[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.8 beta3 - Unable to stop/start/restart deamon

[sean darcy]

On 08/12/2010 09:08 AM, unserossi at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>>  using Asterisk 1.8 beta3 installed from scratch I am not able to
> stop/start/restart Asterisk deamon with
>>
>>  /etc/init.d/asterisk stop|start|restart
>>
>>  It just happens nothing, no warnings, errors etc.
>
> Next step: start tracing.
>
>    sh  -x /etc/init.d/asterisk start
>
> --
> sh -x /etc/init.d/asterisk start
>
> leads to
>
> + PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>
>
> + NAME=asterisk
>
>
> + DESC=Asterisk PBX
>
>
> + DAEMON=/usr/sbin/asterisk
>
>
> + ASTVARRUNDIR=/var/run/asterisk
>
>
> + ASTETCDIR=/etc/asterisk
>
>
> + TRUE=/bin/true
>
>
> + set -e
>
>
> + [ -x /usr/sbin/asterisk ]
>
>
> + [ -d /etc/asterisk ]
>
>
> + . /lib/lsb/init-functions
>
>
> + FANCYTTY=
>
>
> + [ -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ]
>
>
> + . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh
>
>
> + readlink /etc/init.d/asterisk
>
>
> + CONFIG0=
>
>
> --
> No ideas? Sorry but I'm new to Linux and I am wondering why I can't stop or start the deamon
>
> the way it works with 1.6.1.20. I installed Asterisk 1.8 with all defaults set. Maybe something
>
> is missing in any conf file?
>
>
>

Make sure it starts without the daemon. Try asterisk -cvvvvvvv. Does it 
start then?

sean