[VoIP] Linux Problem

[John Novack]

Paul Wills wrote:
> This is only slightly related to CNET but things are slow.
>
> I'm running Asterisk on Centos 3.5.  I've been using the GUI from time to 
> time and would like to be able to bring up the Mozilla browser if I want to 
> look something up (such as the CNET directory.)
>
> Unfortunately, whenever I click on Mozilla, I get a message down below that 
> Mozilla is starting and then, after a delay, nothing.  It had worked for a 
> while until I added Asterisk to the startup script.  After I started 
> shelling into a terminal from Asterisk, Mozilla started giving trouble.  Has 
> anyone had any experience like this and found a fix?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> PDW 
Can't say that I have, beyond my first trip into Linux to get Webmin.
I find the GUI on Linux about at the level of Windows 2.0, and due to 
the way Linux schedules it's jobs generally very poor
For me, Linux is a way to run Asterisk, and except for editing some 
config files for Linux, don't often touch it.
My Asterisk box is in a rack mount case with no monitor or keyboard 
attached.

You might try more memory in the machine - 512K  is a nice figure, and 
doing the yum upgrades to bring it up to current 3.8
You will, of course, need to recomile Asterisk
For a GUI, Windows is 10 years ahead, and if you use Win2K or XP, very 
stable
Linux is a great server, but the GUI, Asterisk running or not, very poor.

Just my 2 cents worth


John Novack