[VoIP] Asterisk won't play sound (voice prompt) files

[Jack Ryan]

Hi all,

I can't get asterisk to play voice prompts like those in voice-mail.

Fedora 8
Asterisk 1.4.18 downloaded, compiled and installed successfully. Voice-mail
options on.
Sound files located in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds (just the english gsm files)

 If asterisk needs a file I get (for example):

File vm-login does not exist in any format
Unable to open vm-login (format 0x4 (ulaw)): No such file or directory
Couldn't stream login file

asterisk doesn't say where it is looking but the file in question is in
/var/lib/asterisk/sounds.

It can only be a question of "where" or "attributes" (both as per default
bild and install).

What did I do wrong?

Thanks

Jack