Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-24 Thread Bruce Komito
: Friday, February 19, 2010 12:37 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM) To get MeetMe working properly, I know some sort of timing device provided by the zaptel package is required (even if it means the zt_dummy

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-22 Thread David Backeberg
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Sean Brady sbr...@gtfservices.com wrote: I do get choppy audio when playing recordings occasionally.  I haven’t had time to figure that one out, but I haven’t put it into production yet. You just said you're getting unexplained choppiness. You also just said

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-22 Thread Jonathan Addleman
David Backeberg wrote: Timers are built on the premise that they have access to either a real timing device, or unobstructed access to a processor which clicks through a proc cycle at a pre-determined rate. Once you break those rules, don't be surprised when the timers stop working, and 'bad

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-22 Thread David Backeberg
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Jonathan Addleman j...@redowl.ca wrote: David Backeberg wrote: Timers are built on the premise that they have access to either a real timing device, or unobstructed access to a processor which clicks through a proc cycle at a pre-determined rate. Once you

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-22 Thread Jared Geiger
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:06 AM, David Backeberg dbackeb...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Jonathan Addleman j...@redowl.ca wrote: David Backeberg wrote: Timers are built on the premise that they have access to either a real timing device, or unobstructed access to a

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-22 Thread Ian Murray
I had a system running on Xen in test. I had terrible echo problems with a SPA3000. As a reference, I swapped to bare metal machine and although I still had echoing, the echoing was much closer to the original sound. The Xen server was idle apart from the AsteriskNOW installation. So, this lead

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-22 Thread Ian Murray
Forgive the possibly stupid question, but do these problems you describe apply equally to the dom0 as to any domU's in a xen system? I used to think not, but now I'm starting to realize that I'm probably mistaken... Dom0 is still a virtual machine, so I would say so. --

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-22 Thread Jonathan Addleman
Ian Murray wrote: Forgive the possibly stupid question, but do these problems you describe apply equally to the dom0 as to any domU's in a xen system? I used to think not, but now I'm starting to realize that I'm probably mistaken... Dom0 is still a virtual machine, so I would say so.

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-21 Thread Mike A. Leonetti
David Backeberg wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Mike A. Leonetti mleone...@evolutionce.com wrote: To get MeetMe working properly, I know some sort of timing device provided by the zaptel package is required (even if it means the zt_dummy). But, on a virtual machine I know that

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-21 Thread Mike A. Leonetti
Sean Brady wrote: To get MeetMe working properly, I know some sort of timing device provided by the zaptel package is required (even if it means the zt_dummy). But, on a virtual machine I know that the Linux timing won't work as expected. Is it possible to then dedicate a physical device

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-21 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 06:56:04AM -0500, Mike A. Leonetti wrote: Well, when you're right you're right. If it's really that much of a bad idea I'll just put in for a real machine. Although virtualizing seems to be all the buzz lately so I was just wondering if I could consolidate hardware

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-21 Thread Sean Brady
Sean Brady wrote: To get MeetMe working properly, I know some sort of timing device provided by the zaptel package is required (even if it means the zt_dummy). But, on a virtual machine I know that the Linux timing won't work as expected. Is it possible to then dedicate a physical device

[asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-19 Thread Mike A. Leonetti
To get MeetMe working properly, I know some sort of timing device provided by the zaptel package is required (even if it means the zt_dummy). But, on a virtual machine I know that the Linux timing won't work as expected. Is it possible to then dedicate a physical device like a USB port or

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-19 Thread David Backeberg
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Mike A. Leonetti mleone...@evolutionce.com wrote: To get MeetMe working properly, I know some sort of timing device provided by the zaptel package is required (even if it means the zt_dummy).  But, on a virtual machine I know that the Linux timing won't work

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-19 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
David Backeberg wrote: You could always use ConfBridge(), starting in 1.6.2.*, which does not require DAHDI/Zaptel, and therefore doesn't require a timer. It *does* require a timer (all conferencing requires a timer), but it does not require a DAHDI/Zaptel timer, there are other options

Re: [asterisk-users] Virtual machine timing (KVM)

2010-02-19 Thread Sean Brady
To get MeetMe working properly, I know some sort of timing device provided by the zaptel package is required (even if it means the zt_dummy). But, on a virtual machine I know that the Linux timing won't work as expected. Is it possible to then dedicate a physical device like a USB port or