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Hello, I have tried to install zm-1.21.4 on Mandriva 2006 without success so far. I URPMI mysql packages MYSQL MYSQL-client libmysql4-devel which were missing. When I start zmpkg.pl and connect to browser on localhost/zm i see a blank page with no content ( and no error messages either). Another ...

Hi Ross, The first step is to boot from the CD and install to a partition on your your hard drive. The steps are outlined here: http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3779 Ok thanks for that, I have the following information from the above link:- To remaster the ZMliveCD you begin by ...

Hi Ross, Thanks for the reply. I am keen. First up How do I copy my live linux CD to hard disk so I can boot from the hard disk instead of the CD . (somehow it must be possible to copy CD ISO image to hard disk and boot from it... maybe block copy or rawwrite....??). I am reasonably familiar with ...

Hello, Having tried zone alarm and got tangled with the build. I thought an easier way would be to download a liveCD. My heart sank when I saw how heavyweight the download is (and it gets bigger every release!) I do have broadband but only 256kbits/sec. There are many lightweight linux distros out ...

Hi Phil, The image freezes solid in the monitor watch window and then disappears leaving a kite face icon in the top corner of the image box.(I am afraid nothing has changed for me since last December when I started this mail) If I do a refresh, and I get another instance of ZMS and all is OK for ...

Hi Phil, Thanks. Phil, just Before I change anything…… , for more information, here are the final entries of a measurement made using the ethereal network tool logging localhost traffic at the exact time my Mozilla browser froze tonight (approx 146 seconds from starting):- 3571 146,404 998 localhost. ...

Hi, Thanks Phil, didn’t quite follow what you were saying about caching headers? Anyway My watch window is still locking up after some indeterminate time of use (usually 60 seconds or more). An independent Mozilla browser behaves in the same way. Here is my /var/log/messages:- Jan 2 11:17:29 l ...

Hold on a second, what is this…………… http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121084 Bugzilla Bug 121084 cache: Images requested twice -> "The image cannot be displayed, because it contains errors." message [when "Compare the page in cache ..." set to "every time I view the page"] Last modified: 20 ...

Thankyou everyone for all the valuable advice given above. The challenge still remains for me unfortunately as before:- No stable image in watch window! I undertook the following troubleshoot program when ZoneMinder was up and running yesterday:- I start Mozilla Browser V1.0.1 (which came with ...

Thanks for the help guys,  I discovered webmin.com has 2 versions of the Unix admin package one of 1.5 Mbyte and the other of 7.5 Mbyte. My problems so far have been missing modules of code so I downloaded the full 7.5Mbyte code ….……….gulp! I live in a sleepy village in England where even narrowban ...

Hi Jose, Thanks a million for finding me buried deep in the forum here! I am afraid linux is a bit new for me, however I can already feel the wonderful power and flexibility harnessed in this excellent application Philip has produced. I like very much the modular and scaleable nature of the design ...

Image box in watch window still freezing after 25 to 70 secs The server load has crept up to 36 overnight and everything is responding very slowly on my desktop. (what are server load units and what do they mean.) I shutdown Linux but it took ages. Never seen this behaviour before. What to do next ...

Ok I have found options button and turned off ZM_STRICT_VIDEO_CONFIG . Now I have an Image which is clear and fantastic for maybe 25 seconds and then it freezes!! The image freezes solid and then disappears leaving a kite face icon in the top corner of the image box if I do a refresh. Help!.. Peter

More information on symptoms of above problem /tmp/zmdc.log reports that zmc keeps crashing; there are multiple instances of: Starting pending process, zmc -d 0 'zmc -d 0' starting at 03/10/24 23:27:08, pid = 4479 'zmc -d 0' started at 03/10/24 23:27:08 'zmc -d 0' crashed at 03/10/24 23:27:08, exit ...

Hi , I have ZoneMinder nearly working... but there is no image in my monitor watch window. …..So I did the following:- 1) Mouse Clicking on the image box produces a Dialogue box describing the image properties and shows me the following information:- Location: http://localhost/cgi-bin/zms?monitor=1&i ...