[App_rpt] app_rpt on EVB v FreePBX 2.5 update

[Steven Palm]

Hi All,

Just a note that may be useful to others....

And no, please don't write me back to say "why would you do that".   
This is only meant as helpful information for those who decide they DO  
want to do it.

I upgraded my EVB-based system to FreePBX 2.5rc1.

My USB Fob would no longer function, and in fact generated a lot of  
log entries as rpt kept respawning itself, unable to detach the USB  
HID device.

It seems that the /usr/local/bin/app_rpt_helper routine...

grep "permiblast" /var/lib/asterisk/bin/freepbx_engine > /dev/null 2>&1
res=$?
if [ $res = 1 ]; then
     sed -i 's/\[ -e \/dev\/dsp ] && chown -R asterisk:asterisk \/dev\/ 
dsp/\/usr\/local\/bin\/permiblast/' /var/lib/asterisk/bin/freepbx_engine
fi

...is no longer sufficient.

Now the lines in /var/lib/asterisk/bin/freepbx_engine look like this:

         [ -e /dev/dsp ] && chown -R $AMPDEVUSER:$AMPDEVGROUP /dev/dsp

So the match fails.  Rather than muck up freepbx_engine too much, I  
just added a line right below that line in freepbx_engine:

           /usr/local/bin/permiblast

All is well now. :)   I suppose I should fix the app_rpt_helper script  
to look for the new format, because future updates in the FreePBX  
series are likely to keep this pattern and my next upgrade may well  
break things again.

Again, just FYI for those who may care.

Steve - N9YTY