[UPDATE: WORKS FLAWLESSLY WITH ASTERISK 11 TOO…On Asterisk 11, you can choose XMPP as well as the protocol, right now its just SIP:, imagine the possibilities. Also fixed the issue when failed message]

[ANOTHER UPDATE FOR Offline message – We all know when devices are offline, messages cannot be sent and it will be discarded by Asterisk. I’ve written another dialplan/solution to that here]

With Asterisk 10 comes a channel independent dialplan for handling SIP MESSAGING (and jabber if that’s configured) method. In other words, phones that support SIP Continue reading →

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

# install dependencies

sudo apt-get install git libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavfilter-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libao-dev libmad0-dev libfaad-dev libjson0-dev libgcrypt11-dev Continue reading →

Setting Up MythTV on a Wandboard

Download Robert C. Nelson’s Netinstall utility.  This will allow you to boot off a Micro SD and run the Debian Installer.

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall

cd netinstall

sudo ./mk_mmc.sh –mmc /dev/sdX –dtb wandboard-quad-revc1 –distro wheezy Continue reading →

How to Install Oracle Java JRE on Ubuntu Linux

This tutorial will cover the installation of 32-bit and 64-bit Oracle Java 7 (currently version number 1.8.0_5) JRE on 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu operating systems. These instructions will also work on Debian and Linux Mint. This article is intended for those who only want to install Oracle Java JRE on their Debian based Linux systems, such as Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Using this method you will only be able to run and execute Java programs and not be able to develop and program in Java. This article was created due to so many requests from other users who wanted to know how to only install Oracle Java JRE on their Ubuntu systems. I included a section on how to enable Oracle Java JRE in your web Continue reading →

PEER Details

canreinvite=nonat
nat=yes
context=from-trunk
host=losangeles.voip.ms
secret=******
type=peer
username=100000 (Your Voip.ms Account Number)
disallow=all
allow=ulaw&g729
fromuser=100000 (Your Voip.ms Account Number)
trustrpid=yes
sendrpid=yes
insecure=port,invite
qualify=yes
Register String

100000:******@losangeles.voip.ms:5060 (or port 5080)

Restore IPKG after DSM upgrade on Synology

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Configure postfix with Gmail via Webmin

If you like to install and update Webmin via APT, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file on your system and add the lines :

deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib

You should also fetch and install a GPG key with which the repository is signed, with the commands : Continue reading →

Howto install Oracle (Sun) Java JRE for Linux Mint

In this tutorial you can read how to configure java and the java browser plugin.

1. Open up the Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal).

2. Copy/Paste or type the following line of code into Terminal and then press enter:

3. First remove every openjdk package including icedtea-plugin:

sudo apt-get update && apt-get remove openjdk-6-jre

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CIFS installation

sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

On older systems:

sudo apt-get install smbfs

Mounting unprotected (guest) network folders

First, let’s create the mount directory. You will need a separate directory for each mount. Continue reading →