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1. Re: Motion crashing regularly (Barry Martin)
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 07:31:50 -0600
From: Barry Martin <barry3mar...@gmail.com>
To: Dave Howorth <d...@howorth.org.uk>
Cc: Ian Smith <ian.smit...@gmail.com>,
motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion crashing regularly
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Ian, Dave, and others:
>> Having disabled the USB camera from Motion, Motion has not crashed
>> since.
>>
>> The camera works fine with e.g. Cheese and VLC, and I would argue
>> that Motion (and it seems to be one library) crashes - presumably -
>> on receipt of corrupt or malformed data should not cause a crash, so
>> I feel this is a "feature" that should be changed so it doesn't cause
>> a crash!
> I think the phrase is "patches welcome" :) i.e. if you can identify
> exactly what is causing the crash and work out a sensible way to stop
> it then please send a patch to fix your problem. Failing that then the
> least that is needed is a precise way to duplicate the specific problem.
I like the 'patches welcome' comment! :)?? The overall problem is each
set up is unique: even two devices which are in theory identical such as
two USB cameras made consecutively on the assembly line will have minute
differences in the components.
On the subject of patches? I gave Ian a few examples from my Timeout
script -- doesn't catch all and I have the feeling some do nothing: just
a routine based on a false positive.
Ian: just re-read your statement on "one library seems to crash": I have
a seemingly stupid idea but it worked for me years ago with a modem
software.? Every time I made a specific request the software would
become corrupted and I'd have to re-install it. Eventually found it was
just one specific file so would just delete the corrupted one and copy
in the original.? Eventually I renamed the corrupted file, copied in the
good file, and no more problems!? My theory is the computer didn't like
the position of the file on the hard drive.? Probably so wrong but it
worked.
Barry
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