i am running fedora core and trying to install the latest version of ser i amm useing xampp till i can get it working properly and finish writig the guid eim writting then i will install everything properly but the errors im getting arnt releted to me have xampp on my box. i used dan austins how to to set up i got as far as the config file edits beofe it went bad. wehn i tryed to start it i got ERROR: bad config file (12 errors) so i ran the debug for it (-c) and here is what i got 0(14242) ERROR: load_module: could not open module </usr/local/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so>: libmysqlclient.so.12: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 0(14242) parse error (28,13-14): failed to load module 0(14242) parse error (113,11-15): syntax error 0(14242) parse error (113,11-15): bad command 0(14242) parse error (113,16-18): bad command 0(14242) parse error (113,23-27): bad command 0(14242) parse error (113,28-30): bad command 0(14242) parse error (113,31-34): bad command 0(14242) parse error (113,35-41): bad command 0(14242) parse error (113,42-56): bad command 0(14242) parse error (114,4-6): bad command 0(14242) parse error (121,4-5): syntax error 0(14242) parse error (121,4-5): ERROR: bad config file (12 errors) and here is my config file # # $Id: ser.cfg,v 1.25.2.1 2005/02/18 14:30:44 andrei Exp $ # # simple quick-start config script # # ----------- global configuration parameters ------------------------ #debug=3 # debug level (cmd line: -dddddddddd) #fork=yes #log_stderror=no # (cmd line: -E) /* Uncomment these lines to enter debugging mode fork=no log_stderror=yes */ check_via=no # (cmd. line: -v) dns=no # (cmd. line: -r) rev_dns=no # (cmd. line: -R) #port=5060 #children=4 fifo="/tmp/ser_fifo" # ------------------ module loading ---------------------------------- # Uncomment this if you want to use SQL database loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/sl.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/tm.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/rr.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/maxfwd.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/usrloc.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/registrar.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/textops.so" # Uncomment this if you want digest authentication # mysql.so must be loaded ! loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/auth.so" loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/auth_db.so" # ----------------- setting module-specific parameters --------------- # -- usrloc params -- #modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 0) # Uncomment this if you want to use SQL database # for persistent storage and comment the previous line modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 2) # -- auth params -- # Uncomment if you are using auth module # modparam("auth_db", "calculate_ha1", yes) # # If you set "calculate_ha1" parameter to yes (which true in this config), # uncomment also the following parameter) # modparam("auth_db", "password_column", "password") # -- rr params -- # add value to ;lr param to make some broken UAs happy modparam("rr", "enable_full_lr", 1) # ------------------------- request routing logic ------------------- # main routing logic route{ # initial sanity checks -- messages with # max_forwards==0, or excessively long requests if (!mf_process_maxfwd_header("10")) { sl_send_reply("483","Too Many Hops"); break; }; if (msg:len >= 2048 ) { sl_send_reply("513", "Message too big"); break; }; # we record-route all messages -- to make sure that # subsequent messages will go through our proxy; that's # particularly good if upstream and downstream entities # use different transport protocol if (!method=="REGISTER") record_route(); # subsequent messages withing a dialog should take the # path determined by record-routing if (loose_route()) { # mark routing logic in request append_hf("P-hint: rr-enforced\r\n"); route(1); break; }; if (!uri==perfecthosting.biz) { # mark routing logic in request append_hf("P-hint: outbound\r\n"); route(1); break; }; # if the request is for other domain use UsrLoc # (in case, it does not work, use the following command # with proper names and addresses in it) if (uri==perfecthosting.biz) { if (method=="REGISTER") { Uncomment this if you want to use digest authentication if (!www_authorize("perfecthosting.biz", "subscriber")) { www_challenge("perfecthosting.biz", "0"); break; }; save("location"); break; }; lookup("aliases"); if (!uri==perfecthosting.biz) { append_hf("P-hint: outbound alias\r\n"); route(1); break; }; # native SIP destinations are handled using our USRLOC DB if (!lookup("location")) { sl_send_reply("404", "Not Found"); break; }; }; append_hf("P-hint: usrloc applied\r\n"); route(1); } route[1] { # send it out now; use stateful forwarding as it works reliably # even for UDP2TCP if (!t_relay()) { sl_reply_error(); }; } i removed the dots from the modula locations because they were causeing errors it used to sat 40 something errors. im lost as far as syntax or the mysql so if you have any insight about this it would be good if you could share thanks, Alex Wood