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Hi, I just purchased this card:
http://search.ebay.com/4-Channel-CCTV-P ... bsQQsojsZ1
I assume it will work, as it is a pretty specific
4-input card. Thieves have been harvesting bicyles
from my car port, so it is time to tie a wireless
spy cam into my web/print server at home. This
process of installing home security is sure not
for the faint of heart! Eeek.

As per the readme file:

1. Anyway, you say to install a development
version (as opposed to RMP) of MySQL? I have no
idea what that means. Should I install the beta,
debug, standard then from this page at top of list?
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html

2. Also, how do I check to see if my Apache has
PHP? Thank you!!!

3. Any alarm bells go off in your head as you read
this -- something I should know? (Besides the obvious,
like, this guy is a newbie dweeb.)

I have Linux 9.1 installed on a very old Gateway
PC. Thank you for your help!

MySQL
There are usualy several packages for mysql.
1) Client package
2) Server package
3) development package
4) benchtest package

The development (devel) package is library files that ZM needs to compile against so you need that package, As well as the client and server.

PHP
This is one way to check and see if PHP is installed and also checks that it is working.
In apaches web root dir create a file named info.php and put this in it.
<?php
phpinfo()
?>
then using a browser http://<hostsIP>/info.php
You will also need the php-mysql module. There is also a list of depenancies in the hints and tips part of the forum.
You should find most answers here on the forum on how to setup suse and I think someone did a howto. Also you will find alot of good resources for the programs repective home page (mysql.com php.net apache.org cpan.org).
Regards,
Cordel