[VoIP] Patches

[John Novack]

Ian Jolly wrote:
> I couldn't agree more with you John!!   We've been putting similar 
> information on the CNET-UK-I website for beginners. But you guys are 
> way ahead of us in understanding both Linux and Asterisk.
>
> I'm sat here with a new PC with serial SATA hard drive that will not 
> accept the old "UK" combination of Fedora Core 4 and Asterisk 1.2.x 
> (fairly early but it is a working combination!).  I've got a Sanogoma 
> A200 with 4FXS/4FXO. The more I read the more confusing it gets :-)  
> There seems to be a complete 'Linux' language with little explanation 
> of it.
>
> Fedora is up to Fedora 7 and as you say, Asterisk is up to 1.2.17 and 
> I believe that Asterisk 1.4.x is said to be out of Beta and a Stable 
> edition now.
>
> In the US, you seem to use Centos.
I use it because it is easy to install and seems to give fewer problems.
There also seems to be some issues with Fedora and updates.
Many users on the asterisk-users list report success with Fedora and 
many others report problems
CentOS is the free version of RHEL, and seems to have a smoother upgrade 
path.

Asterisk 1.4 Seems to require CentOS 4.x so keep that in mind if/when 
you want to go there.

Support for SATA drives also seems to be a problem with some versions, 
but since I am still in  the "Dark Ages" of IDE, I have no insight into 
that problem, other than reported problems on the users list.
>
> Decisions, Decisions, Decisions !!
>
> It is just puzzling which way to go - particularly as I want to use 
> the 'NZ reverse dial' patch that Russ has come up with for my nice 
> 'new' ivory old bakelite NZ telephone with its +64 phone number whose 
> numbering is based on the use of a 'reverse' dial.
>
Given that, so far, there is little need for the extra features in 1.4, 
it can't hurt too much to stick with the 1.2 version for now
I would suggest, from my long ago experience with FC2, that you consider 
moving to CentOS for the next build, and see what works

I have cloned several drives for CNET users in the US who want to get up 
and running without digging into Linux
All are based on CentOS 3.x and Asterisk 1.2
So far, so good.

I even have one CNET user running on RH9 and a K-6-233 machine.
He has one X100 card and one FXS ATA, doesn't mess with the computer and 
is happy not to .

MOST of what we do doesn't have to be bleeding edge
But then, I am still running 2 Win98 machines here, alongside NT4, Win2K 
and XP

Does it work?
Don't F**k with it!

John Novack

> Incidentally, the first 'Oslo dial' telephone I've ever seen on eBay  
> is currently for sale in Canada - eBay item No 220095311266   - bid 
> now to use Russ's patch !! :-)
>
> Ian Jolly
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Novack" 
> <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org>
> To: "Voice Over IP" <voip at ckts.info>
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:19 PM
> Subject: [VoIP] Patches
>
>
>> Back in late Feb, Russ posted some patches to Zaptel and Asterisk for
>> several items, including Oslo and NZ dials and early opening of the
>> audio channel to hear pulsing
>> The current version of Zaptel and Asterisk have  progressed, as of
>> today, at least, to 1.2.16 and 1.2.17
>> I have finally been able to obtain the modified driver for my T1 card
>> and am now current ,
>> I see in the patches references to 1.2.13 for Zaptel, and have to wonder
>> if this will fail on 1.2.16
>> Remember that SOME of us aren't well versed in Linux or applying the
>> patches, so perhaps someone could post a short tutorial on applying
>> patches and any modifications necessary for the later versions.
>> Remember this needs to be "for dummies". Or at least for those of us
>> that don't eat,drink and sleep Linux.
>>
>> John Novack
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