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Hi,

I am a new zoneminder user and am wondering if someone here could help me get zm 1.22.3 up and running. I have installed zm from sources under Ubuntu Edgy without any apparent problems. I can access the zm admin screen and have setup monitors for 4 IP cams and one usb cam (all cameras are working ok outside of zm).

However when I attempt to start zm from the console screen there is a brief wait and then the console says running and then stopped. I see the following in /var/log/syslog;

Jan 16 09:23:17 kubuntu-desktop zmpkg[27379]: INF [Command: start]
Jan 16 09:23:17 kubuntu-desktop zmfix[27384]: ERR [fopen() for home/dianemo/zoneminder/tmp/zm_debug.log.27384, error = No such file $
Jan 16 09:23:17 kubuntu-desktop zmfix[27384]: INF [New Debug Level = 2, New Debug Log = home/dianemo/zoneminder/tmp/zm_debug.log.273$
Jan 16 09:23:17 kubuntu-desktop zmdc[27386]: INF [Server starting at 07/01/16 09:23:17]
Jan 16 09:23:19 kubuntu-desktop zmdc[27386]: FAT [Can't bind: Permission denied]
Jan 16 09:23:27 kubuntu-desktop zmdc[27385]: FAT [Can't connect: No such file or directory]
Jan 16 09:23:27 kubuntu-desktop zmpkg[27379]: ERR [Unable to run "/usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl startup", output is "Starting server"]

Can anyone help me figure out why I am getting these errors when I start zm?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Andrew

I have now checked the apache2 access and error logs and they show no errors are being generated by zm.... zm activity there looks normal.

I guess this is some kind of permissions problem but nothing I have tried so far fixes it.

I'd appreciate any ideas on what maybe going wrong... as I feel zm is working perfectly in all other respects but being so close to a working installation is very frustrating!

Again thanks for any help on this in advance.

Andrew

turn off firewall.
check your zm.conf!
version= 1.22.3
ZM_PACH_BIN="/usr/local/bin"

emo82 wrote:turn off firewall.
check your zm.conf!
version= 1.22.3
ZM_PACH_BIN="/usr/local/bin"

My firewall is off and my zm.conf has;

# Current version of ZoneMinder
ZM_VERSION=1.22.3

# Path to build directory, used mostly for finding DB upgrade scripts
ZM_PATH_BUILD=/home/dianemo/zoneminder/ZoneMinder-1.22.3

# Build time, used to record when to trigger various checks
ZM_TIME_BUILD=1168865009

# Path to ZoneMinder binaries
ZM_PATH_BIN=/usr/local/bin

# Path to ZoneMinder libraries (none at present, for future use)
ZM_PATH_LIB=/usr/local/lib

# Path to ZoneMinder configuration (this file only at present)
ZM_PATH_CONF=/usr/local/etc

# Path to ZoneMinder web files
ZM_PATH_WEB=/var/www/zm

# Path to ZoneMinder cgi files
ZM_PATH_CGI=/usr/lib/cgi-bin

# Username and group that web daemon (httpd/apache) runs as
ZM_WEB_USER=www-data
ZM_WEB_GROUP=www-data

# ZoneMinder database hostname or ip address
ZM_DB_HOST=localhost

# ZoneMinder database name
ZM_DB_NAME=zm

# ZoneMinder database user
ZM_DB_USER=zmuser

# ZoneMinder database password
ZM_DB_PASS=zmpass

Which I think all looks right... at least it does to me. But I still cant set my zm console to its running state. Any further suggestions?

Thanks very much for your post.

Do you have Selinux?
If so you have to desable it to.

Configure ZoneMinder Auto-Start

Create a file /etc/init.d/zm containing the following:

#!/bin/sh
# description: Control ZoneMinder as a Service
# chkconfig: 2345 99 00
# Source function library.
#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

prog=ZoneMinder
ZM_VERSION="1.22.3"
ZM_PATH_BIN="/usr/local/bin"
ZM_CONFIG="/usr/local/etc/zm.conf"
command="$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmpkg.pl"

loadconf()
{
if [ -f $ZM_CONFIG ]; then
. $ZM_CONFIG
else
echo "ERROR: $ZM_CONFIG not found."
return 1
fi
}

# Check for old config and update if needed
checkcfg()
{
# Check config
if [ "$ZM_DB_HOST" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_NAME" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_USER" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_PASS" = "" ]; then
if [ "$ZM_DB_SERVER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_NAME" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_USERA" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_PASSA" != "" ]; then
echo -n "Converting $ZM_CONFIG"
cp $ZM_CONFIG $ZM_CONFIG.old && \
cat $ZM_CONFIG.old | \
grep -v ZM_DB_USERB | \
grep -v ZM_DB_PASSB | \
sed -e 's/ZM_DB_USERA/ZM_DB_USER/' | \
sed -e 's/ZM_DB_PASSA/ZM_DB_PASS/' >$ZM_CONFIG && \
rm -f $ZM_CONFIG.old
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
fi
if [ "$ZM_DB_SERVER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_NAME" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_USER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_PASS" != "" ]; then
echo -n "Converting $ZM_CONFIG to 1.22.0"
cp $ZM_CONFIG $ZM_CONFIG.old
rm -f $ZM_CONFIG
cat $ZM_CONFIG.old | \
sed -e 's/ZM_DB_SERVER/ZM_DB_HOST/' >/tmp/$$
. /tmp/$$
cp $ZM_CONFIG.rpmnew $ZM_CONFIG && chmod 644 $ZM_CONFIG
for n in ZM_DB_HOST ZM_DB_NAME ZM_DB_USER ZM_DB_PASS; do
eval "val=\$$n"
if [ "$val" != "" ]; then
cp $ZM_CONFIG /tmp/$$.rpmnew &&
sed 's/^'$n='.*$/'$n=$val'/g' /tmp/$$.rpmnew >$ZM_CONFIG
fi
done
rm /tmp/$$
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
else
echo "In $ZM_CONFIG there should not be null values."
return 1
fi
loadconf
fi
}

checkdb()
{
# Check database exisits and version
GetVer="select Value from Config where Name='ZM_DYN_DB_VERSION'"
OLD_VERSION=`echo $GetVer | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v '^Value'`
if [ "$OLD_VERSION" = "" ]; then
GetVer="select Value from Config where Name='ZM_DYN_CURR_VERSION'"
OLD_VERSION=`echo $GetVer | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v '^Value'`
if [ "$OLD_VERSION" = "" ]; then
echo -n "You must run zmupdate.pl manualy"
return 1
fi
fi
RETVAL=$?

if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
tbls=`mysql -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS -s -e 'show tables' $ZM_DB_NAME`
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
echo -n "Initialize $prog database: "
echo tbls | grep Config >/dev/null 2>&1
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME < $ZM_PATH_UPDATE/zm_create.sql
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
fi
( cd $ZM_PATH_UPDATE; perl $ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl -f )
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
else
echo "No access to ZoneMinder database. Run $ZM_PATH_BIN/zminit manually."
return $RETVAL
fi
else
[ "$ZM_VERSION" = "$OLD_VERSION" ] && return 0
echo -n "Upgrade $prog database: "
$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl --version=$OLD_VERSION --noi && ( cd $ZM_PATH_UPDATE; perl $ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl -f )
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
fi
}

start()
{
loadconf || return $?
checkcfg || return $?
checkdb || return $?
#/usr/local/sbin/motd.sh > /etc/motd
echo -n "Starting $prog: "
[ ! -d /var/run/zm ] \
&& mkdir -m 774 /var/run/zm \
&& chown $ZM_WEB_USER:$ZM_WEB_GROUP /var/run/zm
GetPath="select Value from Config where Name='ZM_PATH_SOCKS'"
ZM_PATH_SOCK=`echo $GetPath | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v '^Value'`
[ ! -d $ZM_PATH_SOCK ] \
&& mkdir -m 774 $ZM_PATH_SOCK \
&&chown $ZM_WEB_USER:$ZM_WEB_GROUP $ZM_PATH_SOCK
$command start
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/zm
return $RETVAL
}

stop()
{
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
$command stop
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/zm
}

status()
{
result=`$command status`
if [ "$result" = "running" ]; then
echo "ZoneMinder is running"
RETVAL=0
else
echo "ZoneMinder is stopped"
RETVAL=1
fi
}

case "$1" in
'start')
start
;;
'stop')
stop
;;
'restart')
stop
start
;;
'condrestart')
loadconf
checkcfg
result=`$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmdc.pl check`
if [ "$result" = "running" ]; then
$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmdc.pl shutdown > /dev/null
start
fi
;;
'status')
status
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop | restart | condrestart | status }"
RETVAL=1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL
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Create the lock subsystem directory, make the ZoneMinder startup executable, make it run at all default levels, and then start it up:

sudo mkdir /var/lock/subsys/
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/zm
sudo update-rc.d zm defaults
sudo /etc/init.d/zm restart

Hi again,

I am running Ubuntu Edgy 6.10

I followed the instructions you provided in your last post and the following error was displayed on the console;

dianemo@kubuntu-desktop:/etc/init.d$ sudo /etc/init.d/zm restart
$Stopping ZoneMinder: sh: Syntax error: Bad fd number
failure

Starting ZoneMinder: sh: Syntax error: Bad fd number
Can't open log file '/home/dianemo/zoneminder/tmp/zmdc.log': Permission denied at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/ZoneMinder/Debug.pm line 279.
Can't connect: No such file or directory at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/ZoneMinder/Debug.pm line 349
ZoneMinder::Debug::Fatal('Can\'t connect: No such file or directory') called at /usr/local/bin/zmdc.pl line 167
failure

I used your script as is without any changes.

Thanks very much for you help

Andrew

emo82 wrote:Configure ZoneMinder Auto-Start

Create a file /etc/init.d/zm containing the following:

#!/bin/sh
# description: Control ZoneMinder as a Service
# chkconfig: 2345 99 00
# Source function library.
#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

prog=ZoneMinder
ZM_VERSION="1.22.3"
ZM_PATH_BIN="/usr/local/bin"
ZM_CONFIG="/usr/local/etc/zm.conf"
command="$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmpkg.pl"

loadconf()
{
if [ -f $ZM_CONFIG ]; then
. $ZM_CONFIG
else
echo "ERROR: $ZM_CONFIG not found."
return 1
fi
}

# Check for old config and update if needed
checkcfg()
{
# Check config
if [ "$ZM_DB_HOST" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_NAME" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_USER" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_PASS" = "" ]; then
if [ "$ZM_DB_SERVER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_NAME" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_USERA" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_PASSA" != "" ]; then
echo -n "Converting $ZM_CONFIG"
cp $ZM_CONFIG $ZM_CONFIG.old && \
cat $ZM_CONFIG.old | \
grep -v ZM_DB_USERB | \
grep -v ZM_DB_PASSB | \
sed -e 's/ZM_DB_USERA/ZM_DB_USER/' | \
sed -e 's/ZM_DB_PASSA/ZM_DB_PASS/' >$ZM_CONFIG && \
rm -f $ZM_CONFIG.old
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
fi
if [ "$ZM_DB_SERVER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_NAME" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_USER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_PASS" != "" ]; then
echo -n "Converting $ZM_CONFIG to 1.22.0"
cp $ZM_CONFIG $ZM_CONFIG.old
rm -f $ZM_CONFIG
cat $ZM_CONFIG.old | \
sed -e 's/ZM_DB_SERVER/ZM_DB_HOST/' >/tmp/$$
. /tmp/$$
cp $ZM_CONFIG.rpmnew $ZM_CONFIG && chmod 644 $ZM_CONFIG
for n in ZM_DB_HOST ZM_DB_NAME ZM_DB_USER ZM_DB_PASS; do
eval "val=\$$n"
if [ "$val" != "" ]; then
cp $ZM_CONFIG /tmp/$$.rpmnew &&
sed 's/^'$n='.*$/'$n=$val'/g' /tmp/$$.rpmnew >$ZM_CONFIG
fi
done
rm /tmp/$$
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
else
echo "In $ZM_CONFIG there should not be null values."
return 1
fi
loadconf
fi
}

checkdb()
{
# Check database exisits and version
GetVer="select Value from Config where Name='ZM_DYN_DB_VERSION'"
OLD_VERSION=`echo $GetVer | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v '^Value'`
if [ "$OLD_VERSION" = "" ]; then
GetVer="select Value from Config where Name='ZM_DYN_CURR_VERSION'"
OLD_VERSION=`echo $GetVer | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v '^Value'`
if [ "$OLD_VERSION" = "" ]; then
echo -n "You must run zmupdate.pl manualy"
return 1
fi
fi
RETVAL=$?

if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
tbls=`mysql -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS -s -e 'show tables' $ZM_DB_NAME`
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
echo -n "Initialize $prog database: "
echo tbls | grep Config >/dev/null 2>&1
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME < $ZM_PATH_UPDATE/zm_create.sql
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
fi
( cd $ZM_PATH_UPDATE; perl $ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl -f )
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
else
echo "No access to ZoneMinder database. Run $ZM_PATH_BIN/zminit manually."
return $RETVAL
fi
else
[ "$ZM_VERSION" = "$OLD_VERSION" ] && return 0
echo -n "Upgrade $prog database: "
$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl --version=$OLD_VERSION --noi && ( cd $ZM_PATH_UPDATE; perl $ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl -f )
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
fi
}

start()
{
loadconf || return $?
checkcfg || return $?
checkdb || return $?
#/usr/local/sbin/motd.sh > /etc/motd
echo -n "Starting $prog: "
[ ! -d /var/run/zm ] \
&& mkdir -m 774 /var/run/zm \
&& chown $ZM_WEB_USER:$ZM_WEB_GROUP /var/run/zm
GetPath="select Value from Config where Name='ZM_PATH_SOCKS'"
ZM_PATH_SOCK=`echo $GetPath | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v '^Value'`
[ ! -d $ZM_PATH_SOCK ] \
&& mkdir -m 774 $ZM_PATH_SOCK \
&&chown $ZM_WEB_USER:$ZM_WEB_GROUP $ZM_PATH_SOCK
$command start
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/zm
return $RETVAL
}

stop()
{
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
$command stop
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/zm
}

status()
{
result=`$command status`
if [ "$result" = "running" ]; then
echo "ZoneMinder is running"
RETVAL=0
else
echo "ZoneMinder is stopped"
RETVAL=1
fi
}

case "$1" in
'start')
start
;;
'stop')
stop
;;
'restart')
stop
start
;;
'condrestart')
loadconf
checkcfg
result=`$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmdc.pl check`
if [ "$result" = "running" ]; then
$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmdc.pl shutdown > /dev/null
start
fi
;;
'status')
status
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop | restart | condrestart | status }"
RETVAL=1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL
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Create the lock subsystem directory, make the ZoneMinder startup executable, make it run at all default levels, and then start it up:

sudo mkdir /var/lock/subsys/
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/zm
sudo update-rc.d zm defaults
sudo /etc/init.d/zm restart

what about SElinux?

check this:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_6.10

emo82 wrote:check this:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_6.10

Wow.... that seems to have fixed the problem!

Thank you very much indeed.

Andrew