[SOLVED] Install problem (Linux Mint 16)

[Dragget]

I was following the procdure here and all was fine until I got to this step:

ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zoneminder.conf

Error message was:

ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/etc/apache2/conf.d/zoneminder.conf’: No such file or directory

...so the file we are trying to link from doesn't exist, apparently.
And when I go to localhost/zm I just get a blank page. Any pointers would be much appreciated.

TIA!

[bbunge]

Well, I would guess that Mint 16 has Apache 2.4. So you will run into the same problem that we've had with Ubuntu 13.10.

See http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... on_changes

And if you get Mint 16 to show you the video from the camera, please post what you did here.

Bill

[Dragget]

Thanks for the fast response. I bought a cheap system JUST to run ZoneMinder, so if Mint 16 has issues, what would be your recommendation for "best" distro to run? I'm perfectly OK with just burning another Linux install CD and starting fresh if that will involve less hassle getting this up and running smoothly.

EDIT:
Just to add, the processor in my PC is an Intel Celeron 1007U, so dual core 64 bit, and all other factors being equal I suppose it'd be better to run a 64 bit version of Linux on it, correct?

[Dragget]

Just finished up with the procedure you linked above for Ubuntu 13.10. The symobic link was created successfully, but then I am intstructed to modify the value short_open_tag in the /etc/php5/php.ini file to "On". My installation does not have this file. The closest I was able to get were /etc/php5/cli/php.ini and /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini. I changed the setting to "On" in both of those files but pointing my browser at localhost/zm still gives me a blank page.

EDIT:
Solved... I followed the procedure at janhellevik . com/?p=1045 for generating ssl-cert and now the ZM page appears as it should Specifically:

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sudo make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo a2ensite default-ssl
sudo service apache2 restart