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I'm new to zoneminder and I'm trying to work out a basic set up of two local cameras, one usb and one through a capture card.

My system is running Mint 10 and I installed zoneminder from the package manager. After the install I did the switch of conf files for apache and restarted it. Next to be safe I did chmod 777 on my /dev/video* devices.

When I go to look at a camera in zoneminder I get the pop up to start viewing and it flickers for a moment and comes up blank. In /temp/zmdc.log I'm getting this entry:
03/09/11 20:44:25.033004 zmdc[2968].INF [Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video0]
03/09/11 20:44:25.034961 zmdc[2968].INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 11/03/09 20:44:25, pid = 3268]
03/09/11 20:44:25.150690 zmdc[2968].ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 6]

At one point in time I could get both cameras working through vlc, xawtv, and guvcview but now only guvciew works.

More info to come and thanks in advance.

correction: both cameras work in vlc as well.

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8753 [P4X266 AGP] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
00:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
00:09.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880B [AudioPCI] (rev 02)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)


lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0b38:0010 Gear Head 107-Key Keyboard
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0994 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Orbit/Sphere AF
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

zmu -d /dev/video0 -v -q
Error, failed to query crop /dev/video0: Invalid argument

zmu -d /dev/video1 -v -q
Video Device: /dev/video1
General Capabilities
Driver: bttv
Card: BT878 video (ProVideo PV143)
Bus: PCI:0000:00:08.0
Version: 0.9.18
Type: 0x5000015
Supports video capture (X)
Does not support video output
Supports frame buffer overlay
Supports VBI capture
Does not support VBI output
Does not support sliced VBI capture
Does not support sliced VBI output
Does not support video output overlay
Does not have tuner
Does not have audio in and/or out
Does not have radio
Supports read/write i/o (X)
Does not support async i/o
Supports streaming i/o (X)
Standards:
NTSC
NTSC-M
NTSC-M-JP
NTSC-M-KR
PAL
PAL-BG
PAL-H
PAL-I
PAL-DK
PAL-M
PAL-N
PAL-Nc
PAL-60
SECAM
SECAM-B
SECAM-G
SECAM-H
SECAM-DK
SECAM-L
SECAM-Lc
Formats:
8 bpp, gray (GREY)
8 bpp, dithered color (HI24)
15 bpp RGB, le (RGBO)
15 bpp RGB, be (RGBQ)
16 bpp RGB, le (RGBP)
16 bpp RGB, be (RGBR)
24 bpp RGB, le (BGR3)
32 bpp RGB, le (BGR4)
32 bpp RGB, be (RGB4)
4:2:2, packed, YUYV (YUYV)
4:2:2, packed, YUYV (YUYV)
4:2:2, packed, UYVY (UYVY)
4:2:2, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (422P)
4:2:0, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (YU12)
4:2:0, planar, Y-Cr-Cb (YV12)
4:1:1, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (411P)
4:1:0, planar, Y-Cb-Cr (YUV9)
4:1:0, planar, Y-Cr-Cb (YVU9)
Crop Capabilities
Bounds: 1063 x 608
Default: 924 x 576
Current: 924 x 576
Inputs: 4
Input 0
Name: Composite0
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 1
Name: Composite1
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 2
Name: Composite2
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
Input 3
Name: Composite3
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000001
Standards: 0xffbfff
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected

Maybe there will be something more useful if you enable the expanded logging:

Do Options>Debug, and then enable EXTRA_DEBUG, add _zmc to EXTRA_DEBUG_TARGET, and change EXTRA_DEBUG_LEVEL to 6.

I accidentally had invalid dimensions set for one of my zones, which was causing a similar error. Nothing too useful in the basic logs, but once I turned on the extended logging, it told me very clearly what steps it was doing and what happened when it broke.

mithrandir131 wrote:zmu -d /dev/video0 -v -q
Error, failed to query crop /dev/video0: Invalid argument

Hi, please run this command and paste the output. I'm actually interested in the error code and not the error message that you get with the verbose parameter. mastertheknife.