Steve, I didn't want to say anything (since I haven't had a chance to call Jim yet), but since people are asking-- I've already started the port of the latest app_rpt.c (0.325) from the repository to asterisk 1.8-currenr (1.8.32.3), which is why I made the comment earlier. So far, having hacked back in some code that was removed from asterisk, I've been able to get app_rpt.c to answer, send telemetry, etc. What it doesn't do, and I haven't worked on this in several days, is be able to "dial" other systems and connect people once someone has connected to it. The program times out before detecting that the other end has responded and reports a connection failure. I've narrowed down the code that does the connection, processes the call and reports the failure. I have some ideas on what is causing it, but won't be able to look until a few more days. -Stacy KG7QIN On 10/05/2015 01:00 PM, Steve Zingman wrote:
Bryan, Yes, rolling you own is still supported. I will continue to provide scripts and patches to install AllStar Asterisk on Debian. My scripts and patches will remain at <https://github.com/N4IRS/AllStar>
DIAL is a really a Debian netinstall that sets up to download and install asterisk on first boot. It makes a number of assumptions of how a bare metal machine should be configured and downloads the source to DAHDI and Asterisk (From the SVN) to build a functional node.
The decision to support root login has it's pluses and minuses. To retain compatibility with ACID it is enabled by default. During the testing of the image I had quite a few people needing help to login and edit files using tools like WinSCP. As you well know, it's trivial to turn off and I may add a question to the node setup scripts to make it easy to swap.
My plate is quite full right now with 1.0 of DIAL, A brand new Android IAX client and preparations to update the PiStar and other SBC Debian images to mirror DIAL. If someone wants to tackle getting current Asterisk working with app_rpt I'll provide whatever I can. I know in the past it has been said it is not possible .
73, Steve N4IRS
On 10/05/2015 02:56 PM, Bryan Fields wrote:
On 10/5/15 8:40 AM, Steve Zingman wrote:
It's version 1.0 with all that implies. It's better in some areas under the hood. The node setup scripts are now included along with more information to the user during install. root login via SSH is now allowed. Cool, Is the rolling your own still supported? most of the reason I rolled my own was to run on Debian in the first place.
Also, root login supported :( that's just a bad idea.
Thanks for the awesome work. I know I've asked about the progress being made, if any, to get app_rpt back into mainline asterisk in the past. Has anything been happening on this front?
73's