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Has Anyone Ever Installed ZoneMinder?
- chrismortimore
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Here are the permissions for /dev/video0...
I asked on the ZoneMinder forums and it seems because I installed ZoneMinder via APT-GET and not the traditional way, I would be kind of on my own as they feel this is a Debian related issue.
Any ideas why ZoneMinder can't use /dev/video0? It appears that only root and video can read/write to this. Should I chmod 777 /dev/video0?
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watcher:/home/cwilliams# ls -l /dev/video0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 2007-05-06 09:59 /dev/video0
Any ideas why ZoneMinder can't use /dev/video0? It appears that only root and video can read/write to this. Should I chmod 777 /dev/video0?
- chrismortimore
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I'd agree on this one.Carloswill wrote:I asked on the ZoneMinder forums and it seems because I installed ZoneMinder via APT-GET and not the traditional way, I would be kind of on my own as they feel this is a Debian related issue.
chmoding it should work, and if your not fussed about "everyone" (meaning people logged into your computer) being able to view the camera, then it's probably easier. The other alternative is to find out what user zoneminder is running under and add it to the video group. If you run "ps -AF", it will show you a list of every process and the user running it. Just dig it out from there, and use "gpasswd -a [username] video" and restart zoneminder. From what I can see, if you do "ps -AF | grep zm", it should give you the zoneminder-related info. If you have no luck, let me know and I'll install it at my end and give it a go myself.Carloswill wrote:Any ideas why ZoneMinder can't use /dev/video0? It appears that only root and video can read/write to this. Should I chmod 777 /dev/video0?
Desktop: AMD Athlon64 3800+ Venice Core, 2GB PC3200, 5x320GB WD 7200rpm Caviar RE2 (RAID5), Nvidia 6600GT 256MB
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Laptop: Intel Pentium M 1.5GHz, 512MB PC2700, 60GB 5400rpm IBM TravelStar, Nvidia 5200Go 64MB
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I just ran this command:
Would I be correct in understanding that the user is www-data?
Should I run the command you suggested against www-data?
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cwilliams@watcher:~$ su
Password:
watcher:/home/cwilliams# ps -AF | grep zm
www-data 11119 1 0 2966 6520 0 May08 tty1 00:00:07 /usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmdc.pl startup
www-data 11146 11119 0 4330 13132 0 May08 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmfilter.pl
www-data 11149 11119 0 2968 7644 0 May08 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmaudit.pl -c
www-data 11152 11119 0 2938 7520 0 May08 tty1 00:00:05 /usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmwatch.pl
root 9130 9128 0 739 740 0 18:29 pts/0 00:00:00 grep zm
Should I run the command you suggested against www-data?
- chrismortimore
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Yup, "gpasswd -a www-data video" should do it. Remember to restart zoneminder and any related programs afterwards.
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Laptop: Intel Pentium M 1.5GHz, 512MB PC2700, 60GB 5400rpm IBM TravelStar, Nvidia 5200Go 64MB
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OK - I ran the "gpasswd -a www-data video" command and then restarted Zoneminder via /etc/init.d/zoneminder restart and then even deleted and readded my monitor and I still had nothing. So then I went back and chmod 777 /dev/video0 and restarted Zoneminder and I can't get any video for some reason. I don't know what I am or have done wrong...
Newer mind, someone helped me out, but I can not findout how to use this.
When I go to var/www and click index I only get a webpage saying in big leters IT WORKS. I gues that is a test html for apashe.
Wen I complied from source the index for zoneminder was at var/www, but I newer got the streaming working..
How do I load the webpage showing zoneminder??
EDIT:Tested typing localhost in my browser witch returned
Not Found
The requested URL / was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.4 (Debian) PHP/5.2.3-1+b1 Server at localhost Port 80
When I go to var/www and click index I only get a webpage saying in big leters IT WORKS. I gues that is a test html for apashe.
Wen I complied from source the index for zoneminder was at var/www, but I newer got the streaming working..
How do I load the webpage showing zoneminder??
EDIT:Tested typing localhost in my browser witch returned
Not Found
The requested URL / was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.4 (Debian) PHP/5.2.3-1+b1 Server at localhost Port 80