ZM problem in Kubuntu ( Ubuntu 10.2 LTS )

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icedizzy
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Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:36 am

ZM problem in Kubuntu ( Ubuntu 10.2 LTS )

Post by icedizzy »

Camera works just perfect elseware.
But i preavousley years ago with success used ZM in an deb install.
Now i would like to get ZM running on my Kubuntu desktop.

Background:

xawtv -hwscan
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.32-23-generic)
looking for available devices
/dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ]
type : v4l2
name : UVC Camera (046d:08c5)
flags: capture

lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:08c5 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 5000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


But in zm.....

Monitor-2 Monitor /dev/video0 (0)

Where /dev/video0 are red idicates error.

Running Kubuntu
cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

installed zm with sudo apt-get install zoneminder
edited ( was not done by the package ) /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default before line </VirtualHost>

Alias /zoneminder "/usr/share/zoneminder/"
<Directory>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

Monitor config:
Device Path /dev/video0
Capture Method Video for Linux version 2 ( even tested 1 )
Device Channel 0
Device Format PAL
Capture Palette JPEG
Capture Width (pixels) 640
Capture Height (pixels) 480
Orientation Normal

Zoneminder version 1.24.2-2 build3

So any tip to get back on track?
PacoLM
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Post by PacoLM »

Hi,

Search how to increment the shared memory.

PacoLM
icedizzy
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Joined: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:36 am

Post by icedizzy »

PacoLM wrote:Hi,

Search how to increment the shared memory.

PacoLM
Thanks for your tip.
I've tested to increase sharedmemory too but no effect.
I think there are a problem with USB cameras generally and their driver not letting ZM access the memory area allocated by the driver. But that is only my guess.
I am still curious if ther is someone who has solved the problem with this version and camera.
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