Extensions.conf not loading

Total novice with Asterisk but it seems like it was a straight forward install.

I have a fresh CentOS 5.3 install with Asterisk 1.4.26.2/DAHDi 2.2.0.2/LibPRI 1.4.10.1.

I want to connect to a T-1 PRI via a Sangoma A101 in order to provide conference call capability initially and then possible interface with our existing Toshiba PBX. the card and the Wanpipe drivers are installed and show connected with no errors when a wanrouter status is isued.

The issue I am having is that the extension.conf is not loading. It looks like the extensions.ael loads but nothing in extensions.conf will.

Everything else appears to load fine the PRI channels are all up I can regiuster a SIP (XLITE) phone, but i can’t even test the phone since no extensions load.

I can’t really procede to testing and turn up of the T-1 until I make calls from SIP phone to SIP phone.

Any ideas?

Without the error message from startup or the actual files, all one really say is that this is a user error. Try starting from the sample configurtion.

OK, where do I get the actual files in question? It doesn’t matter what is put in extensions.conf, even the most basic dialplans from any of the available tutorials. No red lights it is like it doesn’t even look at the file.

BTW I AM loading the sample files with small edits. But it doesn’t matter if I leave out the edits it still ignores the extensions.conf file.

Here is what var/log/asterisk/messages shows when starting from scratch:

[Sep 16 08:29:02] NOTICE[6754] chan_ooh323.c: Unable to load config ooh323.conf, OOH323 disabled
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] cdr.c: CDR simple logging enabled.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] loader.c: 148 modules will be loaded.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] WARNING[6870] res_smdi.c: No SMDI interfaces are available to listen on, not starting SMDI listener.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] WARNING[6870] chan_dahdi.c: Option zapchan has been deprecated in favor of dahdichan (found in [1000])
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] pbx_ael.c: Starting AEL load process.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] pbx_ael.c: AEL load process: calculated config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] pbx_ael.c: AEL load process: parsed config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] pbx_ael.c: AEL load process: checked config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] pbx_ael.c: AEL load process: compiled config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] pbx_ael.c: AEL load process: merged config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] pbx_ael.c: AEL load process: verified config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] chan_ooh323.c: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
— ******* IMPORTANT NOTE ***********

— This module is currently unsupported. Use it at your own risk.


[Sep 16 08:33:42] NOTICE[6870] chan_ooh323.c: Unable to load config ooh323.conf, OOH323 disabled

I don’t see any errors, a “module reload” issued at the CLI shows no errors related to extensions.conf only these related to DAHDI and some informational ones about extensions.ael:

[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘switchtype’ (on reload)
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘signalling’ (on reload)

[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘email’ (on reload)
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘secret’ (on reload)
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11352 process_dahdi: Option zapchan has been deprecated in favor of dahdichan (found in [1000])
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘vmsecret’ (on reload)
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘hassip’ (on reload)
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘hasiax’ (on reload)
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘hash323’ (on reload)
[Sep 16 08:39:30] WARNING[6912]: chan_dahdi.c:11986 process_dahdi: Ignoring any changes to ‘hasmanager’ (on reload)

[Sep 16 08:39:30] NOTICE[6912]: pbx_ael.c:4471 pbx_load_module: Starting AEL load process.
[Sep 16 08:39:30] NOTICE[6912]: pbx_ael.c:4478 pbx_load_module: AEL load process: calculated config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:39:30] NOTICE[6912]: pbx_ael.c:4486 pbx_load_module: AEL load process: parsed config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:39:30] NOTICE[6912]: pbx_ael.c:4489 pbx_load_module: AEL load process: checked config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.

[Sep 16 08:39:30] NOTICE[6912]: pbx_ael.c:4491 pbx_load_module: AEL load process: compiled config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:39:30] NOTICE[6912]: pbx_ael.c:4494 pbx_load_module: AEL load process: merged config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.
[Sep 16 08:39:30] NOTICE[6912]: pbx_ael.c:4497 pbx_load_module: AEL load process: verified config file name ‘/etc/asterisk/extensions.ael’.