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1. Re: systemctl doesn't start motion (Gustavo Ovalle)
2. Re: systemctl doesn't start motion (Roger Heflin)
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:16:46 -0300
From: Gustavo Ovalle <gustavo.ova...@gmail.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] systemctl doesn't start motion
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hi, your problem is (probably) the exec motion search the config file in
/etc/default, later in motion path (/bin /usr/motion, etc). Never in the
user path.
El jue, 23 de jul. de 2020 a la(s) 11:41, Dave Howorth (d...@howorth.org.uk)
escribi?:
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:16:13 +0300
> Prok <prokh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I installed motion (ver. 4.2.2) on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS from Synaptic
> > manager successfully.
> > Made all necessary settings and when I start motion from terminal it
> > works OK, writes video-files from two cameras on my HDD.
> >
> > But it doesn't start motion after reboot my PC.
> >
> > I set: "start_motion_daemon=yes" in /etc/default/motion file
> > and "daemon on" in /home/vdo/.motion/motion.conf
> > then I enabled it in terminal: sudo systemctl enable motion
> > reboot PC.
> >
> > But no video-files wrote on my HDD, and /home/vdo/.motion/motion.log
> > doesn't have new entries after rebooting.
> >
> > vdo@scorpio:~$ systemctl status motion
> > get me this result:
> >
> > ? motion.service - LSB: Start Motion detection
> > Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/motion; generated)
> > Active: active (exited) since Mon 2020-07-20 11:37:33 MSK;
> > 32min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
> > Process: 715 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/motion start (code=exited,
> > status=0/SUCCESS)
> >
> > jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start Motion
> > detection... jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio motion[715]: * Starting motion
> > detection daemon motion
> > jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio motion[715]: ...done.
> > jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start Motion
> > detection.
> >
> > If I got it right, systemctl tried start motion, but nothing happens.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Serge.
>
> Have you looked at the output of
>
> journalctl -u motion
> (maybe with a sudo, I can't remember)
>
> It may show more than the systemctl status.
>
> Since it looks like systemd is generating the service file itself, it
> may be worth looking at that to see if it looks sane.
>
>
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From: Roger Heflin <roger.hef...@gmail.com>
To: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] systemctl doesn't start motion
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Systemd only generates services from pre-existing /etc/init.d/* and/or
lsb subsystems.
So what does /etc/init.d/motion have in it?
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM Gustavo Ovalle <gustavo.ova...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi, your problem is (probably) the exec motion search the config file in
> /etc/default, later in motion path (/bin /usr/motion, etc). Never in the user
> path.
>
> El jue, 23 de jul. de 2020 a la(s) 11:41, Dave Howorth (d...@howorth.org.uk)
> escribi?:
>>
>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:16:13 +0300
>> Prok <prokh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all.
>> >
>> > I installed motion (ver. 4.2.2) on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS from Synaptic
>> > manager successfully.
>> > Made all necessary settings and when I start motion from terminal it
>> > works OK, writes video-files from two cameras on my HDD.
>> >
>> > But it doesn't start motion after reboot my PC.
>> >
>> > I set: "start_motion_daemon=yes" in /etc/default/motion file
>> > and "daemon on" in /home/vdo/.motion/motion.conf
>> > then I enabled it in terminal: sudo systemctl enable motion
>> > reboot PC.
>> >
>> > But no video-files wrote on my HDD, and /home/vdo/.motion/motion.log
>> > doesn't have new entries after rebooting.
>> >
>> > vdo@scorpio:~$ systemctl status motion
>> > get me this result:
>> >
>> > ? motion.service - LSB: Start Motion detection
>> > Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/motion; generated)
>> > Active: active (exited) since Mon 2020-07-20 11:37:33 MSK;
>> > 32min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
>> > Process: 715 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/motion start (code=exited,
>> > status=0/SUCCESS)
>> >
>> > jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start Motion
>> > detection... jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio motion[715]: * Starting motion
>> > detection daemon motion
>> > jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio motion[715]: ...done.
>> > jul 20 11:37:33 scorpio systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start Motion
>> > detection.
>> >
>> > If I got it right, systemctl tried start motion, but nothing happens.
>> >
>> > What am I doing wrong?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Serge.
>>
>> Have you looked at the output of
>>
>> journalctl -u motion
>> (maybe with a sudo, I can't remember)
>>
>> It may show more than the systemctl status.
>>
>> Since it looks like systemd is generating the service file itself, it
>> may be worth looking at that to see if it looks sane.
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
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> Ituzaingo 1365
> S3070BPW - San Crist?bal
> Santa Fe
> e-mail: gustavo.ova...@gmail.com
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