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by kentcoast
Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:52 am
Forum: ZoneMinder Previous Versions
Topic: Adding a USB cam to an existing system
Replies: 5
Views: 6611

Hi Casey,

That's about where I'm up to...

Ubuntu ver is 8.10 - I'm trying to install the gspca drivers but I'm getting compile issues.

I'll keep working on it

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by kentcoast
Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:06 am
Forum: ZoneMinder Previous Versions
Topic: Corrupted images
Replies: 2
Views: 2599

Solved

Got it (for the benefit of anyone watching this thread for a solution to their own problem)

There was no bttv.conf! Created that manually - rebooted and now have glorious PAL colour
by kentcoast
Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:16 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder 1.24.x
Topic: /dev/video0 File Permissions in UBUNTU
Replies: 2
Views: 6344

Hi, As no-one else has answered, I'll try to help, but with a huge caveat - I'm a newbie as well, at most a couple of weeks further down the road. My understanding of this issue is that while it can be solved with chmod it's possibly overkill, the real problem is likely to be related to access via ...
by kentcoast
Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:45 pm
Forum: ZoneMinder Previous Versions
Topic: Corrupted images
Replies: 2
Views: 2599

More info and a partial fix... Still hoping for some guidance though. First things first... For any other newbies who find this via google. Here's where I've got to... I have a working Ubuntu 8.10 LAMP server (I had, what I think were udev problems on later distros), a straight install from a ...
by kentcoast
Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:24 am
Forum: ZoneMinder Previous Versions
Topic: Corrupted images
Replies: 2
Views: 2599

Corrupted images

This is a steep learning curve! While trying to figure out a solution to my USB problem earlier I completely wrecked my Zoneminder system... After hours of trying to fix it, I finally gave up and reinstalled everything. So... I have a clean Ubuntu 8.10 ZM 1.23.3 setup. There's still no USB camera ...
by kentcoast
Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:14 am
Forum: ZoneMinder Previous Versions
Topic: Adding a USB cam to an existing system
Replies: 5
Views: 6611

Adding a USB cam to an existing system

Hi Folks, I have searched the forums (and Google) for an answer to this one - if it's there I've missed it, I apologise. I've been using v1.23.3 on a ubuntu server (no GUI installed) for nearly a year now and so far so good (I've not upgraded yet on the simple principle of if it ain't broke, don't ...