >> around I
>> >> read somewhere?? that asterisk is not quite ready for 6.0 RELEASE
>> just
>> >> yet.  Upon reading this I went and re-installed the OS with version
>> >> 5.4RELEASE.
>> >>
>> >> First thing I did after re-installing my OS is re-copiled my kernel
>> to
>> >> remove all extraneous devices, everything is ok so far.
>> >>
>> >> Now I downloaded all the asterisk (main sounds addons) source code
>> from
>> >> digium ftp site placed them in /usr/src.
>> >>
>> >> Then I went into the /usr/ports and installed bison gmake and libpri.
>> >>
>> >> >From there went to the zaptel ports directory to install the zaptel
>> >> drivers from there... Here's where things start to get sticky?
>> >>
>> >> patrick#   make clean && make && make install
>> >>
>> >> install seemed to be completed ok
>> >>
>> >>  patrick#  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/zaptel.sh start
>> >> kldload: can't load %%PREFIX%%/lib/zaptel/zaptel
>> >> .ko: No such file or directory
>> >>
>> >> Here's where I'm lost?  On my first attempt using 6.0-RELEASE zaptel
>> >> started up fine at boot time and even recognized both X100P cards?
>> >>
>> >> So I wondered . . . Do I need to install asterisk before I tried to
>> run
>> >> the zaptel drivers?  So I went into /usr/src/asterisk-1.0.10 and ran:
>> >>
>> >> patrick#  gmake clean && gmake && gmake install
>> >>
>> >> All seemed to go well there, So I ran:
>> >>
>> >>  patrick#  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/zaptel.sh start
>> >>
>> >> Which resulted in the same error as before.  So now I'm really
>> stumped!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Any assistance with my conundrum would be greatly appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanx
>> >>
>> >> bb
>> >>
>> >>
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