[asterisk-users] Unable to open master device '/dev/zap/ctl'

[ast guy]

there is no /proc/zap folder .. can you tell how can I create /dev
nodes. I have tested the same configurations on FC5 and these device
links were created ...

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      160 Jan 17 10:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root     3640 Jan 17 11:00 ..
crw-------  1 root root 196,   1 Jan 17 10:59 1
crw-------  1 root root 196, 254 Jan 17 10:59 channel
crw-------  1 root root 196,   0 Jan 17 10:59 ctl
crw-------  1 root root 196, 255 Jan 17 10:59 pseudo
crw-------  1 root root 196, 253 Jan 17 10:59 timer
crw-rw----  1 root root 196, 250 Jan 17 10:59 transcode

-ag

>create nodes and links /proc/zap

On Jan 16, 2008 3:39 PM, Chris Bagnall <lists at minotaur.cc> wrote:

>> Make sure asterisk is in the "dialout" group in /etc/passwd
>>
>> The default gentoo ebuild of zaptel creates /dev/zap/* with group dialout,
>> and if you're using the gentoo ebuild of asterisk, it'll run as
>> asterisk:asterisk, so you need to make sure asterisk is a member of the
>> dialout goup otherwise it'll never be able to access /dev/zap/*
>>
>> FWIW, as a fellow Gentoo user, 2006.1 is a bit dated, and you'd be well
>> worth updating to 2007.0 if you can spare the time - it'll save you a lot
>> of messing around with gcc versions etc. later down the line.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris
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