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/dev/shm Shared Memory

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:13 pm
by raymonvdm
I`m trying to setup another ZoneMinder box with several ip camera`s (Axis) but i`m not shure how to setup shared memory.

The following log rule pops up

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Feb 13 17:06:15 machine zms[18906]: WAR [Shared data not initialised by capture daemon, some query functions may not be available or produce invalid results]
Specs:

Dell PE R620 with 16GB ram and 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz (12 cores total)
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Axis IP Camera`s (Total of 53 Monitors) set to 640x480 @ 5 fps

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root@machine:/dev# ls -ltr | grep shm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root           8 Jan 30 12:32 shm -> /run/shm


root@machine:/dev# ls -ltr /run/shm
total 2385212
-rw------- 1 www-data www-data 46081760 Feb 13 16:17 zm.mmap.1
-rw------- 1 www-data www-data 46081760 Feb 13 16:17 zm.mmap.2
-rw------- 1 www-data www-data 46081760 Feb 13 16:17 zm.mmap.3
-rw------- 1 www-data www-data 46081760 Feb 13 16:17 zm.mmap.5
-rw------- 1 www-data www-data 46081760 Feb 13 16:17 zm.mmap.6

The installation is done using

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root@machine:/dev# history | grep ppa
   20  add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder

How do i need to setup /dev/shm as it can be changed

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/what-is-d ... usage.html