[Voyage-linux] asterisk failed to start

[binary dreamer]

I have followed the guide from
http://downloads.openvox.cn/pub/manuals/eng/Ix100_Alix2c2_AsteriskGUI.pdf to
install asterisk and asterisk-gui
unfortunately when i am trying to start asterisk i am getting error:

rvoyage:~# remountrw
voyage:~# asterisk -rv
Asterisk 1.4.21.2~dfsg-3, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2008 Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer <markster at digium.com>
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show warranty' for
details.
This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it
under
certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
=========================================================================
This package has been modified for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
Please report all bugs to http://bugs.debian.org/asterisk
=========================================================================
Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?)
voyage:~#


any ideas why it does not start?
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