Minor notes on zm-1.21.4
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:15 pm
Just installed zoneminder 1.21.4 under CentOS 4.2. It's running with a Logitech QuickCam 4000. I was amazed how easy it was to get up and running 
The README document is absolutely superb, but I just have a few minor updates/corrections.
(1) There is a problem when creating the database using db/zmschema.sql due to an insert statement having a wrong number of parameters. I was able to make it work like this (although I don't know if this is the correct fix or not)
(2) The README says:
i.e. use the full device pathname rather than a device number.
(3) You need to install package perl-Time-HiRes otherwise zmaudit fails to start. (Although this is fairly clear if you look at the logged error message, it's probably worth a mention)
Hope this helps. Thanks for a fantastic piece of software!
Regards,
Brian.
The README document is absolutely superb, but I just have a few minor updates/corrections.
(1) There is a problem when creating the database using db/zmschema.sql due to an insert statement having a wrong number of parameters. I was able to make it work like this (although I don't know if this is the correct fix or not)
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--- db/zmschema.sql.orig 2006-01-10 14:54:27.000000000 +0000
+++ db/zmschema.sql 2006-01-10 16:08:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
--
-- Create a default admin user.
--
-insert into Users values ('','admin',password('admin'),'',1,'View','Edit','Edit','Edit','','');
+insert into Users values ('','admin',password('admin'),'',1,'View','Edit','Edit','Edit','','','');
--
-- Add in a sample filter to purge the oldest 5 events when the disk is 95% full, delete is disabled though
--
Actually, it seems you needOnce you have validated your camera run 'zmu -d <device_no> -q
-v' to get a dump of the settings (note, you will have to
additionally supply a username and password to zmu if you are
running in authenticated mode). You can then enter these
values into the video related options of the monitor
configuration panel. The 'device_no' referred to here is a
number corresponding to the digit at the end of your device
file, so /dev/video0 has a 'device_no' of 0 etc.
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zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v(3) You need to install package perl-Time-HiRes otherwise zmaudit fails to start. (Although this is fairly clear if you look at the logged error message, it's probably worth a mention)
Hope this helps. Thanks for a fantastic piece of software!
Regards,
Brian.