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We update the kernel every 4 months or so to keep up with current security fixes and drivers. I just added the CentOS 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 kernel to the trixbox 2.8 repo.

If you would like to test out the new kernel please update by using

yum update

from the command line. You should get the latest kernel and the latest zaptel drivers. Once the update is complete reboot your system. You will be booting with the new kernel. Make sure that DAHDI loads correctly during the reboot.

One of the features most requested by trixbox users is a backup up system. We have been working on a backup system for trixbox and it is now ready for it alpha release.

Please help us test the new backup system. This is alpha code so we do not recommend run it on a production machine.

To install the new backup system type

yum install tbm-backup

It will now be available from the admin GUI.

trixbox users with PRI trunks have been reporting intermittent problems. This seems to be caused by libpri 1.4.10. Digium has resolved the problem in libpri 1.4.10.2. Anybody with PRI trunks should updated now.

yum update libpri

2.8.0.3 is mostly a rollup release. CentOS has gone from 5.3 to 5.4 if you do a yum update on the old 2.8 ISO you get about 300mb of packages as it upgrades you to CentOS 5.4.

trixbox 2.8.0.3 includes CentOS 5.4 and all the latest CentOS update. We did not update the Kernel. This will be done early in the new year.

I have added a few bug fixes as well.
- fixed the sql problem that was keeping CDRs from working on some system
- fixed some asterisk permission problems that where appearing on some systems.

You will see a kmod error during the loading of this ISO. This is a bug in anaconda and the package does in fact load fine.

Posted a few more small fixes to Asterisk today. I also updated mISDN and a few other packages. We are having some problem with the mISDN package so you will need to remove the old one before you upgrade. Here is the upgrade procedure.

yum clean all
rpm -del --nodeps kmod-mISDN mISDN-kmod-base kmod-dahdi-linux
yum update

yum update will automatically install the new versions of mISDN.