zmdc exited abnormally, exit status 255]

[stevet284]

Hi,

I have just done a new install of Fedora Core 10 with zoneminder 1.23.3 on a spare toshiba laptop, currently testing with 2 cheap USB webcams.

I previously tried a live CD (1.2.2 + mandriva 2006.0) which worked
fine with the same cameras.

xawtv works fine.

# ls -l /dev/video0
crwxrwxrwx+ 1 root root 81, 0 2009-02-09 11:16 /dev/video0


But the cameras have no picture, In zmdc.log I have the same message again and again:


02/09/2009 15:30:55.417745 zmdc[14045].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/02/09 15:30:55, pid = 19840]
02/09/2009 15:30:56.412212 zmdc[14045].ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 255]
02/09/2009 15:31:06.105549 zmdc[14045].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/02/09 15:31:06, pid = 19899]
02/09/2009 15:31:06.872429 zmdc[14045].ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 255]
02/09/2009 15:31:16.780610 zmdc[14045].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/02/09 15:31:16, pid = 19959]
02/09/2009 15:31:17.611642 zmdc[14045].ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 255]

Also in /var/log/messages I have (repeated many times):

Feb 9 16:10:57 localhost zmdc[607]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' started at 09/02/09 16:10:57]
Feb 9 16:10:57 localhost zmc_dvideo0[607]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Feb 9 16:10:57 localhost zmdc[14045]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/02/09 16:10:57, pid = 607]
Feb 9 16:10:58 localhost zmwatch[14191]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/02/09 16:10:57, pid = 607]
Feb 9 16:10:58 localhost zmc_dvideo0[607]: INF [Starting Capture]
Feb 9 16:10:58 localhost zmc_dvideo0[607]: ERR [Sync failure for frame 1 buffer 2(1): Invalid argument]
Feb 9 16:10:58 localhost zmc_dvideo0[607]: ERR [Failed to post-capture monitor 0]
Feb 9 16:10:58 localhost zmdc[14045]: ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 255]
Feb 9 16:11:08 localhost zmwatch[14191]: INF [Restarting capture daemon for cam1, time since last capture 10 seconds (1234195868-1234195858)]



Any help would be much appreciated, cheers,

Steve.


zmu -q -d /dev/video0 -v
Video Capabilities
Name: CIF Single Chip
Type: 1
Can capture
Video Channels: 1
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 352
Maximum Height: 288
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 176
Height: 144
Picture Attributes
Palette: 0 - Unknown
Colour Depth: 8
Brightness: 1028
Hue: 0
Colour :0
Contrast: 0
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: pac207
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL

[stevet284]

UPDATE: Installed ZoneMinder-1.22.2 from source and I still get the same errors.
Thi level perviously worked with the same hardware (with Mandriva 2006.0 ZM liveCD)

So either I am doing something wrong here (quite likely) or it is a problem related to the operating system (FC10)

I think I will give up soon, its a shame because FC10 is otherwise running very nicely.
Time to try another distro / ZM_liveCD

Cheers
Steve

[liviab]

I'm getting this same error too (using FC10).

[kwire]

I don't have an answer about your specific problem, but I just wanted you to know that Fedora 10 does work with ZoneMinder.

I am just getting this system set up, (my first one) and have two AXIS 207 cameras working with ZM ver 1.24.0 and Fedora 10.

Keith

[liviab]

It's good to know this, because now I'm sure that the problem is with my machine.
Did you get any problem to install the ZM? How did you installed (compiling or from a rpm file)?

[kwire]

liviab,

The main problems I had were with ccache and ffmpeg and probably my own doing

I have documented my progress in these two threads.

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... highlight=

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... 9453#49453

Hope that helps, Keith

[stevet284]

Guys,

Thanks for the replies.


I agree this isn't a FC10 problem, I tried a debian-based livecd and got the same error.

I think this is a HW issue.

I was just testing on an old laptop with very cheap webcams.

I've now sucessfully installed a new system using the mandria 2006/ZM 1.22 live CD and it works fine.

The webcams work, but the picure quality is bad.

I've now tried a bt878 based capture card, using a camcorder as the source and it works really well.

The FC10 install with RPMs was very easy, so I think next i will rebuild it
at FC10 + ZM 1.23

[elp99jcm]

Have you followed other posts and edited the zmdc.pl script?

I have this error and added the following line:

$ENV{LD_PRELOAD} = '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so';

To the /usr/bin/zmdc.pl file (just before the my @daemons line).

Restarted zoneminder and problem solved.

[theemed]

Have you followed other posts and edited the zmdc.pl script?

I have this error and added the following line:

$ENV{LD_PRELOAD} = '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so';

To the /usr/bin/zmdc.pl file (just before the my @daemons line).

Restarted zoneminder and problem solved.

...failed.
I keep getting abnormal exits in zmdc.log with an exit status 255