I have server version 12.04 installed with the same bug. I tried the
fix in Post 4 and got the following results. Motion is started but then
dies.
darren@alpha:~$ pgrep motion
darren@alpha:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/motion restart
[sudo] password for darren:
* Restarting motion...
* Stopping motion detection daemon motion
No /usr/bin/motion found running; none killed.
[ OK ]
* Starting motion detection daemon : motion
* Starting motion detection daemon motion
[ OK ]
[ OK ]
darren@alpha:~$ pgrep motion
1245
darren@alpha:~$ pgrep motion
Motioin died after about 10-15 seconds.
No images are produced so Motion doesn't get very far before disappearing.
The original /etc/init.d/motion file included the following:
case "$1" in
start)
if check_daemon_enabled ; then
if ! [ -d /var/run/motion ]; then
mkdir /var/run/motion
fi
chown motion:motion /var/run/motion
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
if start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b --chuid motion ; then
log_end_msg 0
else
log_end_msg 1
RET=1
fi
fi
;;
The modified file (based on posting 4) looks like the following:
case "$1" in
start)
if check_daemon_enabled ; then
log_daemon_msg "Starting motion detection daemon : $NAME"
### BEGIN /var/run Fix
MOTIONPIDDIR=/var/run/motion
if ! [ -d $MOTIONPIDDER ]; then
mkdir -p $MOTIONPIDDER
chown root:motion /var/run/motion
chmod 775 $MOTIONPIDDIR
fi
### END /var/run Fix
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
if start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b --chuid motion ; then
log_end_msg 0
else
log_end_msg 1
RET=1
fi
fi
;;
I tried running the script with the chmod and chown outside the < if start.....
if> but that didn't work.
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