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ZMLarch

2009-08-18T16:42:19Z

ZoneyJ: Cleanups and more info culled from forums

'''ZMLarch''' is a liveCD ZoneMinder demo, development tool, and installer solution.
Based on Arch Linux and built with the larch live CD/USB toolkit, ZMLarch is fairly light weight at ~425MB
Documentation on the CD is sparse, but effort has been made to keep it as simple to use as possible.
The CD's browser home page has a link back to here, so users can help with documenting.

The current release on June 30, 2009 is '''ZMLarch_1.24.2-1.iso'''
It is availible for download here:
::http://www.isentrix.com/pub/zoneminder/archlinux/ZMLarch/
==Included software==
*ZoneMinder svn 2935-1 (ZoneMinder is packaged and updating is very simple. See [[Update_ZMLarch]])
*ffmpeg-svn 18940-1 (Built with the RTSP authentication patch)
*kernel 2.6.29.4-1
*Firefox 3.0.11-1
*MySQL 5.1.35-1
*PHP 5.2.9-3
*mjpg-streamer r63-1

==Features==
*A lightweight openbox desktop environment
** In an effort to keep the system light, ZMLarch doesn't use a display manager (typical runlevel 5). It's set up so that /etc/inittab runs autologin for 'user', then /home/user/.bash_profile starts X
** To disable X, comment the line out of /home/user/.bash_profile
*A unique hostame that has the form "zmhost_nn(n)_nn(n)" The numeric portion is determined by the last two octets of the mac address of the network interface. The preference order of interfaces is "wlan0", "ath0","eth0". Having a unique hostname enables us to use avahi to announce zeroconf network services. So the liveCD system can be used in a headless, dhcp configured network setup. Useful for "on the fly" temporary deployment. Of course these features can also be used in a more permanently installed system as well.

==Fixes==
===High Resolution Monitors===
Cameras above 320x240 will probably render a broken icon.
echo 134217728 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmall
echo 134217728 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

To make the change permanent edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728

==Data Storage==
Events are stored @ /var/lib/zm/www/events/, which is mounted (where?)

==Related Articles==
[[ZMLarch_and_webcams]]

[[ZMLarch_and_email]]

[[ZMLarch_boot switches]]

[[Update_ZMLarch]]

==Help Improve this Article==
'''Please add useful info here, and post questions and assistance requests in the LiveCD forum:''' http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=6

ZMLarch

2009-08-18T13:01:34Z

ZoneyJ: A bit of pretty

'''ZMLarch''' is a livecd zoneminder demo, development tool, and installer solution.
Based on Arch Linux and built with the larch live CD/USB toolkit, ZMLarch is fairly light weight at ~425MB
Documentation on the CD is sparse, but effort has been made to keep it as simple to use as possible.
The CD's browser home page has a link back to here, so users can help with documenting.

The current release on June 30, 2009 is '''ZMLarch_1.24.2-1.iso'''
It is availible for download here:
::http://www.isentrix.com/pub/zoneminder/archlinux/ZMLarch/
==Included software==
*ZoneMinder svn 2935-1 (ZoneMinder is packaged and updateing is very simple. See [[Update_ZMLarch]])
*ffmpeg-svn 18940-1 (Built with the RTSP authentication patch)
*kernel 2.6.29.4-1
*Firefox 3.0.11-1
*MySQL 5.1.35-1
*PHP 5.2.9-3
*mjpg-streamer r63-1

==Features==
*A lightweight openbox desktop environment
*A unique hostame that has the form "zmhost_nn(n)_nn(n)" The numeric portion is determined by the last two octets of the mac address of the network interface. The preference order of interfaces is "wlan0", "ath0","eth0". Having a unique hostname enables us to use avahi to announce zeroconf network services. So the liveCD system can be used in a headless, dhcp configured network setup. Useful for "on the fly" temporary deployment. Of course these features can also be used in a more permanently installed system as well.

'''Please add useful info here, and post questions and assistance requests in the LiveCD forum:''' http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=6

==Related Articles==
[[ZMLarch_and_webcams]]

[[ZMLarch_and_email]]

[[ZMLarch_boot switches]]

[[Update_ZMLarch]]

ZMLarch boot switches

2009-08-18T12:51:30Z

ZoneyJ:

Beginning with ZMLarch_svn_2917 (aka 1.24.2_pre1) there are some useful boot switches and liveCD enhancements.
By hitting the "tab" key at the liveCD boot menu you can append to the boot cmdline.
==SSHD==
Adding "sshd"(quotes not required) will cause the ssh server to be started at bootup. This may be desirable for remote access to install on a machine without a graphic display for example.

For this to be useful a root password must be set. Otherwise there is no way to login remotely.
==Root password==
Adding "passwd=secret" to the cmdline string will set the root password to "secret"

Supported distributions

2009-08-17T18:08:08Z

ZoneyJ: Add arch linux

[[RedHat]] 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0

[[Fedora]] Core 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (rpms available, see forum)

[[CentOS]] 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

[[Mandrake-Mandriva]] 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, 2006, 2007

[[Ubuntu]] 5.10, 6.06 7.04 8.10-server-32bit

[[SUSE]] 8.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1

[[Slackware]] 8.1, 10.0, 10.1

[[Debian]] 3.0, 3.1

[[Gentoo]] (ebuild available)

[[ZMliveCD]] (Live CD available from downloads page)

[[Arch Linux]] 2009-08-17

* TIP: for specific distro install guides, check great articles available under [[contents#Distribution-specific guides]];

Instant Notification

2007-01-15T19:12:55Z

ZoneyJ: New section to try and elaborate on instant notification filters

==Real-time Alarms & Notifications==
ZoneMinder 1.22.3 features instant filters that can now be used to execute actions such as emailing or deleting events directly without being saved as a background polling filter.

==Why?==
#Devices like mobile phones make SMS an ''acceptable'' method of communicating events.
#Push devices like Blackberrys make email an ''excellent'' method of instant intrusion notification.
#Audio alerts from the ZM server can be useful.
#Running other commands instantly on alarm can be useful.

==Examples==
* Send SMS messages through email gateways, like teleflip.com.
* Sound an audibe alarm on the server.
* Send email instantly containing event information & snapshot.
* Instantly trigger events elsewhere using xAP or X10.

==How-To==

Gentoo Install

2007-01-15T18:32:56Z

ZoneyJ: Structural Definition

== About Gentoo ==
Gentoo is a distribution that prides itself on being extra-configurable, processor native, and easy to update. Gentoo users usually compile their installation from srouce, but while it's great to nitpick on the details, Gentoo also has the option of installing a precompiled system quickly from a LiveCD.

== Why Gentoo? ==
* Other distros have a one-size-fits-all approach, including full GUI environments unnecessary for a ZoneMinder CCTV DVR box.
* Binary distributions make it difficult to locate the appropriate libraries for ZoneMinder to build properly. Packages for these distrubutions often do not include development libraries and headers necessary for building software from source.
* A Gentoo system is highly configurable, and is easy to update and maintain.
* Gentoo's portage package system in conjunction with the emerge command makes it much easier to obtain the needed packages for ZoneMinder and whatever else you might need.

== What You Will Need ==
* A [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml Gentoo LiveCD]
* An internet connection, to download and install the necessary packages

== About ZoneMinder for Gentoo ==
There are some ZoneMinder packages (called 'ebuilds') available for Gentoo in the 'portage' tree. However, they are not readily available in the mainstream portage tree ''and'' are a few releases behind. In addition, these ebuids have questionable configurability. It is best to compile from source.

== Installation of Gentoo Linux ==
=== Overview of a Gentoo Installation ===
* Booting the LiveCD
* Prepare filesystems
* Mount filesystems
* Copy over base system from CD
* Retrieve latest portage tree from the internet
* Build a kernel
* Install necessary system packages
** grub
** dhcpcd
* Set Up Init Scripts

The quickest way to install Gentoo is to use the bootable [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml Gentoo LiveCD]. I've found that the automatic installer does not work well and randomly fails over CDROM read "errors". Instead, use the commands from the Gentoo Install Guide to manually copy over the system to your hard drive.

====Booting the LiveCD====
Insert, the LiveCD will configure most devices and will also grab a DHCP IP address if you have a live internet connection.

====Preparing Filesystems ====
For the purposes of ZoneMinder, I recommend the following
/boot
/root
swap
/var

====Mounting Filesystems====

====Copying System Over from CD====

==== Chrooting Your New System ====
That's it! You're ready to change your context into the actual running of your new system environment. That's where chrooting comes in.

==== Setting USE Flags to Determine Compile Behavior ====
Gentoo has a neat concept of system management called USE flags. The USE variable is set by the file /etc/make.conf. In the USE variable, you specify what kinds of features you want included in packages. For example, if you set the 'apache2' use flag, any software that can take advantage of the apache webserver will be compiled to do just that. In addition, if you do not have apache installed and you try to install that same software, Apache will be automatically installed. There are many, many USE flags available. Many of them, along with their descriptions can be found [http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml here].

Here are the flags I use on my Gentoo system that's meant to be a media/ZM/camera server.
USE="-3dfx -arts -berkdb -cups -doc -esd -flac -fortran -gnome -gps -gtk -gtk2 -hardened -imap -ipv6 -kde -nls -opengl -oss -recode -qt -X -xv apache2 mpm-prefork bzip2 mysql php encode exif ffmpeg fbcon gd java javascript jpeg jpeg2k matroska mime mmx sse mp3 mpeg ogg oggvorbis vorbis pcre perl quicktime readline samba ssl symlink theora usb v4l vcd wifi xml xml2 xvid"

As you can see, this says a lot about how my system behaves. I do not use an X Server, so I disabled X, gtk, gtk2, gnome, kde, qt, xv (everything having to do with a graphical desktop). I enabled things like apache2, php, jpeg, mpeg, v4l, xvid (anything media related).

==== Building a Kernel ====
Before Building a kernel, you may want to get some details about the hardware on your computer. You can do this using the tools on your LiveCD. Switch to another virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F2-F6). These consoles are still running in the CD environment, NOT chrooted in the system you are building. From here you can do a dmesg|less and lspci to see what devices you have installed.
Follow the standard procedure in compiling a kernel. The process usually proceeds as:
# make menuconfig, to configure the kernel
# make, to comile the kernel
# make install,
# make modules
# make modules_install
Be sure to included the drivers for your capture cards/cameras in the kernel if applicable.

==== Necessary Packages ====
ZoneMinder mentions a few packages that are required; namely php, mysql and apache. But in my experience ZM requires many more.

You'll need:
* apache
* php
* mysql
* ffmpeg
* libperl
* openssl
* jpeg
* libpcre

Luckily, many of these packages are installed automatically as a result of dependencies. Gentoo will let you know what packages will also be installed with a selected package.

You may also want:
* pciutils, to get information about PCI devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* usbutils, to get information about USB devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* syslog-ng, to manage system logs. ZoneMinder will need to be configured to use it. (/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf)
* vixie-cron, for ZoneMinder to complete scheduled cron jobs.
* samba, to exchange files with Windows clients/servers.
* camsource, lets you serve up web images from your capture card. Can be useful for diagnosis.

These packages are easily installed by typing emerge <package_name>

====Setting Up Init Sripts====
Gentoo, like most distributions, has its own unique way of starting and stopping services upon boot.

== ZoneMinder Installation ==
=== Overview of ZoneMinder Installation ===
* Downloading Source
* Extracting the Source
* Building ZoneMinder
* Configuration
* Initializing the Database
* Defining Monitors
* Defining Zones

====Downloading Source====
You can retreive the ZoneMinder source by using the Links web browser and navigating to http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads. If anyone has a better way, could you please amend the Wiki?

*See the ZoneMinder Manual for further instructions

==== Extracting the Source ====
*Extract the source of the tarball to the /usr/src directory
<code>tar -xjvf ZoneMinder-src.tar.bz2 /usr/src</code>
====Building ZoneMinder====
*Change to the source directory
<code>cd /usr/src/ZoneMinder-src</code>
<code>./configure</code>
<code>make</code>
<code>make install</code>
====Configuration====
Configuration files
====Initializing the Database====
<code>database command here</code>
====Defining Monitors====
You will need another computer with a webbrowser connected to the ZoneMinder box by a network.
#Open a web browser and type in the IP address of the Zoneminder box (Obtain the IP by issuing a <tt>ifconfig</tt> command on the ZoneMinder box.
====Defining Zones====
==Maintaining the System==
===Watchdogs===
===Avoiding a Full Disk===
====Automatic FTP of Events====
====Purge When Full Script====

Helpful user contributed resources

2007-01-15T17:31:55Z

ZoneyJ: Added Gentoo_Install page to contents

==General==
[[FAQ]]

[[General Notes]]

[[Supported distributions]]

[[Supported hardware]]

[[Patches]]

[[Infrared Leds, Cameras, DC-DC converters etc]]

==Help==
[[HOWTO]]'s

[[Error messages]]

[[Fedora Core 6 Step-by-Step]]

[[Debian]]-Specific

[[Ubuntu 5.10]]-Guide

[[Ubuntu 6.06 - Dapper]]-Guide

[[Ubuntu 6.06 - Alternate]]-Guide (cut-n-paste)

[[Ubuntu 6.10]]-Guide

[[Slackware 10.1]]-Guide

[[SuSE 10.1 and ZoneMinder]]-HowTo

[[Gentoo Install]]-Guide

[[Gentoo]]-Specific

[[Sabayon Linux with ZM 1.22.3 Step-by-Step]]

==Third party==
[[Third Party Utils]]

Gentoo Install

2007-01-15T17:29:42Z

ZoneyJ: More cleanup, page added to contents

== About Gentoo ==
Gentoo is a distribution that prides itself on being extra-configurable, processor native, and easy to update. Gentoo users usually compile their installation from srouce, but while it's great to nitpick on the details, Gentoo also has the option of installing a precompiled system quickly from a LiveCD.

== Why Gentoo? ==
* Many binary distributions make it difficult to locate the appropriate libraries for ZoneMinder to build properly. Packages for these distrubutions often do not include development libraries and headers necessary for building software from source.
* A Gentoo system is highly configurable, and is easy to update and maintain.
* Gentoo's portage package system in conjunction with the emerge command makes it much easier to obtain the needed packages for ZoneMinder and whatever else you might need.

== What You Will Need ==
* A [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml Gentoo LiveCD]
* An internet connection, to download and install the necessary packages

== About ZoneMinder for Gentoo ==
There are some ZoneMinder packages (called 'ebuilds') available for Gentoo in the 'portage' tree. However, they are not readily available in the mainstream portage tree ''and'' are a few releases behind. In addition, these ebuids have questionable configurability. It is best to compile from source.

== Installation of Gentoo Linux ==
=== Overview of a Gentoo Installation ===
* Prepare filesystems
* Mount filesystems
* Copy over base system from CD
* Retrieve latest portage tree from the internet
* Build a kernel
* Install necessary system packages
** grub
** dhcpcd
* Set Up Init Scripts

The quickest way to install Gentoo is to use the bootable [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml Gentoo LiveCD]. I've found that the automatic installer does not work well and randomly fails over CDROM read "errors". Instead, use the commands from the Gentoo Install Guide to manually copy over the system to your hard drive.

=== Chrooting Your New System ===
That's it! You're ready to change your context into the actual running of your new system environment. That's where chrooting comes in.

=== Setting USE Flags to Determine Compile Behavior ===
Gentoo has a neat concept of system management called USE flags. The USE variable is set by the file /etc/make.conf. In the USE variable, you specify what kinds of features you want included in packages. For example, if you set the 'apache2' use flag, any software that can take advantage of the apache webserver will be compiled to do just that. In addition, if you do not have apache installed and you try to install that same software, Apache will be automatically installed. There are many, many USE flags available. Many of them, along with their descriptions can be found [http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml here].

Here are the flags I use on my Gentoo system that's meant to be a media/ZM/camera server.
USE="-3dfx -arts -berkdb -cups -doc -esd -flac -fortran -gnome -gps -gtk -gtk2 -hardened -imap -ipv6 -kde -nls -opengl -oss -recode -qt -X -xv apache2 mpm-prefork bzip2 mysql php encode exif ffmpeg fbcon gd java javascript jpeg jpeg2k matroska mime mmx sse mp3 mpeg ogg oggvorbis vorbis pcre perl quicktime readline samba ssl symlink theora usb v4l vcd wifi xml xml2 xvid"

As you can see, this says a lot about how my system behaves. I do not use an X Server, so I disabled X, gtk, gtk2, gnome, kde, qt, xv (everything having to do with a graphical desktop). I enabled things like apache2, php, jpeg, mpeg, v4l, xvid (anything media related).

=== Building a Kernel ===
Before Building a kernel, you may want to get some details about the hardware on your computer. You can do this using the tools on your LiveCD. Switch to another virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F2-F6). These consoles are still running in the CD environment, NOT chrooted in the system you are building. From here you can do a dmesg|less and lspci to see what devices you have installed.
Follow the standard procedure in compiling a kernel. The process usually proceeds as:
# make menuconfig, to configure the kernel
# make, to comile the kernel
# make install,
# make modules
# make modules_install
Be sure to included the drivers for your capture cards/cameras in the kernel if applicable.

== Necessary Packages ==
ZoneMinder mentions a few packages that are required; namely php, mysql and apache. But in my experience ZM requires many more.

You'll need:
* apache
* php
* mysql
* ffmpeg
* libperl
* openssl
* jpeg

Luckily, many of these packages are installed automatically as a result of dependencies. Gentoo will let you know what packages will also be installed with a selected package.

You may also want:
* pciutils, to get information about PCI devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* usbutils, to get information about USB devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* syslog-ng, to manage system logs. ZoneMinder will need to be configured to use it. (/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf)
* vixie-cron, for ZoneMinder to complete scheduled cron jobs.
* samba, to exchange files with Windows clients/servers.
* camsource, lets you serve up web images from your capture card. Can be useful for diagnosis.

These packages are easily installed by typing emerge <package_name>

== ZoneMinder Installation ==

You can retreive the ZoneMinder source by using the Links web browser and navigating to http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads. If anyone has a better way, could you please amend the Wiki?

*Extract the source of the tarball to the /usr/src directory
<code>tar -xjvf ZoneMinder-src.tar.bz2 /usr/src</code>
*Change to the directory
<code>cd /usr/src/ZoneMinder-src</code>
*See the ZoneMinder Manual for further instructions

Gentoo Install

2007-01-15T17:12:43Z

ZoneyJ:

== About Gentoo ==
Gentoo is a distribution that prides itself on being extra-configurable, processor native, and easy to update. Gentoo users usually compile their installation from srouce, but while it's great to nitpick on the details, Gentoo also has the option of installing a precompiled system quickly from a LiveCD.

== Why Gentoo? ==
* Many binary distributions make it difficult to locate the appropriate libraries for ZoneMinder to build properly. Packages for these distrubutions often do not include development libraries and headers necessary for building software from source.
* A Gentoo system is highly configurable, and is easy to update and maintain.
* Gentoo's portage package system in conjunction with the emerge command makes it much easier to obtain the needed packages for ZoneMinder and whatever else you might need.

== What You Will Need ==
* A [Gentoo LiveCD|http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml]
* An internet connection

== About ZoneMinder for Gentoo ==
There are some ZoneMinder packages (called 'ebuilds') available for Gentoo in the 'portage' tree. However, they are not readily available in the mainstream portage tree ''and'' are a few releases behind. In addition, these ebuids have questionable configurability. It is best to compile from source.

Overview of a Gentoo Installation
* Prepare filesystems
* Mount filesystems
* Copy over base system from CD
* Retrieve latest portage tree from the internet
* Build a kernel
* Install necessary system packages
** grub
** dhcpcd
* Set Up Init Scripts

== Installation ==
The quickest way to install Gentoo is to use the bootable LiveCD available at [http://www.gentoo.org|gentoo.org]. I've found that the automatic installer does not work very well and often errors out over simple CDROM read errors. Instead, use the commands from the Gentoo Install Guide to manually copy over the system to your hard drive.

=== Chrooting Your New System ===
That's it! You're ready to change your context into the actual running of your new system environment. That's where chrooting comes in.

=== Setting USE Flags to Determine Compile Behavior ===
Gentoo has a neat concept of system management called USE flags. The USE variable is set by the file /etc/make.conf. In the USE variable, you specify what kinds of features you want included in packages. For example, if you set the 'apache2' use flag, any software that can take advantage of the apache webserver will be compiled to do just that. In addition, if you do not have apache installed and you try to install that same software, Apache will be automatically installed. There are many, many USE flags available. Many of them, along with their descriptions can be found [http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml here].

Here are the flags I use on my Gentoo system that's meant to be a media/ZM/camera server.
USE="-3dfx -arts -berkdb -cups -doc -esd -flac -fortran -gnome -gps -gtk -gtk2 -hardened -imap -ipv6 -kde -nls -opengl -oss -recode -qt -X -xv apache2 mpm-prefork bzip2 mysql php encode exif ffmpeg fbcon gd java javascript jpeg jpeg2k matroska mime mmx sse mp3 mpeg ogg oggvorbis vorbis pcre perl quicktime readline samba ssl symlink theora usb v4l vcd wifi xml xml2 xvid"

As you can see, this says a lot about how my system behaves. I do not use an X Server, so I disabled X, gtk, gtk2, gnome, kde, qt, xv (everything having to do with a graphical desktop). I enabled things like apache2, php, jpeg, mpeg, v4l, xvid (anything media related).

=== Building a Kernel ===

Before Building a kernel, you may want to get some details about the hardware on your computer. You can do this using the tools on your LiveCD. Switch to another virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F2-F6). These consoles are still running in the CD environment, NOT chrooted in the system you are building. From here you can do a dmesg|less and lspci to see what devices you have installed.
Follow the standard procedure in compiling a kernel. The process usually proceeds as:
# make menuconfig, to configure the kernel
# make, to comile the kernel
# make install,
# make modules
# make modules_install

Necessary Packages
ZoneMinder mentions a few packages that are required; namely php, mysql and apache. But in my experience it requires many more.

You'll need:
* apache
* php
* mysql
* ffmpeg
* libperl
* openssl
* jpeg

Luckily, many of these packages are installed automatically as a result of dependencies. Gentoo will let you know what packages will also be installed with a selected package.

You may want:
* pciutils, to get information about PCI devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* usbutils, to get information about USB devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* syslog-ng, to manage system logs. ZoneMinder will need to be configured to use it. (/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf)
* vixie-cron, for ZoneMinder to complete scheduled cron jobs.
* samba, to exchange files with Windows clients/servers.
* camsource, lets you view the same pictures your capture card is seeing. Can be useful for diagnosis.

== ZoneMinder Compilation ==

You can retreive the ZoneMinder source by using the Links web browser and navigating to http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads. If anyone has a better way, could you please amend the Wiki?

Zm4ms playback

2007-01-15T16:55:53Z

ZoneyJ: /* How to be able to use the playback capability in zm4ms with the mandriva 2006 livecd */

== How to Use the Playback Capability in zm4ms with the Mandriva 2006 LivecCD ==

By default on the Mandriva LiveCD, access to the MySQL server is only allowed from/to the local client. 
This means that you cannot connect to your ZoneMinder MySQL server from another host, i.e. your PC running zm4ms. 
To resolve this 'issue' you need to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/mysqld and remove the text between the quote
for the variable MYSQLD_OPTIONS. 
The original line looks like this : MYSQLD_OPTIONS="--skip-networking" 
And the new will be : MYSQLD_OPTIONS="" 
After modifying this line, save and exit. 
The MySQL server needs to be restarted by entering the command 'service mysqld-max restart'

Gentoo Install

2006-08-02T22:10:27Z

ZoneyJ: A little more added, more to come

WORK IN PROGRESS! DO NOT USE!

== About Gentoo ==

== Why Gentoo? ==
* Many binary distributions make it difficult to locate the appropriate libraries for ZoneMinder to build properly. Packages for these distrubutions often do not include development libraries and headers necessary for building software from source.
* A Gentoo system is highly configurable, and is easy to update and maintain.
* Gentoo's portage package system in conjunction with the emerge command makes it much easier to

== About ZoneMinder for Gentoo ==
There are some ZoneMinder packages (called 'ebuilds') available for Gentoo. However, they are not readily available in the mainstream package tree and are a few releases behind. It is best to compile from source.

Overview of a Gentoo Installation
* Prepare filesystems
* Mount filesystems
* Copy over base system from CD
* Retrieve latest package definitions from the internet
* Build a kernel
* Install necessary packages
** grub
** dhcpcd
* Set up boot scripts

== Installation ==
The quickest way to install Gentoo is to use the bootable LiveCD available at [http://www.gentoo.org|gentoo.org]. I've found that the automatic installer does not work very well and often errors out over simple CDROM read errors. Instead, use the commands from the Gentoo Install Guide to manually copy over the system to your hard drive.

=== Chrooting Your New System ===
That's it! You're ready to enter your new system environment. That's where chrooting comes in.

=== Setting USE Flags to Determine Compile Behavior ===
Gentoo has a neat concept of system management called USE flags. The USE variable is set by the file /etc/make.conf. In the USE variable, you specify what kinds of features you want included in packages. For example, if you set the 'apache2' use flag, any software that can take advantage of the apache webserver will be compiled to do just that. In addition, if you do not have apache installed and you try to install that same software, Apache will be automatically installed. There are many, many USE flags available. Many of them, along with their descriptions can be found [http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml here].

Here are the flags I use on my Gentoo system that's meant to be a media/ZM/camera server.
USE="-3dfx -arts -berkdb -cups -doc -esd -flac -fortran -gnome -gps -gtk -gtk2 -hardened -imap -ipv6 -kde -nls -opengl -oss -recode -qt -X -xv apache2 mpm-prefork bzip2 mysql php encode exif ffmpeg fbcon gd java javascript jpeg jpeg2k matroska mime mmx sse mp3 mpeg ogg oggvorbis vorbis pcre perl quicktime readline samba ssl symlink theora usb v4l vcd wifi xml xml2 xvid"

As you can see, this says a lot about how my system behaves. I do not use an X Server, so I disabled X, gtk, gtk2, gnome, kde, qt, xv (everything having to do with a graphical desktop). I enabled things like apache2, php, jpeg, mpeg, v4l, xvid (anything media related).

=== Building a Kernel ===

Before Building a kernel, you may want to get some details about the hardware on your computer. You can do this using the tools on your LiveCD. Switch to another virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F2-F6). These consoles are still running in the CD environment, NOT chrooted in the system you are building. From here you can do a dmesg|less and lspci to see what devices you have installed.
Follow the standard procedure in compiling a kernel. The process usually proceeds as:
# make menuconfig, to configure the kernel
# make, to comile the kernel
# make install,
# make modules
# make modules_install

Necessary Packages
ZoneMinder mentions a few packages that are required; namely php, mysql and apache. But in my experience it requires many more.

You'll need:
* apache
* php
* mysql
* ffmpeg
* libperl
* openssl
* jpeg

Luckily, many of these packages are installed automatically as a result of dependencies. Gentoo will let you know what packages will also be installed with a selected package.

You may want:
* pciutils, to get information about PCI devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* usbutils, to get information about USB devices to assist in troubleshooting.
* syslog-ng, to manage system logs. ZoneMinder will need to be configured to use it. (/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf)
* vixie-cron, for ZoneMinder to complete scheduled cron jobs.
* samba, to exchange files with Windows clients/servers.
* camsource, lets you view the same pictures your capture card is seeing. Can be useful for diagnosis.

== ZoneMinder Compilation ==

You can retreive the ZoneMinder source by using the Links web browser and navigating to http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads. If anyone has a better way, could you please amend the Wiki?

FAQ

2006-06-27T02:18:22Z

ZoneyJ: /* ZoneMinder Frequently Asked Questions */

== ZoneMinder Frequently Asked Questions ==

This is the new FAQ page. I will be migrating the existing FAQs here as soon as possible. In the meantime the old FAQ page is available [http://www.zoneminder.com/faq.html here].

Feel free to contribute any FAQs that you think are missing.

===How can I stop ZoneMinder filling up my disk?===

Recent versions of ZoneMinder come with a filter you can use for this purpose already included. However by default it is not enabled for event deletion.

The filter is called PurgeWhenFull and to find it, choose one of the event counts from the console page, for instance events in the last hour, for one of your monitors. This will bring up an event listing and a filter window. In the filter window there is a dropdown select box labelled 'Use Filter', that lets your select a saved filter. Select 'PurgeWhenFull' and it will load that filter. Make any modifications you might want, such as the percentage full you want it to kick in, or how many events to delete at a time (it will repeat the filter as many times as needed to clear the space, but will only delete this many events each time to get there). Then click on 'Save' which will bring up a new window. Make sure the 'Automatically delete' box is checked and press save to save your filter. This will then run in the background to keep your disk within those limits.

After you've done that, you changes will automatically be loaded into zmfilter within a few minutes. Check the zmfilter.log file to make sure it is running as sometimes missing perl modules mean that it nevers runs but people don't always realise.

===What does a 'Can't shmget: Invalid argument' error in my logs mean?===

This error is discussed in the README in the following excerpt:-
''...this is caused by an attempt to allocate an amount of shared memory greater than your system can handle. The size it requests is based on the following formula, ring buffer size x image width x image height x 3 (for 24 bit images) + a bit of overhead.

So if for instance you were using 24bit 640x480 then this would come to about 92Mb if you are using the default buffer size of 100. If this is too large then you can either reduce the image or buffer sizes or increase the maximum amount of shared memory available. If you are using RedHat then you can get details on how to change these settings at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/database/RHDB-2.1-Manual/admin_user/kernel-resources.html

You should be able to use a similar procedure with other distributions to modify the shared memory pool without kernel recompilations though in some cases this may be necessary. Note, this error also sometimes occurs if you have an old shared memory segment lying around from a previous run that is too small. Use the ipcs and ipcrm system commands to check and remove it if necessary.'"

You can often find out how much shared memory is available by typing the following :-

cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmall

and the most you can allocate in one go :-

cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

To change these values type (for example) :-

echo 134217728 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmall
echo 134217728 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

However be aware that sometimes you will only need to change the shmmax value as shmall is often large enough. Also changing these values in this way is only effective until your machine is rebooted. To change them permanently you will need to edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the following lines (for example) :-

kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728

Which will enforce the changes the next time your machine is restarted.

===Why is ZoneMinder using so much CPU?===

The various elements of ZoneMinder can be involved in some pretty intensive activity, especially while analysing images for motion. However generally this should not overwhelm your machine unless it is very old or underpowered.

There are a number of specific reasons why processor loads can be high either by design or by accident. To figure out exactly what is causing it in your circumstances requires a bit of expermentation.

The main causes are.

1. Using a video palette other than greyscale or RGB24. This can cause a relatively minor performace hit, though still significant. Although some cameras and cards require using planar palettes ZM currently doesn't support this format internally (yet) and each frame is converted to an RGB representation prior to processing. Unless you have compelling reasons for using YUV or reduced RGB type palettes such as hitting USB transfer limits I would experiment to see if RGB24 or greyscale is quicker. Put your monitors into 'Monitor' mode so that only the capture daemons are running and monitor the process load of these (the 'zmc' processes) using top. Try it with various palettes to see if it makes a difference.

2. Big image sizes. A image of 640x480 requires at least four times the processing of a 320x240 image. Experiment with different sizes to see what effect it may have. Sometimes a large image is just two interlaced smaller frames so has no real benefit anyway.

3. Capture frame rates. Unless there's a compelling reason in your case there is often little benefit in running cameras at 25fps when 5-10fps would often get you results just as good. Try changing your monitor settings to limit your cameras to lower frames rates. You can still configure ZM to ignore these limits and capture as fast as possible when an event is detected.

4. Run function. Obviously running in Record or Mocord modes or in Modect with lots of events generates a lot of DB and file activity and so CPU and load will increase.

5. Basic default detection zones. By default when a camera is added one detection zone is added which covers the whole image with a default set of parameters. If you camera covers a view in which various regions are unlikely to generate a valid alarm (ie the sky) then I would experiment with reducing the zone sizes or adding inactive zones to blank out areas you don't want to monitor. Additionally the actual settings of the zone themselves may not be optimal. When doing motion detection the number of changed pixels above a threshold is examined, then this is filter, then contiguous regions are calculated to see if an alarm is generated. If any maximum or minimum threshold is exceeded according to your zone settings at any time the calculation stops. If your settings always result in the calculations going through to the last stage before being failed then additional CPU time is used unnecessarily. Make sure your maximum and minimumzone thresholds are set to sensible values and experiment by switching RECORD_EVENT_STATS on and seeing what the actual values of alarmed pixels etc are during sample events.

6. Optimise your settings. After you've got some settings you're happy with then switching off RECORD_EVENT_STATS will prevent the statistics being written to the database which saves some time. Other settings which might make a difference are ZM_FAST_RGB_DIFFS, ZM_OPT_FRAME_SERVER and the JPEG_xxx_QUALITY ones.

I'm sure there are other things which might make a difference such as what else you have running on the box and memory sizes (make sure there's no swapping going on). Also speed of disk etc will make some difference during event capture and also if you are watching the whole time then you may have a bunch of zms processes running also.

I think the biggest factors are image size, colour depth and capture rate. Having said that I also don't always know why you get certains results from 'top'. For instance if I have a 'zma' daemon running for a monitor that is capturing an image. I've commented out the actual analysis so all it's doing is blending the image with the previous one. In colour mode this takes ~11 milliseconds per frame on my system and the camera is capturing at ~10fps. Using 'top' this reports the process as using ~5% of CPU and permanently in R(un) state. Changing to greyscale mode the blending takes ~4msec (as you would expect as this is roughly a third of 11) but top reports the process as now with 0% CPU and permanently in S(leep) state. So an actual CPU resource usage change of a factor of 3 causes huge differences in reported CPU usage. I have yet to get to the bottom of this but I suspect it's to do with scheduling somewhere along the line and that maybe the greyscale processing will fit into one scheduling time slice whereas the colour one won't but I have no evidence of this yet!

===Why is the timeline view all messed up?===

The timeline view is a new view allowing you to see a graph of alarm activity over time and to quickly scan and home in on events of interest. However this feature is highly complex and still in beta. It is based extensively on HTML div tags, sometimes lots of them. Whilst FireFox is able to render this view successfully other browsers, particular Internet Explorer do not seem able to cope and so present a messed up view, either always or when there are a lot of events.
Using the timeline view is only recommended when using FireFox, however even then there may be issues.

===How much Hard Disk Space do I need for ZM?===
Please see [http://217.154.38.122:8080/ZM_Utils/ZM%20storage%20calc%20sheet.xls Storage Calc] in excel format

===Why don't all my cameras display when I use the Montage view in FireFox?===
By default FireFox only supports a small number of simultaneous connections. Using the montage view usually requires one persistent onnection for each camera plus intermittant connections for other information such as statuses. You will need to increase the number of allowed connections to use the montage view with more than a small number of cameras. This is a simple process and details of how to do it are available from [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4484 this forum thread]. Certain FireFox extensions such as FasterFox may also help to acehive the same result.

===When I try and run ZoneMinder I get lots of audit permission errors in the logs and it won't start===
Many Linux distributions nowadays are built with security in mind. One of the latest methods of achieving this is via SELinux (Secure Linux) which controls who is able to run what in a more precise way then traditional accounting and file based permissions ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinux]).
If you are seeing entries in your system log like

<nowiki>Jun 11 20:44:02 kernel: audit(1150033442.443:226): avc: denied { read } for pid=5068 comm="uptime" name="utmp" dev=dm-0 ino=16908345 scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_sys_script_t tcontext=user_u:object_r:initrc_var_run_t tclass=file</nowiki>

then it is likely that your system has SELinux enabled and it is preventing ZoneMinder from performaing certain activities. You then have two choices. You can either tune SELinux to permit the required operations or you can disable SELinux entirely which will permit ZoneMinder to run unhindered. Disabling SELinux is usually performed by editing it's configuration file (e.g., /etc/selinux/config) and then rebooting. However if you run a public server you should read up on the risks associated with disabled Secure Linux before disabling it.

Note that SELinux may cause errors other than those listed above. If you are in any doubt then it can be worth disabling SELinux experimentally to see if it fixes your problem before trying other solutions.

=== How do I enable ZoneMinder's security? ===
In the console, click on Options. Check the box next to "ZM_OPT_USE_AUTH". You will immediately be asked to login. The username is 'admin' and the password is 'admin'.

'''To Manage Users:''' 
In main console, go to '''Options->Users'''.

==Trouble Shooting==
Here are some things that will help you track down whats wrong.
This is also how to obtain the info that we need to help you on the forums.

===What logs should I check for errors?===
ZoneMinder creates its own logs and are usually located in the /tmp directory. The ZoneMinder logs for the RPM packages are located in /var/log/zm.
Depending on your problem errors can show up in any of these logs but, usually the logs of interest are zmdc.log and zmpkg.log if ZM is not able to start.
Now since ZM is dependent on other components to work, you might not find errors in ZM but in the other components.
Other logs of interest are:
*/var/log/messages
*/var/log/dmesg
*/var/log/httpd/error_log (RedHat/Fedora) or /var/log/apache2/error_log
*/var/log/mysqld.log (Errors here don't happen very often but just in case)

If ZM is not functioning, you should always be able to find an error in at least one of these logs. Use the tail command to get info from the logs. This can be done like so:

[[tail]] -f /var/log/messages /var/log/httpd/error_log /var/log/zm/zm*.log

This will append any data entered to any of these logs to your console screen (-f). To exit [ctrl -c].

===How can I trouble shoot the hardware?===
Here are some commands to get information about your hardware. Some commands are distribution dependent.
#[[lspci]] -vv Returns lots of detailed info. Check for conflicting interrupts or port assignments. You can sometimes alter interrupts/ ports in bios. Try a different pci slot to get a clue if it is HW conflict (comand provided by the pciutils package).
#[[scanpci]] -v Gives you information from your hardware EPROM
#[[lsusb]] -vv Returns lots of detail about USB devices (camand provided by usbutils package).
#[[dmesg]] Shows you how your hardware initialized (or didn't) on boot-up. You will get the most use of this.
#[[v4l-info]] , to see how driver is talking to card. look for unusual values.
#[[modinfo bttv]], some bttv driver stats.
#[[zmu]] -m 0 -q -v Returns various information regarding a monitor configuration.

General Notes

2006-06-26T07:33:50Z

ZoneyJ: Moved Gentoo section into Build Notes, merge other sections, appearance enhancement

==Zoneminder Build Notes==
==== Required for Building ====
* MySQL
* OpenSSL
* PHP
* Apache
* Perl/Libperl
./configure will complain if anything is missing.

==== Installing from Source ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

==== Create and Populate the Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
<code>
:mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
:mysql mysql
:> grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to '<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
:> quit
: mysqladmin reload</code>

==== Debian Installation ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

====Ubuntu install====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==== SuSE 10 Notes ====
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686 
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 
*Startup script
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==== Fedora4 Notes ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. '''If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start. '''

==== Debian Notes ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261

==== Gentoo Notes====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo
[[Gentoo Install|Configuring a Gentoo System & ZoneMinder]]

==== Misc Notes (Anyone care to categorize?) ====
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file lying around. 
"nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like "httpd". 
zmdc.log or /var/log/messages log any errors. 
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

==Apache ==

==== Permissions Problems ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
<code>sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start</code>
** now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache

==== su Issue ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652

==== Allowing CGI Execution (REQUIRED for ZM) ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS Issues==
Turning off ACPI power management in the BIOS may help alleviate some issues with ZoneMinder and capture hardware.

==Brightness control==
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

== Contribs Forum==
The [http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=9 contribs forum] contains contributions from ZoneMinder users like yourself!

==Cambozola==
Cambozola is a Java plugin that decodes multipart JPEG streams. Mozilla-based browser have native support, so this plugin is for browsers like Internet Explorer that lack that support.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==Capture Card Issues==
==== Image is Flipped ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip:
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042

==== Scrambled Images ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip, using lspci and dmesg to determine hardware.
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database MySQL==
==== Create a New Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

==== Repair a Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

==== Backup a Database ====

==== Delete Databases/Tables ====

==== Database Tricks/Tips ====
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

====Update Database After Installing from RPM's====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887

== ffmpeg ==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg 
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601
<code>
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
</code>
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
<code>./configure , make, make install, make installibs</code>

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, Colorzilla Extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom Capture Cards==
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
** http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
** http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
** http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
** http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: 
options bttv card=77 
All screens must be the same resolution.

*bttv settings
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==Logitech USB QuickCam==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with CentOS. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message Logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory Problems/Tweaks==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242
*Shared memory setting must be high.
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==SELinux Issues==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147
<code>
cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
</code>
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==Modprobe==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Official ZoneMinder Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html

==MMS Gateway and API Aoftware==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl Package zmpgk.pl==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobin==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote Camera Source/ Using Another ZM Box as a Source====
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==Settings==
*"disable farm out writing of images" if frame capture errors appear in log. 
** http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
**http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Vehicle Detection Links==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
*http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

General Notes

2006-06-26T07:13:53Z

ZoneyJ: Major reformatting, reference checks

==Zoneminder Build Notes==
==== Required for Building ====
* MySQL
* OpenSSL
* PHP
* Apache
* Perl/Libperl
./configure will complain if anything is missing.

==== Installing from Source ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

==== Debian installation ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

==== Create and Populate the Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754 
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
<code>
:mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
:mysql mysql
:> grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to '<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
:> quit
: mysqladmin reload</code>

==== SuSE 10 Notes ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686&highlight=suse 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 

==== Fedora4 Notes ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. '''If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start. '''

==== Debian Notes ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261

==== Misc Notes (Anyone care to categorize?) ====
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file lying around. 
"nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like "httpd". 
zmdc.log or /var/log/messages log any errors. 
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

==Apache ==
==== Permissions Problems ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
<code>sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start</code>
** now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache
==== su Issue ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652
==== Allowing CGI Execution (REQUIRED for ZM) ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS issues==
Turn off ACPI in the bios. ACPI is a power management configuration
on the motherboard that interferes with the datacapture cards.

==Brightness control==
Brightness control script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953&highlight=brightness
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

==contribs directory==
contribs directory has user based files added to zoneminder

==Cambozola==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==Capture Card Issues==
==== Image is Flipped ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042

==== Scrambled Images ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip, using lspci and dmesg to determine hardware.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database Mysql==
==== Create a New Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

==== Repair a Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

==== Backup a Database ====

==== Delete Databases/Tables ====

==== Database Tricks/Tips ====
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

==FFmpeg==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
./configure , make, make install, make installibs

==Gentoo==
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo
[[Gentoo Install|Configuring a Gentoo System & ZoneMinder]]

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, colorzilla extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom capture card==
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130&highlight=kmc4400r
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: options bttv card=77
"options bttv card =77" is a DEFAULT setting to get a card working.
All screens must be same resolution.

*bttv settings
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==LOGITECH QUICKCAM usb==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with centos. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242

==SELinux was enabled==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147

==Suse issues==
Startup script
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==Shared memory setting must be high.==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

frank@wdshss:/etc> cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==MODPROBE==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html#_Toc125113490

==MMS gateway and API software==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl package zmpgk.pl==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobbin==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==SETTINgs==
*"disable farm out wrtiting of imagess" if frame capture errors appear in log.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Truck detection links==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Update database after installing from RPM's==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887
The command you enetered above only freshens it.
zmupdate.pl --version= <?>

==Ubuntu install==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==Using another ZoneMinder box as the remote IP camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

General Notes

2006-06-26T07:00:43Z

ZoneyJ: Appearance enhancement

==Zoneminder build notes==
*Installing from source
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

*Debian installation
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

*With a new install create and populate mysql databases.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
mysql mysql
grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to
'<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
quit
mysqladmin reload
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file
lying around. "nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like
"httpd". The zmdc.log logs any errors.
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

*Build for Suse10
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686&highlight=suse 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 

*Fedora4 notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start.

*OpenSSl and openssl-devel
You should have these packages installed:
openssl,openssl-devel,php-mysql
To check if you have them, do
rpm -qa | grep openssl

*General forum notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261 

==Apache ==
==== Permissions Problems ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
<code>sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start</code>
** now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache
==== su Issue ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652
==== Allowing CGI Execution (REQUIRED for ZM) ====
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS issues==
Turn off ACPI in the bios. ACPI is a power management configuration
on the motherboard that interferes with the datacapture cards.

==Brightness control==
Brightness control script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953&highlight=brightness
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

==contribs directory==
contribs directory has user based files added to zoneminder

==Cambozola==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==Capture Card Issues==
==== Image is Flipped ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042

==== Scrambled Images ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip, using lspci and dmesg to determine hardware.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database Mysql==
==== Create a New Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

==== Repair a Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

==== Backup a Database ====

==== Delete Databases/Tables ====

==== Database Tricks/Tips ====
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

==FFmpeg==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
./configure , make, make install, make installibs

==Gentoo==
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo
[[Gentoo Install|Configuring a Gentoo System & ZoneMinder]]

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, colorzilla extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom capture card==
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130&highlight=kmc4400r
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: options bttv card=77
"options bttv card =77" is a DEFAULT setting to get a card working.
All screens must be same resolution.

*bttv settings
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==LOGITECH QUICKCAM usb==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with centos. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242

==SELinux was enabled==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147

==Suse issues==
Startup script
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==Shared memory setting must be high.==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

frank@wdshss:/etc> cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==MODPROBE==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html#_Toc125113490

==MMS gateway and API software==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl package zmpgk.pl==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobbin==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==SETTINgs==
*"disable farm out wrtiting of imagess" if frame capture errors appear in log.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Truck detection links==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Update database after installing from RPM's==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887
The command you enetered above only freshens it.
zmupdate.pl --version= <?>

==Ubuntu install==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==Using another ZoneMinder box as the remote IP camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

General Notes

2006-06-26T06:56:20Z

ZoneyJ: See previous

==Zoneminder build notes==
*Installing from source
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

*Debian installation
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

*With a new install create and populate mysql databases.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
mysql mysql
grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to
'<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
quit
mysqladmin reload
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file
lying around. "nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like
"httpd". The zmdc.log logs any errors.
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

*Build for Suse10
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686&highlight=suse 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 

*Fedora4 notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start.

*OpenSSl and openssl-devel
You should have these packages installed:
openssl,openssl-devel,php-mysql
To check if you have them, do
rpm -qa | grep openssl

*General forum notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261 

==Apache ==
*permission problem
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start
now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache
*su issue
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652
*http webserver must allows cgi execution
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS issues==
Turn off ACPI in the bios. ACPI is a power management configuration
on the motherboard that interferes with the datacapture cards.

==Brightness control==
Brightness control script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953&highlight=brightness
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

==contribs directory==
contribs directory has user based files added to zoneminder

==Cambozola==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==Capture Card Issues==
==== Image is Flipped ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042

==== Scrambled Images ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip, using lspci and dmesg to determine hardware.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database Mysql==
==== Create a New Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

==== Repair a Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

==== Backup a Database ====

==== Delete Databases/Tables ====

==== Database Tricks/Tips ====
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

==FFmpeg==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
./configure , make, make install, make installibs

==Gentoo==
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo
[[Gentoo Install|Configuring a Gentoo System & ZoneMinder]]

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, colorzilla extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom capture card==
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130&highlight=kmc4400r
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: options bttv card=77
"options bttv card =77" is a DEFAULT setting to get a card working.
All screens must be same resolution.

*bttv settings
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==LOGITECH QUICKCAM usb==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with centos. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242

==SELinux was enabled==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147

==Suse issues==
Startup script
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==Shared memory setting must be high.==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

frank@wdshss:/etc> cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==MODPROBE==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html#_Toc125113490

==MMS gateway and API software==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl package zmpgk.pl==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobbin==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==SETTINgs==
*"disable farm out wrtiting of imagess" if frame capture errors appear in log.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Truck detection links==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Update database after installing from RPM's==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887
The command you enetered above only freshens it.
zmupdate.pl --version= <?>

==Ubuntu install==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==Using another ZoneMinder box as the remote IP camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

General Notes

2006-06-26T06:55:01Z

ZoneyJ: Formatting, link to Gentoo Install

==Zoneminder build notes==
*Installing from source
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

*Debian installation
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

*With a new install create and populate mysql databases.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
mysql mysql
grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to
'<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
quit
mysqladmin reload
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file
lying around. "nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like
"httpd". The zmdc.log logs any errors.
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

*Build for Suse10
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686&highlight=suse 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 

*Fedora4 notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start.

*OpenSSl and openssl-devel
You should have these packages installed:
openssl,openssl-devel,php-mysql
To check if you have them, do
rpm -qa | grep openssl

*General forum notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261 

==Apache ==
*permission problem
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start
now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache
*su issue
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652
*http webserver must allows cgi execution
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS issues==
Turn off ACPI in the bios. ACPI is a power management configuration
on the motherboard that interferes with the datacapture cards.

==Brightness control==
Brightness control script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953&highlight=brightness
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

==contribs directory==
contribs directory has user based files added to zoneminder

==Cambozola==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==Capture Card Issues==
==== Image is Flipped ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042

==== Scrambled Images ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip, using lspci and dmesg to determine hardware.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database Mysql==
==== Create a New Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

==== Repair a Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

==== Backup a Database ====

==== Delete Databases/Tables ====

==== Database Tricks/Tips ====
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

==FFmpeg==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
./configure , make, make install, make installibs

==Gentoo==
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo
[[Configuring a Gentoo System & ZoneMinder|Gentoo Install]]

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, colorzilla extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom capture card==
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130&highlight=kmc4400r
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: options bttv card=77
"options bttv card =77" is a DEFAULT setting to get a card working.
All screens must be same resolution.

*bttv settings
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==LOGITECH QUICKCAM usb==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with centos. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242

==SELinux was enabled==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147

==Suse issues==
Startup script
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==Shared memory setting must be high.==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

frank@wdshss:/etc> cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==MODPROBE==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html#_Toc125113490

==MMS gateway and API software==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl package zmpgk.pl==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobbin==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==SETTINgs==
*"disable farm out wrtiting of imagess" if frame capture errors appear in log.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Truck detection links==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Update database after installing from RPM's==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887
The command you enetered above only freshens it.
zmupdate.pl --version= <?>

==Ubuntu install==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==Using another ZoneMinder box as the remote IP camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

General Notes

2006-06-26T06:49:46Z

ZoneyJ: Made headings smaller...

==Zoneminder build notes==
*Installing from source
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

*Debian installation
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

*With a new install create and populate mysql databases.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
mysql mysql
grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to
'<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
quit
mysqladmin reload
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file
lying around. "nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like
"httpd". The zmdc.log logs any errors.
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

*Build for Suse10
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686&highlight=suse 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 

*Fedora4 notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start.

*OpenSSl and openssl-devel
You should have these packages installed:
openssl,openssl-devel,php-mysql
To check if you have them, do
rpm -qa | grep openssl

*General forum notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261 

==Apache ==
*permission problem
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start
now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache
*su issue
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652
*http webserver must allows cgi execution
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS issues==
Turn off ACPI in the bios. ACPI is a power management configuration
on the motherboard that interferes with the datacapture cards.

==Brightness control==
Brightness control script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953&highlight=brightness
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

==contribs directory==
contribs directory has user based files added to zoneminder

==Cambozola==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==Capture Card Issues==
==== Image is Flipped ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042

==== Scrambled Images ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip, using lspci and dmesg to determine hardware.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database Mysql==
==== Create a New Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

==== Repair a Database ====
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

==== Backup a Database ====

==== Delete Databases/Tables ====

==== Database Tricks/Tips ====
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

==FFmpeg==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
./configure , make, make install, make installibs

==Gentoo==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo+start

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, colorzilla extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom capture card==
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130&highlight=kmc4400r
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: options bttv card=77
"options bttv card =77" is a DEFAULT setting to get a card working.
All screens must be same resolution.

*bttv settings
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==LOGITECH QUICKCAM usb==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with centos. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242

==SELinux was enabled==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147

==Suse issues==
Startup script
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==Shared memory setting must be high.==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

frank@wdshss:/etc> cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==MODPROBE==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html#_Toc125113490

==MMS gateway and API software==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl package zmpgk.pl==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobbin==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==SETTINgs==
*"disable farm out wrtiting of imagess" if frame capture errors appear in log.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Truck detection links==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Update database after installing from RPM's==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887
The command you enetered above only freshens it.
zmupdate.pl --version= <?>

==Ubuntu install==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==Using another ZoneMinder box as the remote IP camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

General Notes

2006-06-26T06:48:54Z

ZoneyJ: Appearance enhancement

==Zoneminder build notes==
*Installing from source
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

*Debian installation
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

*With a new install create and populate mysql databases.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
mysql mysql
grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to
'<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
quit
mysqladmin reload
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file
lying around. "nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like
"httpd". The zmdc.log logs any errors.
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

*Build for Suse10
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686&highlight=suse 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 

*Fedora4 notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start.

*OpenSSl and openssl-devel
You should have these packages installed:
openssl,openssl-devel,php-mysql
To check if you have them, do
rpm -qa | grep openssl

*General forum notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261 

==Apache ==
*permission problem
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start
now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache
*su issue
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652
*http webserver must allows cgi execution
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS issues==
Turn off ACPI in the bios. ACPI is a power management configuration
on the motherboard that interferes with the datacapture cards.

==Brightness control==
Brightness control script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953&highlight=brightness
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

==contribs directory==
contribs directory has user based files added to zoneminder

==Cambozola==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==Capture Card Issues==
==== Image is Flipped ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042

==== Scrambled Images ====
* Applies to 4 inputs on one chip, using lspci and dmesg to determine hardware.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database Mysql==
=== Create a New Database ===
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

=== Repair a Database ===
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

=== Backup a Database ===

=== Database Tricks/Tips ===
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

==FFmpeg==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
./configure , make, make install, make installibs

==Gentoo==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo+start

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, colorzilla extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom capture card==
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130&highlight=kmc4400r
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: options bttv card=77
"options bttv card =77" is a DEFAULT setting to get a card working.
All screens must be same resolution.

*bttv settings
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==LOGITECH QUICKCAM usb==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with centos. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242

==SELinux was enabled==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147

==Suse issues==
Startup script
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==Shared memory setting must be high.==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

frank@wdshss:/etc> cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==MODPROBE==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html#_Toc125113490

==MMS gateway and API software==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl package zmpgk.pl==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobbin==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==SETTINgs==
*"disable farm out wrtiting of imagess" if frame capture errors appear in log.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Truck detection links==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Update database after installing from RPM's==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887
The command you enetered above only freshens it.
zmupdate.pl --version= <?>

==Ubuntu install==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==Using another ZoneMinder box as the remote IP camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

General Notes

2006-06-26T06:45:37Z

ZoneyJ: Appearance enhancement

==Zoneminder build notes==
*Installing from source
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5715 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5929 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
:--with-ffmpeg=/home/src/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1
:--with-lame=/home/src/lame-3.96.1/libmp3lame
:--with-webdir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-cgidir=/home/sites/Security.658Ridgecrest.com/web
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
:--with-libarch=lib
:--enable-debug=yes
OR
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/htdocs/ZM
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-webuser=httpd
:--with-webgroup=httpd
OR
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6053
:./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/html/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin ZM_DB_PASS=<password>

*Debian installation
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5391 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6215 
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5892 
:./configure --with-mysql=/usr
:--with-webdir=/var/www/zm
:--with-cgidir=/var/www/cgi-bin --sysconfdir=/etc
:--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
:--with-webuser=www-data
:--with-webgroup=www-data CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/ssl/include -I /usr/local/lib"

*With a new install create and populate mysql databases.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6023 
mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
mysql mysql
grant select,insert,update,delete on <database name>.* to
'<database user>'@localhost identified by '<database password>';
quit
mysqladmin reload
Check zone.conf or zm.conf. Check that there are no bogus vesions of this file
lying around. "nobody" doesn't have shell access, choose a different Apache alias like
"httpd". The zmdc.log logs any errors.
zm.sock file must be able to be created.

*Build for Suse10
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5925 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5686&highlight=suse 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6221 
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6249 

*Fedora4 notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5991 
Set web user and group correctly and set the log dir to a writeable location.
With FC4 there are three things that must be done to get ZM running,:
#is in the /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ dir created a file with 775 perm called zm.conf and add the line '/usr/local/lib' to it and type 'ldconfig' once it is added, also with a fresh install of FC4 make sure SE linux is disabled if you are not using it. Check your log path in options under the paths tab. This will tell you were the log are going to be put.
#Second make sure the path exists.
#Third create the log files if they do not exist and make sure that they have the correct permissions. If zm can not open and write the log files, it will not start.

*OpenSSl and openssl-devel
You should have these packages installed:
openssl,openssl-devel,php-mysql
To check if you have them, do
rpm -qa | grep openssl

*General forum notes
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6261 

==Apache ==
*permission problem
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5642
sudo -u apache /etc/rc.d/rc.zoneminder start
now.. zmc and zma is running on user apache
*su issue
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5652
*http webserver must allows cgi execution
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5853
*/usr/local/etc/zm.conf must exist and what process owns it.
webuser and webgroup must be correct for apache to have ownership over zm.conf

==BIOS issues==
Turn off ACPI in the bios. ACPI is a power management configuration
on the motherboard that interferes with the datacapture cards.

==Brightness control==
Brightness control script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3953&highlight=brightness
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5680
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3657

==contribs directory==
contribs directory has user based files added to zoneminder

==Cambozola==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5745

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6320

==CAPTURE card issues==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6042
Single chip with 4cameras can lead to image flipping.

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
LInux commands lspci ,dmesg
BT878 card with 1 cip/4 ins - Provideo PV143

==CAUSE NOTES field section==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6065

==Database Mysql==
=== Create a New Database ===
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5754

=== Repair a Database ===
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5845

=== Backup a Database ===

=== Database Tricks/Tips ===
* My personal recommendation is to try converting your database over to INNODB tables.
** Researching the web I found this to be faster for larger tables (as events grow) and much more reliable.
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6143
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5657
* http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6095

==FFmpeg==
*Install ffmpeg for Fedora with
yum -i ffmpeg
yum -i ffmpeg-devel

*Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-devel on Fedore4
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5601&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Place the devel stuff in /usr/include/ffmpeg
Now configure, make, make install

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5576&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b
*After getting ffmpeg from CVS, do:
./configure , make, make install, make installibs

==Gentoo==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5685
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4217&highlight=gentoo
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303&highlight=gentoo
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3924&highlight=gentoo+start

==Image display problems==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027

==Firefox, colorzilla extensions==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5647

==Kodicom capture card==
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5640
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4130&highlight=kmc4400r
:http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6158
*KMC-8800 8-chip bt878 capture card
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5609
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Kodicom_4400R
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6012

*modprobe.conf file
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5508&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024
Edit your /etc/modprobe.conf file and add this line: options bttv card=77
"options bttv card =77" is a DEFAULT setting to get a card working.
All screens must be same resolution.

*bttv settings
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

note that under ubuntu that the file to edit is /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.

==LOGITECH QUICKCAM usb==
*I'm using FC4 and had a similiar problem with a quickcam 4000.
I guess you are using the default module supplied with centos. I think, not sure about this though, that it is missing some capabilities. So I installed the pwc module (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/INSTALL.en) and these crashes stopped.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5906

==Message logs==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5771

==Memory==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6242

==SELinux was enabled==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6337
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4836
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6147

==Suse issues==
Startup script
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6353

==Shared memory setting must be high.==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6024

frank@wdshss:/etc> cat sysctl.conf
# Disable response to broadcasts.
# You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier.
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
# enable route verification on all interfaces
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
# enable ipV6 forwarding
#net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6000

==Mocord, Record, Modect==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6120

==MODPROBE==
modprobe.conf
mod = 133 or something like that for Kodicom
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5603

==Manual==
http://www.zoneminder.com/fileadmin/downloads/README.html#_Toc125113490

==MMS gateway and API software==
GPRS or HTTP a Jpeg image to the MMS gateway server which in turn sends the image to a mobile phone
*http://www.redcoal.com/
*http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6101
*http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/
*http://www.mig.co.za

==Multiple zones==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079

==Perl package zmpgk.pl==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5801

==Roundrobbin==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5658

==Remote camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549&sid=4e7192b74fe4306e341e9c4036727f7b

==Streaming ==
*rtp and raw streaming
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5572

==SETTINgs==
*"disable farm out wrtiting of imagess" if frame capture errors appear in log.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5992

*color pallet, video hieght, or video width. Try starting with 320x240 (assuming ntsc) and try different pallets.
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6027&sid=9a52386394831b24741c67ba70cc1507

==Timelapsed video==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6049

==Truck detection links==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5858
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5184&highlight=truck+intersection
http://www.cnssystems.ca/

*All things are possible and the example someone posted a while back of detecting trucks and buses, but not cars, passing over a distant intersection is probably appropriate for you. What I would suggest you need are quite high pixel differences (indicating difference from the background) and pretty small counts of changed pixels or blob sizes. You might find it useful to turn on diagnostic images initially (and only for a while as they slow everything down a lot) which will output what ZM thinks the differences etc are are in the images.

==Update database after installing from RPM's==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5887
The command you enetered above only freshens it.
zmupdate.pl --version= <?>

==Ubuntu install==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

==Using another ZoneMinder box as the remote IP camera source==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5595
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5549

==Water marked==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4591&highlight=watermark
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4188&highlight=watermark

==xawtv ==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5696
what from xawtv -hwscan?
xawtv -device /dev/video?

==zmc daemon captures the images==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6146

Bt878 4chip 8inputs

2006-06-26T02:20:23Z

ZoneyJ: Driver compiled into kernel? Answer.

== Noname with 4 bt878 chips and 8 inputs ==

When using all channels you'll get around 5 fps.
Warning it takes a long time to boot using this card. Maybe settings are bad. But it is working OK.

== Configuration ==

''/etc/modprobe.conf''
<pre>
options bttv card=0,0,0,0 tuner=4,4,4,4
</pre>

If your driver is compiled into the kernel, add the following to be passed onto the kernel from LILO or GRUB.
<pre>
bttv.card=0,0,0,0 bttv.tuner=4,4,4,4
</pre>
* A list of card types and tuner types can be found in the Linux kernel sources under Documentation/video4linux/bttv/.

== Photos ==

[[Image:Bt878_4chip_8inputs_1.jpg|200px]]
[[Image:Bt878_4chip_8inputs_2.jpg|200px]]

HOWTO

2006-06-26T02:13:43Z

ZoneyJ:

== Distributions ==
* [[Gentoo Install|Prepare a Gentoo Installation for ZoneMinder]]

Gentoo Install

2006-06-26T00:17:44Z

ZoneyJ: Work in progress! Not ready yet!

WORK IN PROGRESS! DO NOT USE!

== About Gentoo ==

== Why Gentoo? ==
* Many binary distributions make it difficult to locate the appropriate libraries for ZoneMinder to build properly. Packages for these distrubutions often do not include development libraries and headers necessary for building software from source.
* A Gentoo system is highly configurable, and is easy to update and maintain.
* Gentoo's portage package system in conjunction with the emerge command makes it much easier to

== About ZoneMinder for Gentoo ==
There are some ZoneMinder packages (called 'ebuilds') available for Gentoo. However, they are not readily available in the mainstream package tree and are a few releases behind. It is best to compile from source.

Overview of a Gentoo Installation
* Prepare filesystems
* Mount filesystems
* Copy over base system from CD
* Retrieve latest package definitions from the internet
* Build a kernel
* Install necessary packages
** grub
** dhcpcd
* Set up boot scripts

== Installation ==
The quickest way to install Gentoo

=== Chrooting Your New System ===
That's it! You're ready to enter your new system environment. That's where chrooting comes in.

=== Setting USE Flags to Determine Compile Behavior ===
Gentoo has a neat concept of system management called USE flags. The USE variable is set by the file /etc/make.conf. In the USE variable, you specify what kinds of features you want included in packages. For example, if you set the 'apache2' use flag, any software that can take advantage of the apache webserver will be compiled to do just that. In addition, if you do not have apache installed and you try to install that same software, Apache will be automatically installed. There are many, many USE flags available. Many of them, along with their descriptions can be found [http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml here].

Here are the flags I use on my Gentoo system that's meant to be a media/ZM/camera server.
USE="-3dfx -arts -berkdb -cups -doc -esd -flac -fortran -gnome -gps -gtk -gtk2 -hardened -imap -ipv6 -kde -nls -opengl -oss -recode -qt -X -xv apache2 mpm-prefork bzip2 mysql php encode exif ffmpeg fbcon gd java javascript jpeg jpeg2k matroska mime mmx sse mp3 mpeg ogg oggvorbis vorbis pcre perl quicktime readline samba ssl symlink theora usb v4l vcd wifi xml xml2 xvid"

As you can see, this says a lot about how my system behaves. I do not use an X Server, so I disabled X, gtk, gtk2, gnome, kde, qt, xv (everything having to do with a graphical desktop). I enabled things like apache2, php, jpeg, mpeg, v4l, xvid (anything media related).

=== Building a Kernel ===

Before Building a kernel, you may want to get some details about the hardware on your computer. You can do this using the tools on your LiveCD. Switch to another virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F2-F6). These consoles are still running in the CD environment, NOT chrooted in the system you are building. From here you can do a dmesg|less and lspci to see what devices you have installed.
Follow the standard procedure in compiling a kernel. The process usually proceeds as:
# make menuconfig, to configure the kernel
# make, to comile the kernel
# make install,
# make modules
# make modules_install

Necessary Packages
ZoneMinder mentions a few packages that are required; namely php, mysql and apache. But in my experience it requires many more.

You'll need:
* apache
* php
* mysql
* ffmpeg
* libperl
* openssl
* jpeg

Luckily, many of these packages are installed automatically as a result of dependencies. Gentoo will let you know what packages will also be installed with a selected package.

You may want:
* pciutils, to get information about PCI devices to assist in troubleshooting
* usbutils, to get information about USB devices to assist in troubleshooting
* syslog-ng, to manage system logs. ZoneMinder will need to be configured to use it. (/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf)
* vixie-cron, to schedule jobs for ZoneMinder.
* samba, to exchange files with Windows clients/servers.
* camsource, lets you view the same pictures your capture card is seeing. Can be useful for diagnosis.

== ZoneMinder Compilation ==

You can retreive the ZoneMinder source by using the Links web browser and navigating to http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads. If anyone has a better way, could you please amend the Wiki?

HOWTO

2006-06-25T23:36:04Z

ZoneyJ: First entry in HOWTO page, should get us started.

ZoneMinder HOWTOs

== Distributions ==
# [[Gentoo Install|Prepare a Gentoo Installation for ZoneMinder]]