Asterisk Problem

General Help
1

After installing a new box and asterisk. i have got these errors

[root@localhost ~]# asterisk

Unable to open pid file ‘/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid’: No such file or directory

[root@localhost ~]# asterisk -vr

Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl exist?)

I didn’t find a folder called asterisk in the directory /var/run

[root@localhost ~]# cd /var/run/
[root@localhost run]# ls
acpid.socket dbus iptraf messagebus.pid ntpd.pid sendmail.pid sudo utmp
atd.pid dhclient-eth0.pid klogd.pid mysqld ppp sm-client.pid syslogd.pid winbindd
console haldaemon.pid mdadm netreport rpc.statd.pid spamassassin tog-pegasus xfs.pid
crond.pid httpd.pid mdmpd nscd saslauthd sshd.pid usb xinetd.pid
[root@localhost run]#
[root@localhost run]# asterisk -cvvvvv
Unable to open pid file ‘/var/run/asterisk/asterisk.pid’: No such file or directory
Unable to bind socket to /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl: No such file or directory
== Parsing ‘/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf’: Found
== Parsing ‘/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf’: Found
Asterisk 1.2.28, Copyright © 1999 - 2007 Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer [email protected]
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type ‘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 ‘show license’ for details.

== Parsing ‘/etc/asterisk/logger.conf’: Found
Asterisk Event Logger Started /var/log/asterisk/event_log
== Parsing ‘/etc/asterisk/dnsmgr.conf’: Found
Asterisk Dynamic Loader loading preload modules:
== Parsing ‘/etc/asterisk/modules.conf’: Found
== Manager registered action Ping
== Manager registered action Events
== Manager registered action Logoff
== Manager registered action Hangup
== Manager registered action Status
== Manager registered action Setvar
== Manager registered action Getvar
== Manager registered action Redirect
== Manager registered action Originate
== Manager registered action Command
== Manager registered action ExtensionState
== Manager registered action AbsoluteTimeout
== Manager registered action MailboxStatus
== Manager registered action MailboxCount
== Manager registered action ListCommands
== Parsing ‘/etc/asterisk/manager.conf’: Found
== Parsing ‘/etc/asterisk/manager_custom.conf’: Found
[root@localhost run]#

How can i solve it please?

2

See if you have a ghost, run:

ps -A | grep asterisk

If you do, kill it and try again.

3

If what cosmicwombat recommended does not solve your issue, take a look at the end of the /var/log/asterisk/full log file. It normally includes any serious reasons why it would stop running if they are due to configuration issues.

4

after creating the directory "/var/run/asterisk"manually and rebooted the asterisk, it has created the two files (asterisk.pid/asterisk.ctl)
and worked fine

thanks a lot