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WAR [ Waiting for Capture Daemon ]
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:54 pm
by Kevin_C_K
All the cameras' sources are black and " WAR [Waiting for Capture Daemon] is the error in the logs. Any ideas on a solution? Running Zoneminder 1.24.1
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:56 am
by jameswilson
was it working previously?
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:20 pm
by Kevin_C_K
Yes it was working previously.
Re: WAR [ Waiting for Capture Daemon ]
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:36 pm
by morpheous
I'm having the same problem...I enabled logging and debugging for zoneminder b/c my labtech webcam pro is not working with zoneminder. I keep getting "WAR [Waiting for Capture Daemon]" in log files repeated. I installed zoneminder in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and my webcam works fine using cheese but for some reason zoneminder doesn't want to play...does anyone know how to troubleshoot this further? Btw, I installed the latest version of zoneminder 1.24.2.
Thanks!
Re: WAR [ Waiting for Capture Daemon ]
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:22 pm
by Kevin_C_K
A suggestion, since I was unable to resolve this issue:
I have found out that Ubuntu 8.04 with Zoneminder 1.23.3 is the most stable. You may need to use a torrent to get the old Ubuntu. The BEST (IMHO) Zoneminder package is that by Peter Howard. It is available at
ftp://ftp.northern-ridge.com.au/zonemin ... ntu/gutsy/ It just keeps on running and it has some nice features that weren't in previous versions.
I was able to speak with Peter Howard via email, and if I remember correctly, this is the same system he uses.