Asterisk server start/stop configuration

[Joseph_sys]

1.)
I've installed asterisk but I think there is a bug in there.
When I start it, it starts OK
but when I try to stop it:
/etc/init.d/asterisk stop I get:
/sbin/runscript.sh: line 534: 8020 Broken pipe /usr/sbin/asterisk -r -x "STOP NOW" 2>/dev/null

2.)
It seems to me we don't have a good how to when it comes to Asterisk PBX. I'm starting with asterisk (and have log way to go) but once I get there I'll try to make a good "Asterisk HowTo" the way Gentoo user like it (step by step).

But before I get there; does anybody have a good links how to start configuring asterisk.
Good page to start is Wiki: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk
But there is not intuitive, for example how to create /dev/phone0 to activate it in phone.conf file.