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Today's Topics:
1. Use of ${host}?? (Mark Hinch)
2. Re: Use of ${host}?? (Jack Christensen)
3. Re: Use of ${host}?? (Mark Hinch)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 10:24:33 -0600
From: Mark Hinch <mhinch-motionl...@hinchfamily.com>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Motion-user] Use of ${host}??
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I'm attempting to make use of ${host} in the "text_left" config option and
ultimately in an SQL INSERT. It does not seem to be working for me:
On a working system I change text_left in motion.conf to:
??? text_left CAMERA %{host} %t
After sending SIGHUP to motion, the display on the lower left of the web
page is:
??? CAMERA? host? 0
My host name (/etc/hostname) is not "host".
I'm probably doing something simple wrong -- I'd appreciate any tips.
Big picture config:
- Raspberry Pi
- Raspian OS
- Rasperry Pi Camera
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 11:59:05 -0500
From: Jack Christensen <christensen.jac...@gmail.com>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Use of ${host}??
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Seems to works fine here, RPi Zero W, Raspbian Lite 2018-11-13, Motion
4.2.1, RPi v2 camera.
Check around for extra/stray config files. I had an extra config file in
my home directory and didn't realize it. When I changed parameters in my
"real" config file, some would take effect and others not.
On 1/2/19 11:24 AM, Mark Hinch wrote:
> I'm attempting to make use of ${host} in the "text_left" config option
> and
> ultimately in an SQL INSERT. It does not seem to be working for me:
>
> On a working system I change text_left in motion.conf to:
> ??? text_left CAMERA %{host} %t
> After sending SIGHUP to motion, the display on the lower left of the
> web page is:
> ??? CAMERA? host? 0
> My host name (/etc/hostname) is not "host".
>
> I'm probably doing something simple wrong -- I'd appreciate any tips.
>
> Big picture config:
> - Raspberry Pi
> - Raspian OS
> - Rasperry Pi Camera
>
>
>
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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 12:52:03 -0600
From: Mark Hinch <mhinch-motionl...@hinchfamily.com>
To: motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Use of ${host}??
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Jack:
Thanks for the quick feedback and the idea. There are other *conf files
in the /etc/motion
directory, but none seem to be getting pulled in -- the "camera" and
"camera_dir" directives
are both commented out.. Also, my "text_left" changes are getting
recognized, they just are
not displaying the expected out (i.e., "host" as opposed to my actual
hostname).
The only difference I can see is versions -- I'm on Motion 4.0 and you?
are on 4.2.1. A very
quick scan of recent GIT activity does not appear to show changes in
this area, but ...
Normal rasbian updates will only allow me to get to 4.1.1, and that with
some difficulty.
Would you mind sending me the exact text_left (or whatever) string you
used that showed
your actual hostname? I suspect a syntax problem, though I've tried
enclosing %{host} in ", ', ` all
with no success.
Thanks
-Mark
On 1/2/2019 10:59 AM, Jack Christensen wrote:
>
> Seems to works fine here, RPi Zero W, Raspbian Lite 2018-11-13, Motion
> 4.2.1, RPi v2 camera.
>
> Check around for extra/stray config files. I had an extra config file
> in my home directory and didn't realize it. When I changed parameters
> in my "real" config file, some would take effect and others not.
>
> On 1/2/19 11:24 AM, Mark Hinch wrote:
>> I'm attempting to make use of ${host} in the "text_left" config
>> option and
>> ultimately in an SQL INSERT. It does not seem to be working for me:
>>
>> On a working system I change text_left in motion.conf to:
>> ??? text_left CAMERA %{host} %t
>> After sending SIGHUP to motion, the display on the lower left of the
>> web page is:
>> ??? CAMERA? host? 0
>> My host name (/etc/hostname) is not "host".
>>
>> I'm probably doing something simple wrong -- I'd appreciate any tips.
>>
>> Big picture config:
>> - Raspberry Pi
>> - Raspian OS
>> - Rasperry Pi Camera
>>
>>
>>
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>> Motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
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>>
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