[asterisk-users] Asterisk without PSTN interface cards

[Alejandro Cabrera Obed]

Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:58:45AM -0300, Alejandro Cabrera Obed wrote:
>   
>> People, I will install asterisk on my Debian Etch box without a PSTN
>> interface card. I want to use only softphones for the moment.
>> My question are:
>>
>> 1) Is it enough to install with "apt-get" the asterisk 1.2 or do I have
>> to get asterisk 1.4 manually ???
>>     
>
> http://packages.debian.org/asterisk
>
> (Hey, Etch is out! "oldstable" no longer has Asterisk 0.1 ;-)
>
> As you can see, there is 1.2.16 (and soon 1.2.17, I've already asked to
> upload it) in Sid, and 1.4.2 in Experimental . Etch has 1.2.13 .
>
> Alternatively, try:
>
>   deb http://updates.xorcom.com/rapid etch main
>
> which has some backports of Sid packages.
>
>   
>> 2) Do I have to configure a dummy PSTN interface in my case ??
>>     
>
> You need the zaptel module ztdummy. As you just need ztdummy and not a
> real zaptel, there's really no reason to use latest&greatest
> bleeding-edge zaptel. 
>
> If you added my packages source from above:
>
>   apt-get install zaptel zaptel-modules-`uname -r`
>   /etc/init.d/zaptel start
>
> If you have just the standard Etch sources, the procedure is a bit more
> complicated, because you have to generate the package zaptel-modules for
> your kernel:
>
>   apt-get install zaptel zaptel-source build-essential
>   # maybe you need to also explicitly install linux-headers-`uname -r`
>   # to build and install the zaptel-modules package for your kernel:
>   # (Will probably fetch the proper linux-headers package as well)
>   m-a a-i zaptel 
>   /etc/init.d/zaptel start
>
> In both cases 
> You should get an error from ztcfg because there's no zaptel.conf, but
> just ignore it, as you don't need ztcfg for ztdummy. To make that error
> disappear you can run:
>
>   touch /etc/zaptel.conf
>
>
>
>
>   
>> And if you have a debian-asterisk howto, I really thank you.
>>     
>
> As usual with Debian, start from /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/README.Debian .
>
> Two other potentially-useuful packages in our repository:
>
>   freepbx  # though still a bit broken. maybe try 
>            # 'freepbx-common freepbx-modules'
>   asterisk-config-simple
>
> Maybe they'll also help you getting started.
>
>   
Dear people, thanks for your help...I appreciatte it a lot. But one more
question please:
I have a Debian host base with vserver support (virtual machines, I use
them for running squid, postfix and a lot of services without problems)
I?ve just installed Asterisk in a new vserver from Debian Etch
repositories and I get this error:

Setting up zaptel (1.2.11.dfsg-1) ...
mknod: `/dev/zap/ctl': Operation not permitted
dpkg: error processing zaptel (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

After that I see the content of /dev/zap and there is nothing at all.

Any idea ??? Can I continue without this device if I use only softphones ???

Thanks again

Alejandro

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