Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop

[Lord QwertY]

hi all,

I'm new to Linux and Zoneminder and I've tried to install ZM on a new Ubuntu 8.10 desktop (not server!) but no success so far.

Does anyone had a successfull installation on ubuntu 8.10 Desktop so far and is willing to explain this to a newby?

I'm trying to use ZM with an IP cam, so I guess there might be no dirver issue.

Thank you for your help.

[henriquejf]

Follow the excelent tutorial below and if you get any doubts just post them on the related topic under zoneminder 1.24.x,


excelent tutorial for ubuntu 8.10 (based on the server but you can follow under desktop )

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... ozola-0.7)





ZM on other distributions (even playstation beleave!)

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Contents


good luck !

[Lord QwertY]

Thank you for your response.
I've downloaded Ubuntu server 8.10, to be sure to get ZM running for te first time

I could not login with the root account, but I logged in with my user account and used the "sudo" option for every command written in the manual you send me the link for.

I skipped the "sudo aptitude linux-headers-`uname -r`" command because it was not recognized.

At the command "sudo automake" at got following error:
"configure.ac:3: version mismatch. This is Automake 1.10.1, but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from Automake 1.9.6. You should recreate aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again."

Does anyone got an idea how I can solve this?

Thanks in advance.

[henriquejf]

to login with root account, you have to login as the normal user and then:

sudo passwd root

then enter new passwords and you´ll be able to login as root, and skip the "sudo´s" ....

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regarding the "sudo aptitude linux-headers-`uname -r` problem, you can not skip this step, so i´ll try to help you on that:

if you issue the comand "uname -r" alone, your computer will answer you with the version of the kernel you are currently use; you can note it down and then issue the comand "sudo aptitude linux-headers-", and after the "headers-" you immediately insert with no spaces the string you have noted down; the comand "sudo aptitude linux-headers-`uname -r`" tries to accomplish that in a single step, but you may find an error because of the "´", or "`" signs, they always give me problems also ....

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and if your ubuntu still complains about dependencies problems, you may wish to try

apt-get update

apt-get install -f

it usually solves the dependencies; if it doesnt work, try to install the package again and then "apt-get install -f" again;

remember you have to be connected to the internet;

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and finally, if you really are very new to linux and have difficulties accomplishing this tutorial, you may consider visiting

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/ZMLarch

where you´ll find a LIVECD distro with zoneminder ready for use (the download of the iso may be very slow because of isp restrictions (you know, it´s free so we cant complain), but once you get the iso, burn it and have a try, (you may run the zoneminder system without changing anything on the hd, and if you like it you´ll find an icon on the desktop that allows you to install it to the hard disk;)

hope it helps !

[Lord QwertY]

Thank you for your help again.

- password change worked so I'm working as root now
- "linux-headers- ..." issue worked also.

- but still got the error when I try to run the "automake" command

note to myself: feeling really newbe right now :p

[henriquejf]

i´m positive you´re gonna be happy with the livecd ! it works out of the box with many usb webcams and many capture cards (I personally use a cheap capture device based on the chip bt878 with 4 cameras), and i can watch my home from my work and from everywhere else, I can get emails with images and videos, and everything i want; you know, its an open source project and you gonna have to read/search and work a lot to get things going; but in the end, it will be worthy !!!

good look ! get a try in the zmlarch livecd i commented before !!! bye

sorry about the automake, i dunno how youre gonne fix that, maybe if you try a apt-get full upgrade you may fix that, but you´d better search the web if you want a specific solution;

[danielstewart]

I also encountered the problem with automake following the http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... ozola-0.7) tutorial --- however, like the big dummy I am, I went ahead and ran make and make install without any complaints... I was able to verify the success of the install by monitoring an axim IP cam with no issues.

Now, I'd like to use an ACTi camera from bluecherry (asm-5001) which uses RTSP and I get the following errors:

tail -n 40 zm_debug.log.07625
04/28/09 19:43:59.275869 zmc_m1[7625].DB1-zm_monitor.cpp/2463 [Loaded monitor 1(ACT1), 1 zones]
04/28/09 19:43:59.275894 zmc_m1[7625].INF-zmc.cpp/188 [Starting Capture]
04/28/09 19:43:59.276195 zmc_m1[7625].DB2-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/112 [Waiting for sources]
04/28/09 19:44:04.408483 zmc_m1[7625].FAT-zm_remote_camera_rtsp.cpp/118 [No RTSP sources]

tail -n 40 /var/log/syslog
Apr 28 19:57:04 usrv810-i386 zmdc[8108]: INF [Starting pending process, zmc -m 1]
Apr 28 19:57:04 usrv810-i386 zmdc[8108]: INF ['zmc -m 1' starting at 09/04/28 19:57:04, pid = 8360]
Apr 28 19:57:04 usrv810-i386 zmdc[8360]: INF ['zmc -m 1' started at 09/04/28 19:57:04]
Apr 28 19:57:04 usrv810-i386 zmc_m1[8360]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Apr 28 19:57:04 usrv810-i386 zmc_m1[8360]: INF [New Debug Level = 9, New Debug Log = /tmp/zm_debug.log.08360]
Apr 28 19:57:04 usrv810-i386 zmc_m1[8360]: ERR [Unable to open input 'rtsp://Admin:123456@192.168.1.20:7070']
Apr 28 19:57:04 usrv810-i386 zmc_m1[8360]: INF [Starting Capture]
Apr 28 19:57:09 usrv810-i386 zmc_m1[8360]: FAT [No RTSP sources]
Apr 28 19:57:09 usrv810-i386 zmdc[8108]: INF ['zmc -m 1' crashed, signal 6]

I have tested this camera using rtsp://Admin:123456@192.168.1.20:7070 with Totem and it works just fine.

I'm clueless, any thoughts?

Daniel

[allanE]

Type " aclocal " hit enter and run configure again. that should make it work..did for me..
To run as root with a default ubuntu install type " sudo su " and enter password at prompt and you will be root as long as the terminal is open
Allan

[danielstewart]

Alright Allan, I'll try you're "aclocal" voodoo next time I compile zm Thanks for the tip! (Hopefully there'll be a zm 1.24.1 .deb soon for the spoiled ubuntu folks!)

[allanE]

danielstewart
in user contributions Peter Howard has said he is working on a deb version and a ubuntu one also.. should be popular..
sorry cannot help with the camera problem, most of mine are analog and one intellinet ip cam..
Allan