No images displayed in montage.

nkw · Post by **nkw** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:58 am

Hi,
After installing ZM (Opensuse-10.2). I have no images in the montage.
The windows appear.
In the top left, a favicon with "new" listed next to it. Below, "Status: Idle - 0.00 fps". It actively seeks information, however, in properties it list a file size of zero.
Any suggestions...

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:16 pm

DO you have images in the normal monitor view, are you capturing images etc
Sounds like you have a cam config error to me

nkw · Post by **nkw** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:50 pm

Hi,
I just returned from holiday, sorry for not responding.
I have no images anywhere. I am using a DVR card and all drivers are showing installed correctly. The drivers listed are the same as the drivers I am using in Window’s XP pro which work fine (dual boot).

Lee Sharp · Post by **Lee Sharp** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:58 pm

What card?
Have you tried xawtv?
What modprobe options are you using?
Post your lspci and dmesg here as well.

nkw · Post by **nkw** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:20 pm

Hi,
The card is non branded 16 channel, using Philips SAA7130 chip.
I am new to linux, so I do not know what xawtv, modprobe, lspci and, dmesg does.
what do I do?

Post by **cordel** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:38 am

nkw wrote:I am new to linux, so I do not know what xawtv, modprobe, lspci and, dmesg does.
what do I do?

You will need to learn linux

I put a few links at the bottom of this link that have tutorials and such that help new linux users.

Lee Sharp · Post by **Lee Sharp** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:08 am

nkw wrote:Hi,
The card is non branded 16 channel, using Philips SAA7130 chip.
I am new to linux, so I do not know what xawtv, modprobe, lspci and, dmesg does.
what do I do?

Additionally, I recommend http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Always give as much information as you can. Some short explanation as to why.

We need to know what card. Post a link to a picture. That is because some cards are autodetected, but most are not. We know a lot of them...

lspci is a command to show what is on your PCI bus. dmesg is a list of what Linux thinks is on your pci bus. modprobe is a way to tell Linux what is really on your pci bus. xawtv is a way to test video capture.

neilk · Post by **neilk** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:59 am

this might help you with your card

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5921