Connexant BT878A Chip Set-Up / ZM 1.24.2

Dan.Tech · Post by **Dan.Tech** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:30 pm

I've got an old Packard Bell iMedia 5076, which oddly works like new with the following specs:

OS: Ubuntu 10.10
RAM: 1.5GB
Processor: IntelÂ® PentiumÂ® 4 Processor 2.53 GHz (512K Cache, 533 MHz FSB)
Architecture: i386 (32-bit)
HDD: 80GB (IDE)
Graphics: GeForce 7600 GS (256MB)

All the peripherals connected all work correctly, and function fine without error, since my Swann DVR died after a year (just after warranty, so can't get replacement/credit/whatever) i've chosen to replace my surveillance system with zoneminder, i've installed ZoneMinder v. 1.24.2 and set up Apache, etc. (accessing remotely is fine) the other day and ordered a Connexant 8x8 BT878A Chip from camsecure product page: http://www.camsecure.co.uk/CamsecureBT878aPCICard.html
I inserted the PCI card into an available slot and fired up the computer, and as in the instruction guide, placed the following options:

options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
options bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102 radio=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 tuner=4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4 chroma_agc=1 combfilter=2 full_luma_range=1 coring=1 autoload=0

in /etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf and added /dev/video0 channel 0, /dev/video1 channel 0, /dev/video2 channel 0, etc. to /dev/video7 channel 0 as monitors in ZoneMinder, i've used the presets for these monitors, and i get no stream coming through any of the monitors on any of the channels/inputs (yes there are working cameras connected via BNC, i just recieve a monitor screen with no image, or a border with an image x icon. I don't know what i'm doing wrong, i've tried other options written in forums on the net but none have worked, i have tried different device formats and capture palettes too, and nothing has worked, can someone please help me get this stream working, and also tell me which format and palette i should be using, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance, Dan.

DREMA · Post by **DREMA** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:38 pm

Try removing the /etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf part, with the new Ubuntu you don't need it anymore, that card is detected automatically.

Then follow this guide, works perfect with Ubuntu 10.10

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... x)_Desktop

Dan.Tech · Post by **Dan.Tech** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:27 pm

DREMA wrote:Try removing the /etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf part, with the new Ubuntu you don't need it anymore, that card is detected automatically.

Then follow this guide, works perfect with Ubuntu 10.10

http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... x)_Desktop

I've just followed that guide, with not much extra luck;

i've got five cameras connected but nothing is being output, any ideas?

DREMA · Post by **DREMA** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:44 pm

Could you please paste the output of this command.

dmesg | grep bttv

Dan.Tech · Post by **Dan.Tech** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:01 pm

DREMA wrote:Could you please paste the output of this command.

dmesg | grep bttv

it shows nothing:

Code: Select all

User@Ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep bttv
User@Ubuntu:~$

DREMA · Post by **DREMA** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:48 am

Are you sure you have a bttv card? Please post the output of "dmesg" alone.

Dan.Tech · Post by **Dan.Tech** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:56 pm

the specs say its a bttv card, and the installation guide tells me to change the bttv.conf file so i assume its a bttv card, the product page is here: http://www.camsecure.co.uk/CamsecureBT878aPCICard.html

and the output for dmesg is:

[ 0.000000] Initializing HighMem for node 0 (000377fe:0004fff0)
[ 0.000000] Memory: 1273308k/1310656k available (4928k kernel code, 36896k reserved, 2336k data, 684k init, 401352k highmem)
[ 0.000000] virtual kernel memory layout:
[ 0.000000] fixmap : 0xfff16000 - 0xfffff000 ( 932 kB)
[ 0.000000] pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
[ 0.000000] vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 120 MB)
[ 0.000000] lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000 ( 887 MB)
[ 0.000000] .init : 0xc0819000 - 0xc08c4000 ( 684 kB)
[ 0.000000] .data : 0xc05d030e - 0xc0818668 (2336 kB)
[ 0.000000] .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc05d030e (4928 kB)
[ 0.000000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
[ 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=128, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[ 0.000000] Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[ 0.000000] RCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled.
[ 0.000000] RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs is disabled.
[ 0.000000] Verbose stalled-CPUs detection is disabled.
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:2304 nr_irqs:256
[ 0.000000] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 0.000000] Fast TSC calibration using PIT
[ 0.000000] Detected 2490.020 MHz processor.
[ 0.004016] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 4980.04 BogoMIPS (lpj=9960080)
[ 0.004025] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[ 0.004087] Security Framework initialized
[ 0.004152] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized
[ 0.004155] Yama: becoming mindful.
[ 0.004276] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[ 0.004604] Initializing cgroup subsys ns
[ 0.004614] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
[ 0.004621] Initializing cgroup subsys memory
[ 0.004639] Initializing cgroup subsys devices
[ 0.004644] Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
[ 0.004649] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
[ 0.004720] CPU0: Hyper-Threading is disabled
[ 0.004727] mce: CPU supports 4 MCE banks
[ 0.004749] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM1)
[ 0.004779] Performance Events: Netburst events, Netburst P4/Xeon PMU driver.
[ 0.004803] ... version: 0
[ 0.004806] ... bit width: 40
[ 0.004809] ... generic registers: 18
[ 0.004812] ... value mask: 000000ffffffffff
[ 0.004815] ... max period: 0000007fffffffff
[ 0.004818] ... fixed-purpose events: 0
[ 0.004821] ... event mask: 000000000003ffff
[ 0.008556] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.022260] Freeing SMP alternatives: 24k freed
[ 0.022330] ACPI: Core revision 20100428
[ 0.030010] ftrace: converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00
[ 0.030025] ftrace: allocating 21758 entries in 43 pages
[ 0.032215] Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
[ 0.032659] ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[ 0.072719] CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.50GHz stepping 07
[ 0.076000] Brought up 1 CPUs
[ 0.076000] Total of 1 processors activated (4980.04 BogoMIPS).
[ 0.076000] devtmpfs: initialized
[ 0.076000] regulator: core version 0.5
[ 0.076000] Time: 19:55:23 Date: 11/13/10
[ 0.076000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[ 0.076000] EISA bus registered
[ 0.076000] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[ 0.078964] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdaf1, last bus=1
[ 0.078968] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
[ 0.080466] bio: create slab <bio> at 0
[ 0.081491] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
[ 0.088202] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[ 0.088211] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
[ 0.088242] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[ 0.094836] ACPI: Power Resource [URP1] (off)
[ 0.094884] ACPI: Power Resource [URP2] (off)
[ 0.094926] ACPI: Power Resource [FDDP] (off)
[ 0.094966] ACPI: Power Resource [LPTP] (off)
[ 0.095144] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.095153] PCI: Ignoring host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=use_crs" and report a bug
[ 0.095781] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])
[ 0.096094] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io 0x0000-0x0cf7] (ignored)
[ 0.096098] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io 0x0d00-0xffff] (ignored)
[ 0.096102] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] (ignored)
[ 0.096106] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000cb000-0x000dffff] (ignored)
[ 0.096110] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x50000000-0xffdfffff] (ignored)
[ 0.096113] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0xfee01000-0xffdfffff] (ignored)
[ 0.096156] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe0000000-0xe7ffffff]
[ 0.096366] pci 0000:00:02.0: Enabling SiS 96x SMBus
[ 0.096439] pci 0000:00:02.1: reg 20: [io 0x0000-0x001f]
[ 0.096495] pci 0000:00:02.2: reg 10: [mem 0xdffff000-0xdfffffff]
[ 0.096581] pci 0000:00:02.3: reg 10: [mem 0xdfffe000-0xdfffefff]
[ 0.096693] pci 0000:00:02.5: reg 20: [io 0xff00-0xff0f]
[ 0.096763] pci 0000:00:02.7: reg 10: [io 0xd000-0xd0ff]
[ 0.096774] pci 0000:00:02.7: reg 14: [io 0xcc00-0xcc7f]
[ 0.096840] pci 0000:00:02.7: supports D1 D2
[ 0.096844] pci 0000:00:02.7: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
[ 0.096854] pci 0000:00:02.7: PME# disabled
[ 0.096923] pci 0000:00:0d.0: reg 10: [mem 0xdfffd800-0xdfffdfff]
[ 0.096935] pci 0000:00:0d.0: reg 14: [io 0xdc00-0xdc7f]
[ 0.097003] pci 0000:00:0d.0: supports D2
[ 0.097007] pci 0000:00:0d.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.097016] pci 0000:00:0d.0: PME# disabled
[ 0.097068] pci 0000:00:10.0: reg 10: [io 0xd800-0xd8ff]
[ 0.097079] pci 0000:00:10.0: reg 14: [mem 0xdfffd700-0xdfffd7ff]
[ 0.097145] pci 0000:00:10.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.097151] pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.097159] pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# disabled
[ 0.097253] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xde000000-0xdeffffff]
[ 0.097263] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14: [mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff pref]
[ 0.097273] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0xdd000000-0xddffffff]
[ 0.097298] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0xdfee0000-0xdfefffff pref]
[ 0.097375] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
[ 0.097383] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [io 0xf000-0x0000] (disabled)
[ 0.097390] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xdbe00000-0xdfefffff]
[ 0.097396] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xbbc00000-0xdbcfffff pref]
[ 0.097408] pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
[ 0.097415] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[ 0.099839] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.100036] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.100194] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.100352] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.100509] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.100666] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
[ 0.100829] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.100988] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.101051] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.101228] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:01:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[ 0.101231] vgaarb: loaded
[ 0.101527] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.101679] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 0.101783] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.101803] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.101856] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.102094] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[ 0.102099] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[ 0.102106] PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
[ 0.102179] reserve RAM buffer: 000000000009fc00 - 000000000009ffff
[ 0.102184] reserve RAM buffer: 000000004fff0000 - 000000004fffffff
[ 0.102373] NetLabel: Initializing
[ 0.102376] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
[ 0.102379] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[ 0.102401] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[ 0.102487] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.117636] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[ 0.117704] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 0.117774] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[ 0.122653] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.122658] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[ 0.122668] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[ 0.159716] pci 0000:00:02.1: BAR 4: assigned [io 0x1000-0x101f]
[ 0.159729] pci 0000:00:02.1: BAR 4: set to [io 0x1000-0x101f] (PCI address [0x1000-0x101f]
[ 0.159735] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
[ 0.159738] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [io disabled]
[ 0.159746] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xdbe00000-0xdfefffff]
[ 0.159752] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge window [mem 0xbbc00000-0xdbcfffff pref]
[ 0.159780] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
[ 0.159783] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
[ 0.159787] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xdbe00000-0xdfefffff]
[ 0.159790] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xbbc00000-0xdbcfffff pref]
[ 0.159880] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.160008] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.160608] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[ 0.163074] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[ 0.164615] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[ 0.164625] TCP reno registered
[ 0.164648] UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.164692] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.165066] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.197528] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[ 0.197534] PCI: CLS 32 bytes, default 64
[ 0.197997] cpufreq-nforce2: No nForce2 chipset.
[ 0.198051] Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
[ 0.198253] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 0.198290] type=2000 audit(1289678123.196:1): initialized
[ 0.208222] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
[ 0.222079] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
[ 0.222091] HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[ 0.229577] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[ 0.229753] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.230826] fuse init (API version 7.14)
[ 0.230973] msgmni has been set to 1703
[ 0.238516] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
[ 0.238525] io scheduler noop registered
[ 0.238528] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 0.238551] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 0.238761] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 0.238793] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 0.239109] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0
[ 0.239122] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 0.239209] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1
[ 0.239214] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 0.239362] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
[ 0.242826] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
[ 0.242838] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (10 C)
[ 0.242904] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.246307] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 0.246494] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.246648] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 0.247165] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.247367] 00:09: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 0.249182] brd: module loaded
[ 0.249608] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 0.258264] loop: module loaded
[ 0.258763] pata_sis 0000:00:02.5: version 0.5.2
[ 0.261583] scsi0 : pata_sis
[ 0.309906] scsi1 : pata_sis
[ 0.311464] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xff00 irq 14
[ 0.311471] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xff08 irq 15
[ 0.312127] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 0.312191] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 0.312378] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[ 0.312381] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk>
[ 0.312529] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 0.312559] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 0.312600] alloc irq_desc for 20 on node -1
[ 0.312604] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 0.312621] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: PCI INT D -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 0.312666] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: OHCI Host Controller
[ 0.312730] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 0.312792] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: irq 20, io mem 0xdffff000
[ 0.399772] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.399791] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.399917] alloc irq_desc for 23 on node -1
[ 0.399920] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 0.399937] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: PCI INT A -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 0.399976] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: OHCI Host Controller
[ 0.400068] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 0.400130] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: irq 23, io mem 0xdfffe000
[ 0.491827] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.491843] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.491978] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.492174] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f03:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 0.497842] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 0.497862] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 0.498195] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 0.498459] rtc_cmos 00:02: RTC can wake from S4
[ 0.498540] rtc_cmos 00:02: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 0.498581] rtc0: alarms up to one day, y3k, 114 bytes nvram
[ 0.498805] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 0.499043] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.17.0-ioctl (2010-03-05) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[ 0.503300] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[ 0.503310] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.506067] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[ 0.506087] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[ 0.506122] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 0.510753] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 0.510759] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 0.511281] TCP cubic registered
[ 0.511518] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 0.512024] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 0.512332] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 0.512471] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[ 0.512683] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 0.512708] registered taskstats version 1
[ 0.512915] Magic number: 2:913:950
[ 0.512982] tty tty7: hash matches
[ 0.513078] rtc_cmos 00:02: setting system clock to 2010-11-13 19:55:23 UTC (1289678123)
[ 0.513084] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.513086] EDD information not available.
[ 0.516068] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2
[ 0.594736] ata1.00: ATA-6: ST380022A, 3.31, max UDMA/100
[ 0.594744] ata1.00: 156301488 sectors, multi 16: LBA
[ 0.610302] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 0.933292] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.933637] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST380022A 3.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 0.934004] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 0.934328] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte logical blocks: (80.0 GB/74.5 GiB)
[ 0.934415] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 0.934419] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 0.934454] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 0.934729] sda: sda1 sda2 <sda5>
[ 0.973765] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 1.015149] Freeing initrd memory: 10508k freed
[ 1.124480] ata2.00: ATAPI: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1P, GL0B, max UDMA/66
[ 1.124533] ata2.01: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B, 1.02, max MWDMA2
[ 1.156334] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/66
[ 1.172444] ata2.01: configured for PIO4
[ 1.174752] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1P GL0B PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.180083] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 1.180090] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 1.180334] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 1.180453] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 1.181647] scsi 1:0:1:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B 1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.187097] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 1.187254] sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 1.187340] sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 1.187419] Freeing unused kernel memory: 684k freed
[ 1.189091] Write protecting the kernel text: 4932k
[ 1.189130] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1976k
[ 1.230544] udev[67]: starting version 163
[ 1.663628] 8139cp: 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004)
[ 1.663671] 8139cp 0000:00:10.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip, use 8139too
[ 1.668718] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[ 1.689537] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[ 1.703888] 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
[ 1.703962] alloc irq_desc for 17 on node -1
[ 1.703966] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 1.703981] 8139too 0000:00:10.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 1.705544] 8139too 0000:00:10.0: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd800, 00:20:ed:71:e5:aa, IRQ 17
[ 1.707189] alloc irq_desc for 19 on node -1
[ 1.707196] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 1.707213] firewire_ohci 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 1.840015] firewire_ohci: failed to read phy reg
[ 1.840064] firewire_ohci 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 1.840082] firewire_ohci: probe of 0000:00:0d.0 failed with error -16
[ 1.952708] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 15.950692] Adding 3227644k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:3227644k
[ 16.028268] udev[266]: starting version 163
[ 16.147063] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 16.250239] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.273737] sis96x_smbus 0000:00:02.1: SiS96x SMBus base address: 0x1000
[ 16.344082] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 16.491652] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 16.665575] agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: SiS chipset [1039/0650]
[ 16.781345] parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 16.781518] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]
[ 16.902086] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 17.052462] agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe0000000
[ 17.127191] psmouse serio1: ID: 00 00 64
[ 17.271507] type=1400 audit(1289678140.254:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/dhclient3" pid=469 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 17.272305] type=1400 audit(1289678140.258:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=469 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 17.272702] type=1400 audit(1289678140.258:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=469 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 17.324793] gameport gameport0: NS558 PnP Gameport is pnp00:0b/gameport0, io 0x200, speed 497kHz
[ 17.332760] input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input3
[ 17.336814] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 17.961034] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 17.961041] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[ 17.996121] alloc irq_desc for 21 on node -1
[ 17.996127] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 17.996143] Intel ICH 0000:00:02.7: PCI INT C -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 19.744136] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 53901 usecs (2593 samples)
[ 19.744142] intel8x0: clocking to 48000
[ 19.910013] type=1400 audit(1289678142.894:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" pid=680 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 19.927156] type=1400 audit(1289678142.910:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/sbin/dhclient3" pid=681 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 19.927866] type=1400 audit(1289678142.910:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=681 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 19.942142] type=1400 audit(1289678142.926:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=681 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 19.984685] type=1400 audit(1289678142.970:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince" pid=684 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 20.020519] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1
[ 20.040264] type=1400 audit(1289678143.026:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince-previewer" pid=684 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 20.069798] type=1400 audit(1289678143.054:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer" pid=684 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 20.992212] alloc irq_desc for 16 on node -1
[ 20.992219] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 20.992235] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 20.992266] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[ 20.995041] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 260.19.06 Mon Sep 13 06:35:06 PDT 2010
[ 22.516945] agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge
[ 22.516973] agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
[ 22.517024] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
[ 24.445289] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[ 27.711318] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[ 2182.936092] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
[ 2182.960075] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
[21282.568364] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[21287.048763] PM: Marking nosave pages: 000000000009f000 - 0000000000100000
[21287.048770] PM: Basic memory bitmaps created
[21287.048772] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done.
[21287.204464] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.01 seconds) done.
[21287.220170] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.01 seconds) done.
[21287.236133] PM: Preallocating image memory... done (allocated 193435 pages)
[21287.472241] PM: Allocated 773740 kbytes in 0.23 seconds (3364.08 MB/s)
[21287.472247] Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
[21287.473490] mpu401 00:0c: disabled
[21287.473631] ns558 00:0b: disabled
[21287.473804] parport_pc 00:0a: disabled
[21287.473999] serial 00:09: disabled
[21287.474188] serial 00:08: disabled
[21287.474464] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[21287.475198] Intel ICH 0000:00:02.7: PCI INT C disabled
[21287.785299] PM: freeze of drv:nvidia dev:0000:01:00.0 complete after 310.568 msecs
[21287.785394] PM: freeze of drv:pci dev:0000:00:01.0 complete after 310.140 msecs
[21287.785424] PM: freeze of drv: dev:pci0000:00 complete after 310.126 msecs
[21287.785434] PM: freeze of devices complete after 312.678 msecs
[21287.785911] PM: late freeze of devices complete after 0.470 msecs
[21287.786103] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S4
[21287.786347] PM: Saving platform NVS memory
[21287.788164] PM: Saving platform NVS memory
[21287.789899] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
[21287.790001] PM: Creating hibernation image:
[21287.792021] PM: Need to copy 128068 pages
[21287.792021] PM: Normal pages needed: 107960 + 1024, available pages: 179351
[21287.792021] PM: Restoring platform NVS memory
[21287.792021] ACPI: Waking up from system sleep state S4
[21287.792021] pata_sis 0000:00:02.5: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x1, writing 0x5)
[21287.792021] Intel ICH 0000:00:02.7: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x2900005, writing 0x2900001)
[21287.792021] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0xc (was 0xdfee0000, writing 0x0)
[21287.792021] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x2000, writing 0xf800)
[21287.792021] PM: early restore of devices complete after 0.611 msecs
[21287.841445] Intel ICH 0000:00:02.7: PCI INT C -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[21287.949498] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
[21287.954071] usb usb2: root hub lost power or was reset
[21287.954086] PM: restore of drv:ohci_hcd dev:0000:00:02.3 complete after 112.764 msecs
[21287.956105] usb usb1: root hub lost power or was reset
[21287.956112] PM: restore of drv:ohci_hcd dev:0000:00:02.2 complete after 114.823 msecs
[21287.957750] PM: restore of drv:Intel ICH dev:0000:00:02.7 complete after 116.338 msecs
[21287.958177] PM: restore of drv: dev:platform complete after 116.956 msecs
[21287.959568] serial 00:08: activated
[21287.960644] serial 00:09: activated
[21287.961902] parport_pc 00:0a: activated
[21287.962643] ns558 00:0b: activated
[21287.963476] mpu401 00:0c: activated
[21288.023380] PM: restore of drv:nvidia dev:0000:01:00.0 complete after 181.883 msecs
[21288.120611] ata2.01: ACPI cmd ef/03:0c:00:00:00:b0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[21288.120616] ata2.01: ACPI cmd ef/03:22:00:00:00:b0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[21288.144437] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:0c:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[21288.144442] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:44:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[21288.164033] PM: restore of drv:usb dev:usb1 complete after 214.562 msecs
[21288.164045] PM: restore of drv:hub dev:1-0:1.0 complete after 214.569 msecs
[21288.164055] PM: restore of drv: dev:ep_81 complete after 200.439 msecs
[21288.164072] PM: restore of drv:usb dev:usb2 complete after 214.592 msecs
[21288.164082] PM: restore of drv:hub dev:2-0:1.0 complete after 214.599 msecs
[21288.168483] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:0c:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[21288.168488] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:45:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
[21288.176424] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/66
[21288.184509] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[21288.192466] ata2.01: configured for PIO4
[21288.207430] PM: restore of drv:sd dev:0:0:0:0 complete after 257.938 msecs
[21288.207470] PM: restore of drv:scsi_device dev:0:0:0:0 complete after 257.929 msecs
[21288.365769] psmouse serio1: ID: 00 00 64
[21288.446121] PM: restore of drv:floppy dev:floppy.0 complete after 238.612 msecs
[21288.446174] PM: restore of devices complete after 605.216 msecs
[21288.446394] PM: Image restored successfully.
[21288.446397] Restarting tasks ... done.
[21288.452381] PM: Basic memory bitmaps freed
[21288.772653] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 1a9c 5c12f72b 00000000 ffffffff 00000000
[21288.821672] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0000 1a9c 5c12f72b 00000000 ffffffff 00000000
[21289.670793] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1
[21291.675692] agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge
[21291.675723] agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
[21291.675773] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
[21295.810750] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
User@Ubuntu:~$

electron · Post by **electron** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:34 am

I just had similar issue with a connextant BT878a card I used with Ubuntu. Not sure why your card is not showing up in the dmesg. What worked for me was to create a file,
/etc/modprobe.d/options.conf and add just one line: options bttv card=0

web search " bttv card list" and you will find a few sites that list each card # for each brand.

danensis · Post by **danensis** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:16 pm

The camsecure card is supposed to be type 102.

Their documentation says to use bttv.conf with the following:
options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1
options bttv gbuffers=32 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102 tuner=0 radio=0 coring=1 full_luma_range=1 chroma_agc=1 pll=1 combfilter=1 autoload=0 triton1=0

However my dmesg shows:

51.812034] bttv: Bt8xx card found (1).
[ 51.812058] bttv 0000:03:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 51.812075] bttv1: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:09.0, irq: 18, latency: 16, mmio: 0xfdefd000
[ 51.812100] bttv1: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** [card=0,autodetected]
[ 51.812132] bttv1: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 58.244516] tveeprom 3-0050: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-6)?
[ 58.244522] bttv1: tuner type unset
[ 58.244793] bttv1: registered device video1
[ 58.245306] bttv1: registered device vbi1
[ 96.904047] bttv: Bt8xx card found (2).
[ 96.904073] bttv 0000:03:0a.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 96.904090] bttv2: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:0a.0, irq: 19, latency: 16, mmio: 0xfdefb000
[ 96.904300] bttv2: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** [card=0,autodetected]
[ 96.904335] bttv2: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 103.336019] tveeprom 4-0050: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-6)?
[ 103.336024] bttv2: tuner type unset
[ 103.336453] bttv2: registered device video2
[ 103.337033] bttv2: registered device vbi2
[ 141.928036] bttv: Bt8xx card found (3).
[ 141.928061] bttv 0000:03:0b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 141.928077] bttv3: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:0b.0, irq: 16, latency: 16, mmio: 0xfdef9000
[ 141.928108] bttv3: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** [card=0,autodetected]
[ 141.928141] bttv3: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 148.360519] tveeprom 5-0050: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-6)?
[ 148.360524] bttv3: tuner type unset
[ 148.360703] bttv3: registered device video3
[ 148.360792] bttv3: registered device vbi3
[ 186.952034] bttv: Bt8xx card found (4).
[ 186.952060] bttv 0000:03:0c.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 186.952075] bttv4: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:0c.0, irq: 17, latency: 16, mmio: 0xfdef7000
[ 186.952103] bttv4: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** [card=0,autodetected]
[ 186.952136] bttv4: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 193.384517] tveeprom 6-0050: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-6)?
[ 193.384523] bttv4: tuner type unset
[ 193.384629] bttv4: registered device video4
[ 193.384668] bttv4: registered device vbi4
[ 201.581102] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 146
[ 201.581108] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 201.581113] <3>00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 1e 6d a5 4e 5d e7 01 00 .........m.N]...
[ 201.581116] <3>00 00 00 00 00 3f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff .....?..........
[ 201.581119] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 201.581121] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 201.581124] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 201.581127] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 201.581129] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 201.581132] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 201.581134]
[ 231.976534] bttv: Bt8xx card found (5).
[ 231.976560] bttv 0000:03:0d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 231.976575] bttv5: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:0d.0, irq: 18, latency: 16, mmio: 0xfdef5000
[ 231.976604] bttv5: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** [card=0,autodetected]
[ 231.976637] bttv5: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 238.408517] tveeprom 7-0050: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-6)?
[ 238.408522] bttv5: tuner type unset
[ 238.408624] bttv5: registered device video5
[ 238.408670] bttv5: registered device vbi5
[ 277.000036] bttv: Bt8xx card found (6).
[ 277.000061] bttv 0000:03:0e.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 277.000076] bttv6: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:0e.0, irq: 19, latency: 16, mmio: 0xfdef3000
[ 277.000108] bttv6: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** [card=0,autodetected]
[ 277.000144] bttv6: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 283.432517] tveeprom 8-0050: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-6)?
[ 283.432523] bttv6: tuner type unset
[ 283.432626] bttv6: registered device video6
[ 283.432666] bttv6: registered device vbi6
[ 322.024035] bttv: Bt8xx card found (7).
[ 322.024059] bttv 0000:03:0f.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 322.024074] bttv7: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:0f.0, irq: 16, latency: 16, mmio: 0xfdef1000
[ 322.024107] bttv7: using: *** UNKNOWN/GENERIC *** [card=0,autodetected]
[ 322.024141] bttv7: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffff [init]
[ 328.456016] tveeprom 9-0050: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-6)?
[ 328.456022] bttv7: tuner type unset
[ 328.456126] bttv7: registered device video7
[ 328.456167] bttv7: registered device vbi7
[ 506.951834] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 29
[ 506.951840] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
[ 506.951845] <3>00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 1e 6d a5 4e 5d e7 01 00 .........m.N]...
[ 506.951848] <3>08 14 01 03 6a 2d 19 78 ea a6 80 a5 55 4d 9d 25 ....j-.x....UM.%
[ 506.951851] <3>11 50 54 a7 6a 80 a9 c0 81 80 71 4f 01 01 01 01 .PT.j.....qO....
[ 506.951854] <3>01 01 01 01 01 01 30 2a 40 c8 60 84 64 30 18 50 ......0*@.`.d0.P
[ 506.951857] <3>13 00 bb f9 10 00 00 1e 30 2a 40 c8 60 84 64 30 ........0*@.`.d0
[ 506.951859] <3>18 50 13 00 00 00 00 00 00 1f ff ff ff ff ff ff .P..............
[ 506.951862] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 506.951865] <3>ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
[ 506.951867]

Dan.Tech · Post by **Dan.Tech** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:51 pm

It may just be a motherboard conflict, since its not recognising it at all, I will be getting some spare dells to try it on and see if it's a conflict or the card that's faulty. I will post the results when I get one, at the moment I don't have any spare computers I could use. Thank you for your help, it is much appreciated and i'll let you know the results.

bb99 · Post by **bb99** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:11 pm

Go to Linuxtracker and download a copy of "ZoneMinder 1.24.2 on Arch Linux live CD" or "ZoneMinder Live CD 1.23.3 on PCLinuxOS 2008.7", boot it (don't have to install) and see if you can configure a monitor. Lot's of 10+ Ubuntu posts with odd OS fixes, this will point to or eliminate the OS installation as the problem. RDMelin's live CD's are unbelievably useful for this type of troubleshooting. Just brought up a fat seed to help with the down bandwidth on both.

danensis · Post by **danensis** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:24 pm

The card works fine on both Mandriva and the live CD - its definitely Ubuntu that's the problem. I'd have stuck with the Larch, but I'm aware of security issues, and the major distros seem to have better update cycles.

John

Dan.Tech · Post by **Dan.Tech** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:46 pm

bb99 wrote:Go to Linuxtracker and download a copy of "ZoneMinder 1.24.2 on Arch Linux live CD" or "ZoneMinder Live CD 1.23.3 on PCLinuxOS 2008.7", boot it (don't have to install) and see if you can configure a monitor. Lot's of 10+ Ubuntu posts with odd OS fixes, this will point to or eliminate the OS installation as the problem. RDMelin's live CD's are unbelievably useful for this type of troubleshooting. Just brought up a fat seed to help with the down bandwidth on both.

I'm downloading the live CD's now and i'll get back to you.

Dan.Tech · Post by **Dan.Tech** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:47 pm

danensis wrote:The card works fine on both Mandriva and the live CD - its definitely Ubuntu that's the problem. I'd have stuck with the Larch, but I'm aware of security issues, and the major distros seem to have better update cycles.

John

According to camsecure, they even suggest to install it on Ubuntu. As above, I will try out the live CD's then get back to you.

bb99 · Post by **bb99** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:29 am

Should be able to get 250 to 300 KB/s from me alone unless space and time prevent it. Just a suggestion: consider Fedora, it is very solid (Fedora 12 following the installation steps from the wiki, "the easy way", I posted it so cut and paste is possible with all entries included, none of this "usual way" stuff). Just responded to a Fedora 14 pm so the instructions are still good. Don't know what happened to Ubuntu but sure seems to be allot of issues... Just updated Fedora (not a ZM box) from F12 to F14 with no issues at all, finally a true rolling release; I'm hooked!