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Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:49 am**

trying to run zoneminder - camera is red on console page.
there is nothing in the /var/logs/zm.
syslog has the following:

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Oct  1 07:31:59 drew-desktop zmwatch[4165]: INF [Restarting capture daemon for cam1, shared memory not valid]
Oct  1 07:31:59 drew-desktop zmdc[27679]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' started at 09/10/01 07:31:59]
Oct  1 07:31:59 drew-desktop zmdc[4129]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/10/01 07:31:59, pid = 27679]
Oct  1 07:31:59 drew-desktop zmwatch[4165]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 09/10/01 07:31:59, pid = 27679]
Oct  1 07:31:59 drew-desktop zmc_dvideo0[27679]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Oct  1 07:31:59 drew-desktop zmc_dvideo0[27679]: ERR [Failed to set picture attributes: Invalid argument]
Oct  1 07:31:59 drew-desktop zmdc[4129]: ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 255]

running xawtv works fine, and I can grab still images in xawtv, however, even though xawtv works ok, I do get these messages while running it:

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drew@drew-desktop:~/Pictures$ xawtv                                                                                     
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/x86_64 (2.6.28-15-generic)                                                  
xinerama 0: 1280x1024+0+0                                                                                               
WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display.
/dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
ioctl: VIDIOC_G_STD(std=0x7fff49f33214 [PAL_G,PAL_I,PAL_N,NTSC_M,NTSC_M_JP,SECAM_B,SECAM_D,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1,SECAM_L,?ATSC_8_VSB,ATSC_16_VSB,(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)]): Invalid argument
NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied).
ioctl: VIDIOC_S_STD(std=0x0 []): Invalid argument

what should I do?
btw: this is a :
logitech quickcam im plus
aka
e 3500 plus
aka
960-000190

thanks!

edit: also btw: I am running ubuntu jaunty, eveything is installed through package manager, zm console lists version as 1.23.3