On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Gordon Henderson wrote: > >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Tilghman Lesher wrote: >> >>> On Friday 14 November 2008 09:19:22 Gordon Henderson wrote: >>>> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 02:02:14PM +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: >>>>>> I used to use IDEFISK, but since it was taken over/renamed into Zoiper >>>>>> it's been really hard work - now I'm told that they won't support my >>>>>> chosen distribution - Debian Etch - the current stable version of Debian >>>>>> I prefer. >>>>> >>>>> Ekiga is a bit nicer for an end-user. Twinkle is probably what you'd >>>>> want for testing and such. >>>> >>>> What I really want is a command-like dialer. Call me a boring old fart, >>>> but I'm utterly fed-up with the current bloatware out there. >>>> >>>> So with the IAX library and some time I might just come up with something. >>> >>> Technically, you can use Asterisk as a softphone, by using chan_alsa or >>> another console channel driver. The interface is nothing if not >>> command-line >>> oriented. >> >> Maybe the word "bloatware" got lost in the trans-atlantic translation... >> >> If I had a command-line program where I could type: >> >> call 07712191046 >> >> then I'd be happy. Being able to use the arrow keys to adjust volume would >> be a bonus, but I already have a command-line mixer program. >> >> Gordon (the luddite) >> > > Hmm, reading the thread I assumed you were already running asterisk, since > you did actually post on the asterisk user mailing list. As was pointed > out you can use the asterisk command line interface to do just what you > are suggesting (assuming you have a compatible sound card), and you could > even wrap it in a simple shell script so you have what you say you want: > > call <number> > > Regardless, if you are planning to write an IAX lib based command line > tool you will need an asterisk server to connect to to place your calls. > I am not understanding where you think the bloatware is coming into play. > > So are you sitting at the console of the machine running asterisk or is > this something that you would use from a standalone *nix workstation that > would use the net to route your call?
I am sitting in-front of either my desktop or my laptop. (or my wifes acer aspire 1) I run an ITSP company, so I have many hosted asterisk servers and pbxs. This all started because Zoiper really annoyed me - they keep sending me beta versions of their software (which is nice, thanks you), and they keep on compiling it for ubuntu or some other distribution of linux I don't use and dynamically link it with libraries I don't have. I emailled them months ago about these issues - that it won't work with the current Debian Stable/Etch disty, and after several weeks they tell me they're not going to support it. It's really pissed me off because idefisk was small, clean and light-weight and ran under all my systems. Now they tell me zoiper is going to have video and who knows what else in it. I feel it's bloated out of all proportion, just like Ekiga. So yes, I could compile up asterisk for my workstation, my laptop and who knows what else, but I don't want to! I used idefisk for a long time, then they turned it into zoiper, so I struggled with that, but it was never the same. There were sound compatability issues, and now Linux distribution issues - they apear to compile it under some bleeding-edge Ubuntu distro and the binary won't run under Debian stable. I just want to get back to basics and have a small application that I can drive using the keyboard that does nothing more than make and take calls using IAX. Gordon _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users