'zmc -d 0' crashed, exit status 255

[loop]

Hi,
I have problem using ZM, it doesn't shw any picture and stream. No images are created in images folder.

What should I set video channel to, if I have USB web cam? I know it's on /dev/video0, but what channel ?

I'm using:
zm-0.9.16
RedHat8
Apache/2.0.48 (Unix) PHP/4.3.4 Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80
PHP 4.3.4 (cli) (built: Nov 6 2003 13:31:45)
mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.52, for pc-linux-gnu (i686)


The zmdc.log says:

...
Starting pending process, zmc -d 0
'zmc -d 0' starting at 03/11/06 16:26:15, pid = 1282
'zmc -d 0' started at 03/11/06 16:26:15
'zmc -d 0' crashed at 03/11/06 16:26:15, exit status 255
Starting pending process, zmc -d 0
'zmc -d 0' starting at 03/11/06 16:26:55, pid = 1290
'zmc -d 0' started at 03/11/06 16:26:55
'zmc -d 0' crashed at 03/11/06 16:26:55, exit status 255
Starting pending process, zmc -d 0
'zmc -d 0' starting at 03/11/06 16:28:15, pid = 1302
'zmc -d 0' started at 03/11/06 16:28:15
'zmc -d 0' crashed at 03/11/06 16:28:15, exit status 255
...


The zmpkg.log says:
Can't change permissions on log file: Operation not permitted at /usr/local/bin/zmpkg.pl line 134.

The zmwatch.log says:
Watchdog starting at 03/11/06 16:25:42
Watchdog pausing for 30 seconds
Can't get shared memory id: No such file or directory
Can't get shared memory id: No such file or directory
Can't get shared memory id: No such file or directory
...




Any help appreciated.

Best regards.
D.

[zoneminder]

Hi,

The first thing to check is /var/log/messages or whatever your syslog file is. This will be where zmc writes it's errors. I suspect it is having trouble setting up the video capture but this will tell you. Normally for USB cameras just leave the channel as the default or zero.

Phil,

[loop]

Thank you Phil, you're right. I've checked messages log and after I start ZM it says:

Nov 7 17:01:13 embed1 zmfix[1309]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = ]
Nov 7 17:01:17 embed1 zmc-d0[1332]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = ]
Nov 7 17:01:17 embed1 zmc-d0[1332]: INF [Got 1 monitors]
Nov 7 17:01:17 embed1 zmc-d0[1332]: ERR [Failed to open video device /dev/video0: Permission denied]
Nov 7 17:01:17 embed1 zmc-d0[1334]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = ]
Nov 7 17:01:17 embed1 zmc-d0[1334]: INF [Got 1 monitors]
Nov 7 17:01:17 embed1 zmc-d0[1334]: ERR [Failed to open video device /dev/video0: Permission denied]
Nov 7 17:01:22 embed1 zmc-d0[1354]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = ]
Nov 7 17:01:22 embed1 zmc-d0[1354]: INF [Got 1 monitors]



I'm logged in my linux sessions as root, and as admin in ZM. Why do I have a permission problem?
If I open camstream it shows my USB cam on /dev/video0 correctly.
Another interesting thing - if I run zmfix in linux shell, it reports Segmentation fault.

Regards, Darko