[Asterisk-Users] quad fxo

[Steven Critchfield]

On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 12:39, Michael Sandee wrote:
> The bus isn't wrong... debian is wrong. Like everything in debian... it 
> ships with an old pci.ids
> (No flames intended... but still :P )

If that was all, then it would have still showed up in the PCI bus just
like you mention below. 

It also means he is probably running the "STABLE" version. Debian named
it stable only because they don't change it very often. If you want
something as new as the other distros, you have to go with "Testing", or
"Unstable", possibly even "Experimental". Just be glad they properly
mark their releases unlike others whose x.0 releases shouldn't ever be
trusted in a production environment.

(Not flaming either, just filling in the picture) 

> replace yours with one from:
> http://pciids.sourceforge.net/
> 
> And It *should* report it better... (Didn't verify)

Same should work with an upgrade in debian.

> Not that any of this matters... Just load the driver and get on with it.

While this may be true, the kernel should probably be recompiled for
best performance on the new hardware.

> Steven Critchfield wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 12:26, Tim Sailer wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Folks,
> >>  I'm trying to install one of the new quad fxo cards remotely. I know
> >>the existing machine was too old to have a PCI 2.2 bus, so I had my
> >>helper at the other end try a few boxes that were sitting on a shelf
> >>with the new card and a Knoppix cd. He found one that reported the
> >>card as the Tiger Jet. Good. Now, we moved the HD from the existing
> >>machine, loaded with Debian, and the card is just seen as the generic
> >>communications device, like the bus is wrong. Any pointers on this?
> >>The machine is ~500 miles away at the moment, and off the network,
> >>so most of this is done by phone. :(
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Maybe you should start by getting your helper to recompile the kernel so
> >it can be on the network and you can then do some real debugging of the
> >bus. I'm guessing that the kernel you have on that drive isn't
> >sufficiently smart enough to handle the newer hardware. Knoppix CDs seem
> >pretty decent at running the hardware fast since they are at such a
> >disadvantage booting and running from the CD.
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
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