asterisk users - Jun 2004 - Which Linux ?

Hi there, linux got so many distro, but which one that have more compability
with the Asterisk?

Regards,

Freddys

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We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Debian 3.0 r2 ("woody") for our
commercial installations.

Asterisk runs well on both but you will find RHEL3 much easier to install
and find that it supports a wider range of hardware configurations without
requiring the kernel builds that a Debian install frequently involves.
Indeed, with some more unusual hardware (i.e. IBM ServeRaid controllers) one
has to build a new Debian kernel on a separate machine to support the
controller whereas RHEL3 installs straight of the CDs.

On the other hand, the obvious cost benefit of Debian can compensate for the
steeper learning curve when one is doing dozens of installs.

The problem with Red Hat 8 or 9 is that support and fixes have been
discontinued. For hobbyist installations that may not be an issue but for
our customers they are non-starters.

This website provides guidance on installing Asterisk on Debian:
    http://users.pandora.be/Asterisk-PBX/index.htm

George Pajari
netVOICE communications
www.netvoice.ca

Has anyone who has gotten Asterisk to run on the 2.6 kernel tested whether
it is any faster/more-efficient at running Asterisk than 2.4?

MATT---


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael George [mailto:george@auroravideosys.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:11 AM
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Which Linux ?


On Jun 24, 2004, at 7:55 AM, Asterisk wrote:
> I've been trying to install under SuSE 9.1, but cannot compile zaptel
>
> What's the secret incantation ??
Well, I will tell you, but I'll then have to kill you...  Lucky for you 
I have no clue who you are or where you reside :)

The incantation I used is:
make linux26

That machine isn't running right now so I can't double-check it, but I 
don't recall having to do anything out of the ordinary.  I do remember 
banging my head for a while before I remembered that there is a 
different build sequence for the 2.6 kernel...

If this doesn't work for you, let me know and when I have a chance I'll 
fire that system up and give it another go-'round...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael George" <george@auroravideosys.com>
> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Which Linux ?
>
>
>> On Jun 24, 2004, at 2:33 AM, <tpanton@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> From recent experience:
>>> If you want to use digium hardware dont use suse 9.0. It seems to
>>> think the E1 card is a tigerjet bri card and the kernel hangs on
>>> ztcfg.
>>>
>>> Based on th wiki, avoid kernel 2.6 unless you know what you are 
>>> doing.
>>> Likewise with fedora, which seems to work but needs kernel thread
>>> turned off.
>>>
>>> I'm just about to try RedHat 8.0, which gets good comments in
the
>>> wiki.
>>
>> I asked a similar question about SuSE 9.1 and the 2.6 kernel a little
>> while ago:
>> http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2004-May/048781.html
>>
>> Follow the thread out and it seems some have had success.  I have been
>> doing our preliminary testbed with SuSE 9.0 and it is working just
>> fine.  Our final deployment will be under 9.1 and the 2.6 kernel.  I
>> already have * and zaptel built on that system, but we haven't run
it
>> yet.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
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Freddy Setiawan [freddysetiawan@hotpop.com] wrote:
> Hi there, linux got so many distro, but which one that have more
> compability with the Asterisk? 
> 
My Asterisk server is running on Gentoo, with the 2.6.7-gentoo-r5
kernel.  The Zaptel drivers work nicely too.  I should think that any
of the GNU/Linux distros would work.

Selecting a distro is usually just a matter of personal preference;
They all run the same kernel and usually have the same tools, libraries
and compiler etc.

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Hi,
> >From recent experience:
> If you want to use digium hardware dont use suse 9.0. It 
> seems to think the E1 card is a tigerjet bri card and the 
> kernel hangs on ztcfg.

I have a WT405P running under SuSE 9.0 and it works great.
But I had only choosen SuSE because I also need capi...


Bye FElix

Kevin Walsh wrote:
>Freddy Setiawan [freddysetiawan@hotpop.com] wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi there, linux got so many distro, but which one that have more
>>compability with the Asterisk? 
>>
>>    
>>
>My Asterisk server is running on Gentoo, with the 2.6.7-gentoo-r5
>kernel.  The Zaptel drivers work nicely too.  I should think that any
>of the GNU/Linux distros would work.
>
>Selecting a distro is usually just a matter of personal preference;
>They all run the same kernel and usually have the same tools, libraries
>and compiler etc.
>
>  
>
Kevin,

I am about to build my first asterisk box, I want to make it Gentoo 
based with a 2.4 kernel. 

When  performing the initial system emerge on the Gentoo bos, are there 
any special USE flags you would recommend setting to make the asterisk 
build go smoothly?

Ed