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Posted: **Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:09 am**

Can anybody tell me how to configure zoneminder for logitech quickcam communicate stx?
I believe that I configured everything right, but I still get black or broken screens when trying to view it.

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$ tail -f zmwatch.log 
04/06/09 01:05:42.540594 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:05:42.827056 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' stopping at 09/04/06 01:05:42]
04/06/09 01:05:52.828471 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0008', 8: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:05:52.828816 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:05:53.454442 zmwatch[2537].INF [Can't find child with pid of '20963'] at /usr/bin/zmwatch.pl line 119
04/06/09 01:05:53.455852 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0009', 9: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:05:53.456064 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:05:54.039034 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' stopping at 09/04/06 01:05:54]
04/06/09 01:05:54.039837 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d000a', 10: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:05:54.040037 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:05:54.745031 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/04/06 01:05:54, pid = 20979]
04/06/09 01:05:54.745832 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d000b', 11: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:05:54.746032 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:05:55.103415 zmwatch[2537].INF [Can't find child with pid of '20984'] at /usr/bin/zmwatch.pl line 119
04/06/09 01:06:05.104985 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0008', 8: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:05.105327 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:05.393095 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' stopping at 09/04/06 01:06:05]
04/06/09 01:06:05.393898 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0009', 9: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:05.394098 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:05.891287 zmwatch[2537].INF [Can't find child with pid of '21014'] at /usr/bin/zmwatch.pl line 119
04/06/09 01:06:05.892715 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d000a', 10: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:05.892924 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:06.476905 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' stopping at 09/04/06 01:06:06]
04/06/09 01:06:06.477721 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d000b', 11: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:06.477923 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:06.997821 zmwatch[2537].INF [Can't find child with pid of '21020'] at /usr/bin/zmwatch.pl line 119
04/06/09 01:06:16.999897 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0008', 8: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:17.000240 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:17.404075 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' stopping at 09/04/06 01:06:17]
04/06/09 01:06:17.404882 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0009', 9: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:17.405086 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:18.022294 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/04/06 01:06:18, pid = 21052]
04/06/09 01:06:18.023139 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d000a', 10: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:18.023341 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:18.485008 zmwatch[2537].INF [Can't find child with pid of '21056'] at /usr/bin/zmwatch.pl line 119
04/06/09 01:06:18.485898 zmwatch[2537].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d000b', 11: No such file or directory]
04/06/09 01:06:18.486011 zmwatch[2537].INF [Restarting capture daemon for New, shared memory not valid]
04/06/09 01:06:18.632364 zmwatch[2537].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' stopping at 09/04/06 01:06:18]

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zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v
Video Capabilities
  Name: USB Camera (046d:08d7)
  Type: 1
    Can capture
  Video Channels: 1
  Audio Channels: 0
  Maximum Width: 640
  Maximum Height: 480
  Minimum Width: 48
  Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
  X Offset: 0
  Y Offset: 0
  Width: 640
  Height: 480
Picture Attributes
  Palette: 0 - Unknown
  Colour Depth: 8
  Brightness: 32896
  Hue: 0
  Colour :0
  Contrast: 32768
  Whiteness: 39321
Channel 0 Attributes
  Name: zc3xx
  Channel: 0
  Flags: 0
  Type: 2 - Camera
  Format: 0 - PAL

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:38 pm**

anyone?

Posted: **Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:41 am**

If I try grabbing from a web stream instead, I get this:

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==> zmwatch.log <04> zmdc.log <04> zmwatch.log <04> zmdc.log <04> zmwatch.log <==
04/19/2009 20:39:46.806535 zmwatch[9143].INF ['zmc -m 18' starting at 09/04/19 20:39:46, pid = 10354]
04/19/2009 20:39:47.266341 zmwatch[9182].INF ['zmc -m 18' starting at 09/04/19 20:39:47, pid = 10361]

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logitech quickcam communicate stx configuration?

logitech quickcam communicate stx configuration?