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

[Richard Lane]

Hi Jack

Using a bash prompt, goto /var/lib/asterisk/sounds and do a "ls -l ". 
This will list the files. Let us know what is says. It will be something 
like 741 or similar.

Richard

Jack Ryan wrote:
> 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
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