[Asterisk-Users] Re: vserver with no /dev/tty* how to run "asterisk -c" for a colored CLI?

[Robert Michel]

Salve *!

It seems that my mail took hours to become published on this
list....

Inbetween I found a solution - on my vserser are some
pseudo terminals 
#ls -lh /dev/pts

crw--w----  1 root tty 136, 14 2006-07-04 17:39 14
crw--w----  1 root tty 136, 20 2006-07-05 01:04 20
crw-------  1 root tty 136, 21 2006-07-05 01:04 21
crw-------  1 root tty 136, 30 2006-07-05 00:53 30
crw--w----  1 root tty 136, 31 2006-07-04 17:45 31
crw--w----  1 root tty 136, 32 2006-07-04 17:45 32
crw-------  1 root tty 136,  4 2006-07-05 01:07 4

with 
ln -s /dev/pts/20 /dev/tty9
I got a terminal for asterisk *g* and now I have
a colored CLI running  :))

Greetings,
rob



Robert Michel schrieb am Dienstag, den 04. Juli 2006 um 22:10h:

> Salve *!
> 
> Since 6 month I enjoy runing asterisk on a vserver.
> Vserver does have one handycap - as root at guest  can't
> you create devices - you can only remove them (without
> a chance to restore them yourself...)
> 
> When I start asterisk -gcvvvv by hand I got a colored
> CLI, but when I use init.d it is only monocrom.
> 
> Could be that I had once a /dev/tty1, now I have to
> live without one.... (OK, I could ask the ISP for a
> recovery - but every vserver is different, there could
> be a use to know how to run "asterisk -c" without
> a TTY or fake TTY.
> 
> I use Debian with asterisk/testing (1.2.7.1)
> /etc/init.d/asterisk calls
> /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk
> 
> inside vi /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk
> #TTY=9  is comment out
> 
> So I do want to have a colored CLI, i change line 52
> of /etc/init.d/asterisk
> PARAMS="$PARAMS -U $USER"
> PARAMS="$PARAMS -r -U $USER"
> 
> This gives me a colord CLI, also for other asterisk -rcvvv
> conections :))))
> BUT...
> I have a heavy repeating warning:
>  Use EXIT or QUIT to exit the asterisk console
>  Use EXIT or QUIT to exit the asterisk console
>  Use EXIT or QUIT to exit the asterisk console
>  ...
> 
>  hmmmmmm
> 
>  This is a dirty solution - not good....
> 
> I tried to link a tty9 to /dev/null - but it seems
> that aterisk is also reading from /dev/null - so
> that's no solution...
> 
> I fear that "asterisk -c" does need a tty 
> and asterisk CLI is switched to ansi colored CLI
> only with "-c" right?
> So without a TTY (And I think I can't creat a
> dummy TTY on a vserver) I will have no chance
> to have a colored TTY - right?
> 
> Or does anybody knows a trick?  ^ ^
> 
> Would be more easy to have a option "-C" 
> just to have ansi color support ;)
> 
> Greetings,
> rob
> 
> 
> 
> PS: Of course it could be my fault that *I* maybe
> had removed an existing tty - but there is no
> garantee that all vserver does have a tty :)
> And remember when you are root at guest on a vserver,
> you have the power to remove devices, but not the
> right to create them!
> 
>