Re: [Astlinux-users] Enabling Astlinux/Soekris hub

2009-07-04 Thread Martin Rogers
make? Many thanks for your time. regards Mart - Original Message - From: "Philip A. Prindeville" To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Enabling Astlinux/Soekris hub > INTIF=br1 > BRIDGE1="eth0

[Astlinux-users] Enabling Astlinux/Soekris hub

2009-07-03 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I am using a Soekris net5501 with Astlinux 0.6.4. My current configuration involves a TDM400 and two VOIP phones. The net5501 and the two phones interconnect via a separate hub (the net5501 connects via its eth0 port). What I would like to do is ensble the other eth ports on the net5501 an

Re: [Astlinux-users] [Europe] Ordering hardware?

2009-04-22 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Gilles With regards to Soekris, There seem to be two outlets, one in Denmark and one in the USA. I am in the UK and because of the exchange rate it was actually cheaper for me to import net5501 gear from the States than to buy from Denmark - which was a surprise to me. This was a couple of m

Re: [Astlinux-users] Patching Astlinux - best practice

2009-04-15 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick Hartman wrote: > Martin Rogers wrote: > >> Darrick Hartman wrote: >> >>> Look at the asterisk.mk file. You'll need to put your patch file in the >>> packages/asterisk dir with an appropriate name. >>> >>> I can't

Re: [Astlinux-users] Patching Astlinux - best practice

2009-04-14 Thread Martin Rogers
y "ready-for-review" but things are bad enough that I will take it as it is. I will review the .mk file packages structure and try to fold it in. Thanks Mart > Darrick > ------Original Message-- > From: Martin Rogers > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > ReplyTo

[Astlinux-users] Patching Astlinux - best practice

2009-04-14 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi. I am running 0.6.4 in a net5501 with a TDM400p with two FXO cards. Occaisionally one of the PSTN lines (always the same one) goes unavailable, usually overnight. I have tried swapping FXO cards and TDM400 daughter board slots to no avail - the same line still goes down every now an then. The

Re: [Astlinux-users] Web UI - Feature wish

2009-03-28 Thread Martin Rogers
Lonnie Many thanks Mart Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > On Mar 26, 2009, at 8:09 PM, Martin Rogers wrote: > >> Hi >> >> The latest Web UI is very nice, and I am close to retiring vi :-) >> >> What would be useful in a future edition is to make the CDR&#x

[Astlinux-users] Web UI - Feature wish

2009-03-26 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi The latest Web UI is very nice, and I am close to retiring vi :-) What would be useful in a future edition is to make the CDR's on the CDR tab, sortable. In particular to be able to sort them by start/date time. Currently I think they understandably displayed in the order they are written out

Re: [Astlinux-users] Defeating firewalls

2009-03-24 Thread Martin Rogers
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Martin Rogers > wrote: >> Hi >> >> To simplify access when traveling I have started to use IAX and Zoiper >> from a Windows laptop, connecting back to one of my Asterisk boxes over >> the inter

Re: [Astlinux-users] AstLinux 0.6.4 available for upgrade

2009-03-24 Thread Martin Rogers
Thanks for this. I have just run an 'upgrade firmware' from the Web UI, from 0.6.3 to 0.6.4 (on a net5501) and it worked fine. Now Runnix is coming into its own :-) Mart Darrick Hartman wrote: > The AstLinux Team is happy to announce that AstLinux 0.6.4 is available. > All users of AstLinux

[Astlinux-users] Defeating firewalls

2009-03-24 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi To simplify access when traveling I have started to use IAX and Zoiper from a Windows laptop, connecting back to one of my Asterisk boxes over the internet. When this works - it works fine. However some hotels I stay at seem to lock their firewalls down meaning that even IAX could not be used.

Re: [Astlinux-users] Building Astlinux

2009-03-14 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick Hartman wrote: > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Darrick Hartman wrote: >>> Martin Rogers wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I am attempting to build Astlinux (current trunk) on a CentOS 5.2 machine.

Re: [Astlinux-users] Building Astlinux

2009-03-14 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick Hartman wrote: > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am attempting to build Astlinux (current trunk) on a CentOS 5.2 machine. >> >> >> the make stops with the following error >> --

[Astlinux-users] Building Astlinux

2009-03-14 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I am attempting to build Astlinux (current trunk) on a CentOS 5.2 machine. the make stops with the following error -- no c++ in (/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/astbuilder/bin) C++ compler installed:

Re: [Astlinux-users] Voltage for 1 FXS (and 3 FXO) on TDM410P

2009-03-12 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Tom It is the 12v feed only. Just yellow and its return. Mart Tom Chadwin wrote: > Hello all > > I've been working purely with FXO modules until now. I've now > installed 1 FXS onto the TDM410P in my net5501, alongside the three > FXO modules already there. Because I was previously only usin

[Astlinux-users] Database Access

2009-03-07 Thread Martin Rogers
Can anyone tell me what database interface support is built into astlinux. ODBC would be useful - I would like to be able to access a SQL Server on the same lan segment. Also, is mysql built in to astlinux. Thanks. Mart --

Re: [Astlinux-users] TZ_TIMEZONE

2009-03-05 Thread Martin Rogers
Michael Many thanks Mart Michael Keuter wrote: >> Michael >> >> thanks, that worked. Can you explain why. Being a creature of habit I >> immediately updated the rc.conf expecting it to work. >> >> Mart > > Yes, it's explain on Lonnie's website: > http://lonnie.abelbeck.com/astlinux/info/webgu

Re: [Astlinux-users] TZ_TIMEZONE

2009-03-05 Thread Martin Rogers
Michael thanks, that worked. Can you explain why. Being a creature of habit I immediately updated the rc.conf expecting it to work. Mart Michael Keuter wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am having trouble changing TZ_TIMEZONE for UK time (Astlinux 0.6.3) >> >> /mnt/kd/rc.conf . >> >> >> ##GMT (UTC) is th

[Astlinux-users] TZ_TIMEZONE

2009-03-05 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I am having trouble changing TZ_TIMEZONE for UK time (Astlinux 0.6.3) /mnt/kd/rc.conf . ##GMT (UTC) is the default #TIMEZONE=America/Chicago TIMEZONE=GB ##uClibc Timezone ##See http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/ xbd_chap08.html #TZ_TIMEZONE=CST6CDT TZ_TIMEZONE=GMT+0

Re: [Astlinux-users] Updated documentation

2009-03-02 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Darrick thanks for the links. Can you comment on DAHDI support in 0.6.3? I understand that it wraps Asterisk 1.4.23 so it providing it is compiled in it should be available. If it is supported in 0.6.3, is there anything specific I need to do at the Astlinux level to enable it for TDM cards.

Re: [Astlinux-users] Updating

2009-03-01 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Phil in the past I have done this process from a command prompt by first copying the contents of the tar file onto a USB stick and then mounting this device on the target host, and simply copying the files across to the os directory. regards Mart Phil McKerracher wrote: > Sorry to be thick, b

Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux 0.6.3 Some strange issues please help

2009-03-01 Thread Martin Rogers
ng. > > Cleve Jansen > > > > -Original Message- > From: Martin Rogers [mailto:fromastlinux-us...@mhr.me.uk] > Sent: Sunday, 1 March 2009 10:44 PM > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux 0.6.3 Some strange issues please hel

Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux 0.6.3 Some strange issues please help

2009-03-01 Thread Martin Rogers
Not that this affect the operation, but callerid="PSTN Line Two" should be callerid="PSTN Line Two" That will teach me to try and change the original settings to something more intutive :-) Mart Martin Rogers wrote: > Hi Cleve > > to be clear my hardware is a

Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux 0.6.3 Some strange issues please help

2009-03-01 Thread Martin Rogers
sk/zapata.conf.] > > I am a bit lost here as I have not setup anything here, could you please > give me assist me what exactly I should be doing here. > > Cheers > > Cleve > > -Original Message- > From: Martin Rogers [mailto:fromastlinux-us...@mhr.me.uk] > Sent: S

Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux 0.6.3 Some strange issues please help

2009-03-01 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Cleve When you are trying to login, which account and password are you using. The default root password after a clean installation is "astlinux". As far as your TDM card goes , have you set the ZAPMODS variable in /mnt/kd/rc.conf ? Have you setup the configuration the card for the (assuming yo

Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux 0.6.3 Released

2009-02-28 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi just set up my first net5501 box with 0.6.3. What a breeze. Very straight forward indeed, in fact I had more problem getting the TDM400 to fit properly in the case that I did with any CF or Astlinux issues. One thing I would say about the case, is that the unsupported corner of the PCI card r

Re: [Astlinux-users] need suggestion for hardware platform

2009-02-26 Thread Martin Rogers
Pete Kay wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to select the hardware platform to use for Astlinux. > Could someone give some suggestions as to how VIA, Soekris, and > PCEngine compare to each other in terms of price, performance, and > durability? I am more inclined to VIA or Soekris. Could someone wi

[Astlinux-users] Hardware requirements

2009-02-22 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi could anyone advise if the net5501-60 has sufficient resource for an Astlinux SOHO PBX, in particular, the fact that it has just 256MB RAM. Is this likely to be a problem going forward with newer versions of Asterisk/AstLinux. Should I just cut to the chase and settle on the net5501-70 boards.

Re: [Astlinux-users] TDM400 Quality

2009-01-23 Thread Martin Rogers
Thanks Iona, Gene and Darrick for responding to this thread. The symptoms I have are noise and crackling whenever the other person speaks, and occasional,random beeps. Echo is not really a problem after the first couple of seconds. However, it is not a nice experience. I had a 2 hour conference c

[Astlinux-users] TDM400 Quality

2009-01-19 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I have been using a TDM400 with 2 FXO cards for over a year but am disappointed in the quality. I mainly use the Astlinux box to join a number of SIP phones, but wanted to avoid having another two phones (POTS ones) on the desk for each of the two PSTN lines I have, when I can route it all thro

Re: [Astlinux-users] Quick show of hands... attn: all Via owners

2009-01-14 Thread Martin Rogers
Running NeoWare e140 processor : 0 vendor_id : CentaurHauls cpu family : 6 model : 10 model name : VIA Esther processor 1000MHz stepping: 9 cpu MHz : 997.560 cache size : 128 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma

Re: [Astlinux-users] 0.6.1 upgrade - Unable , to create channel of type 'Zap' (cause 66 - Channel not implemented)

2009-01-03 Thread Martin Rogers
f; you will also get it if you define a channel in zapata.conf which refers to a daughter board which is not fitted :-) Most of the search engine results for this error seem to suggest that a recompilation of the code is needed. Obviously for Astlinux this is not genrerally the case. Mart Marti

Re: [Astlinux-users] Extending the life of flash

2009-01-03 Thread Martin Rogers
are >> written on a regular basis (such as logs) or temporary files. >> >> You have to watch out though that your memory disk is properly sized for >> your system or you could run into errors when its full. A good way to >> deal with growing log files is something l

Re: [Astlinux-users] stability and asturw disk corruption

2009-01-03 Thread Martin Rogers
I agree about the versioning, but these are just numbers. We have just moved a fairly complex dialplan from 1.4 to 1.6 and it wasn't that big a deal. More of headache actually were changes to the AMI. Mart Rob Hillis wrote: > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Just curious, but rather than w

Re: [Astlinux-users] stability and asturw disk corruption

2009-01-03 Thread Martin Rogers
Just curious, but rather than wait for 1.4.23, wouldn't it be better to head straight for 1.6 ? Thanks Mart Darrick Hartman wrote: > David, > > Remove the setting of PERSISTLOG. We've updated the init script after > 0.6.2 was released. Before if PERSISTLOG was set to anything, it would > log

Re: [Astlinux-users] Extending the life of flash

2009-01-01 Thread Martin Rogers
.charter.com [68.191.180.6] with >>HTTP/1.1 (POST); Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:22:25 -0600 >> User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> >>>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:47:27 +, Mar

Re: [Astlinux-users] Extending the life of flash

2008-12-30 Thread Martin Rogers
(POST); > Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:46:55 -0600 > User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:47:27 +, Martin Rogers > wrote: >> >> Michael Keuter wrot

Re: [Astlinux-users] Extending the life of flash

2008-12-30 Thread Martin Rogers
Michael Keuter wrote: >> Michael Keuter wrote: Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration changes sticky but the root password too. The trouble is however that if your mobo only suppo

Re: [Astlinux-users] Extending the life of flash

2008-12-30 Thread Martin Rogers
Michael Keuter wrote: >> Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running >> genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration changes >> sticky but the root password too. >> >> The trouble is however that if your mobo only supports a single hard >> disk channel, havi

Re: [Astlinux-users] Extending the life of flash

2008-12-29 Thread Martin Rogers
ave > lost CDR and VM if they were on ramdisk > > David > On 12/29/08, Martin Rogers wrote: >> Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running >> genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration changes >> sticky but the root password to

[Astlinux-users] Extending the life of flash

2008-12-29 Thread Martin Rogers
Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration changes sticky but the root password too. The trouble is however that if your mobo only supports a single hard disk channel, having multiple partitions does not really he

Re: [Astlinux-users] CF not getting cheaper...

2008-12-20 Thread Martin Rogers
These are very cheap indeed and are the same part number as the originals used in the Neoware E140 (although this particular supplier only ships to the UK) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230294650469&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123 regards Mart S. Erisman wrote: > Philip A. P

Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-18 Thread Martin Rogers
Michael, thanks for your reply. I will bear this in mind. Mart > > Hi Martin, > > I had a similar problem with my Soekris net4801 and a 1-port HFC ISDB > card. The box was crashing every few days or sometimes just Asterisk > was silently crashing. > > Because I still had warrenty for it, I

Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-18 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick thank you for your reply. My hardware is a TDM400P with 2 * FXO and 1 * FXS daughter boards It has been working fine for the last year. The problems have only come about (coincidentally) since going to 0.6.2, and more significantly since the temperature has dropped. This particular box

Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-18 Thread Martin Rogers
Tod kindly provided me with a gdb, and ZAP looks like it is the problem area. However I think I need a version of Astlinux 0.6.2 which is compiled with debug symbols before I can go any further. (gdb) bt full #0 0x0809c1fb in ast_frame_free () No symbol table info available. #1 0x40322504 in ??

Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-17 Thread Martin Rogers
Asterisk fell over again overnight. I had taken Tod's advice and have now captured a core file. Can anyone please tell me where I can download a compatible gdb executable from (Astlinux VIA 0.6.2) ? I am interested to see what the problem is, as the core file is stamped at 01:00:38 - which looks

Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-15 Thread Martin Rogers
ep things running then you could do this >> >> http://www.asteriskcookbook.com/wiki/index.php/No_Shutdown >> >> --Tod >> >> >> On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:01 AM, Martin Rogers wrote: >> >>> Tod, >>> >>> there is nothing of interest in

Re: [Astlinux-users] No CDR since upgrade to 0.6.2

2008-12-13 Thread Martin Rogers
ast time Master.csv was written to was November 19th. It > is in the expected subdirectory /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/Master.csv. > > I've also tried it at the subdirectory shown below. Asterisk is simply not > writing to the file as far as I can determine. > > On Sat, Dec 13, 200

Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-13 Thread Martin Rogers
kcookbook.com/wiki/index.php/No_Shutdown > > --Tod > > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:01 AM, Martin Rogers wrote: > >> Tod, >> >> there is nothing of interest in either log file. I guess I should >> really be running with 0.6.2 so it that would be one worthwhi

Re: [Astlinux-users] No CDR since upgrade to 0.6.2

2008-12-13 Thread Martin Rogers
Tom 0.6.2 with genunion is logging calls fine for me at /mnt/kd/cdr-csv/Master.csv Mart Tom Lynn wrote: > Has anybody else seen CDR issues? I upgraded from 0.4.7. > > > > > > ---

Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-11 Thread Martin Rogers
x server. Do you have that setup? > And if so, do your phones/ATAs tell you about what time they started > having problems with contacting/registering with your Asterisk box? > > --Tod > > On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:45 PM, Martin Rogers wrote: > >> I am experiencing an odd

[Astlinux-users] Asterisk exiting

2008-12-10 Thread Martin Rogers
I am experiencing an odd problem since going to 0.6.1 (via) running on a Wyse Winterm box. The 0.6.1 upgrade could coincidental, my purpose in mentioning it here is to see if I can narrow down the cause based on others' experiences. Very simply, if I leave the PBX powered on overnight, in the mor

Re: [Astlinux-users] Securing Astlinux 0.6.1

2008-12-02 Thread Martin Rogers
> > If you allow calls to your default context to be relayed back out then > you can be in a position where unregistered entities can use your > machine to make free calls. I guess this is a "security issue". > Certainly that can be an issue that one should be careful of when > setting up a PBX.

Re: [Astlinux-users] Securing Astlinux 0.6.1

2008-12-01 Thread Martin Rogers
ection an >> havent seen where is the default yes >> >> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Martin Rogers >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you are using SIP you should also be paranoid and set allowguest=no, >> as this defaults to yes. >> >> Mart

[Astlinux-users] Using Windows to install from.

2008-11-28 Thread Martin Rogers
n Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Cleveland Electronic Services Pty Ltd < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi Jose, >> >> You can use the following method. >> >> Physdiskwrite -u astlinux-0.6.2-net5501.img >> >> This will write the .img fi

Re: [Astlinux-users] install tutorial for astlinux using windows and physdiskwrite???

2008-11-27 Thread Martin Rogers
gt; > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:20 AM, Martin Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: > >> Hi Jose >> >> can't you partition the CF card before you run physdiskwrite? E.g. into >> 500mb and 1.5 GB partitions ? >> >> regards >> Mart &

Re: [Astlinux-users] install tutorial for astlinux using windows and physdiskwrite???

2008-11-27 Thread Martin Rogers
"the > disk is larger than 800mb (safety overwrite check) please check another one" > this in windows. > so I couldnt to write the compact flash. and If I could. I dont know how > to make CF boot. or install > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Martin Rogers <[EMAIL PR

Re: [Astlinux-users] install tutorial for astlinux using windows and physdiskwrite???

2008-11-26 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Jose I think the "Using Windows to Prepare the CF" section of this page still applies: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/AstLinux+Users+Guide+Chapter+1 regards Mart Jose Colin wrote: > HI. I was waiting for the final version official of astlinux 6 but it doesnt > seems to came soon. > so I

Re: [Astlinux-users] Securing Astlinux 0.6.1

2008-11-22 Thread Martin Rogers
e (3M/512k), eight phones and 3 PCs on remote site, all working > over OpenVPN. So far it works flawlessly, users are not even aware they are > not > using traditional telephony (admittedly the phone traffic is pretty low, > rarely > more that two simultaneous calls). > >

Re: [Astlinux-users] Securing Astlinux 0.6.1

2008-11-19 Thread Martin Rogers
le in this case) >> isn't a problem. >> >> I suspect that in your ADSL scenario, the real culprit was lack of QoS, >> not encryption latency. >> >> -Philip >> >> >> Martin Rogers wrote: >> >>> Darrick, >>>

Re: [Astlinux-users] Securing Astlinux 0.6.1

2008-11-18 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick, interesting point about the VPN. I have to have three classes of port opened up for my AstLinux to work on the internet. A VPN solution would certainly simplify things in this respect. However, in reality, how ubiquitous is VPN support on VOIP phones. I use three types of phone (two Poly

Re: [Astlinux-users] Securing Astlinux 0.6.1

2008-11-16 Thread Martin Rogers
If you are using SIP you should also be paranoid and set allowguest=no, as this defaults to yes. Mart Philip Prindeville wrote: > You can also use a shared secret for authentication with an MD5 digest > exchange. > > That's reasonably secure. > > -Philip > > > Darrick Hartman wrote: >> David

Re: [Astlinux-users] genkd/genunion

2008-11-12 Thread Martin Rogers
ng key disk and want to migrate your key disk >> settings to this new unionfs partition, execute movekd $DEV after >> this script exits. >> >> To create a new key disk structure on your new unionfs partition, >> type yes followed by the Enter key. Press any other key to

Re: [Astlinux-users] genkd/genunion

2008-11-07 Thread Martin Rogers
ture on your new unionfs partition, >> type yes followed by the Enter key. Press any other key to exit. >> >> If you are new to Astlinux, you will want to say yes." > > If you have an existing keydisk answer NO then run movekd. > > Darrick > > Martin Rogers wr

Re: [Astlinux-users] genkd/genunion

2008-11-07 Thread Martin Rogers
d > unionfs would read/write from the CF (or the ramdisk) as necessary. > However, if you want to see exactly what is on the CF card unionfs > partition, then you can go to /oldroot/asturw and you will find it. > > Hope this helps > > Daivd > > > > On Fri, Nov 7,

Re: [Astlinux-users] genkd/genunion

2008-11-07 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi any takers for this question please. Is this something which no one else has done, or is it just a plain stupid thing to ask? Thanks Mart Martin Rogers wrote: > Hi > > I have a recent Astlinux system which uses a USB stick and genkd. > > When I want to modify the conf

[Astlinux-users] genkd/genunion

2008-11-05 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I have a recent Astlinux system which uses a USB stick and genkd. When I want to modify the configuration I can modify the files on the keydisk and everything is OK. However I now need to change the root password. I understand that I need to use genuinon for this, and have a second IDE CF dev

Re: [Astlinux-users] editting /oldroot/mnt/asturw files

2008-10-20 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick Could you clarify if there is a bug in the area of using a USB keydisk with Unionfs. I have written a 0.6.1 image to a device, fitted a clean USB stick, then after reboot run genunion /dev/sda1 I reply yes (twice) to the script. I get no errors. However after rebooting I try to change th

Re: [Astlinux-users] Cannot change root password (Was: How to use keydisk with UnionFS)

2008-10-18 Thread Martin Rogers
bfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) Thanks in advance Mart Martin Rogers wrote: > Hi > > I have been using various versions of Astlinux using genkd and a USB > flash disk with a go

[Astlinux-users] How to use keydisk with UnionFS

2008-10-17 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I have been using various versions of Astlinux using genkd and a USB flash disk with a good deal of success. I would like to resolve an issue whereby I am unable to update modprobe.conf (in turn because MODOPTS settings do not work). I have received advice from Darrick that I need to modify/cr

Re: [Astlinux-users] 0.6.1 MODOPTS ignored ?

2008-10-15 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick please see comments below >> >> /oldroot/mnt/ does not exist on my system. Are you suggesting that I >> should create /oldroot/mnt/asturw/etc/modprobe.conf? What is the best >> practice way of adding to modprobe.conf. > > If /oldroot/mnt does not exist on your file system, then somethin

Re: [Astlinux-users] 0.6.1 MODOPTS ignored ?

2008-10-15 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick Hartman wrote: > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Darrick >> >> thanks for the reply. I tried editing /etc/modprobe.conf originally >> (setting the filesystem to RW etc) but the changes do not make it past a >> reboot. I also tried storing one on the keydisk

Re: [Astlinux-users] Runnix obsolete?

2008-10-14 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Mark my understanding of this is that it is only obsolete in that you don't need to go through the pain of installing Runnix as separate step. You would normally install a whole image which includes both Runnix + Astlinux. After that, you could if you wished, just upload upgrades of .run files

Re: [Astlinux-users] 0.6.1 MODOPTS ignored ?

2008-10-13 Thread Martin Rogers
e the other file. After we've > determined the correct way to handle this, I'll walk you through > reversing the process. > > Darrick > > > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Hi >> >> This is a followup to a recent thread on modprobe which did not conclu

[Astlinux-users] 0.6.1 MODOPTS ignored ?

2008-10-13 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi This is a followup to a recent thread on modprobe which did not conclude in any resolution. It appears that setting MODOPTS in /mnt/kd/rc.conf are ignored. I am using the astlinux-0.6.1-via.img.gz image. I have set the following line in the /mnt/kd/rc.conf to set the opermode to UK and to tu

Re: [Astlinux-users] updating modprobe.conf

2008-10-10 Thread Martin Rogers
Apologies for the paste error that should have said However, after a restart : /sys/module/wctdm/parameters/opermode ="FCC" /sys/module/wctdm/parameters/debug ="0" Thanks Mart Martin Rogers wrote: > Hi > > Either I am missing something fundamental or there is a sta

Re: [Astlinux-users] updating modprobe.conf

2008-10-10 Thread Martin Rogers
d up in the startup processing. Your thoughts please. Thanks Mart Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > /etc/modprobe.conf is not a symbolic link to /tmp/etc/modprobe.conf > > H, something may be wrong, the devs will have to answer this. > > Lonnie > > On Oct 9, 2008, at

Re: [Astlinux-users] updating modprobe.conf

2008-10-09 Thread Martin Rogers
etc/modprobe.conf >done > fi > -- /etc/rc snippet -- > > So, it would imply > > MODOPTS="wctdm:debug=1" > > would do what Mart wants. > > This is also documented in /stat/etc/rc.conf > > ##If you define this variable, we will automatically gener

[Astlinux-users] updating modprobe.conf

2008-10-09 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I would like to update /etc/modprobe.conf to enable debugging of the wctdm card (I am suffering occasional disconnects when connected over the PSTN). I have remounted the disk as RO and added the line options wctdm debug=1 /etc/modprobe.conf and successfully saved the file. However after reb

[Astlinux-users] Asterisk 1.6

2008-10-08 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi can anyone tell me what the expected time frame is for 1.6 support for Astlinux. Thanks Mart - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with M

Re: [Astlinux-users] 0.6.1 upgrade - Unable , to create channel of type 'Zap' (cause 66 - Channel not implemented)

2008-10-04 Thread Martin Rogers
all up and running again. The bottom line is that it seems you need zaptel.conf entries for every module on the card regardless of whether or not you are using it. regards Mart Martin Rogers wrote: > Hi > > I have just upgraded a Wyse Winterm box which was running an old > Astlinux (A

[Astlinux-users] Problems installing 0.6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I have had a VIA build 1754 of astlinux running for a few months on a Neoware E140 without any problems. For clarity, this build requires runnix and this is all installed OK. Yesterday I tried to upgrade to the astlinux-0.6.1-via image (from Darrick's site). In order to upgrade I deleted the

[Astlinux-users] 0.6.1 upgrade - Unable , to create channel of type 'Zap' (cause 66 - Channel not implemented)

2008-10-02 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I have just upgraded a Wyse Winterm box which was running an old Astlinux (Asterisk v1.2) to 0.6.1-via. The box is connected to two PSTN lines via a TDM400 card and has worked fine. I backed up all the config from my key disk and did a physdiskwrite of the new image onto the CF. I then scratc

Re: [Astlinux-users] TDM404EF in PCI-X not working

2008-09-24 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi Tom I store my zaptel.conf in /etc. I don't have any reason to store this on the keydisk. regards Mart Tom Chadwin wrote: > Hello all > > Just purchased a TDM404EF (ie 4 x FXO), but am having no joy getting it to > work. I have plugged it into a riser card which gives me one full-height >

Re: [Astlinux-users] New Images

2008-09-17 Thread Martin Rogers
a CF with dd > or physdiskwrite. These files will then be available on the official > source forge website. > > Darrick > > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Thanks Darrick. >> >> What is the process when you produce a new build which contains a new >> Asterisk versi

Re: [Astlinux-users] Skype vs Astlinux[Scanned]

2008-06-10 Thread Martin Rogers
I would just add two comments. One critical criteria for me on the Skype v SIP debate has been whether or not the user can always guarantee they will have access to a computer. I have found that for traveling employees Skype has its place. I agree that trying to run two systems side by side is

Re: [Astlinux-users] Problem booting astlinux 1725 Via Serial

2008-05-18 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick Hartman (lists) wrote: > I just uploaded some new images and a bootable ISO if you have some way > of booting from a USB cdrom drive. Give these a try and see how they > work. > > Darrick > > Hi Darrick I reinstalled the Runnix image and then copied over the astlinux-trunk-1754-via

Re: [Astlinux-users] Problem booting astlinux 1725 Via Serial

2008-05-17 Thread Martin Rogers
John Novack wrote: > Pardon the novice jumping in here, but why are you using the SERIAL image? > This thin client has both a VGA and DVI interface, as well as PS/2 > keyboard and mouse connectors. > Are you not using those for your console? > I have installed AstLinux on the HP thin clients and

Re: [Astlinux-users] Problem booting astlinux 1725 Via Serial

2008-05-17 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick Hartman (lists) wrote: > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Hi Darrick >> >> I tried the 1625 VIA serial image and it gets further than the 1725 one. >> It seems to verify and start the bootstrap of the Astlinux/Linux image. >> However it then runs into USB initi

Re: [Astlinux-users] Problem booting astlinux 1725 Via Serial

2008-05-17 Thread Martin Rogers
From: Darrick Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 2008-05-13 14:40 >Mart, >Try one of the older images on my site. I'll be uploading a new image >later today. We made some changes in the initrd which may be causing >some of the problems you're seeing. >Not sure why it's been so quiet around here l

Re: [Astlinux-users] Hard disk requirements

2008-05-13 Thread Martin Rogers
Darrick thanks for the info. Mart Darrick Hartman (lists) wrote: > Martin Rogers wrote: > >> I am attempting to install Runnix/Astlinux on an embedded device with a >> solid state disk drive. >> >> Can someone please confirm what the minimum and typical disk

[Astlinux-users] Hard disk requirements

2008-05-13 Thread Martin Rogers
I am attempting to install Runnix/Astlinux on an embedded device with a solid state disk drive. Can someone please confirm what the minimum and typical disk capacities needed for this environment are. Thanks Mart - This SF

[Astlinux-users] Problem booting astlinux 1725 Via Serial

2008-05-13 Thread Martin Rogers
Apologies for the unthreaded post, but I have not received any mail from the mailing list since my 'welcome to the mailing list' email. >Can you capture the entire byte-stream (say, with "script -c kermit") >and attach it? Although this is a 'serial' image I am have access to the consol

[Astlinux-users] Problem booting astlinux 1725 Via Serial

2008-05-08 Thread Martin Rogers
Hi I have downloaded the Runnix.img.gz and the astlinux-trunk-1725-via-serial tar/gz kindly provided at http://www.djhsolutions.com/astlinux/ I have installed the runnix image onto a NeoWare CA22 thin client and this boots up OK. I have unzipped/untarred the astlinux file, and have copied its c