Minor notes on zm-1.21.4

[candlerb]

Just installed zoneminder 1.21.4 under CentOS 4.2. It's running with a Logitech QuickCam 4000. I was amazed how easy it was to get up and running

The README document is absolutely superb, but I just have a few minor updates/corrections.

(1) There is a problem when creating the database using db/zmschema.sql due to an insert statement having a wrong number of parameters. I was able to make it work like this (although I don't know if this is the correct fix or not)

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--- db/zmschema.sql.orig        2006-01-10 14:54:27.000000000 +0000
+++ db/zmschema.sql     2006-01-10 16:08:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
 --
 -- Create a default admin user.
 --
-insert into Users values ('','admin',password('admin'),'',1,'View','Edit','Edit','Edit','','');
+insert into Users values ('','admin',password('admin'),'',1,'View','Edit','Edit','Edit','','','');
 --
 -- Add in a sample filter to purge the oldest 5 events when the disk is 95% full, delete is disabled though
 --

(2) The README says:

Once you have validated your camera run 'zmu -d <device_no> -q
-v' to get a dump of the settings (note, you will have to
additionally supply a username and password to zmu if you are
running in authenticated mode). You can then enter these
values into the video related options of the monitor
configuration panel. The 'device_no' referred to here is a
number corresponding to the digit at the end of your device
file, so /dev/video0 has a 'device_no' of 0 etc.

Actually, it seems you need

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zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v

i.e. use the full device pathname rather than a device number.

(3) You need to install package perl-Time-HiRes otherwise zmaudit fails to start. (Although this is fairly clear if you look at the logged error message, it's probably worth a mention)

Hope this helps. Thanks for a fantastic piece of software!

Regards,

Brian.

[zoneminder]

Hi brian,

Thanks for your comments and well constructed feedback.

(1) There is a problem when creating the database using db/zmschema.sql due to an insert statement having a wrong number of parameters.

You are correct, though I thought I'd fixed this in the uploaded tar file. I'll check, thanks.

(2)... Actually, it seems you need

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zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v

i.e. use the full device pathname rather than a device number.

Correct again. This changed relatively recently so I'll update the README to reflect it.

((3) You need to install package perl-Time-HiRes otherwise zmaudit fails to start. (Although this is fairly clear if you look at the logged error message, it's probably worth a mention)

Version 1.22.0 checks for and reports any missing perl modules.

Cheers