[Techtalk] zoneminder, motion fail on ubuntu 13.10, no /dev/video0

[Carla Schroder]

Motion wants /dev/video0 even for the remote feed, so who knows what is
up with that. I shall ignore Motion for the time being, as it was just
another way to test getting the live camera feed.

The feed from the camera is simply over HTTP. Just like any other
wireless node on the network, so Ubuntu doesn't need any special
support. I finally got smart and copied the URL of the ZM video feed on
Mint 13 into a browser, and it worked there too, a nice live feed with
a timestamp and everything. It looks like this:

http://localhost/cgi-bin/zms?mode=jpeg&monitor=1&scale=100&maxfps=5&buffer=1000&connkey=860224&rand=1391382691

When I try it on Kubuntu it does this:

Not Found

The requested URL /cgi-bin/zms was not found on this server.

So...that seems to indicate an Apache config error. I've waded through
the config files and everything looks OK:

##/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/serve-cgi-bin.conf 

<IfModule mod_alias.c>
	<IfModule mod_cgi.c>
		Define ENALBLE_USR_LIB_CGI_BIN
	</IfModule>

	<IfModule mod_cgid.c>
		Define ENALBLE_USR_LIB_CGI_BIN
	</IfModule>

	<IfDefine ENALBLE_USR_LIB_CGI_BIN>
		ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
		<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
			AllowOverride None
			Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews
	+SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Require all granted
		</Directory>
	</IfDefine>
</IfModule>


And the files are all present and in the right places:

$ ls usr/lib/cgi-bin
nph-zms  zms  

Users and owners are all correct, permissions look good, services have
been restarted a paskillion times.  So I have NFI what is going on.

Carla

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:55:43 +0100
Rudy Zijlstra <rudy at grumpydevil.homelinux.org> wrote:

> Hi Carla,
> 
> The /dev/video0 will only be used by a local connected (USB) webcam.
> For the IP based webcam, the config of the tools (zoneminder, Motion)
> needs to point to a URL.
> The bug might be that the ubuntu build does not support remote webcam?
> 
> Not using Ubuntu, so cannot test
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Rudy
> 
> On 02-02-14 21:50, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > I'm nearly certain that the key here is the missing /dev/video0.
> > Does anyone know how Ubuntu 13.10 creates it? On my older Mint
> > system (based on Ubuntu 12.04) it is created at boot, so it is
> > always available. I have no idea how 13.10 handles this, other than
> > poorly. Is this my welcome to the fun new ever-encroaching world of
> > Upstart?
> >
> > This is how I created it manually:
> >
> > mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0
> >
> > NFI why that doesn't make buntu happy.
> >
> > Carla
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Feb 2014 11:31:36 -0800
> > Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
> >
> >> hey all,
> >>
> >> I swear the more I use computers the more I swear at them. I have a
> >> Foscam FI8905W wireless IP camera.
> >> Just a nice outdoor cam with its own embedded Web server and wifi
> >> so I can spy on my driveway from any Web browser.
> >>
> >> Theoretically.
> >>
> >> I can log in directly to the Foscam via Web browser, see the live
> >> stream, and access the admin panel from any of my computers and
> >> smartphones. Easy peasey.
> >>
> >> So the next step is to set up Zoneminder or Motion for recording
> >> and alerts. There is something batshit screwy with Ubuntu 13.10--
> >> I have an old Linux Mint 13 installation, and with both Zoneminder
> >> and Motion it's ten minutes from installation to viewing the live
> >> stream from the camera in a browser. But not Ubuntu 13.10.
> >>
> >> Motion gives the error message 'Failed to open video
> >> device /dev/video0: No such file or directory' So I
> >> created /dev/video0 with good old mknod. Same error message. So I
> >> deleted the dratted thing.
> >>
> >> I can plug in a USB webcam, which creates /dev/video0, and then
> >> Motion picks up the webcam images. (Cheese and luvcview also
> >> display the webcam stream.) But still no live view, only a series
> >> of jpgs in /tmp.
> >>
> >> Naturally the motion, Zoneminder, and Ubuntu forums are full of sad
> >> posts with the same problem, but no solution. I'm not even sure
> >> where to start troubleshooting. Bright ideas anyone? Besides going
> >> on a killing spree until all computers are eradicated and we can
> >> live happy and free in an agrarian paradise?
> >>
> >> Carla
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
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