asterisk users - Oct 2007 - [1.4] lookup_user : specified user 'asterisk' unknown? installing zaptel?

Hello

1. I don't have deep knowledge of either Linux or Asterisk, but I seem
to have successfully installed 1.4 with Zaptel (for support for an
OpenVox PCI FXO card) on a stock Ubuntu 7.04 Server Edition:

======== dmesg =========[   25.990943] Zapata Telephony Interface Registered on
major 196
[   25.990948] Zaptel Version: 1.4.5.1
[   25.990950] Zaptel Echo Canceller: MG2

[   27.523605] ztdummy: RTC rate is 1024

[   34.720147] Zaptel Transcoder support loaded
======== dmesg =========
One thing though: When I boot up, I see the following error message on
the screen (no trace dmesg or /var/log/messages):

==================udevd : lookup_user : specified user 'asterisk'
unknown
==================
By looking at /etc/udev/rules.d/zaptel.rules, I guess there was a step
missing in the instructions I read on how to compile Zaptel, and
assume I have to add a user/group for "asterisk"?

2. More generally, I found missing or possibly outdated information on
how to go and install the Zaptel module to support PCI cards, so I'm
not positive  I did everything right:

==================1. Compile and install Zaptel:
cd zaptel-1.4.5.1
./configure
make clean
make
make zttool
make install
make config
=> (here, says "If you have any zaptel hardware it is now recommended
to edit /etc/default/zaptel or /etc/sysconfig/zaptel and set there an
optimal value for the variable MODULES")

2. Compile and install Asterisk:
cd /usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2
./configure
make clean
make
make install
make samples
make config

cd /usr/src/asterisk-addons
./configure
make clean
make
make install
make samples

3. create /etc/zaptel.conf
edit /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf
edit /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf

4. install ztdummy:
echo "ztdummy" >> /etc/modules
modprobe ztdummy
==================
Did I do it right? Am I missing something?

Thank you.

Vincent wrote:
> 4. install ztdummy:
> echo "ztdummy" >> /etc/modules
> modprobe ztdummy
> ==================>   
Since you are using the OpenVOX FXO card, don't you need another 
module?  I'm guessing you'd need wctdm INSTEAD of ztdummy.

On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 03:55:39PM +0200, Vincent wrote:
> Hello
> 
> 1. I don't have deep knowledge of either Linux or Asterisk, but I seem
> to have successfully installed 1.4 with Zaptel (for support for an
> OpenVox PCI FXO card) on a stock Ubuntu 7.04 Server Edition:
I assume that this is a X100P clone handled by wcfxo .
> 
> ======== dmesg =========> [   25.990943] Zapata Telephony Interface
Registered on major 196
> [   25.990948] Zaptel Version: 1.4.5.1
> [   25.990950] Zaptel Echo Canceller: MG2
> 
> [   27.523605] ztdummy: RTC rate is 1024
> 
> [   34.720147] Zaptel Transcoder support loaded
> ======== dmesg =========> 
> One thing though: When I boot up, I see the following error message on
> the screen (no trace dmesg or /var/log/messages):
> 
> ==================> udevd : lookup_user : specified user
'asterisk' unknown
> ==================
I suspect Ubuntu have the same udev rules as Debian (but I'm not sure),
and thus adding the Zaptel udev rules is simply unnecessary.
> 
> By looking at /etc/udev/rules.d/zaptel.rules, I guess there was a step
> missing in the instructions I read on how to compile Zaptel, and
> assume I have to add a user/group for "asterisk"?
> 
> 2. More generally, I found missing or possibly outdated information on
> how to go and install the Zaptel module to support PCI cards, so I'm
> not positive  I did everything right:
> 
> ==================> 1. Compile and install Zaptel:
> cd zaptel-1.4.5.1
> ./configure
> make clean
> make
> make zttool
> make install
> make config
"make zttool" is implied by "make" (if you have newt.
Otherwise it will
fail).
> => (here, says "If you have any zaptel hardware it is now
recommended
> to edit /etc/default/zaptel or /etc/sysconfig/zaptel and set there an
> optimal value for the variable MODULES")
MODULES="wcfxo"

in your case.
> 
> 2. Compile and install Asterisk:
> cd /usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2
> ./configure
> make clean
> make
> make install
> make samples
> make config
> 
> cd /usr/src/asterisk-addons
> ./configure
> make clean
> make
> make install
> make samples
> 
> 3. create /etc/zaptel.conf
> edit /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf
> edit /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf
> 
> 4. install ztdummy:
> echo "ztdummy" >> /etc/modules
> modprobe ztdummy
echo "wcfxo" >>/etc/modules

No need for ztdummy .

'genzaptelconf -sdvM' would have done that.

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