[App_rpt-users] Allstar on different distros

George Csahanin george at dyb.com
Sun Sep 1 17:09:48 UTC 2013


It's all out there. Get the Limey sources and look into the config files and 
Makefiles, eventually it clicks. I have built my own Limey that I needed 
wifi net on and it was a huge learning experience, but it was also fun in a 
kinda sick way.

GeorgeC
W2DB
2360


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony KT9AC" <kt9ac at ameritech.net>
To: "Tim Sawyer" <tim.sawyer at me.com>
Cc: <App_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Allstar on different distros


> Limey only runs on certain motherboards from what is available. Perhaps if 
> it was opened up - some documentation on how to build it for example. I've 
> considered it but can't grasp the cross-compiling methods yet.
>
>
> On 8/31/2013 5:16 PM, Tim Sawyer wrote:
>> My friend in Las Vegas tells me Limey Linux runs on these. He's sending 
>> me one to play with.
>> --
>> Tim
>> :wq
>>
>> On Aug 31, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Tony KT9AC <kt9ac at ameritech.net> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I'm going to ask if there ongoing efforts to package or provide 
>>> install schemes for different hardware?
>>>
>>> I have had a node running for years on an old P4 just fine. For a 
>>> low-power, fanless box I've gravitated toward the HP Thin clients, which 
>>> really aren't that bad. 1.0Ghz AMD Geode, 512MB ram and an upgrade to a 
>>> 44-pin 8GB Compact Flash. I have a need to build and remotely deploy 
>>> three of these and would like a common install to manage. I do the 
>>> standard noatime and tmpfs changes to keep the flash quiet and happy.
>>>
>>> ACID won't install on Thin Clients; XIPAR will install but takes about 
>>> 3-4 hours and doesn't do MDC1200 or record traffic that I need (acid 
>>> archives). I can install Debian 7.1 in about 20 minutes and it 
>>> absolutely flies. Asterisk 1.8 and the current ACID SVN all compile 
>>> under Debian but I can't get it to work with the URI interface. Dmesg 
>>> and lspci show the URI but Allstar using the "radio tune" shows the card 
>>> as "-1". I have a whole weekend in this latest build attempt.
>>>
>>> It would seem that out in the real world you can install Asterisk on 
>>> anything, and that is the spirit of open-source. What would be required 
>>> to get app_rpt and some of the chan stuff to run on "commodity" installs 
>>> (apt-get install asterisk for example)?
>>>
>>> A lot of this is over my head, but I'm willing to try. I realize that 
>>> some builds were customized for a point in time, so that begs the 
>>> question about modern day attempts (Debian 7.1 runs the 3.2.0-4-686-pae 
>>> kernel). Thanks Kirk for your script, but I found out late last night it 
>>> doesn't use the same hardware that I do.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Tony (27129/27418/27460)
>>>
>>>
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