My first attempt at configuring Asterisk has finally been a success. I have started out with the sample configurations and have then emptied and re-written extensions.conf and sip.conf to setup my SIP users and dialplan … I have the following:
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Asterisk Config – Attempt 1
Friday, October 9th, 2009Asterisk 1.6 on Ubuntu Server
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009There is a lot of information on t’interweb about installing Asterisk on lot’s of different distributions of linux. However quite often they contradict each other and it seemed that most were written about version 1.4 rather than the lastest stable release 1.6. I don’t think I could have got to where I am now without this guide so fair play to Riccardo. So this is what I have done, it may not be the best way to do it, it may not be right, but it seems to work … or at least install anyway!
Running Ubuntu in MS Virtual PC 2007
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009To get the install to run
- At install screen press ‘F6′ for install options then ‘ESC’ allowing a direct edit of the install options
- Replace ‘quiet splash’ or ‘quiet’ with ‘vga=0×314 noreplace-paravirt’
- Hit ‘enter’ to start the install
To get Ubuntu to run first time
- At GRUB screen press ‘ESC’ to configure
- Select the relevant kernel line, press ‘e’ to edit
- Select the relevant kernel line again, press ‘e’ to edit again
- Replace ‘quiet splash’ with ‘vga=0×314 noreplace-paravirt’
- Hit ‘enter’ to save
- Hit ‘b’ to boot
To get Ubuntu to run everytime
- sudo -i
- Edit ‘/boot/grub/menu.lst’ with your favourite editor
- Find the relevant kernel line
- Replace ‘quiet splash’ with ‘vga=0×314 noreplace-paravirt’
- Save the file