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Thanks to the packager, this has been fixed... In case anybody else runs into a similar issue in future, it was caused by the /etc/zm_database_init.conf that lost some of its configuration settings. The zm_database_init script assists SUSE users by automating the database creation & update steps ...

Thanks for the reply! I've already contacted Dirk and he's undertaken to look into it for me...

Just for clarity, do other distros also make use of zm_database_init, or is it a SUSE-only "feature"?

I managed to apply a workaround to get my Zoneminder running again :D Because the failure occurs when executing zm_database_init from the zm.service file, and because I was convinced that the database is up to date & that my zm_admin user has the correct rights to it, I commented the "execstartpre ...

Hi all... I upgraded ZM to v1.34.12 yesterday and it's refused to start since then. Running jounalctl -xe after a failed start tells me the following: May 11 15:21:09 megaserver systemd[1]: Starting ZoneMinder Video Surveillance System... -- Subject: A start job for unit zm.service has begun ...