Hi Matthew, thanks for your answer. I have compiled & installed everything according to your recommendations and the contents of the libss7 README. Note that the link is working, I just get the error message when starting * and would like to know what it means. Here is the additional information you requested: SW/HW configuration: -------------------- OS: OpenSuse 10.3 Zaptel: SVN-branch-1.4-r4315 libss7: SVN-trunk-r171 Asterisk: SVN-trunk-r118178M DIGIUM TE220P 2xE1 Card /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf: =================================================================== [trunkgroups] [channels] context = ss7-incoming signalling = ss7 ss7type = itu linkset = 1 pointcode = 9104 adjpointcode = 8304 defaultdpc = 8304 group = 1 networkindicator = national_spare ; channel definitions sigchan = 1 cicbeginswith = 2 channel = 2-31 cicbeginswith = 33 channel = 31-62 =================================================================== /etc/zaptel.conf: =================================================================== span=1,1,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4 span=2,2,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4 dchan=1 bchan=2-31,32-62 loadzone = us defaultzone=us =================================================================== ztcfg -vvv: =================================================================== Zaptel Version: SVN-branch-1.4-r4315 Echo Canceller: MG2 Configuration ====================== SPAN 1: CCS/HDB3 Build-out: 0 db (CSU)/0-133 feet (DSX-1) SPAN 2: CCS/HDB3 Build-out: 0 db (CSU)/0-133 feet (DSX-1) Channel map: Channel 01: D-channel (Default) (Slaves: 01) Channel 02: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 02) Channel 03: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 03) Channel 04: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 04) Channel 05: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 05) Channel 06: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 06) Channel 07: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 07) Channel 08: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 08) Channel 09: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 09) Channel 10: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 10) Channel 11: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 11) Channel 12: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 12) Channel 13: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 13) Channel 14: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 14) Channel 15: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 15) Channel 16: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 16) Channel 17: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 17) Channel 18: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 18) Channel 19: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 19) Channel 20: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 20) Channel 21: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 21) Channel 22: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 22) Channel 23: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 23) Channel 24: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 24) Channel 25: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 25) Channel 26: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 26) Channel 27: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 27) Channel 28: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 28) Channel 29: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 29) Channel 30: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 30) Channel 31: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 31) Channel 32: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 32) Channel 33: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 33) Channel 34: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 34) Channel 35: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 35) Channel 36: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 36) Channel 37: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 37) Channel 38: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 38) Channel 39: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 39) Channel 40: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 40) Channel 41: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 41) Channel 42: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 42) Channel 43: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 43) Channel 44: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 44) Channel 45: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 45) Channel 46: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 46) Channel 47: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 47) Channel 48: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 48) Channel 49: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 49) Channel 50: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 50) Channel 51: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 51) Channel 52: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 52) Channel 53: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 53) Channel 54: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 54) Channel 55: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 55) Channel 56: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 56) Channel 57: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 57) Channel 58: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 58) Channel 59: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 59) Channel 60: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 60) Channel 61: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 61) Channel 62: Clear channel (Default) (Slaves: 62) 62 channels to configure. =================================================================== ztscan: =================================================================== [1] active=yes alarms=OK description=T2XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1 name=TE2/0/1 manufacturer=Digium devicetype=Wildcard TE220 (4th Gen) location=Board ID Switch 0 basechan=1 totchans=31 irq=48 type=digital-E1 syncsrc=1 lbo=0 db (CSU)/0-133 feet (DSX-1) coding_opts=HDB3 framing_opts=CCS,CRC4 coding=HDB3 framing=CCS [2] active=yes alarms=OK description=T2XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 2 name=TE2/0/2 manufacturer=Digium devicetype=Wildcard TE220 (4th Gen) location=Board ID Switch 0 basechan=32 totchans=31 irq=48 type=digital-E1 syncsrc=1 lbo=0 db (CSU)/0-133 feet (DSX-1) coding_opts=HDB3 framing_opts=CCS,CRC4 coding=HDB3 framing=CCS =================================================================== Matthew Fredrickson schrieb: > Andreas Kaufmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> when I start asterisk with libss7 support I get the following error message: >> >> > asterisk -c >> ... >> [ Booting... >> [ Reading Master Configuration ] >> [ Initializing Custom Configuration Options ] >> [May 30 15:22:29] NOTICE[8122]: cdr.c:1387 do_reload: CDR simple logging >> enabled. >> [May 30 15:22:29] NOTICE[8122]: loader.c:873 load_modules: 94 modules >> will be loaded. >> ...............................................SIP channel loading... >> [May 30 15:22:29] ERROR[8122]: chan_zap.c:8180 mkintf: Unable to set >> clear mode on clear channel -2 of span 32767: Bad file descriptor >> [May 30 15:22:29] WARNING[8122]: chan_zap.c:14125 process_zap: Unable to >> register pseudo channel! >> ..... == No hardware transcoders found. >> ........................................ ] >> Asterisk Ready. >> *CLI> >> >> Because the chan_zap.c line 8122 is in a HAVE_SS7 block, I hope this is >> the right forum. >> >> Any ideas what this errors mean? > > Can you recompile and reinstall zaptel, libss7, and then Asterisk (in > that order), try that, and if it still doesn't work post your > zaptel.conf to the list (as well as what card you're using and the span > and channel related information). >