[Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!

[James Sizemore]

Also using the -p (real time option) to start asterisk, may also help.


James Taylor wrote:

>Carlos, 
>You may have something here.
>Dan - you might try to connect via the virtual network adapter to your "host" machine's hard drive.  (just map a drive) it could be that "networking" from your "VM" to the host is faster.
>James Taylor
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>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Carlos Eduardo Cremon <ecremon at uol.com.br>
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>> Dan,
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>>What type of "virtual harddisk" did you create in your linux vmware 
>>virtual machine? As far as I know, the default type is a kind of 
>>compressed harddisk image, to save disk space in the host machine. 
>>Perhaps that is the answer to have bad performance only in local 
>>services, opening local files in vmware: the overhead to decompress.
>>
>>-Eduardo
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>>Dan escreveu:
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>>>Nice!
>>>If it can work without connecting it to the power supply, then will be
>>>better..;-)
>>>When we leave the home, I must disconnect from the mains EVERYTHING (the
>>>alarm system and the HA PC are the only accepted exceptions)...
>>>
>>>:-)))
>>>
>>>Dan
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Simon Woodhead" <woodheads at gonegardening.com>
>>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:31 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
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>>>>Hey Dan,
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>>>>Get a http://www.mini-itx.com/ and disguise it as a fruit bowl. She'll
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>>>never
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>>>>know! I can't wait until someone builds one looking like a shoe or a
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>>>handbag
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>>>>and then I can have them all over the house and the more I have, the
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>>>happier
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>>>>the other half will be!!
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>>>>W
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>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>From: "Dan" <dtoma at fx.ro>
>>>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:12 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
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>>>>Roy,
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>>>>Please do not give me such a solution.
>>>>I know how and where to buy or how to build a very cheap PC (I work in
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>>>this
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>>>>field).
>>>>I now that this is a cheaper option (to buy or build a new pc), but I
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>>>don't
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>>>>want another computer running 24/7 in my house.
>>>>It is so difficult to understand that?
>>>>I have a small flat with two rooms. I want to be able to sleep too in the
>>>>same house.
>>>>My wife for sure will not accept another one...
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>>>>I feel that it can fully work on my config (allmost it does it now).
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>>>>It is more challenging to make it work under those circumstances...;-)
>>>>Why to choose everytime the easiest solution available?
>>>>I want to do it for my ..soul...;-)
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>>>>Best regards,
>>>>Dan
>>>>P.S. I have several PCs available for this, but.. I DON'T WANT TO USE
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>>>THEM!
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>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>From: "Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" <roy at karlsbakk.net>
>>>>To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
>>>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 12:33 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Again Asterisk and VMWare - it works now!
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>>>>>IIRC you were given URLs for all sorts of cheapo PCs. Perhaps you've got
>>>>>an old P90 lying around? Or perhaps someone else has?
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>>>>>Use that!
>>>>>Not vmware!
>>>>>If you're to use vmware, do it the other way around - linux host with
>>>>>vmware windoze guest. This works fine for me on my PC.
>>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 08:49, Dan wrote:
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>>>>>>Hi,
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>>>>>>I have succeed using Asterisk on VMWare on an Athlon at 1GB with 128 MB
>>>>>>allocated for the Linux virtual machine.
>>>>>>I have connected this PBX with another one using IAX/GSM. I can call
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>>>>>>other part and the sound is great, without any interruption.
>>>>>>The phone used is a Cisco7960 with G.711, so still a codec conversion
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>>>>>>place (GSM/G.711) and Asterisk/VMWare Wkst performs very well.
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>>>>>>The problem is only when I try to call local services, like echo test
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>>>>>>Digium Demo. Then, the sound of the informative message for the Digium
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>>>>Demo
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>>>>>>is choppy, but the sound from the Digium server (after connection) is
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>>>>>>good.
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>>>>>>So.. the problem is only to play local files when in virtual machine
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>>>>>>informative messages, etc.). Why? It is clear that this is not a
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>>>>>>performance issue and/or a timing problem during the codec conversion.
>>>>>>More, the inband DTMF works like a charm under the virtual machine.
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>>>>>>known problem with double digits for Cisco phones dissapear.
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>>>>>>BR,
>>>>>>Dan
>>>>>>P.S. Please do not answer again that this setup cannot work. In this
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>>>>>>I cannot accept such an answer.
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