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I have ZM 1.24 set up on Xubuntu 8.04 (set up with the Bluecherry Live CD ). I had it set on another box & I noticed that it used a lot of RAM. When it would reach the maximum, it would freeze up and become unusable until I restarted apache. I swapped the HDD & recording card to a new box with 3GB ...

They are color cameras, should I set to greyscale anyway?

Thanks Skyking. I actually had installed zoneminder with this setup and I experienced similar results. 1 Camera ok, 4 cameras crap. More than anything I was playing around, but now we've taken extra staff here in the office and I now feel a need to have some sort of surveillance. On a seperate note ...

And this is exactly why I like this community so much. I appreciate all the help and solutions, I will install the liveCD today or tomorrow. I don't have any reason why I chose Ubuntu other than the fact that in this last year it is the only distro I've used. I'll let you guys know how it went ...

Hello. Even though I've installed Linux on my computer many times going as far back as 2000, I still consider myself a newbie. I never took time to play with it and have very limited knowledge. I would like to have a zoneminder system running in my office. I have already put up the cameras and have ...