[Asterisk-Users] Unable to open master device '/dev/zap/ctl'

[Leandro Morgado]

Jose Hernandez wrote:

>I installed TDM400P and X100P pci cards in a system running mandrake 10.1
>official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdksmp. I can compile zaptel, libpri, asterisk
>and modprobe (zaptel, wcfxs, wcfxo) without errors. Except that running
>ztcfg and asterisk fails.
>
>[root at asterisk asterisk]# ztcfg
>Notice: Configuration file is /etc/zaptel.conf
>line 3: Unable to open master device '/dev/zap/ctl'
>
>[root at asterisk asterisk]# asterisk -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvcg
>...
>  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/zapata.conf': Found
>Nov 22 21:16:11 WARNING[14643]: chan_zap.c:757 zt_open: Unable to open
>'/dev/zap/channel': No such file or directory
>  
>
Maybe the zaptel devices in /dev were not created properly. If they are 
there, make sure that asterisk is running as a user that has permission 
to read the /dev/zaptel devices.

Hope that helps!

Leandro Morgado