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1. Re: Motion crashing regularly (Ian Smith)
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 14:56:17 +0000
From: Ian Smith <[email protected]>
To: Barry Martin <[email protected]>, Dave Howorth
<[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion crashing regularly
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Many thanks for all the hints - and my apologies for the tardiness.
I may try to replace the library, but meanwhile, ignoring the camera has
worked, and the system remains stable, so I may reinvestigate once I
have a few spare hours - and the ideas and help are really appreciated,
thank you very much!
Kind Regards,
On 09/11/2023 13:31, Barry Martin wrote:
>
>
> 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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