[RESOLVED] Problem with Zaptel and MeetMe Recording

I have no zaptel hardware so my system is using ztdummy. I have multiple servers all working fine, but some new systems I installed are not.

I get this message when I try to record a conference:

app_meetme.c:2463 find_conf: No Zap channel available for conference, conference recording disabled (is chan_zap loaded?)

CentOS 5
asterisk-1.4.21.2
zaptel-1.4.11
kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5

lsmod | grep zt

ztdummy                38856  0
zaptel                231496  13 ztdummy,xpp,wcusb,wctdm,wcfxo,wctdm24xxp,wcte11xp,wct1xxp,wcte12xp,wct4xxp,tor2

core show channeltypes:

Type        Description                              Devicestate  Indications  Transfer
----------  -----------                              -----------  -----------  --------
IAX2        Inter Asterisk eXchange Driver (Ver 2)   yes          yes          yes
Agent       Call Agent Proxy Channel                 yes          yes          no
Phone       Standard Linux Telephony API Driver      no           yes          no
Local       Local Proxy Channel Driver               yes          yes          no
SIP         Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)        yes          yes          yes
Skinny      Skinny Client Control Protocol (Skinny)  no           yes          no
MGCP        Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)    yes          yes          no
Console     OSS Console Channel Driver               no           yes          no
Zap         Zapata Telephony Driver                  no           yes          no

just one more tidbit of information:

atl-asterisk7*CLI> show modules like chan_
Module                         Description                              Use Count
chan_zap.so                    Zapata Telephony                         0
chan_oss.so                    OSS Console Channel Driver               0
chan_mgcp.so                   Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)    0
chan_skinny.so                 Skinny Client Control Protocol (Skinny)  0
chan_sip.so                    Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)        0
chan_local.so                  Local Proxy Channel (Note: used internal 0
chan_phone.so                  Linux Telephony API Support              0
chan_agent.so                  Agent Proxy Channel                      0
chan_iax2.so                   Inter Asterisk eXchange (Ver 2)          0

It all looks to me like chan_zap is loaded without problem…

any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

I resolved this issue by replacing my Zaptel install with DAHDI. I continued to experience the issue even after the DAHDI modules were loaded.

I eventually tracked the issue down to a missing chan_dahdi.conf file in /etc/asterisk.

I installed the samples using “make samples” restarted and everything is cool.