Debian 12 "Bookworm" with Zoneminder 1.36.33 Install Procedure

[bbunge]

Debian 12 Bookworm has been released with Zoneminder 1.36.33. As of this writing there are no install files on the zmrepo but they should be added in a short while.

See the Zoneminder WIKI for install procedure using version 1.36.33 contained with the Bookworm distro: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_12_B ... er_1.36.33

This procedure was written and verified with Bookworm release.

[bbunge]

I have done some basic testing with this release procedure. Cams can be installed, events captured and replayed and ZmNinja works.

I should add that I have not tried to upgrade from Bullseye to Bookworm. You may be better off doing a fresh install as upgrades can sometimes cause issues as I discovered last week with the RC4.

[robfish]

I have upgraded from Bullseye to Bookworm (including the bookworm zm repo)
I can log in with a brwser but
now I cannot log into ZM with Home Assistant or ZMNinja
On ZMNinja I get the following message:-

Login validated but API failed

Do I need to clear the API cache or something?

[bbunge]

That might help but there may be some other issues. See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_12_B ... er_1.36.33 where you can view the zoneminder.conf file. It is likely the ZM in the Debian repo overwrote the zoneminder.conf file. You may need to add the php entry cited there as well.
Worst case be prepared to reinstall the entire OS with Debian 12. Upgrades of the OS are problematic!

[robfish]

Thankyou, your reply was quite correct. (I actually found the problem before I came back to this forum)

Updating /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

was the answer.

[robfish]

I have a problem now with the web page not showing correctly in my browser.
For example the login screen looks like this:-

Screenshot from 2023-06-23 11-09-52.png (16.8 KiB) Viewed 19715 times

when it should look like this:-

Screenshot from 2023-06-23 11-18-11.png (9.37 KiB) Viewed 19715 times

Any pointers to what might be causing this?

[burger]

I have a problem now with the web page not showing correctly in my browser.
For example the login screen looks like this:-

Check the javascript error logs. I have seen this error, though I can't say it's the same error (I haven't used bookworm yet). Hopefully if you find an error in the js logs you can search the forum and it may show up.

[robfish]

This is way above my level of expertise.
At the moment it is not a major problem (zmNinja still works fine) so if I don't find a solution I might just start from scratch (the PC has nothing on it but ZoneMinder)

[Magic919]

It's usually 'browser console' or similar to see what is happening.

[robfish]

Can you please elaborate on "browser console"

[burger]

Can you please elaborate on "browser console"

99% of basic computer questions are just a web search away
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org ... index.html

[robfish]

Thanks @burger , I opened the browser console and found this.
Can anyone suggest the possible cause of this (after recently upgrading to Debian 12)?

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Browser Console Mode
Parent process only(Fast)
Multiprocess(Slower)
1687742027892	addons.xpi	WARN	Checking /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/extensions for addons
NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED: Component returned failure code: 0x80004001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) [nsIAppStartup.secondsSinceLastOSRestart]
    _collectStartupConditionsTelemetry resource:///modules/BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:1608
    BG__onFirstWindowLoaded resource:///modules/BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:1716
    BG_observe resource:///modules/BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:961
    _delayedStartup chrome://browser/content/browser.js:2068
BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:1617:15
Error: Can't find profile directory. XULStore.sys.mjs:60:15
Error: Please use $(ref:runtime.getURL). background.js:89
TypeError: str is undefined
    regExpMatch resource://gre/modules/components-utils/FilterExpressions.sys.mjs:109
    Transform resource://gre/modules/components-utils/mozjexl.js:1
ASRouter.jsm:1192:13
TypeError: str is undefined
    regExpMatch resource://gre/modules/components-utils/FilterExpressions.sys.mjs:109
    Transform resource://gre/modules/components-utils/mozjexl.js:1
ASRouterTargeting.jsm:1136:15
Key event not available on some keyboard layouts: key=“r” modifiers=“accel,alt” id=“key_toggleReaderMode” browser.xhtml
Key event not available on some keyboard layouts: key=“w” modifiers=“accel,alt” id=“ext-key-id-_2ce3a649-6013-44c2-b2f4-2684bb1a5dc4_-sidebar-action” browser.xhtml
Key event not available on some keyboard layouts: key=“i” modifiers=“accel,alt,shift” id=“key_browserToolbox” browser.xhtml
SearchSuggestionController found an unexpected string value: HTTP request timeout SearchSuggestionController.sys.mjs:634:17
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_jquery.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:346:69
Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
    jQuery 2
jquery-ui.min.js:6:65
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/js_ajaxQueue-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:348:54
Uncaught TypeError: Bootstrap's JavaScript requires jQuery. jQuery must be included before Bootstrap's JavaScript.
    jQueryDetection http://myth.fisher.net.nz:8811/zm/skins/classic/js/bootstrap.min.js:243
    <anonymous> http://myth.fisher.net.nz:8811/zm/skins/classic/js/bootstrap.min.js:258
    <anonymous> http://myth.fisher.net.nz:8811/zm/skins/classic/js/bootstrap.min.js:9
    <anonymous> http://myth.fisher.net.nz:8811/zm/skins/classic/js/bootstrap.min.js:10
bootstrap.min.js:243:15
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_tableExport.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:350:72
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_bootstrap-table.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:351:76
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Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_bootstrap-table-page-jump-to.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:354:89
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_bootstrap-table-cookie.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:355:83
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_bootstrap-table-toolbar.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:356:84
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_bootstrap-table-auto-refresh.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:357:89
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_chosen_chosen.jquery.min-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:358:81
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_dateTimePicker_jquery-ui-timepicker-addon-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:359:98
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/js_Server-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:360:49
Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
    <anonymous> http://my.address/zm/index.php:362
index.php:362:61
    <anonymous> http://myth.fisher.net.nz:8811/zm/index.php:362
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_views_js_console-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:737:72
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/skins_classic_js_skin-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:738:63
Loading failed for the <script> with source “http://my.address/zm/cache/js_logger-base-1677188641.js”. index.php:739:51
Uncaught TypeError: $j is not a function
    <anonymous> http://my.address/zm/index.php:740
index.php:740:54
Missing resource in locale en-GB: devtools/client/toolbox.ftl
Missing resource in locale en-CA: devtools/client/toolbox.ftl

[burger]

Just guessing. I don't have 1.36 w/ bookworm but hopefully this will help. You should edit the logs so they don't show your address. As to the error, a search on the forum comes up empty, which is interesting. Actually, this came up on the forum. I don't think this is it, but it's the closest hit. Try clearing the cache.
viewtopic.php?p=129065&hilit=jquery+is+defined#p129065

Do you have an adblocker or noscript running? Try another browser? This is the closest web hit: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/458 ... ith-source

[robfish]

Thanks for the help but unfortunately I still have the issue.
I cleared /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
It isn't my browser issue (I have tried Firefox and Chrome on two different computers)
I have two other remote Zoneminder servers on Bullseye still so I will not be upgrading them to Bookworm.
I think now the quickest fix is to completely rebuild this server (it has nothing else on it)

[bbunge]

Thanks for the help but unfortunately I still have the issue.
I cleared /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
It isn't my browser issue (I have tried Firefox and Chrome on two different computers)
I have two other remote Zoneminder servers on Bullseye still so I will not be upgrading them to Bookworm.
I think now the quickest fix is to completely rebuild this server (it has nothing else on it)

For now your best bet is to go back to Debian 11. There are no issues running Zoneminder there.

I am still researching ZM on Debian 12 as time permits. I suspect there may be some issues with PHP 8.2 but I am not that much of a wizzard to find them. I tried to install PHP 7.4 on Bookworm then install Zoneminder but PHP 8.2 got installed. I was able to get the API to work with ZmNinja but browsers other than Firefox tank out. Iconner will in time get a version for bookworm on the zmrepo so stay tuned!