Here’s what I see on the screen:
CentOS release 4.4 (Final)
Kernel 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL on an i686

asterisk1 login:

I’m trying out Trixbox because AsteriskNow has frustrated the hell out of me. This isn’t a good start.

[WM: Download the trixbox 1.2.3 VMware image from the top of the Nerd Vittles home page. Once installed, username is root and password is password.]

[WM: VMware doesn’t support hardware cards. Sorry.]

Thanks
Rad

[WM: Take a look at this thread for details.]

[WM: You’ll get better result posting technical problems like this on the trixbox forum. Good luck!]

"Did I forget to mention: it’s still FREE. Better yet, if you happen to have a 2GB USB flash drive, you can carry your new PBX and softphone with you wherever you go and run it on almost anyone’s Windows PC. "

I dont understand.

[WM: You load the VMware image on the flash drive. Then you can install it on any PC, but it does have to be installed. You can’t just run VMware from the flash drive.]

Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated as I can’t find any information on this or Jim’s site.

[WM: The way VMware installs itself into Windows would make this pretty near impossible.]

a question:
is there absolutely no way to install the iso on a computer as dual boot? I have an old machine that use as a file/mail/driver server (driver server = plug devices that don’t work with my main WinX64 machine), and it has space for a second system.

if I make a VM and connect it to the empty partition inside that vm install aah/trixbox, will it work to boot from outside the vm?

exten => 3175221987,1,NoOp(Incoming call on TelaSIP #3175221987)
;exten => 3175221987,2,Goto(aa_1,s,1)
exten => 3175221987,2,Dial(local/6000@from-internal,20,m)
exten => 3175221987,3,VoiceMail(6000@default)
exten => 3175221987,4,Hangup

If I take this out then all my calls go to a TelaSip voicemail. If I add these lines then everything goes to my extention. I want it to go to the IVR Main menu. I do not know how to acomplish this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I dont want to pester Telasip too much and look like an idiot. My next challange is to find out why my other 3 numbers just ring to a busy signal.

Thanks for reading this.

Ive tried reading hundreds of forums on how to correct this, but so far come up empty, i dont see anybody mentioning it here, so is it just me?

[Stay tuned ’til later this week. We’re going to have a solution that I think will meet your needs. I’m writing it as we speak.]

If this is not possible, and I have access to webhosting services, would I be able to upload AAH 2.7 VM version to the web host’s server and have it run from there 24/7 instead of at home? I’m just trying to find the most economical and environmentally sustainable way to run AAH (and leverage the economies of scale available through the use of the web hosting I’m paying for now)!

I appreciate any suggestions you have!

Thanks!

[WM: Asterisk is a heavy-duty, processor intensive application. It needs a dedicated computer that’s not running in energy-saver mode. Remember, you’re converting analog voice to digital and vice versa to make and receive most phone calls. So this isn’t a task for a lightweight machine.]

The key part of the answer is that clock update interupts are missed. The work arround says:-

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There are two kernel options that help with the guest kernel’s over-correction for lost ticks:

Add the clock=pit boot option to your guest’s kernel command line in the /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/grub.conf file.
The following example shows the syntax for LILO:

image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent clock=pit"
read-only

(Remember to run /sbin/lilo after editing lilo.conf, so that your edits take effect.)
Here is an example of the syntax for GRUB:

title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/hda2 clock=pit

Adding this boot option disables the kernel’s correction for lost ticks, so be sure to also install VMware Tools and turn on time synchronization. The latter prevents the guest clock from losing time over the long term due to lost ticks.

For additional information about working with boot loaders, see your Linux distribution’s documentation.
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I added clock=pit to my Grub loader configuration and it fixed the problem.

Anyone seen this, or even better anyone who have found a fix, or even have a temporary auto script that updates the clock regulary?

[WM: Haven’t seen that. Try posting the same question as a comment on the vmwarez web site. He’s the guru on VMware.]

[WM: Absolutely. Just follow along in the latest tutorial and repeat the steps for configuring an inbound trunk twice with different extension numbers.]

Delbert

[WM: Post this on SourceForge or Voxilla and you’ll get a better answer.]

[WM: If it’s 2.6, the password is password. And, you’ll need to install all the yum updates. Otherwise, 2.5 is vmwarez.]

please i need to know very urgent, to know what to do next.

[WM: I don’t give any warranties with Windows. Neither does Microsoft. If installed properly, this software shouldn’t affect proper operation of your PC.]

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
user: maint
pass: password

Thank you very much! I will wait for your reply.

[WM: Rather than giving folks unlimited access to your system, I’d recommend you run the Command Line Interface (CLI) on your machine (asterisk -r), set verbose 10, sip debug on. Then make a few calls and post the debug log and your trunk setup minus your real acctname and password on either Voxilla or SourceForge, and someone will be glad to troubleshoot the problems with you. It’s just not feasible in the blog format. Sorry.]

thanks;