New install on Debian Buster

[Dayve]

I have followed this guide and get to the end to start zoneminder. It will not start and this is the errors.

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_10_B ... pro_Master

root@Zoneminder:~# systemctl start zoneminder
Job for zoneminder.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status zoneminder.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

root@Zoneminder:~# systemctl status zoneminder.service
* zoneminder.service - ZoneMinder CCTV recording and surveillance system
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/zoneminder.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-09-12 17:44:48 EDT; 1s ago
Process: 31025 ExecStart=/usr/bin/zmpkg.pl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Anyone know what I could be missing?

[Rajstopy]

Hi,

I did follow exactly the same procedure as you did, resulting to the same error at service startup. I installed it on Debian 10 as well.

However, the web server part seems to work well.

Any insight would be very helpful.

Cheers,

Raj

[bbunge]

The only issue I had writing that procedure was with Apache. I believe Apache had not started after I installed it and I had to manually do a start not a restart. There was an issue deleting events from the gui which was supposed to be fixed. On a reboot Apache and Zoneminder started and ran well.

[Rajstopy]

Really strange indeed.

Apache runs well since I’m able to use the GUI and navigate.

Cheers

Raj

[bbunge]

Did my initial test on an amd64 system. Tried Pi 3B+ with Buster and failed. Will look into it next week.

[clipo]

Just done a fresh install with the same errors.

I've rebooted the system but the same error happens.

I have now run the Mysql database update procedure as detailed in the Jessie install and Zoneminder has started OK.

cat /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql | sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf

echo 'grant lock tables,alter,create,select,insert,update,delete,index on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by "zmpass";' | sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf mysql

[Rajstopy]

Mmmm, still unable to get it started.

Here is the log I get, don't know if it helps :

Sep 15 15:55:56 lynx zmpkg[2244]: INF [Command: start]
Sep 15 15:56:05 lynx zmfilter_2[1158]: WAR [No query in Filter!]
Sep 15 15:56:05 lynx zmfilter_1[1150]: WAR [No query in Filter!]
Sep 15 15:56:05 lynx zmfilter_2[1158]: WAR [No filter found for SELECT * FROM `Filters` WHERE `Id` = ? AND( `AutoArchive` = 1#012 or `AutoVideo` = 1#012 or `AutoUpload` = 1#012 or `AutoEmail` = 1#012 or `AutoMessage` = 1#012 or `AutoExecute` = 1#012 or `AutoDelete` = 1#012 or `UpdateDiskSpace` = 1#012 or `AutoMove` = 1#012 or `AutoCopy` = 1#012 ) ORDER BY `Name` with values(2)]
Sep 15 15:56:05 lynx zmfilter_1[1150]: WAR [No filter found for SELECT * FROM `Filters` WHERE `Id` = ? AND( `AutoArchive` = 1#012 or `AutoVideo` = 1#012 or `AutoUpload` = 1#012 or `AutoEmail` = 1#012 or `AutoMessage` = 1#012 or `AutoExecute` = 1#012 or `AutoDelete` = 1#012 or `UpdateDiskSpace` = 1#012 or `AutoMove` = 1#012 or `AutoCopy` = 1#012 ) ORDER BY `Name` with values(1)]
Sep 15 15:56:06 lynx zmpkg[2259]: INF [Sanity checking States table...]

Also wondering why I don't have any zmuser in my database... (only admin).

Has actually anyone succeeded with installing ZM on Debian 10, amd64 arch ?

Raj.

[clipo]

Has actually anyone succeeded with installing ZM on Debian 10, amd64 arch ?

Raj.

Raj,

I have a fully working system using amd64 arch.

Run the two command as listed in my post above and I've also had to run a command to rebuild the database as detailed in a post by iconnor

mysql -u zmuser -p zm < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_update-1.33.14.sql

[Rajstopy]

Hi there,

I still have this strange error in /var/log/message, and still unable to start the service :

-- The unit zoneminder.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
sept. 17 13:08:28 lynx systemd[1]: Failed to start ZoneMinder CCTV recording and surveillance system.
-- Subject: L'unité (unit) zoneminder.service a échoué
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--



Sep 17 12:59:56 lynx zmfilter_2[1158]: WAR [No query in Filter!]
Sep 17 12:59:56 lynx zmfilter_2[1158]: WAR [No filter found for SELECT * FROM `Filters` WHERE `Id` = ? AND( `AutoArchive` = 1#012 or `AutoVideo` = 1#012 or `AutoUpload` = 1#012 or `AutoEmail` = 1#012 or `AutoMessage` = 1#012 or `AutoExecute` = 1#012 or `AutoDelete` = 1#012 or `UpdateDiskSpace` = 1#012 or `AutoMove` = 1#012 or `AutoCopy` = 1#012 ) ORDER BY `Name` with values(2)]
Sep 17 12:59:56 lynx zmfilter_1[1150]: WAR [No query in Filter!]
Sep 17 12:59:56 lynx zmfilter_1[1150]: WAR [No filter found for SELECT * FROM `Filters` WHERE `Id` = ? AND( `AutoArchive` = 1#012 or `AutoVideo` = 1#012 or `AutoUpload` = 1#012 or `AutoEmail` = 1#012 or `AutoMessage` = 1#012 or `AutoExecute` = 1#012 or `AutoDelete` = 1#012 or `UpdateDiskSpace` = 1#012 or `AutoMove` = 1#012 or `AutoCopy` = 1#012 ) ORDER BY `Name` with values(1)]

Raj

[glorang]

For anyone still bumping into this, you need to specify User=www-data in the systemd unit file (or whatever ZM_WEB_USER is in /etc/zm/zm.conf)

It looks like it is commented out by default. Following should do:

Code: Select all

# systemctl edit zoneminder

[Service]
User=www-data

# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl start zoneminder