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Jun/11

FreePBX Blank Voicemail Login Page

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 15th June 2011 0:01 by

After upgrading from 2.8.x to 2.9 was less straight forward than a minor upgrade but still easier to do compared to a fresh install. A problem I had encountered was navigating to the voicemail login page was blank. The page … Continue reading →

21

Feb/11

Cyanogenmod On HTC Desire Issues

Filed Under Hardware, Mobile Phone, Software at 21st February 2011 21:28 by

I had decided to try out Cyanogenmod but in order to do so I had to root my HTC Desire. Looking at the steps on the Internet it all seems fairly simple using the Unrevoked method. Sods law was that … Continue reading →

12

Jan/11

Siemens Gigaset 685IP Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Linux, PBX at 12th January 2011 16:47 by

Overview The two cordless phones that we have were fine till we moved into a house. The two phones suddenly became too far from room to room. It was time again to look for a phone which was scalable and … Continue reading →

3

Dec/10

Monitor Calibration Software

Filed Under Software at 3rd December 2010 0:15 by

Check out Flat Panel HD‘s website and go to the “Test software” category to get colour patterns to calibrate your monitor. I found the patterns to be OK but you need Flash for the downloadable and interactive versions.

2

Nov/10

Compact Folders In Thunderbird To Save Disk Space

Filed Under Software at 2nd November 2010 0:12 by

Overview I have been using Dropbox to sync my mail across multiple computers (I’m old school using POP protocol) which has been working great. Recently I received an email from Dropbox saying I was running out of space on my … Continue reading →

16

Oct/10

Cloning HDD In VirtualBox

Filed Under Software at 16th October 2010 10:42 by

A common use of Virtual Machines is to test and run stuff till they are trashed. The magic is that each VM can be brought back up in no time with combination of save points (A.K.A Snapshots in VirtualBox) or … Continue reading →

1

Oct/10

Asterisk / FreePBX full Log file

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 1st October 2010 16:53 by

Asterisk logs everything to a file in /var/log/asterisk/full so I thought I’d truncate it… It was a big mistake. After doing so I had lost all the call logging information which can be found in the admin panel. Seems like … Continue reading →

19

Aug/10

FreePBX – Common Voicemail Box

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 19th August 2010 0:01 by

Overview I have several extensions on my Asterisk / FreePBX box but currently only one landline. Ring groups solved the problem of one incoming call ringing multiple handsets but there was only one official solution to sharing voicemail. Voicemail Blasting … Continue reading →