[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.4 reliability problems

[Atis Lezdins]

I would suggest taking latest 1.4 branch from SVN (or 1.4.19-rc3 when
it's out). There has been few deadlocks fixed since rc2.

Recompile asterisk with DEBUG_THREADS enabled (in "make menuselect"),

If you're not using safe_asterisk script to start it, you should
execute also "ulimit -c unlimited" before launching asterisk..

When your asterisk is deadlocked, open CLI and execute "core show
locks". Copy that output, and submit to bugs.digium.com - it will tell
developers where exactly is problem.

Then, do "killall -11 asterisk". It will dump asterisk to core file,
and that might provide helpful information later.  If your have been
requested backtraces, look in /tmp (or in directory you launched
asterisk from) for core file. Open that core file with "gdb
/usr/sbin/asterisk core.xxxx" and take a dump of "thread apply all bt
full" (make sure you set "set pagination off" in gdb before this)

Regards,
Atis

On 3/18/08, Norman Franke <norman at myasd.com> wrote:
>
> Check around on bugs.digium.com. You'll find a number of issues reported
> that sound similar. I'm hoping that 1.4.19 will fix a lot of stuff, since
> the release candidates seem much more stable to me. I couldn't keep Asterisk
> up for more than a few days before on 1.4.18. I've also applied a few
> SIP-related patches from various bug reports and things are much, much more
> stable.
>
> 1.4.17, which you mentioned, is also very buggy. 1.4.18 fixed many issues.
>
> Norman Franke
> Answering Service for Directors, Inc.
> www.myasd.com
>
> On Mar 18, 2008, at 7:40 AM,
> asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com wrote:
>
>
> We have been experiencing some ongoing reliability problems with
>
> Asterisk for quite some time, and I am trying to find out if anyone else
>
> has experienced the same problems.
>
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