capiinit(8)

capiinit8

Start or stop capi-capable isdn cards

Usage

capiinit {[OPTIONS] start | stop | show | status | prepare | reload | activate | deactivate}

capiinit {[OPTIONS] activate | deactivate cardname}

capiinit {[OPTIONS] activate | deactivate driver [cardname]}

Overview

capiinit is called with one of the following actions:

start

Load all modules and initialize all cards (loading the firmware), which are configured in /etc/capi.conf.

stop

Reset all cards and unload modules.

show

Show the current configuration.

status

Show the current status.

prepare

Load all modules.

activate

Initialize all cards.

activate cardname

Initialize one card (i.e.: c4-ec00).

activate driver [cardnumber]

Initialize one card.

deactivate

Reset all cards.

deactivate cardname

Reset one card (i.e.: c4-ec00).

deactivate driver [cardnumber]

Reset one card.

reload

Reset all cards and initialize them again.

Firmware files are searched in this order in the following directories: /usr/share/isdn/`uname -r`, /usr/share/isdn, /usr/lib/isdn, /lib/isdn.

There is a sample config in /etc/capi.conf.

Options

-c filename, --config filename

Use filename as config file (default is /etc/capi.conf).

-d, --debug

Save patch values for debugging purposes.

-s, --silent

Don't show status information.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–6.0
  3. 7–10

--config since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --debug since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --silent since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -c since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -d since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -s since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

Author

Manpage written from C source by Paul Slootman <[email protected]>, updated by Matthias Klose <[email protected]>.

From capiutils 1:3.25+dfsg1-10 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.