RE: Re: Asterisk line in/out cards

["UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Ian

On 27/05/2004 at 10:47 Ian Davidson wrote:

>HI
>
>OK I've done it;

:D

>
>Yep I've installed Linux so that I can have a go with Asterisk. The
>guide is excellent. When I went to the linuxiso download site I could
>not see redhat 8 but instead downloaded red hat 9.0. The guide still
>works 100% though. One quick question for one of the Linux people
>though, part way through the guide it says Additional installs which is
>an mp3 file for the music on hold. I followed the instructions and
>everything seemed to go ok (guessing) however it then says "Once
>compiled make sure there is a copy in"
"/usr/bin/mpg123". Well I have a

Ok, perhaps that was a mistake on my part.. the executable is called mpg123
it's not a directory... so there should be a mpg123 in /usr/bin/

so just do:

ls -la /usr/bin/mpg123

whic will list the file and it's permissions, a simple directory listing
can
be had with just

ls /usr/bin/mpg123


you may find this useful too:

http://freebooks.by.ru/view/LinuxInPlainEnglish/ch03/025-028.html#Heading1

this is the TOC for that book...

http://freebooks.by.ru/view/LinuxInPlainEnglish/ewtoc.html

Redhat were a bit sneaky and used mpg321 and named it mpg123 which
was a PITA... unless you knew ...


>usr directory with a bin directory in that but no mpg123 directory? Can
>anyone tell me 1) how do I know if the file worked ok and 2) if it did
>how do I make a copy and put it in the appropriate place?
>
>If I get time at work today I'm going to try to edit the scripts and
>just test with a couple of soft phones. I have ordered a couple of the
>IP2005 phones from solwise if anyone is interested I can let you know
>how I get on when they arrive.
>
>Thanks
>
>Ian D
>