[asterisk-users] Unable to create channel of type 'DAHDI'(cause 0- Unknown)

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 05:48:53PM -0500, sean darcy wrote:
> listuser at spamomania.co.uk wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 23:11 -0600, Karl Fife wrote:
> >> Appears completely resolved!
> >> No more home-spun patches!
> >> Thanks!
> >> -K
> >>
> > It's *not* fixed here:
> > DAHDI Version: 2.2.1 Echo Canceller: MG2
> > 
> > But as is depressingly the 'norm' for Asterisk it comes back to bitching
> > about hardware 'buy an expensive Digium echo machine instead of a cheap
> > one' rather than the fact that the core of Asterisk is rotten, buggy and
> > the fix usually comes in the form of a developer arguing that it's
> > somebody else's issue.
> > 
> > Really - if Asterisk is 'The future of telephony' I can only assume that
> > statement comes from the late 1800's. If you like echo, flaky
> > connections, intermittent service and partially working DTMF coupled
> > with a hefty hardware price tag then hey ho - Asterisk is your man....
> > Nice try, be great when it's finished.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Sigh.
> 
> OK you don't like asterisk - sorry. Obviously some other software works 
> better for you. I'm glad.
> 
> For at least some of us, asterisk works extremely well in demanding 
> environments. But not perfectly. So the collegial help from the mailing 
> list and bug spotting is quite important.
> 
> Sorry you don't want to participate.

FWIW, I also consider Asterisk's behaviour here buggy.

http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-voip/asterisk/trunk/debian/patches/dahdi-fxsks-hookstate?view=markup

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