[asterisk-users] Asterisk 12 fails to launch with option -C

[Matthew Jordan]

On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 6:47 AM, CDR <venefax at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to launch Asterisk on a different directory with the parameter 'C
>
> asterisk -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvgc -C /etc/asterisk1/asterisk.conf
>
>  Parsing '/etc/asterisk1/extconfig.conf': Found
> Resetting translation matrix
> UUID system initiated
> Parsing /etc/asterisk1/asterisk.conf
>   == Parsing '/etc/asterisk1/asterisk.conf': Found

This means that yes, it parsed the config file you told it to parse.

> Not changing threadpool size since new size 0 is the same as current 0
> gl_pathc 0
>   == Sorcery registered wizard 'bucket'
>   == Sorcery registered wizard 'bucket_file'
> Cannot update type 'bucket' in module 'core' because it has no
> existing documentation!
> Failed to register 'bucket' object type in Bucket sorcery
>
> The debug level is 5, and so is the verbose level.

Nothing you've shown would indicate whether or not Asterisk should or
should not have a particular debug/verbose level.

You have started Asterisk with a particular verbosity; however, that
level is ignored if your asterisk.conf file specifies a particular
verbosity.

> The logger.conf has this line
> myDebugLog => notice,warning,error,debug,verbose,dtmf
>
> And it does not even get created.

The operation of logger (and the parsing of logger.conf) has nothing
to do with asterisk.conf, save for the location of the Asterisk log
file directory.

> /etc/asterisk1/asterisk.conf has these lines
> astetcdir => /etc/asterisk1
> astmoddir => /usr/lib/asterisk/modules
> astvarlibdir => /var/lib/asterisk1
> astdbdir => /var/lib/asterisk1
> astkeydir => /var/lib/asterisk1
> astdatadir => /var/lib/asterisk1
> astagidir => /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin
> astspooldir => /var/spool/asterisk1
> astrundir => /temp/run/asterisk1
> astlogdir => /var/log/asterisk1
> astsbindir => /usr/sbin
>
> All directories mentioned above do exist.
>
> Should I open a bug or there is something I am missing?
>

I suspect you have some configuration error or environment problem.
The Asterisk Test Suite - which runs on every commit and nightly -
makes extensive use of custom asterisk.conf files to sandbox instances
of Asterisk that run concurrently. This runs against every branch of
Asterisk and trunk.

I do not think there is anything wrong with the '-C' option.

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Matthew Jordan
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