Having trouble getting web interface to work

[Red Squirrel]

I installed zoneminder using a tutorial (board wont let me post url but I can provide it via PM if needed)

I eventually got to a point where the service exists and can start/restart/stop so I'm assuming the back end is working.

After some searching for the web interface so I can configure it in apache, I found two files in /var/www/cgi-bin called zms and nph-zms. They appear like some kind of binary. I tried to execute them through apache, the zms one just does an internal server error with the error log "attempt to invoke directory as script: /var/www/cgi-bin/"

The other one just goes to a blank page. I ensured PHP short tags are on as per the tutorial. Still nothing.

Anything else I can try? I'm at a loss. I'm also finding it odd that the web interface is just two files. It would be nice if it was php files or something in case I want to customize it. Did I do something wrong along the way? The install was not exactly easy. Would be nice if there was a yum package or something so it can be automated.

Thanks in advance for the help, I'm looking forward to playing around with some IP cameras and stuff.

[bb99]

Not much to go on here... Did you try http://localhost/zm/index.php in a browser. Might help if you mentioned OS and browser type.

[Red Squirrel]

I found the /web folder in the tar file, so I copied it over to my proper apache folder, so I'm getting somewhere now. This was not part of the instructions in the tutorial (I can't post links as it thinks I'm a spammer) Created the virtual host, dns entry etc... and that part is good. It was also complaining about mootools but I found out more info and got the interface to show up.

Getting some progress... now I'm just trying to get a trendnet TV-IP110WN camera working. I'm hoping it's compatible, but according to an NCIX review it is.

One thing I noticed is that in the web interface it says

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"ZoneMinder Console - Stopped - v1.24.4"

Why does it say stopped? If I check the service, it's running. If I click on "stopped" I get a dialog box where I can change the state to Start and type something (guessing I have to type "start"?) but nothing happens either way.

In the console...

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[root@hal9000 tools]# service zm status
httpd (pid 7553 7552 7551 7550 7549 7548 7547 7546 7545 7543) is running...
mysqld (pid 5624) is running...
ZoneMinder is running
  Id Func State TrgState    LastImgTim RdIdx WrIdx LastEvt FrmRate
   1    2     0        0 1326424654.60    -1    16       0   15.42
[root@hal9000 tools]#

Also just realized I'm running 1.24 and not 1.25, if it matters... I did not know before I got the interface to work so I just assumed it was the latest.