Having had a few teething problems I'm having another go at a fresh install using the guide.
Problems I never cured last time:-
1/ failed to get any images to display in firefox (either mpg or jpg). jpdg gave broken links and mpg gave "misisng plug-in", not that I ever worked out what the plug-in was.
2/I wanted to re-install in the correct directory and I made a bit of a mess trying to re-compile
3/I never did manage to get zm to start at boot time, I had to run sudo zmpkg.pl start everytime.
4/ I was never 100% sure all YAST2 package installs completed.
A couple of things I was sure of last time round
a) How do I get Linux to boot fully and not stop at a login screen? If I do get zm to start at boot time this time (as in the guide) is zm already running at the point you get the login screen? If so that's perfect, but I'm worried that a power out would result in zm not re-starting.
b)The "Package installation using YAST2" section was fairly complex with a lot of "not founds" that seemed to come ok at the end. Where is the log to check success after each package installtion attempt?
c) in the "Configure Zoneminder to be started at boot time" code:-
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su -
# from zoneminder source directory
cp scripts/zm /etc/rc.d
cd /etc/rc.d
chmod +x zm
# edit zm with your favorite text editor (vi ?)
# remove the line related to include functions
# replace all occurences of echo_success by echo success
# replace all occurences of echo_failure by echo failure
# save the changes (ie :x!)
cd rc5.d
ln -s ../zm S99zm
ln -s ../zm K00zm
Is the line "chmod +x zm run only
before editing the file? I thought chmod returned the executable status to a file after editing? Check checking.... my knowledge is very limited.
In the line "remove the line related to include functions" . Could you clarify which line this ois please? I didn't see the word "include" anywhere, but thought it must have been the line near the beginning?
d) ARe there any additional plugins rerquired for FIrefox to dsiplay recorded and monitored images?
Thanks agian for a great guide, hopefully I'll get it 100% this time.
Mark.