[Asterisk-bsd] On the bleeding edge of asterisk and zaptel with FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE

[Tim St. Pierre]

I have had it working.  It doesn't like SMP kernels, but it does work.

The kernel modules don't always get loaded properly.  You can do this 
manually.  Once you have installed the zaptel port, you will see some 
kernel modules in /boot/kernel  Look for ones like zaptel.ko and 
wctdm.ko  I like to move these to /boot/modules for easy management.  
In your /boot/loader.conf add a line for each module, like 
zaptel_load="YES" so that they will get loaded on boot.  Check the 
syntax on that for your version, but it worked for me when the original 
installation didn't.

-Tim


On 23-Sep-06, at 23:08, Lane wrote:

> On Saturday 23 September 2006 20:08, Frank Griffith wrote:
>> I have played around with * on FreeBSD enough to know that I would 
>> now like
>> to wean myself off my old answer machine by installing an FXO card and
>> hookup my POTS line to my * server. But as usual, I'm afraid of 
>> FreeBSD not
>> actually supporting or recognizing the PCI card. Can anyone tell me 
>> what
>> results you've had in using FXO and/or FXS cards?
>>
>>   I've found a good deal on a X100P FXO PCI Card from
>>
>>   http://www.digitnetworks.com/X100P_FXO_PCI_Card_p/x100p.htm
>>
>>   and would like to try it out. But if I have to use Linux to run this
>> card, I'd rather put it off until a later time.
>>
>>
>>
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> I've done exactly that, and then some, using a single "Development" 
> FXO/FXS
> card and asterisk.  My server is a Dell SC420.  There are some "pops" 
> in the
> audio which I believe are due either to fluctuating power supply or 
> some
> craziness with the NorthBridge on the motherboard, but they don't 
> really
> interfere with conversation so much.
>
> I've been able to install and run asterisk on FreeBSD 5.2, 5.3 and 
> 5.4.  I've
> only recently moved to FreeBSD 6.1, but my asterisk server has been 
> running
> for about a year now, so I'll probably just let that sleeping dog lie.
>
> I should probably update asterisk, as I'm sure it has advanced beyond 
> my
> version (Asterisk 1.0.6-BRIstuffed-0.2.0-RC7j).  But it just works, so 
> why
> bother?  I just works.
>
> lane
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Tim St. Pierre
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