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    • C
      chercheur
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I'm not installing it on AMD but on my Alix system I also run pFsense 2.1.5
      As you maybe read in my earlier posts I had a lot of trouble installing that new Asterisk version. Main cause was storage:

      • short of storage (this version consumes 580GB)
      • speed of storage. On a low speed CF card install nearly always failed and had to be resumed.

      But finally it succeeded and runs ok.

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        Rezin
        last edited by

        @chercheur:

        Main cause was storage:

        • short of storage (this version consumes 580GB)

        Is that a typo? 580 gigabytes?

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          matthijs
          last edited by

          The Asterisk 1.8 package is not working\installing correctly under PFsense 2.2 i386 nanobsd (4 Gig dist) :(
          I am trying to install on an Alix board (alix2d13).
          Installing through the web interface does not seem to be the right way because this takes so long the web browser times out.
          So I also tried to install the package using the console (pfSsh.php playback installpkg Asterisk)
          The package seems to install correctly, but after the installation is done I am unable to start the service using de webinterface.
          When starting Asterisk using the console by starting /usr/pbi/bin/asterisk as root, the service starts and Asterisk is running fine. It Does not seem to be an Asterisk configuration issue (this also happens with de default Asterisk config)

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          • M
            matthijs
            last edited by

            Some additional info
            It looks like de asterisk.inc file is not executed correctly
            After a reboot, /var/log/asterisk for example is not created

            Here also some logging after the manual start as root from the console

            [Jan 26 20:34:01] NOTICE[-1] cdr.c: CDR simple logging enabled.
            [Jan 26 20:34:02] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:02] NOTICE[-1] loader.c: 162 modules will be loaded.
            [Jan 26 20:34:02] WARNING[-1] loader.c: Error loading module 'res_snmp.so': Shared object "libperl.so" not found, required by "libnetsnmpmibs.so.30"
            [Jan 26 20:34:03] WARNING[-1] res_fax.c: 'modems' setting 'V17,V27,V29' is no longer accepted with 'minrate' setting 2400
            [Jan 26 20:34:03] WARNING[-1] res_fax.c: 'minrate' has been reset to 4800, please update res_fax.conf.
            [Jan 26 20:34:03] NOTICE[-1] pbx_lua.c: Lua PBX Switch loaded.
            [Jan 26 20:34:03] WARNING[-1] loader.c: Error loading module 'res_snmp.so': Shared object "libperl.so" not found, required by "libnetsnmpmibs.so.30"
            [Jan 26 20:34:03] WARNING[-1] loader.c: Module 'res_snmp.so' could not be loaded.
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] NOTICE[-1] res_smdi.c: No SMDI interfaces are available to listen on, not starting SMDI listener.
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] WARNING[-1] db.c: Database unavailable
            [Jan 26 20:34:04] NOTICE[-1] cel_custom.c: No mappings found in cel_custom.conf. Not logging CEL to custom CSVs.
            [Jan 26 20:34:06] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:06] WARNING[-1] db.c: Database unavailable
            [Jan 26 20:34:06] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory
            [Jan 26 20:34:06] WARNING[-1] db.c: Database unavailable
            [Jan 26 20:36:11] WARNING[-1] db.c: Unable to open Asterisk database '/var/db/asterisk/astdb': No such file or directory

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              @matthijs:

              The Asterisk 1.8 package is not working\installing correctly under PFsense 2.2 i386 nanobsd (4 Gig dist) :(

              I did not had time to look asterisk package yet.

              these "missing" folder maybe under /usr/pbi dir.

              If you know how to symlinks dirs on unix systems, you may get it running.

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              Help a community developer! ;D

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                robi
                last edited by

                Hi guys,

                It works if you log in by ssh shell and just type in "asterisk", but log file is not seen by the web interface.
                I'll have a look at this in the next few days, shouldn't be hard to fix.

                By the way, marcelloc, do you think it would be possible to have a newer asterisk package for 2.2?
                I'm thinking of Asterisk v11.10 at least, with extra support for the super-high quality and open opus audio codec.

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                  matthijs
                  last edited by

                  I changed

                  $replace[2]='astdbdir => /tmp';

                  in /usr/local/pkg/asterisk.inc

                  the astdb file gets created there after a reboot
                  Unfortunatly the asterisk service is still not started automaticly after a reboot and I am also still unable to manualy start the service by using the webinterface (still have to start /usr/pbi/bin/asterisk via the ssh console)

                  After starting Asterisk I still see the following in the asterisk log
                  (Maybe some issues are related to my specific asterisk configuration)

                  ==>

                  [Jan 27 10:15:59] NOTICE[-1] cdr.c: CDR simple logging enabled.
                  [Jan 27 10:15:59] NOTICE[-1] loader.c: 162 modules will be loaded.
                  [Jan 27 10:16:00] WARNING[-1] loader.c: Error loading module 'res_snmp.so': Shared object "libperl.so" not found, required by "libnetsnmpmibs.so.30"
                  [Jan 27 10:16:00] WARNING[-1] res_fax.c: 'modems' setting 'V17,V27,V29' is no longer accepted with 'minrate' setting 2400
                  [Jan 27 10:16:00] WARNING[-1] res_fax.c: 'minrate' has been reset to 4800, please update res_fax.conf.
                  [Jan 27 10:16:00] NOTICE[-1] pbx_lua.c: Lua PBX Switch loaded.
                  [Jan 27 10:16:01] WARNING[-1] loader.c: Error loading module 'res_snmp.so': Shared object "libperl.so" not found, required by "libnetsnmpmibs.so.30"
                  [Jan 27 10:16:01] WARNING[-1] loader.c: Module 'res_snmp.so' could not be loaded.
                  [Jan 27 10:16:01] NOTICE[-1] res_smdi.c: No SMDI interfaces are available to listen on, not starting SMDI listener.
                  [Jan 27 10:16:01] NOTICE[-1] cel_custom.c: No mappings found in cel_custom.conf. Not logging CEL to custom CSVs.

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                  • M
                    matthijs
                    last edited by

                    Disabled the loading of res_snmp.so
                    And changed minrate' setting to 4800 in res_fax.conf
                    (wich I guess was specific for my configuration)
                    No more logging errors\issues now

                    Asterisk still not  starting after a reboot (any hint on where to seach for to fix this ?)
                    If I run asterisk via the webinterface (diagnostics ==> command prompt) Asterisk also starts.

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                      eepstein
                      last edited by

                      I'm not sure why the Asterisk is not loading at boot. PFSense is my first experience with BSD.

                      I did have a thought for a workaround though, have you considered cron? Using the special keyword @reboot you could run a custom start up script.

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                      • C
                        chercheur
                        last edited by

                        @robi:

                        By the way, marcelloc, do you think it would be possible to have a newer asterisk package for 2.2?
                        I'm thinking of Asterisk v11.10 at least, with extra support for the super-high quality and open opus audio codec.

                        Sorry I was not following very accurately.
                        I suffer from the same issues and revert back to pfsense 2.1.5.

                        Is there any way to contact the person/team who created the previous package ?

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                        • R
                          robi
                          last edited by

                          marcelloc is the author, contact via this forum/topic.

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                          • B
                            Bastion
                            last edited by

                            Hi All,

                            "/var/run" is cleaned at startup and hence "/var/run/asterisk" needs to be chowned in the asterisk init script. Here is a quick fix (amd64) :

                            1- Edit "/usr/pbi/asterisk-amd64/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk" and after the line "reload_cmd=asterisk_reload", add the following one :
                            start_precmd="chown -R asterisk:wheel /var/run/asterisk"

                            2- Create the missed link

                            ln /usr/pbi/asterisk-amd64/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk

                            3- Start asterisk or reboot

                            /usr/local/etc/rc.d/asterisk start

                            Regards,

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                              matthijs
                              last edited by

                              Hi Bastion,

                              I tried your solution but Asterisk is not starting after a reboot in my situation (Alix board i386)
                              (I have to manualy start it)

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                                Bastion
                                last edited by

                                Hi matthijs,

                                I've tested it on amd64/i386 with 2.2 and 2.2.1 many times, and had it working on all tests.
                                Did you try it on a fresh install  !!?

                                Cordially,

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                                  matthijs
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Bastion, strange, it worked after a second reboot (I didnt change anything)

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                                    matthijs
                                    last edited by

                                    Rebooted again and it failed again to autostart, it sometimes works sometimes not
                                    Did also a clean install, same behaviour, did you also test it on a nanobsd i386 (Alix board) ?
                                    Because sometimes I also have the issue that OpenVPN fails to autostart
                                    The Alix board is quite slow at things, so maybe things are not proparly stopped at a shut down\reboot, or things time-out or something during startup.

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                                      doktornotor Banned
                                      last edited by

                                      I bet about 99% of the inexplicable package issues would be solved by abandoning the PBI packaging POS. Really hope it happens very soon.

                                      (And pretty much can understand that people's motivation to maintain packages in their free time is about zero at this point. Most of time is wasted on debugging the packaging, instead of development and features.  >:( )

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                                      • M
                                        matthijs
                                        last edited by

                                        Rebooted again and everything started succesfully
                                        This time I waited a little longer before logging into the webinterface.
                                        Maybe the problem is related with logging into soon after a reboot (interfering with processes still starting in the background)

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                                          Bastion
                                          last edited by

                                          matthijs,

                                          After rebooting, pfSense normally needs a bit "patience/time" to autostart all services …

                                          P.S : Agree ! doktornotor  ;)

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                                          • A
                                            AndreasSchneider
                                            last edited by

                                            Package seems to be broken..

                                            install on new 2.2.2 -> asterisk dont start

                                            after apply Bastions dirty workaround ends up with -> no asterisk_enable in rc.conf after manual add-in in rc.conf -> pam_error

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