[Freeswitch-dev] [Freeswitch-users] mod_skypiax (Skype Endpoint and Trunk) on centos problems

Wed Jun 10 06:37:03 PDT 2009

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Muhammad
Shahzad<shaheryarkh at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I am using this machine extensively for my development projects, including
> Skypiax. Yesterday i gave a presentation to the board of directors of the
> said firm, regarding existing status of my project. They tested the setup
> with 2-3 concurrent SIP -> SKYPIAX and then SKYPIAX to SIP calls without any
> problem. So, i believe this configuration works without any sound issue...!

Until some times ago, I was used to test with 32 bit centos, and I've
not seen problems (I tested with centos5.2).

Now I'm installing 5.3 32 bit, and I'll report on my results

On 64bit, on both centos5.2 and 5.3 I'm seeing problems with more than
6-10 concurrent calls, with less calls it was ok. BTW, it can be it is
a problem with my hard disk (that is seen as an ide instead than as a
SATA). I will check this too.

I'll report back soon on the various issues...

>
> The second machine is my test machine in a remote data center. I didn't
> prepare this machine, however, from SSH console i can see it has following
> specs,
>
> 1. Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5405  @ 2.00GHz with 4 GB of RAM.
> 2. CentOS 5.3 with kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plusPAE.
> 3. FS SVN revision Revision ID 13613.
>
> root ~# uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plusPAE #1 SMP Wed Dec
> 17 11:32:56 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> root ~# cat /etc/issue
> CentOS release 5.3 (Final)
> Kernel \r on an \m
>
>
> Each machine that i use always, get update with yum update command BEFORE i
> do anything else on it.
>
> Hope this info will be helpful for you.
>
> Can you give me step by step procedure of your testing that is producing
> this bad sound result? I would like to perform this test on my both machines
> and see if i get the same results too.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli <gmaruzz at celliax.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Ciao Muhammad,
>> you're faster than light :-)!
>>
>> the patch will be integrated very soon, I'll let you know when I'm done
>> it.
>>
>> Keep enhancements, patches, bug fixes, etc flowing!
>>
>> thanks again, and thanks to the firm that so quickly understood and
>> authorized you,
>>
>> -giovanni
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Giovanni Maruzzelli
>> =========================================
>> www.celliax.org
>> via Pierlombardo 9, 20135 Milano
>> Italy
>> gmaruzz at celliax dot org
>> Cell : +39-347-2665618
>> Fax : +39-02-87390039
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Muhammad
>> Shahzad<shaheryarkh at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > I am glad to share the patch to enable dynamic Skypiax interfaces in FS.
>> > Please do note that however, that i started working on it on May 22,
>> > 2009.
>> > So any officaily changes made to mod_skypiax.c since then will not
>> > appear in
>> > it and will be lost if you apply this patch blindly.
>> >
>> > I request Giovanni Maruzzelli to carefully merge this patch in main
>> > stream
>> > code before committing it to FS SVN.
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Muhammad Shahzad
>> > <shaheryarkh at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am not using 64bit CentOS 5.3, I have 32bit CentOS but with PAE
>> >> enable
>> >> kernel. I have heard 64bit ALSA drivers have bad sound issues, but
>> >> never
>> >> used it personally.
>> >>
>> >> As for source code of my modifications, i made those change to develop
>> >> a
>> >> customized commercial solution for large European firm, so i would need
>> >> their permissions to provide you the required official patch. Let me
>> >> write
>> >> them an offical request for this.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli
>> >> <gmaruzz at celliax.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Ciao Muhammad,
>> >>>
>> >>> first thanks a lot for sharing your experience and help us in making a
>> >>> better software!
>> >>>
>> >>> >From the name of the kernel, seems that you are using centos5.2 is
>> >>> this
>> >>> correct?
>> >>>
>> >>> I just tried centos5.3 (64bit) with centosplus kernel, but no luck.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm now installing a centos5.2 (64), I will test it with centosplus
>> >>> kernel and with its normal kernel.
>> >>>
>> >>> BTW, I would like *really* a lot to have and integrate your addition
>> >>> to the code (also if it needs some labor from me, no problem). Would
>> >>> you like to send it to me, so I will integrate in the main trunk and
>> >>> you don't have no more to maintain it? (so you can develop other cool
>> >>> features for mod_skypiax ;-) )?
>> >>>
>> >>> -giovanni
>> >>>
>> >>> Sincerely,
>> >>>
>> >>> Giovanni Maruzzelli
>> >>> =========================================
>> >>> www.celliax.org
>> >>> via Pierlombardo 9, 20135 Milano
>> >>> Italy
>> >>> gmaruzz at celliax dot org
>> >>> Cell : +39-347-2665618
>> >>> Fax : +39-02-87390039
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Muhammad
>> >>> Shahzad<shaheryarkh at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > Thanks. I didn't make any special arrangements for FS or Skypiax to
>> >>> > work on
>> >>> > CentOS 5.3. I only enabled CentOS Plus yum repository and then
>> >>> > install
>> >>> > PAE
>> >>> > kernel with following commands,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > root ~# yum update
>> >>> > root ~# yum install kernel-PAE
>> >>> >
>> >>> > i installed PAE kernel just because i wanted to increase System RAM
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > 8GB
>> >>> > before i deploy it for production use, so i can double or even
>> >>> > triple
>> >>> > Skypiax channels whenever i need so, without system or FS shutdown.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > As far as a skypiax configuration is concerned, i did modified
>> >>> > mod_skypiax.c
>> >>> > to add a couple of commands to dynamically add and remove Skypiax
>> >>> > interfaces
>> >>> > in a running FS process. However, this code does not replaces or
>> >>> > changes any
>> >>> > previous code. Other then that there is no significant change in
>> >>> > configuration steps. Though i did use mod_xml_curl to dynamically
>> >>> > update
>> >>> > skypiax interface configuration in FS.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Thank you.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli
>> >>> > <gmaruzz at celliax.org>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Ciao Muhammad!
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> What a good news!
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Centos is the most stable and performing platform for FS, so I
>> >>> >> would
>> >>> >> really love to test and document on the wiki how to have a stable
>> >>> >> centos mod_skypiax installation.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I'll find out your kernel ( Kernel
>> >>> >> 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plusPAE
>> >>> >> ), and begin to test. In the mean time, do you have any hint,
>> >>> >> special
>> >>> >> procedure, etc you have done for having skypiax working well?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Please, please, please let be in contact! :-)
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Sincerely,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Giovanni Maruzzelli
>> >>> >> =========================================
>> >>> >> www.celliax.org
>> >>> >> via Pierlombardo 9, 20135 Milano
>> >>> >> Italy
>> >>> >> gmaruzz at celliax dot org
>> >>> >> Cell : +39-347-2665618
>> >>> >> Fax : +39-02-87390039
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Muhammad
>> >>> >> Shahzad<shaheryarkh at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>> >> > Sorry, i didn't visited the Jira link you mentioned. Now i know
>> >>> >> > the
>> >>> >> > issue
>> >>> >> > and I have replied it there.
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > Thank you.
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli
>> >>> >> > <gmaruzz at celliax.org>
>> >>> >> > wrote:
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Hi all,
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> there are problems for mod_skypiax in recent centos,  with more
>> >>> >> >> than a
>> >>> >> >> handful of concurrent Skype calls.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Probably the problem is ALSA-related.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Until it is solved, for production please use Ubuntu 8.04 (see
>> >>> >> >> below),
>> >>> >> >> some other Linux distro (and please write here your experience),
>> >>> >> >> or
>> >>> >> >> Windows.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> I modified the wiki page to reflect this (
>> >>> >> >> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Skypiax_Skype_Endpoint_and_Trunk
>> >>> >> >> )
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> If someone with CentOS knowledge can chime in I'll be grateful
>> >>> >> >> :-).
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Please see Jira: http://jira.freeswitch.org/browse/MODSKYPIAX-34
>> >>> >> >> for
>> >>> >> >> all infos, and feel free to contact me directly.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> -giovanni
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Sincerely,
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> Giovanni Maruzzelli
>> >>> >> >> =========================================
>> >>> >> >> www.celliax.org
>> >>> >> >> via Pierlombardo 9, 20135 Milano
>> >>> >> >> Italy
>> >>> >> >> gmaruzz at celliax dot org
>> >>> >> >> Cell : +39-347-2665618
>> >>> >> >> Fax : +39-02-87390039
>> >>> >> >>
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>> >>> >> > --
>> >>> >> > Muhammad Shahzad
>> >>> >> > -----------------------------------
>> >>> >> > CISCO Rich Media Communication Specialist (CRMCS)
>> >>> >> > CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
>> >>> >> > Cell: +92 334 422 40 88
>> >>> >> > MSN: shari_786pk at hotmail.com
>> >>> >> > Email: shaheryarkh at googlemail.com
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>> >>> > Muhammad Shahzad
>> >>> > -----------------------------------
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>> >> --
>> >> Muhammad Shahzad
>> >> -----------------------------------
>> >> CISCO Rich Media Communication Specialist (CRMCS)
>> >> CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
>> >> Cell: +92 334 422 40 88
>> >> MSN: shari_786pk at hotmail.com
>> >> Email: shaheryarkh at googlemail.com
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>> > --
>> > Muhammad Shahzad
>> > -----------------------------------
>> > CISCO Rich Media Communication Specialist (CRMCS)
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>> > Email: shaheryarkh at googlemail.com
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> -----------------------------------
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