Zone Minder service start error

[linuxnut919]

I just installed the ZoneMinder version 0.9.15 package on my redhat9 box. However, when I try to start the zm service, I get the following error:

Starting ZoneMinder: Bareword "ZM_PATH_LOGS" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/local/bin/zmpkg.pl line 62.
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/zmpkg.pl line 63.
[FAILED]

Can anyone tell me what is causing this error?

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me..
Lee

[furrest]

Hmmm

I remember this problem.... I had it too. I think that it is from a missing perl module.


Do you have all the mysql module installed?

[blackkane]

I've the same problem (as Lee Coleman I used rh 9.0)...I've control modules that zm perl script use and I install they but I haven't resolved the problem...Have you some ideas?
Regards, blackkane

[zoneminder]

Hi Lee,

Are you sure you have run zmconfig.pl to install configuration into the database? It looks to me like the config is not being loaded properly.

Phil,

[will]

I just ran into this problem.
The directory where the logs are supposed to be dumped DOES NOT EXIST.
Create it by hand and everything will be fine

[enricopallatzo]

I hit the same problem -

Seeing Philip's post I poked around in the db and sure enough there wasn't anything there - I did run 'perl ./zmconfig.pl' previously though - zmconfig.txt existed - It may be of note that I hit 'x' to use the defaults once the core options were set.

Anyhow, running 'perl ./zmconfig.pl -noi' fixed this... Thanks Philip!
Cheers,
Erik.