ISO is numbered 2.6.0.13, this will be RC1 for the 2.6.1 release. It is looking VERY good but there have been a lot of visual changes and testing needs to be done. If you open a bug, please make the subject being with [2.6.1] so we can isolate the issues. Thanks.
Uploaded at 9:00am PST - may take a little while to sync to all mirrors
http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/asteriskathome/...
Kerry,
Do you intend to publish a vmware ISO for testing? I am running out of space for more test servers!
Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
You could install it yourself into a VM if you wanted. Thats what I did for the initial test plan.
Thanks Kerry. I have never used VMware. I will take a look and figure it out.
I just wanted to get some testing in this weekend.
Has anybody ever tried using Microsoft Virtual PC?
Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
Works pretty well actually. About the same as VMWare.
Microsoft Virtual PC session - the video goes wonky - I have not tried with 2.6 - it would be handy though, that program works pretty well for testing.
Greg
download vmware server, its free, and allows you to run the VM as a service, I havent tried the recent MS VPC, but in the past it seemed VMware was more resource friendly.
Thanks everyone!
I am installing vmware service as I type this.
I also brought home a couple of old Polycom IP500's so I will put 2.6.1 through the paces.
I was planning on getting started on the lawn this weekend, now we have rain/ice forecast and wet snow for Monday. Yeah!
Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
eww - 500s ;) have fun mucking with config files (if you like Cisco config files, you'll love this times 10)
aastra 480i's are a lot easier, and not much more expensive if you find one used, and the aastra xml suite now has CDP for auto-provisioning (you will like ;)
eww - 500s ;) have fun mucking with config files (if you like Cisco config files, you'll love this times 10)
The 500's are already reflashed from MGCP to SIP and setup for Asterisk. I just have to program them from the keypad. I use an XML editor, they are not that hard to program. I have about 300 of them out on customer premise, all MGCP on a Sylantro switch our original hosted platform.
Fell asleep in my chair, time to pick this up tomorrow.
Scott
aka "Skyking"
Ok I am going to ask the stupid question :)
what is MGCP I did a google search but did not find alot of it (well I did but did not undersatnd it).
I have 5 IP500's and 1 working with tb do i need to change anything, is this some kinda of firmware i need to install on the phone?
Sorry again.
MGCP is a VoIP protocol, like SIP or IAX2.
It used to be that people said MGCP was better because its master/slave design allowed more features on the phones. This advantage is eroding because of the xml browsers being put on newer SIP phones.
I have 5 IP500's and 1 working with tb do i need to change anything, is this some kinda of firmware i need to install on the phone?
IP500's are fine basic phones and are simple to setup. If you don't want to do anything funky with them they may good UA's for trix.
You only need to worry about MGCP if your Polycom's do not have SIP software.
Many of the Polycom IP500's out there where shipped OEM from Sylantro a manufacturer of large (read expensive) carrier class softswitches. These units can be identified by a dedicated call park and pickup softkey.
If you need to convert some, post a new thread and we will give you a hand.
The other tricky part is the IP500's use a earlier software load, they have insufficient memory to run any of the newer loads. We have had the best luck 2.12.0078.
Lastly, don't be intimidated by the XML config it is very simple and you can have a lot of fun with it. Do yourself a favor. Get a copy of the Polycom IP500 Administrators guide for 2.12 and Microsoft's free XML Notepad application. You can then play with the settings all day.
You can use WinSCP and open the file right on your windows desktop.
Have Fun
Scott
aka "Skyking"
2.6.1 is running great and looks terrific. I have not found any problems.
I did notice that after the software loads, before initial login that one of the scripts is trying to clean up a bunch of files that do not exist.
Do the trix scripts write their output to a file I can check?
One other funky thing, I installed Hamachi from the trix package manager. The setup-hamachi script was missing. I had to do a yum install hamachi. I should have looked before I yum'ed to see if the application was installed.
More later....Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
Kerry -
You want stuff like this in the bug tracker?
This tool allows you to momnitor and rebuild mirrored (RAID 1) drives on the trixbox
monitor is spelled wrong.
Scott
aka "Skyking"
Yes, let's get really picky about this and make 2.6.1 the BEST release that has ever come out! Just make your subject in the bug report starts with [2.6.1] so we are sure we are looking at the right code.
Everything worked fine with the exception that email stuff isn't working in this release e.g. voicemail > email etc.
I guess that I have finally run into the issues that others are having with Sendmail.
Do I report it as a bug or what or any suggestions?
Cheers
Garry
Did you run setup-mail or use the general settings to configure your mail info?
I have not been able to understand what to put in as a FQDN in a dynamic IP setting. At another location I have my external ip number followed by telepacific.net, e.g. 123.123.123.123.telepacific.net At home where I am testing this I have a dynamic ip with comcast and I do not know what to use in this case. Any advice?
I did fill out the SMTP info and no emails have come through yet.
Does your ISP support sending emails out over port 25? You might have to put your ISP's mail server info there.
No - I haven't done anything, just installed it on the same test PC as all the other incarnations that just worked out of the box.
I therefore assume that it has always been the "default" settings luckily as I know very little about Linux. Has something changed?
Do I now need to run setup-mail?
Cheers
Garry
Kerry -
I was unable to determine from the Change List/Dev Blog the exact point that postfix was inserted.
My question is if you are running a 2.6.x Stable with sendmail and update the tbm modules will the sendmail configuration be deleted?
Thanks.....Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
It was changed in 2.6.1 Beta 1 (2.6.11). If you install the tbm-generalsettings it will install Postfix. Everything else should work fine. We are still discussing how to handle it all so ensure that upgrades dont break anything.
Now I understand - Sendmail has gone and Postfix is not working as a standard install.
In previous discussions there was an indication that you had or would provide a script to put Sendmail back. I have never had an issue with it ever as a "out of the box install".
Would the script be available in the near future as I don't really want to add any hassles by now having to try and resolve why my emails aren't working with Postfix.
Cheers
Garry
kerry, in your changelog, u state that for .13 that there is "Integration of more of the updated modules".
Is there a list of these?
I interested in Core update (gutty stuff that is beyond the development of the trixbox team e.g. asterisk, zaptel etc.)
Cheers for the update bud!
The list is further down in the changelog of all of the changed modules.
I just did a fresh install of 2.6.0.13. everything went well, except package manager.
I get an error box "The XML response that was returned from the server is invalid. Received: Cannot write to file (Cache/OutputYumAvailList.txt). Any help would be appreciated.
Just tested it, worked fine here.
I tried to run yum and this is what I get, does it help. I installed 2.6.0.7 on same machine with no problem and then reinstalled 2.6.0.13 and had the same problem.
[trixbox1.localdomain ~]# yum
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
librpmbuild-4.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Please install a package which provides this module, or
verify that the module is installed correctly.
It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
current version of Python, which is:
2.4.3 (#1, Mar 14 2007, 18:51:08)
[GCC 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)]
If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to
the yum faq at:
http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq
Looks like a borked installation.
PostFix to work in this version or alternatively get SendMail installed to get emails working?
This is the only problem that I am currently experiencing with this release so far.
Cheers
Garry
rovakl: try yum clean all then retry your yum install. I have only run in to 1 issue with RC1 and it was a corrupted meta file as I was reinstalling a test deal over and over. yum hick-uped yum clean all fixed it.
skykingoh THANKS!!
I am starting to see that i need to go up the polycom food chain, it is time for me to get newer phones for testing, I will get the ms notepad addin and give it a try thanks again.
We have tested postfix and it worked for us. We will be retesting today.
Tested good this morning
Simple test:
date | sendmail -v email@domain.com
I sent it to my gmail account, got it immediately.
Nope - no email received at the email address I sent it to with that command.
Cheers
Garry
Where do I go to from here guys?
I am unable to get email working under PostFix whereas I have never had any issues with previous versions containing SendMail where it "just worked" - the only thing i did was to put my email address in /root/.forward in order to get the daily log file.
Given that this was a change because a lot of people had issues with SendMail and it was suggested that only gurus were able to succeed with SendMail - then are there any PostFix gurus available to help me get PostFix to work - I am a guru in neither.
Alternatively Kerry offered to provide a script to put SendMail back if there were issues with PostFix - is that available?
Garry
Gary install Webmin and go to the relevant menu for postfix under the mail options, once Webmin is installed it's quite simple to do simple or advanced changes depending on what setup you need. I don't know your setup, but I'm sure you just will have to enter some basic mail settings. The Postfix menu in Webmin user friendly.
Pity that postfix doesn't work out the box for you, haven't had a chance to check the latest release, but looking forward to it.
Make sure its not hitting a spam filter now.
will 2.6.1 include Zaptel 1.4.10.1? And what about the latest version of asterisk? cheers
Every ISO has the most current Asterisk and Zaptel on it that we are able to build and test successfully.
it seems on my installation that when you use the Configuration Editor then doing an Update followed by a re-read configs is not doing a reload.
The only way is to go into FreePBX - update something and click the orange bar
Cheers
Garry
Not ready to raise any flags yet, however after seeing this post I want to at least get it on the table.
I have seen funky behavior even with the FreePBX reload bar in RC1.
Several configuration changes that should have worked where only resolved with a service asterisk reload.
This should not happen.
I will try to replicate the exact steps I took and see if I can recreate the problem.
Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
I found a great postfix tutorial at:
http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/index.ht...
Specifically:
http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/smtp_aut...
for setting up Auth to work with (in my case, Comcast's) ISPs mail servers.
Garry, I suspect you are either running into an ISP that's (newly) restricting outbound Email, or there's something very basic not quite right with postfix, start with:
http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/postfix_...
and see what you find. I found it a little daunting when I first looked at it, but it's really just a few configuration file lines and a couple of shell commands.
I dug up another PC and did a fresh install with 2.6.0.7 (uses SendMail) and it just works (same home - same room - same router - same ISP). I do absolutely nothing at all in SendMail. I wouldn't know where to start anyway. So it is hard to suspect the ISP blocking only mail from PostFix.
Thanks for the links - I followed them and still no success.
The way I see it, I am either stuck at 2.6.0.7, or Kerry provides a script to install SendMail as possibly indicated back in the original SendMail/PostFix topic or I look at an alternative. It is extremely frustrating after following it from *@Home and it just working out of the box to now being at this point where something that has just never been an issue now to all intentions prevents me using it.
I now feel for those many other people who seemed to have problems with SendMail prior to the change.
Garry
Not only will there be a script to switch back to sendmail, you will also be able to specify that you want sendmail at the initial boot screen so you can choose which one you want. Frankly, I am shocked that postfix isnt working as well or better than postfix. Did you try running setup-mail? It may be a default configuration issue that we can fix if we can isolate the problem.
I had tried the script and got nowhere.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please enter the FQDN of this trixbox system.
This is the Domain name that the internet knows your system as.
If you do not have an FQDN use a dynamic DNS service to get one.
FQDN: palamo.com.au
Enter the smart relay host, if you do not need one, leave this blank
Smart Host:
rewriting main.cf to masquerade as palamo.com.au ...
Ignoring Smart host.
postfix/postfix-script: refreshing the Postfix mail system
Done.
[carindalepbx1.localdomain ~]#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cheers
Garry
Postfix and sendmail send smtp email virtually indentically. I have tested on several systems and it works "out of the box". I will look into some diagnostic commands.
the box
Cheers
Garry
logs????
/var/log/maillog
using webmin setup postfix
open the users mailboxs in webmin a send out email
change one thing at a time
use should be able to sent the from address
In regards to below - has this been seen by others and do I need to enter a bug report on it?
I do a lot of changes through onfig edit on the custom files and it definitely doesn't do a reload even though it indicates it has.
"It seems on my installation that when you use the Configuration Editor then doing an Update followed by a re-read configs is not doing a reload.
The only way is to go into FreePBX - update something and click the orange bar."
Cheers
Garry
Kerry,
It would be very handy to have the hostname of the box displayed on the top bar. I have made changes in the wrong system many times.
Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
Yes - it comes as quite a surprise when the changes you have effected don't seem to be reflected on the box that you think you are working on.
Happened to me just the other day.
Cheers
Garry
Kerry, any updates on a release date for 2.6.1?
Also, if one is running 2.6.0.7, will 2.6.1 be a live update or a fresh ISO install?
Edit /etc/amportal.conf and change the line that says:
SERVERINTITLE=false
to
SERVERINTITLE=true
Thanks Kodak however that will only fix the FreePBX pages. The latest trixbox has a wrapper it would be better to have it in that banner.
Update - That displays the IP address not the hostname
Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
We should have the next beta out tomorrow. We are having some issues with the script to run on the appliance hardware.
After doing update in the Config Edit, clicking on the Re-Read Configs doesn't do a reload. You have to run reload in the cli manually.
Cheers
Jay
There seems to be something wrong with the sataraid install mode. I've tried it on 3 different motherboards now with various settings and it fails every time. Anaconda throws up python script errors and finally says md0 could not be run.
Wish I could provide more, but i've run out of time and the box I was testing on has to now be pressed into service otherwise.
2.6.0.7 worked perfectly in all scenarios, btw.
Hi Kerry,
Apart from email not working with PostFix and a reload not occurring after changing files through "Config File Editor", I haven't noticed any other issues with this release.
Is there a release date yet for the next RC or Final yet?
Fingers crossed that a choice of SENDMAIL or PostFix during Install is provided in the next release and this will remove my main gripe (well the only one I don't seem to be able to get around).
Cheers
Garry
the repo page is kind of finicky - when selecting a different repo and hitting Submit it comes back with a page error, if you refresh your changes were saved. I found this behavior on 2 different machines, and on one it even started acting correctly after 10 minutes - just an oddity.
yum remove postfix
yum install sendmail
is pretty easy to run.
Did that and it still didn't work.
However, in WebMin I did a reload of Modules followed by:-
Servers -> Sendmail Mail Server -> Start Sendmail
No other changes made and Emails are all working again.
Still unsure as to why so many other people have trouble with Sendmail but after having PostFix not work I do understand their frustration.
Thanks very much
Garry
hi,
since our zaptel driver not working correctly in 2.6.0.7 i try to install 2.6.0.13. while in 2.6.0.7 the sataraid option is working as an install option it's no longer works in 2.6.0.13. i've got only a bi python/anaconda stack trace and /usr/sbin/mdadm can not be run. for me it seems mdadm is missing from this iso.
can a wait a new iso in the near future?
thanks.
That should be working on that version, I will double check. The next version will be out tomorrow.
after looking into the iso and kickstart file. while the 2.6.0.7 contain @Base the current 2.6.0.13 only contains @Core which is not contains mdadm so the installer can't run mdadm:-(
how can it work for you?
as you probably recognized there are some problems with the current zaptel driver (just search the forums for "incoming call are working outgoing not"). we also has the same problem. after reading many thread in the forums some said it'll work in 2.6.0.13 some said that it's still not working in it but if they revert to zaptel-1.4.8 then it's working. i search the yum repo for it, but i only found src.rpm for that version http://yum.trixbox.org/centos/5/SRPMS/repodata/repoview/zaptel-0-... and not the binary. it'd be useful if you not delete older binaries (since yum will install the latest anyway while it if it's really needed then we can download the earlier versions too).
yours
We did already figure out the mdadm issue. Thanks anyway though. As for zaptel, it is too sporadic to figure out what the issue is. My lab machines are working fine and yet some people are reporting issues, this is a strange one to figure out.
Kerry,
You know I have very little experience with the analog adapters however with our testing machine I installed an Openvox card with 1FXO and 1 FXS. I ran setup-pstn (had to run it twice for full detection) then everything worked as expected.
I also uninstalled Zaptel from yum then reinstalled and setup-pstn again. Sill no problems.
Sorry I can't be of more help, I should report positive test results also.
Scott
Scott
aka "Skyking"
we (as many others) use isdn30 card and the zaptel problem usually happened in this case.
anyway it still would be useful top keep the old version a packages as i wrote in my above post.
OK
I have downloaded 2.6.0.18 and noticed that you can now install sendmail - excellent.
However, the system boots to the CD and whether I type sendmail Rnter or just Enter the next screen is the selection of the keyboard US - Enter. It then hums away for a few seconds - ejects the CD and indicates "The trixbox CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives. Please insert the trixbox CD and press OK to Retry." It seemed to think that the CD was the trixbox one at the initial prompt screen.
I have burnt several CDs with the same thing occurring whereas 2.6.0.13 installs fine. The size is the same as what is indicated at Sourceforge.
Any thoughts
GArry
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