[Asterisk-Users] Zaptel and Linux Distros

[Jamie Carl]

> 
> 
> Jamie Carl [geek at j-code.net] wrote:
> > Just a quick question.   Are there any known issues using the zaptel
> > drivers on different linux distros?  ie: is a 2.4 kernel the only 
> > requirement?
> >
> That should read "2.4 or later".  I'm using the Linux 2.6.8 
> kernel with the Gentoo distro.  In theory, the Zaptel driver 
> should work on any 2.4 through 2.6-based distro.  I haven't tried 2.7.
> 

Excellent.  If it runs on 2.6 I'll be able to give FC2 a shot and see if
that makes any difference.

> > 
> > I ask because I have an X100P i'm still trying to get work properly 
> > and I'm thinking there is nothing wrong with the card itself.  It's 
> > setup correctly as far as I can tell and it used to work when I was 
> > using RedHat 8 and 9.  But since I went to Fedora Core 1 I 
> don't think 
> > it's ever worked properly.
> > 
> > Anyone else using Fedora Core 1 and an X100P without issues?  It 
> > behaves very strangely and has the same symptoms as setting it to 
> > ground start signalling instead of loop start on a loop start PSTN 
> > line.  However it is definately set to fxsls and even fxsks 
> has been 
> > tried.
> > 
> I have a X101P at home (using Koolstart) and that performs 
> almost acceptably.  I'll be dumping it in favour of a Sipura 
> SPA-3000 soon.
> 
> I've never used Red Hat Fedora, so I can't comment on that.  
> Perhaps you should try FC2 instead of FC1 or, even better, try Gentoo.
> 

If FC2 doesn't make any difference I may try rolling back to maybe RH8
or 9 just to confirm if it's a hardware or OS issue.



Thanx

Regards,

Jamie Carl
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