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I am trying to install Zoneminder from the debian sid repositories on a debian sid machine.

root@basmnt:/etc/init.d# uname -a
Linux basmnt 3.14-2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.14.15-2 (2014-08-09) i686 GNU/Linux

I get the following error when zoneminder service is trying to start.

root@basmnt:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/zoneminder start
[....] Starting zoneminder (via systemctl): zoneminder.serviceJob for zoneminder
.service failed. See 'systemctl status zoneminder.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
failed!

root@basmnt:/etc/init.d# systemctl status zoneminder.service -l
â zoneminder.service - LSB: Control ZoneMinder as a Service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/zoneminder)
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Thu 2014-12-04 13:09:43 EST; 44min ago
Process: 20649 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/zoneminder start (code=killed, signal=TERM)
Dec 04 13:04:43 basmnt zmpkg[20651]: INF [Command: start]
Dec 04 13:04:43 basmnt pkexec[20657]: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Dec 04 13:09:43 basmnt systemd[1]: zoneminder.service start operation timed out. Terminating.
Dec 04 13:09:43 basmnt systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Control ZoneMinder as a Service.
Dec 04 13:09:43 basmnt systemd[1]: Unit zoneminder.service entered failed state.
Dec 04 13:09:43 basmnt zoneminder[20649]: Starting ZoneMinder: Job for zoneminder.service failed. See 'systemctl status zoneminder.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

root@basmnt:/etc/init.d# journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Tue 2014-12-02 20:26:46 EST, end at Thu 2014-12-04 13:55:11 EST. --
Dec 04 13:55:03 basmnt sshd[20964]: Received disconnect from xxxxxx 11: [preauth]
Dec 04 13:55:03 basmnt sshd[20964]: PAM 2 more authentication failures; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh
Dec 04 13:55:09 basmnt sshd[20966]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=
Dec 04 13:55:09 basmnt sshd[20966]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): getting password (0x00000388)
Dec 04 13:55:09 basmnt sshd[20966]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): pam_get_item returned a password
Dec 04 13:55:09 basmnt sshd[20966]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): request wbcLogonUser failed: WBC_ERR_AUTH
Dec 04 13:55:11 basmnt sshd[20966]: Failed password for root from xxxxxxxx port 40639 ssh2
Dec 04 13:55:11 basmnt sshd[20966]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): getting password (0x00000388)
Dec 04 13:55:11 basmnt sshd[20966]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): pam_get_item returned a password
Dec 04 13:55:11 basmnt sshd[20966]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): request wbcLogonUser failed: WBC_ERR_AUTH
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I hope some of this information helps. I don't see a log under /var/log/tmp.

Thank you.

The root cause of this problem is that you are trying to start zoneminder in a systemd environment using the old sys v init script. Not your fault. That is the way zoneminder was packaged in Debian, apparently.

You can fix your particular system by deleting the old init script from /etc/init.d and then install a zoneminder.service file as documented here:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... se_systemd

You will also need to follow the steps for creating a tmpfile.d config file as well.
Skip the parts that deal with enabling systemd since it has already been enabled in Debian.

Got it running. I did get an error about not being able to create the /var/run/zm directory, so I did that manually, and then set the ownership and file permissions. I have not hooked up any cameras yet, but it seems to be working fine. Thank you.

imoldovan wrote:Got it running. I did get an error about not being able to create the /var/run/zm directory, so I did that manually, and then set the ownership and file permissions. I have not hooked up any cameras yet, but it seems to be working fine. Thank you.

Follow the instructions for creating a proper config file in the tmpfiles.d folder, and you won't get an error about the missing /var/run/zm folder (hint: it gets deleted after each reboot so manually creating the folder is not sufficient).

I thought I did follow step 8. and 9. about creating the file and change the permission, but I cant confirm that because I just lost my ssh connection to the box when I was messing with the grub config.( long story ) . I will have to do that when I get home. Thank's a bunch.

Thank you for your help. The service starts with no error messages, and it shows that is is running in the localhost/zm page.

root@basmnt:/var/log/apache2# ps -ely | grep zm
S 33 13384 1 0 80 0 8860 6947 - ? 00:00:01 zmdc.pl
S 33 13409 13384 0 80 0 15464 8231 - ? 00:00:00 zmfilter.pl
S 33 13413 13384 0 80 0 9924 6866 - ? 00:00:00 zmaudit.pl
S 33 13417 13384 0 80 0 8876 6580 - ? 00:00:00 zmwatch.pl


Now there is another problem. When I click on "Add New Monitor" button I get nothing. No popup window. Same with "Filters" button. Also "Options" and "log" instead of a popup I get a page change, no popup. Am I missing some package?. I do have default-jre package installed. Using XFCE on Debian Sid.
Thank you,

Do you have a popup blocker turned on?

As always, check your log files for issues. Make sure you check the apache log as well

Popup blocker is disabled. I checked it at popuptest.com. I don't see anything suspicious in the log files. I even tried to connect to it from another computer and get the same problem. I checked the apache2 for php, ajp mods and they are enabled. I am running out of ideas. Could this be an apache2 problem? or maybe a user privilege problem. What groups should zmuser be part of?