[h323plus] Using H323+ for Asterisk's chan_h323

Tue Oct 30 07:03:15 EDT 2007

Thank you very much, Simon,

I'll get to work right away.

Best regards,
Vlasis.

Simon Horne wrote:
> Around October last year
> timerChangePipe[]
> was replaced by
> process.breakBlock;
> 
> I suggest you troll through the changelog
> http://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/pwlib/src/ptlib/unix/tlibthrd.c
> xx?view=log
> 
> There has been quite a few changes around october last year.
> 
> I hope this helps and we can move ahead with h323plus support in Asterisk.
> 
> Simon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vlasis Hatzistavrou (KTI) [mailto:vhatz at kinetix.gr]
> Sent: Monday, 29 October 2007 6:44 PM
> To: Simon Horne
> Cc: Plamen Petkov; H323plus
> Subject: Re: [h323plus] Using H323+ for Asterisk's chan_h323
> 
> 
> Hello Simon,
> 
> Good news, chan_h323 is now able to use H323Plus!
> 
> :-)
> 
> There is only one small problem, it segfaults whenever the chan_h323.so
> module is unloaded or Asterisk is stopped (in which case the module is
> unloaded again). Otherwise everything is working as expected.
> 
> The problem for the segfault, however, is not related to H323. It seems
> that it is related with chan_h323's log stream which is a derivative
> class of PProcess. Apparently the PWLib/PTLib change had an effect on
> this and it segfaults whenever the logstream object is deleted.
> 
> I have the feeling that it is related to the timerChangePipe[] array
> which is missing in the newest PWLib versions.
> 
> I tried to find some documentation about this array but I couldn't find
> any. I'd be grateful if you could give me some pointers as to where to
> look for relevant information in order to wrap up chan_h323's transition
> to H323Plus.
> 
> Best regards,
> Vlasis Hatzistavrou
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> 
> Simon Horne wrote:
>> Plamen
>>
>> GnuGk has been test compiled with h323plus.
>>
>> Your error looks strange as it seems to like the code 2 lines above 656
>> which is identical . I suggest you look at code to see if you have not
>> accidently modified something particularily look at gk_const.h as well as
>> RasTbl.cxx:658
>>
>> I have fixed the warning message.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Plamen Petkov [mailto:plamen at bg-tel.com]
>> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2007 2:57 AM
>> To: Simon Horne
>> Subject: Re: [h323plus] Using H323+ for Asterisk's chan_h323
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>> I try to compile Gnugk with H323plus.
>> That is the result:
>>
>> RasTbl.cxx:658: error: no matching function for call to
>> `H460_FeatureOID::Add(const char[2], H460_FeatureContent)'
>> /root/openh323/include/h460/h4601.h:969: note: candidates are:
>> H460_FeatureParameter& H460_FeatureOID::Add(const PString&,
>> H460_FeatureContent&)
>> RasTbl.cxx: In member function `void
> CallTable::OnQosMonitoringReport(const
>> PString&, const endptr&, H4609_QosMonitoringReportData&)':
>> RasTbl.cxx:2790: warning: unused variable 'addr'
>> make[1]: *** [obj_linux_x86_r/RasTbl.o] Error 1
>>
>> Regards:
>> Plamen
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Simon Horne" <s.horne at packetizer.com>
>> To: <vhatz at kinetix.gr>; <h323plus at lists.packetizer.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [h323plus] Using H323+ for Asterisk's chan_h323
>>
>>
>>> Vlasis
>>>
>>> I am not sure what chan_h323 looks like but there should be no need to
>>> have
>>> timerChangePipe I think this is a left over from very old code.
>>>
>>> Have a look at simple in the CVS
>>> http://h323plus.cvs.sourceforge.net/h323plus/applications/simple/
>>> to see how to define the PProcess
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: h323plus-bounces at lists.packetizer.com
>>> [mailto:h323plus-bounces at lists.packetizer.com]On Behalf Of Vlasis
>>> Hatzistavrou (KTI)
>>> Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2007 10:36 PM
>>> To: h323plus at lists.packetizer.com
>>> Subject: [h323plus] Using H323+ for Asterisk's chan_h323
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I have been trying to compile chan_h323 with H323. It seems that I am
>>> almost done, although I get the following error:
>>>
>>> g++ -DNDEBUG -I../../include -include
>>> ../../include/asterisk/autoconfig.h -fPIC  -DP_USE_PRAGMA -D_REENTRANT
>>> -fno-exceptions  -Wall  -fPIC -DPIC -DNDEBUG
>>> -I/Downloads/h323p/ptlib_v1_12_0/include -DPTRACING
>>> -I/Downloads/h323p/h323plus/include -Os  -pipe -felide-constructors
>>> -Wreorder  -c ast_h323.cxx -o ast_h323.o
>>> ast_h323.cxx: In destructor `virtual MyProcess::~MyProcess()':
>>> ast_h323.cxx:194: error: `timerChangePipe' was not declared in this scope
>>> make[2]: *** [ast_h323.o] Error 1
>>> make[1]: *** [h323/libchanh323.a] Error 2
>>> make: *** [channels] Error 2
>>>
>>>
>>> I went through the PWLib 1.12.0, and there is no occurrence of
>>> "timerChangePipe". In previous versions of PWLib "timerChangePipe" was
>>> used in quite a few places in the code.
>>>
>>> I googled it, but I still don't know what it does.
>>>
>>> If I comment it out in the destructor MyProcess::~MyProcess() it
>>> compiles, but the channel driver segfaults as soon as it is loaded...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> Vlasis Hatzistavrou.
>>>
>>>
>>
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