[Asterisk-Users] Error in starting asterisk

[Rich Adamson]

> channel=1-15,17-30
> 
> Apr 22 06:02:04 WARNING[18915]: parse error: No category context for line 10
> of zapata.conf
> Apr 22 06:02:04 ERROR[18915]: Unable to load config zapata.conf

Just a couple of guesses here...

I'm not so sure the "line 10" is counting correctly (or you're not counting
the blank lines) as the echotraining=800 is just fine/valid.

Check the following items....
- do you have a "from-pstn" context in your extensions.conf?
- change your channel statement to channel=1 and see if it loads (just
  to help ID which statement is causing the problem)
- same for signalling, change it to another valid value for testing
- remove all the unneeded statements (for testing only), including
  faxdetect, usecallerid, echo statements, group. All of those items
  will default to something acceptable for startup purposes.

Run "ztcfg -vv" and post the results.

Might also consider starting asterisk from the linux command line
with "asterisk -cvvvv" and review the many messages looking for
exceptions.

If none of the above helps ID the problem, copy/paste the exact
20 or so lines from zapata.conf (don't delete anything) and repost.