Ron,

If you do test the patch and can confirm that it solves the problem 
created by the Asterisk-gui, please report back.  I will then add that 
patch to the main Astlinux release.  If we can't get this resolved, we 
will remove the Asterisk-gui.

Darrick

David Kerr wrote:
> Do you build your own Astlinux from source, or take one of the prebuild 
> images?  If you build your own I can give you a patch that will work 
> around the problem. Maybe not a long term solution, but it will at least 
> confirm the diagnosis. The problem is associated with calling the 
> System() command from within dialplan. It just happens that asterisk-gui 
> makes extensive use of this, hence why you run into the problem so 
> quickly when you bring up the asterisk-gui. My work around is to enable 
> an alternative way of kicking off a system command and having the 
> asterisk-gui use that.
> 
> David
> 
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Ron Byer Jr. <r...@netweave.com 
> <mailto:r...@netweave.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I have also experienced the astlinux 0.6.3+ hang issue, and can add
>     the following notes:
> 
>     - I run on net5501's
>     - I have 3 machines ::
>             "production" that is running rock-solid on a astlinux-1725
>     (pre 0.6) version. No problems
>            development box that I upgraded from vanilla 0.6 that started
>     getting the issue on 0.6.3
>            brand new customer box that I installed 0.6.3 and immediately
>     upgraded 0.6.5
> 
>     - I also lose http.conf occasionally when I have to "pull the plug".
>     I've lost other edits as well, which may well be because of no sync
>     before pulling the plug.
>     - It is definitely related to the asterisk gui :: if I don't use the
>     gui, it never happens
>     - When the box  "hangs", it loses everything :: console I/o, ssh
>     connections timeout, the standard asterisk https interface (p.k.a
>     "altweb") hangs, SIP connections timeout, . The *only* thing that
>     keeps running is the asterisk-gui. Bizarre.
>     - As far as I can tell it's not an resource issue. Plenty of memory,
>     CPU is not pegged, etc. not out of swap space.
>     - Technically the "hang" is not terminal. If you type something on
>     the console, at some indefinite time later (measured possibly in
>     hours), you will see it echo.. The recovery is brief... the next
>     things you type may appear again in another couple of hours.
> 
>     - I'd like to pin it on the asterisk-gui, though thet fact that it
>     keeps running makes that a difficult position.
> 
>     I can and do avoid the asterisk-gui. but unfortunately customer
>     *like* the GUI and it is difficult to un-tell them about it.
> 
>     Tough problem to track and describe, much less identify and remedy.
>     Thoughts welcome.
> 
>     Ron Byer
> 
> 
>     Cleve Jansen wrote:
>>
>>     Hi David,
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Thank you for the info and link, looks like it seems to be an Alix
>>     issue as I am using the Alix1c, one other thing I noticed is that
>>     if you use the Asterisk GUI and setup a VSP Trunk, for some reason
>>     you get a congestion error when you try to make a call, but if you
>>     manually setup the VSP trunk all works well, this is what I have
>>     done at present. Strange though I installed Debian + Asterisk &
>>     Asterisk GUI on a small 2.5 HD and plugged it to the Alix1C board,
>>     and all works perfectly, Asterisk GUI, putty etc.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Darrick has had a look at my setup as well, will await a solution.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Cheers
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Cleve
>>
>>      
>>
>>     *From:* David Kerr [mailto:da...@kerr.net]
>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, 6 May 2009 5:46 AM
>>     *To:* AstLinux Users Mailing List
>>     *Subject:* Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 Strange issue
>>
>>      
>>
>>      
>>
>>     On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Dominko Vrljic
>>     <dominko_vrl...@yahoo.com <mailto:dominko_vrl...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     Cleve,
>>     This problem I also experienced in newer version of astlinux, but
>>     David Kerr reported same issues at July 2008.
>>     
>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4c6ff7f20807311155o1008f077l96b52f79afce17c1%40mail.gmail.com
>>     I avoid access to the Asterisk GUI.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     And for a further diagnosis of my problem...
>>
>>     
>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4c6ff7f20903081217p1ad7a271mbbfa19922dcff816%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=astlinux-devel
>>     
>> <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4c6ff7f20903081217p1ad7a271mbbfa19922dcff816%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=astlinux-devel>
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Bottom line, I have moved to pre 0.7 version of Astlinux that I
>>     build myself from 'trunk'. 
>>
>>      
>>
>>     David
>>
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