I did a presentation here in Lethbridge a few years ago and a lot of CLUG'er came down for it. We talked about Asterisk and setting telephone servers. You have a lot of experts in Calgary and on the CLUG that I am sure would be happy to help you. I ofcource would be happy to help also but you may find it more helpful to meet up with some local people.
Just ask on the CLUG email list for help with Asterisk. I am sure they would be happy to invite you over to look at their equipment and show you how easy it is to manage an Asterisk phone server once it is setup. I built three phone servers for us and trained someone to manage them. They are rock solid and require almost no attention at all. The Asterisk phone server in my office has been running 324 days, it would have been almost 2 years up time but for a major power failure last year that had us down for the entire day. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Dafydd Crosby <dcro...@userful.com> wrote: > Wow - I might have to bug you some time about setting up phone servers. I > was thinking of setting one up for home :-) Maybe a quick talk? > > -Dafydd > > > On 03/23/2011 09:09 AM, Royce Souther wrote: > > I tried to avoid xrandr for many years even stuck with an older distro > because everything new was switching to xrandr. The problem is that xrandr > has a size limitation that would not let me use my four 19inch monitors all > as one desktop, only xinerama could do that because my desktop was > 5120x1024. In the end I just gave up and traded my four 19inch monitors for > two 24inch ones. Now I have 3D desktop with rotating cube on an okay desktop > size of 3840x1200. It is cool but I don't think I like it much, most of the > time I turn 3D desktop off. It tends to mess up many productivity > applications. > > What are your passions in GNU/Linux? > > I have never been passionate about the new toys that come with the latest > distro of Linux. I am more of a person that is passionate about something > new I can learn. At last count I could program in 20 different languages on > six different operating systems (counting all versions of Linux as just > one). I write code, I design circuit boards, I develop embedded systems, I > build telephone servers, web servers and databases. All of these things I do > because Linux distro's give me the tools and encourage me to use them. > > Some things I never do, I never ever clean viruses out of computers, tell > people to reboot Windows or spend sleepless nights awake and panicking > because the Microsoft servers are going to die any day now and there is > nothing I can do about it. That is the sate I was in back in 1998, I was on > the verge of a nervous breakdown. I had panic attacks that caused my whole > body to shake violently, so bad that I had to go to the hospital emergency > room. In a Microsoft world I was a worthless consumer who's only purpose for > existence was to continue to pay for all eternity for broken promises. I was > so powerless in a Microsoft world that I considered getting out of the > computer business, maybe I would have gone to work in construction, anyplace > that did not have something to do with computers. I could just be one of the > other mindless zombies that when Windows crashes I take a coffee break and > wait for the stressed out computer repair guy to fix it. Feckless and > ignorant to the decay of a failed society where stupidity is the most valued > asset of your customers. > > When I think about it I can truly say that Linux saved my life. With Linux > I know that nothing is beyond my abilities, everything has a solution and > the system is designed to help me find it. > > What am I passionate about? The freedom, freedom to live, freedom to learn > and the freedom to make my own choices as to what is best for me. > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca>wrote: > >> You should be using xrandr to manage your screens by now anyway. >> Unless you are running an ancient version of Ubuntu or Debian (your >> use of aptitude indicates a Debian or derivative). Chances are xrandr >> is already installed as is some sort of GUI front end. >> >> I used to be pretty good at the nVidia stuff, but their proprietary >> modules did not play nice in a real time kernel, pretty much a deal >> breaker for me. At the very least I need very low latency and nVidia >> was simply not stable. I use a different graphics card or the 2d only >> driver, and my problems go away. >> >> Anyway, look into xrandr magic command line incantations, whenever I >> am stuck this is where I go to (really nice to ssh in to a box and >> resize/change display options on the fly). >> >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Mel Walters <melwalt...@telus.net> >> wrote: >> > I have had very much the same experience lately, most everything just >> > works. I wanted to get 3D acceleration installed plus dual monitor setup >> > with two video cards [GeForce 8800 GT]. There were many choices to make, >> > but I choose: >> > >> > aptitude -r install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-settings >> > >> > so aptitude could look after it in an ongoing basis (no manual nvidia >> > driver update installs) >> > Configuration mostly OK, But..... >> > >> > The GUI nvidia-settings would not behave for me though. When I run it, >> > it wants to change things to the way I do not want. >> > >> > If I was a guru or had the time, I could figure out how to make a script >> > to make my two nvidia cards and two monitors set up just the way I want >> > them. But default does not seem to include two monitors, 3D, objects >> > movable between screens. >> > >> > I did an Xinerama screen of 3940x1080 composed of >> > two 3D accelerated 1920x1080 TwinView screens, but I think it should be >> > setup better still. >> > >> > Does this boil down to lack of support from Nvidia for their program >> > nvidia-settings? >> > >> > Any NVidia/Linux experts in the group who are into Twin View? >> > >> > Mel >> > >> > On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 12:42 -0600, Dafydd Crosby wrote: >> >> I tried it out of frustration after dealing with Windows 98 :-P >> >> >> >> A lot of Linux just works for me, the only problems I have these days >> >> are generally problems of configuration. The whole codec matter is a >> >> headache, but things like FLAC have given me hope. >> >> >> >> -Dafydd >> >> >> >> On 03/17/2011 12:27 PM, Mel Walters wrote: >> >> > I started with Yggdrasil Computing in 1995. It included the stable >> >> > Linux 1.2.13 kernel. Exploring new distribution's as they came along, >> >> > I was looking for a best fit. >> >> > >> >> > A friend of mine showed me his Debian system and I was impressed how >> >> > easily he maintained it. That was the point I ended up gravitating >> >> > towards Debian, and Debian derivatives. >> >> > >> >> > For me, Linux and the programs it come with (GNU) have to be complex >> >> > enough to be interesting and simple enough to use. Good design should >> >> > reduce the difficulty of the complex. >> >> > >> >> > Why did you try it out? >> >> > What works for you? What can you see as a hindrance? >> >> > >> >> > Mel >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- Easy, fast GUI development. http://PerlQt.wikidot.com
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