[asterisk-users] Asterisk dual contexts stupidity

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

J. Oquendo wrote:
> Eric "ManxPower" Wieling wrote:
>>
>> Make sure you have /etc/asterisk/indications.conf
>
> Thx that did it ...
> 

You and everyone else seemed to be stuck on contexts.  Ringback issues 
have nothing to do with contexts.

BEFORE a call is answered, Asterisk just sends a message back to the 
calling device that basically says "the destination is ringing".  AFTER 
a call has been answered (by playback, background, etc), then Asterisk 
can no longer send that message (those messages can only be sent before 
a call is answered) and so must consult /etc/asterisk/indications.conf 
to find out what tone to send.

The CLI should have complained that it did not know how to indicate 
something and that indications.conf was missing.  I thought the 
developers added that message sometime in 1.2, but apparently I was wrong.