Slackware 12.2 and vicidial?

[wilson]

I am trying to install vicidial on slackware 12.2 with kernel 2.6.27.7 and I can not get zaptel to compile - has anyone else managed to get this to work or am I best reinstalling with a lower version of slackware?

If I need to drop to an older version of slackware what is the highest version that people are currently using?

[mflorell]

newer kernels don't support zaptel 1.2, and we are starting to phase out our support for Slackware in favor of Ubuntu and OpenSuse.

[wilson]

I am building a new server up - I would like to use Slackware as I am familiar with using it with the vicidial setup.

I have previously been using 10.2 (I think)

What version of Slackware would you recomend I put on the new server?

[mflorell]

You might try using Asterisk 1.4.21.2 instead and it should work fine with newer kernels. On the REQUIRED_APPS.txt file you will find instructions on how to install it.

[wilson]

I'am going to stick with what I know as its going to be a production server.

Do you know if 12.1 will work as well as 11 - or am I best sticking with version 11 to avoid the zaptel problems.

The reason I want to be 100% is that the server is based in a data centre and we dont have KVM access so its a pain to reinstall Slackware. We have just put 12.2 and I dont want to drop to 12.1 to then have the same problem and have to get someone then install 11.

I am thinking of going for 11 to be on the safe side, but I also think there might be some advantage to 12.1 so long as it does not cause any problems when following the scratch install.