[asterisk-users] Asterisk Segmentation Faults Using Skinny (v1.6.0.10)

[Steve Totaro]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Steve Totaro <
stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Wayne <Wayne at planetwayne.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry to bump my own message - but had a mail server problem so don't
>> know if I missed any replys :(
>> Ta
>> Wayne.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wayne wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > I've just built a new installation of CentOS release 5.3 (Final) and
>> > have installed both
>> > <
>> http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/asterisk-1.6.1.1.tar.gz
>> >Asterisk
>> > 1.6.1.1 and subsequently Asterisk 1.6.0.10 (thinking that I was maybe
>> > trying to be too cutting edge) on a Dell PowerEdge sc440 server (nothing
>> > complex - Pentium Dual core 2ghz - 1gb ram - 70gb sata hd).
>> >
>> > The setup at this point is real simple with one Cisco 7960 phone
>> > registering with Asterisk using Skinny.
>> >
>> > I'm finding that simple things as pressing any of the buttons on the
>> > phone is enough to cause Asterisk to randomly restart from a
>> > segmentation fault.
>> >
>> > I've tried this with 1.6.1.1 and, after recompiling and replacing,
>> 1.6.0.10.
>> >
>> > I followed
>> >
>> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/CentOS+5.2+and+Asterisk+1.6.x+installation
>> > as a basis for installation leaving out things I didnt want to set up
>> > (odbc / web admin ).
>> >
>> > The only thing that didn't seem to go too well was the setup Dahdi
>> > (dahdi-linux-2.2.0.1). Although I can do a 'make' and 'make install',
>> > 'make config' didnt work and there are no etc/dahdi/ directory to change
>> > any config files (as suggested by the guide). This may not be related
>> > but just in case I thought I would mention it.
>> >
>> >
>> > This is from the console after pressing the 'speaker' button a couple of
>> > times.
>> >
>> >  /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk: line 146: 21513 Segmentation fault      (core
>> > dumped) nice -n $PRIORITY ${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -f ${CLIARGS}
>> > ${ASTARGS} >&/dev/${TTY} < /dev/${TTY}
>> > Asterisk ended with exit status 139
>> > Asterisk exited on signal EXITSTATUS-128.
>> > Automatically restarting Asterisk.
>> >
>> >
>> > If I don't use the phone, Asterisk will stay running.
>> > I can dial the 1000 test extension along with the 500 inter-asterisk
>> > test, these seem to work as expected as long as I dial the number and
>> > hit 'dial' on the phone rather than selecting the line and trying to
>> > dial each digit in turn. If I try that then at some random point (but
>> > not always) Asterisk will fault.
>> >
>> > The firmware version on the phone is 7.2 to which I've had this phone
>> > and several others running off a 1.2 setup for years (using
>> > chan_skinny?) but thought it time to update Asterisk.
>> >
>> >
>> > Anyone have any pointers please on what to check next?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Wayne
>> >
>> >
>>
>
> If you are set on "beta" then read no further then the next line.
>
> File a bug report with a core dump.
>
> OK opinion time.
>
> Your server is more than adequate.
>
> For my tastes, you are beyond bleeding edge on the Asterisk front.
>
> Simply my opinion but if this is going to be a "real" "production" "server"
> or something you want to use reliably then I would suggest.
>
> 1.4.Latest Zaptel
> 1.4.19 Asterisk (if infact that is the last version that had chan_zap and
> not DAHDI)
> 1.4.Current LibPRI
>

And convert those phones to SIP, forget chan_skinny.

-- 
Thanks,
Steve Totaro
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