[Asterisk-Users] Newbie question. (Long)

[Rich Adamson]

Asterisk runs just fine on fc3. Best guess on your problem is that you've
got come default config parameters in /etc/asterisk directory that it is
not liking at all. You might try starting asterisk with 'asterisk -cvd'
and watch the output for errors.

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> Hi All:
> 
> I've been through the compile/install procedure pointed out by Vassil: I 
> still crash on startup. Can anyone else give me some pointers, please?
> 
> Roger
> 
> Roger Hill wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Vassil - I'll try those pointers and report back.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > Vassil Kolarov wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Roger,
> >>
> >> Following this instructions:
> >>
> >> http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+Fedora+Core+3
> >>
> >> I was able to install and run Asterisk several times without problems.
> >>
> >> See also: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Linux+Fedora
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Vassil Kolarov
> >> www.ittconsult.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Roger Hill wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all :
> >>>
> >>> My first posting to the group - please be gentle!
> >>>
> >>> I've been messing with Asterisk for a couple of weeks now.
> >>> 1.0.9 is running fine on an old laptop (300MHz, 128MB ram, Kubuntu), 
> >>> downloaded the binary package.
> >>>
> >>> Now I'm trying to put the working installation on my production 
> >>> server along with HTTP etc.
> >>> ( 700MHz, 256MB ram, uname -a gives "Linux coach.hillconsult.com 
> >>> 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 #1 Wed Nov 9 18:19:32 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 
> >>> GNU/Linux").
> >>>
> >>> That box, until yesterday, was running Fedora core 3. I tried the 
> >>> tarball download of 1.2.0.rc2, ran make OK, then make install, make 
> >>> samples.
> >>> When I tried to run Asterisk, I got (immediately) "Illegal 
> >>> Instruction".
> >>> Tried on my FC4 laptop, worked just fine.