In case anyone forgot, the directory "/stat/etc/asterisk/" contains all the sample defaults for the installed Asterisk version.
When upgrading an Asterisk configuration, on a *test* box, I usually: $ service asterisk stop $ mv /mnt/kd/asterisk /mnt/kd/asterisk-old $ cp -a /stat/etc/asterisk /mnt/kd/ Manually merge over the old config in /mnt/kd/asterisk-old to /mnt/kd/asterisk . Fingers crossed for luck... $ service asterisk init Lonnie On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Darrick Hartman wrote: > David > > Thanks for pointing out those specifics. Most of that is standard practice > when migrating between major versions. It's always good to have the reminder > though. > > Darrick > > Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse my brevity. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kerr [[email protected]] > Received: Saturday, 19 Jan 2013, 9:40AM > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List [[email protected]] > Subject: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk 11 > > I've started to test moving from Asterisk 1.8 to 11 on Astlinux and thought I > would note a few things that I have discovered so far... > > 1) If you have any non-standard modules you will need to get new versions. > e.g. res_fax_digium.so and codec_g729.so. Asterisk 11 will crash on startup > if you have the wrong fax module (you should temporarily turn off safe > asterisk until you complete your migration... I got into a loop of > crash/restart/crash/restart). It will load the g729 (free version is what I > used) but it won't work. In both cases versions for Asterisk 11 are available > and do work. > > 2) Google talk/voice support has changed. New Motif and XMPP config files > needed. There can be no errors in motif.conf (like if you use their sample > file which sets up jabber/talk/voice contexts that don't exist in xmpp.conf). > The motif module will not load if there are any errors, need to clean out > the .conf file to only have what you need. > > 3) Related to (2)... the jabber status command is now "xmpp show connections" > which is set in the prefs tab of the web interface (you need to change it > from jabber show connections). > > 4) There are many more .conf files in general. I'm still going through them > all. But Astlinux has no easy way (that I can see) to help merge in new > .conf files. Once you have a kd with asterisk directory it replaces all the > default conf files, not just ones that you may have modified. > > Other than that, I have it running and seems to be working fine. > > David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122912 _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
