chan_misdn fails to load in asterisk due to permissions on /dev/mISDN (and asterisk dies). udev rules for misdn should either be changed or the asterisk user should also be added to the dialout group. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge asterisk-chan_misdn 2. /etc/asterisk/modules.conf -> load chan_misdn 3. start asterisk as asterisk:asterisk
Or maybe just add an ewarn in asterisk or chan_misdn ebuild so that the user can edit /etc/conf.d/asterisk accordingly.
Was searching for a bug like this as Zaptel requires the same thing. I think adding asterisk to the dialout group is the neatest solution. It means that if you have a variety of cards you'll still be fine for Asterisk to work with all of them. I can't think of any downsides off the top of my head to doing this. Cheers, Alan.
+ 21 Jul 2009; <chainsaw@gentoo.org> asterisk-1.2.32.ebuild: + Add the new asterisk user to the dialout group as well as the asterisk + group for maximum compatibility with mISDN, Zaptel & DAHDI. Backporting a + 1.6 ebuild to 1.2 for bug #178988. I apologise for the lack of attention that this report appears to have gotten. Your suggestion makes complete sense and has been applied to all Asterisk ebuilds in the portage tree. A belated thank you for your contribution to Gentoo Linux.
