[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk from scratch

[Anon]

On Wednesday 21 April 2004 12:03 pm, kiran p wrote:
> Hi
>
> My motto is to connect two computers on the same
> network with Voip without using any special hardware,i
> have downloaded Asterisk, I was suggested to use
> LinPhone as a soft phone as it is very easy to install
>
> I have installed Asterisk on my computer and iam using
> it as a server.
>
> And whe i DAIL 1234 at CLI i get the following errors
> repeatedly
>
> Apr 21 17:29:13 WARNING[1167272128]: chan_oss.c:272
> sound_thread: Failed to write sound
> Apr 21 17:29:13 WARNING[1167272128]: chan_oss.c:181
> send_sound: Unable to read output space
I had the same error; very frustrating.  The source was a hardware 
incompatibility with the VIA sound chip on the motherboard (a Tyan S2495).  I 
disabled the motherboard's built-in sound, put in a soundcard from my old 
machine (a SoundBlaster PCI 128), and the sound works now.  If you have a 
sound card available, you may want to test putting the sound card in your 
machine (with the built-in sound disabled).

> One more doubt i have is after installing a soft phone
> on the client,how do i configure it to connect to
> Asterisk.
I'm new to this part of Asterisk, yet I believe you need to add configuration 
for your softphone in sip.conf.  You should see:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+sip+channels

> And how do i know,if Asterisk is recognizing the sound
> card or not
If you have the demo configurations loaded, you can dial (from the console):
s at demo
and hear the congradulations message.


Anon