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Took some more experimenting and thorough reading of the manual: The trick is in the "minimum pixel threshold" setting. Set on 8 I get perfect alarm detection. I am just a novice on ZM, but I am very impressed with the functionality and user interface. On FC 8 I had little problem installing from ...

I am using a Logitech Quickcan Pro 4000 webcam as camera. Although this is a good one for webcams, it obviously does not have the qualities of a professional (security) camera. I am now trying to setup Zoneminder Modect mode for less then optimal light conditions. Looking at the watch window, the ...

Ok, thanks anyway.

I have disabled SELinux for the time being. ZM works like a charm now with my simple webcam (LogitechQuickCam Pro 4000). I'll try to get more knowledgeable on Policies, but is a rather heavy subject to digest in my little spare hours. Will keep track of this forum topic...

Cordel, Finally found some time again. I've downloaded selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30.tar.gz and found directory containing policy-1.17.31-CTU inside. I assume this contains sources for a ZM-adapted policy. Unfortunaly I get an error while compiling the policy: macros/program/zm_macros.te:7:ERROR ...

Phil Thanks, your tip indeed solved the first messages (although the option is under menu Config and not Video as mentioned in the FAQ!). var/log/messages is now flooded with a new message: Mar 7 21:38:17 akns001 zmc_d0[5124]: ERR [Sync failure for frame 0: Invalid argument] Mar 7 21:38:17 akns001 ...

I am a newby on ZoneMinder, but not on Linux. Been around since RH 5.x or something. Started with FC3 a few weeks ago (been too lazy to try before). I activated SELinux, knowing not much about consequences. Of course, you can turn it off, but the principles of SE looks to be O.K. Main ZoneMinder ...