How I got My Ubuntu10.04 zm setup to work
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:16 pm
1) Don't even try to get zm to work off of a self install until you have gotten zm to work using a pre configured distro. I was able to get zm to work on both the blue cherry distribution and another distro found on this site. Many people have reported good results with the LM Larch? I will try to find the name of the other distro on this site. It is a new one that works.
The purpose of this is that it is much easier to figure out camera and capture card issues on a software install that has already correctly figured out the apache, php, perl, etc issues.
Once you know how to set up your capture card and camera on a known good distro, then perform a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 on a dedicated box and follow the directions in the Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid Lynx) Destop wiki for installing. Put on your best glasses because punctuation counts.
I had some minor issues with video for linux 1 vs video for linux 2 but just copy your configurations from your working premade distros.
It has taken me around a year and a half to get to this point. I have given up more times than I can think of because I was looking for a security solution and not a science project. I'm sure I will have plenty more problems but at the moment I am inclined to write a modest check to the project.
The purpose of this is that it is much easier to figure out camera and capture card issues on a software install that has already correctly figured out the apache, php, perl, etc issues.
Once you know how to set up your capture card and camera on a known good distro, then perform a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 on a dedicated box and follow the directions in the Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid Lynx) Destop wiki for installing. Put on your best glasses because punctuation counts.
I had some minor issues with video for linux 1 vs video for linux 2 but just copy your configurations from your working premade distros.
It has taken me around a year and a half to get to this point. I have given up more times than I can think of because I was looking for a security solution and not a science project. I'm sure I will have plenty more problems but at the moment I am inclined to write a modest check to the project.
