# \[SOLVED\] asterisk runs but not rasterisk

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320 "2008-02-20T20:25:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![mazilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mazilo](https://community.asterisk.org/u/mazilo)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/1 "2008-02-20T20:25:10Z")

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Currently, my asterisk which is running on a LaFonera WiFi router is working after I applied a simple hack to fix some problem. However, I sure would like to get some feedbacks from readers here to get this problem fixed in a more proper/normal way.

Here is what I have done:  
[ol][li]I downloaded and successfully compiled OpenWRT SVN trunk with asterisk v1.4.17.[/li]  
[li]I flashed my LaFonera 2100 WiFi router with this newly compile OpenWRT firmware + asterisk v1.4.17.[/li]  
[li]I managed to configure the asterisk with some VoIP lines, GTalk, and some extensions. They are all working fine.[/li][/ol]  
My problem is as follows:  
[ol][li]If I configure my asterisk to run during the boot time using the /etc/init.d/asterisk scripts file, my asterisk will only run with three processes. Any further attempt to launch rasterisk or asterisk -r, will get an error message saying Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?) At this stage, none of my VoIP lines nor extensions get registered as if they all are dead. No GTalk neither. See below:

# [code]root@Fonerisk:~# /etc/init.d/asterisk start root@Fonerisk:~# ps PID Uid VSZ Stat Command 1 root 1664 S init 2 root SW\< [kthreadd] 3 root SW\< [ksoftirqd/0] 4 root SW\< [events/0] 5 root SW\< [khelper] 20 root SW\< [kblockd/0] 40 root SW [pdflush] 41 root SW [pdflush] 42 root SW\< [kswapd0] 43 root SW\< [aio/0] 56 root SW\< [mtdblockd] 188 root SWN [jffs2\_gcd\_mtd3] 202 root 1664 S logger -s -p 6 -t 203 root 1664 S init 210 root 1676 S syslogd -C16 212 root 1660 S klogd 220 root 752 S /sbin/hotplug2 --override --persistent --max-children 489 root 1660 S crond -c /etc/crontabs 493 root 1172 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 22 499 root 1660 S httpd -p 80 -h /www -r OpenWrt 516 nobody 888 S /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -K -D -y -Z -b -E -s lan -S /lan/ - 539 root 1228 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 22 540 root 1676 S -ash 543 root 1228 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 22 544 root 1668 S -ash 568 root 2600 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -C /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 569 root 2600 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -C /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 570 root 2600 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -C /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 571 root 1664 R ps root@Fonerisk:~# rasterisk Asterisk 1.4.17, Copyright © 1999 - 2007 Digium, Inc. and others. Created by Mark Spencer [markster@digium.com](mailto:markster@digium.com) Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type ‘core show warranty’ for details. This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type ‘core show license’ for details.

Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?)[/code][/li]  
[li]If I edit the /etc/default/asterisk scripts file to include a -v, then /etc/init.d/asterisk start will return twenty-one and/or more asterisk processes. At this stage, rasterisk will gives me the asterisk CLI and all my VoIP lines, GTalks, and extensions are normally working with incoming/outgoing calls. See below:

# [code]root@Fonerisk:~# ps PID Uid VSZ Stat Command 1 root 1664 S init 2 root SW\< [kthreadd] 3 root SW\< [ksoftirqd/0] 4 root SW\< [events/0] 5 root SW\< [khelper] 20 root SW\< [kblockd/0] 40 root SW [pdflush] 41 root SW [pdflush] 42 root DW\< [kswapd0] 43 root SW\< [aio/0] 56 root SW\< [mtdblockd] 188 root SWN [jffs2\_gcd\_mtd3] 202 root 1664 S logger -s -p 6 -t 203 root 1664 S init 210 root 1676 S syslogd -C16 212 root 1660 S klogd 220 root 752 S /sbin/hotplug2 --override --persistent --max-children 484 root 9384 R /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 489 root 1660 S crond -c /etc/crontabs 493 root 1172 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 22 499 root 1660 S httpd -p 80 -h /www -r OpenWrt 502 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 505 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 507 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 512 root 1228 R /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 22 517 nobody 888 S /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -K -D -y -Z -b -E -s lan -S /lan/ - 522 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 523 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 524 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 525 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 526 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 527 root 1668 S -ash 530 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 531 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 532 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 533 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 534 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 535 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 536 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 537 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 538 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 539 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 540 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 541 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 544 root 1228 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 22 545 root 1668 S -ash 547 root 2604 S rasterisk 548 root 9384 S /usr/sbin/asterisk -vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf 549 root 1664 R ps root@Fonerisk:~# rasterisk Asterisk 1.4.17, Copyright © 1999 - 2007 Digium, Inc. and others. Created by Mark Spencer [markster@digium.com](mailto:markster@digium.com) Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type ‘core show warranty’ for details. This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type ‘core show license’ for details.

Connected to Asterisk 1.4.17 currently running on Fonerisk (pid = 484)  
Verbosity is at least 1  
Fonerisk\*CLI\>[/code][/li][/ol]  
Although this quick hack/fix works, I am here seeking for a more subtle and/or better way to get this problem fixed, let alone wanting to know what causes the problem. So, I will appreciate if anyone out here can help

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**Author:** ![miles\_cuc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@miles\_cuc](https://community.asterisk.org/u/miles_cuc)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/2 "2008-02-20T20:45:37Z")

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If the asterisk service is not running, you can type “asterisk” to start the service, or “asterisk -c” to start the service with the console, or “asterisk -cvvv” to start the service with the console and a verbosity level of 3, etc.

If you typed “asterisk” (you now have the service running), you can connect to it later with the command “asterisk -r” or “asterisk -rvvv”, etc, depending on verbosity (I prefer a verbosity level of 43).

If you type “asterisk -c”, you must kill the process in order to get back to your original terminal screen (unless you switch to another terminal).

you get this message  
Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?)  
because you are trying to reconnect (asterisk -r) to an asterisk service that isnt running. Start the service by typing “asterisk”

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**Author:** ![miles\_cuc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@miles\_cuc](https://community.asterisk.org/u/miles_cuc)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/3 "2008-02-20T20:46:02Z")

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edit - i got so excited i posted twice…can an admin delete my this post please?

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**Author:** ![mazilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mazilo](https://community.asterisk.org/u/mazilo)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/4 "2008-02-21T01:19:36Z")

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> [@miles\_cuc](#):
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> If the asterisk service is not running, you can type “asterisk” to start the service, or “asterisk -c” to start the service with the console, or “asterisk -cvvv” to start the service with the console and a verbosity level of 3, etc.

You don’t seem to understand my situation. My asterisk can start automatically as a service from an init boot scripts file through a reboot and/or manually from executing the /etc/init.d/asterisk start scripts file; however, the started service will not start normally to register my VoIP lines. This will only start three asterisk processes and they don’t seem to do anything. Trying to remotely connect using rasterisk and/or asterisk -r will get an error message saying Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?), let alone all services are dead. If I modify the contents of the /etc/default/asterisk file:

[code]## startup options for /etc/init.d/asterisk

ENABLE\_ASTERISK=“yes”  
OPTIONS=“-C /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf”[/code]  
to contain a -v switch like this:

[code]## startup options for /etc/init.d/asterisk

ENABLE\_ASTERISK=“yes”  
OPTIONS=“-vC /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf”[/code]  
my asterisk will run just find and all my VoIP lines, including GTalk lines, will register to serve all incoming/outgoing calls without a single problem. What I want to know is why a -v switch is needed and how to fix this problem.

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_kleinmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Matthew\_kleinmann](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Matthew_kleinmann)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/5 "2008-02-21T02:18:10Z")

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You are running asterisk on a platform it was not targeted for. I do it too, only on a netgear NSLU2 (aka “SLUG”).

When you are running an an untargeted platform, expect it to be a bit rough around the edges. That is just the way it works. The basic linux install on the slug has a few quirks as well.

On the plus side, you seem to have hit on what it takes to make it work.

You are fighting the numbers, figure there is one person doing what you are doing for perhaps every 10,000 or more i386 installs of asterisk on PC hardware. There is never going to be the same level of support until the numbers come up. We are the odd men out.

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**Author:** ![mazilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mazilo](https://community.asterisk.org/u/mazilo)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/6 "2008-02-21T05:05:04Z")

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> [@Matthew\_kleinmann](#):
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> We are the odd men out.

I just can’t dispute that. 😃

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**Author:** ![mazilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mazilo](https://community.asterisk.org/u/mazilo)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/7 "2008-03-02T05:27:15Z")

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So, it looks like no asterisk experts here seem to know why a -v switch is needed to run asterisk properly on an embedded Linux device. ☹

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**Author:** ![mazilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mazilo](https://community.asterisk.org/u/mazilo)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/solved-asterisk-runs-but-not-rasterisk/19320/8 "2008-04-05T03:54:30Z")

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This problem has been resolved by compiling asterisk against older version of uClibc-0.9.28.2 instead of uClibc-0.9.29.