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Hi All,

Running zoneminder 1.29.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 , used http://zoneminder.readthedocs.org/en/st ... buntu-14-x for installation.
I'm attempting a fairly simple filter script to play a sound when the alarm frames > 29. But I get the following every time. The script is simple I can execute both zmfilter.pl and the script without error (in foreground and background). I have checked the group/owner and both are owned by apache (www-data). But I'm stuck. Any suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Randy

More up to date instructions:

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Serv ... e_easy_way

Ok, followed those instructions but still have the same error.

Other ideas?
Thanks so much
Randy

Um.. I wonder if 2 is the return code from the play command.
Maybe try sticking an exit at the end.

Does it play the sound successfully ? If not try putting in the full path of play in the script

Here is the definition of exit status 2:
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html

You need to test the script as the web account user, www-data, not as yourself or root. You can do that from the command line with sudo.

What I would do is:
- move the script to /usr/share/zoneminder/sounds
- verify the web-account user has audio device permissions to play any audio file. In Ubuntu that might simply mean adding the web account user to the audio group