asterisk users - Feb 2014 - Asterisk Not Starting after YUM Update

Hi List,

it feels silly, but here I am.

My Asterisk box is useless, after running a long delayed yum update (Centos
box).

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A few details on the box:

cat /etc/redhat-release
	CentOS release 5.10 (Final)

arch
	i686

uname -a
	Linux hermes 2.6.18-371.4.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Jan 30 06:09:24 EST 2014 i686 athlon
i386 GNU/Linux


asterisk -r
Asterisk 1.6.2.20, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2010 Digium, Inc. and others.

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Starting Asterisk very verbosely seems to load the dialplan, but at some point I
get a segmentation fault. This is new to me!

[?] edited [?]
 chan_agent.so => (Agent Proxy Channel)
  == Registered custom function 'EXTENSION_STATE'
 func_extstate.so => (Gets an extension's state in the dialplan)
  == Registered application 'DAHDIBarge'
 app_dahdibarge.so => (Barge in on DAHDI channel application)
  == Registered custom function 'CALLERPRES'
  == Registered custom function 'CALLERID'
 func_callerid.so => (Caller ID related dialplan functions)
[2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:760 load_module: G.729A
transcoding module version 1.6.0_3.1.4, Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Digium, Inc.
[2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:761 load_module: This module
is supplied under a commercial license granted by Digium, Inc.
[2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:762 load_module: Please see
the full license text supplied by the accompanying
[2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:763 load_module:
"register" utility, or ask for a copy from Digium.
Segmentation fault

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The problem seems to come after the callerid module loads: does this make sense?

BTW: I do have a G729 pack of licenses (they were actually active without any
problem before messing with the update)..

What should the clever sysadmin do?

Thanks in advance,
Aldo

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:44:42PM +0100, Aldo Bergamini
wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> it feels silly, but here I am.
> 
> My Asterisk box is useless, after running a long delayed yum update (Centos
box).
[snip]
> 
> Starting Asterisk very verbosely seems to load the dialplan, but at some
point I get a segmentation fault. This is new to me!
> 
> [?] edited [?]
>  chan_agent.so => (Agent Proxy Channel)
>   == Registered custom function 'EXTENSION_STATE'
>  func_extstate.so => (Gets an extension's state in the dialplan)
>   == Registered application 'DAHDIBarge'
>  app_dahdibarge.so => (Barge in on DAHDI channel application)
>   == Registered custom function 'CALLERPRES'
>   == Registered custom function 'CALLERID'
>  func_callerid.so => (Caller ID related dialplan functions)
> [2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:760 load_module: G.729A
transcoding module version 1.6.0_3.1.4, Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Digium, Inc.
> [2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:761 load_module: This
module is supplied under a commercial license granted by Digium, Inc.
> [2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:762 load_module: Please
see the full license text supplied by the accompanying
> [2014-02-12 22:40:07] NOTICE[13842]: codec_g729a.c:763 load_module:
"register" utility, or ask for a copy from Digium.
> Segmentation fault
> 
> ****
> 
> The problem seems to come after the callerid module loads: does this make
sense?
> 
> BTW: I do have a G729 pack of licenses (they were actually active without
any problem before messing with the update)..
> 
> What should the clever sysadmin do?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Aldo
Try:

# standard asterisk command-line. No verbosity

  strace -eopen asterisk -U asterisk -c

See which module was the one last loaded.

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On Wednesday 12 Feb 2014, Aldo Bergamini wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> it feels silly, but here I am.
> 
> My Asterisk box is useless, after running a long delayed yum update (Centos
> box).
If you got a new kernel as part of the upgrade, you will need to rebuild at 
least DAHDI and maybe Asterisk.  Just cd to the folder with your DAHDI source 
code and

# make install

The `make` command does the magic for you, and only rebuilds what needs 
rebuilding.  All should be fine after a reboot.  If not, run the same command 
in your Asterisk source folder and reboot again.

-- 
AJS

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