First created: 19th December 2008, 13:12 PT, AD Last updated: 15th May 2011, 14:51 PT, AD ****** motion ****** First attempt to install motion on Dapper Drake linux on server machine: Install motion through Synaptic Package Manager /etc/motion contains motion.conf anne@server:~$ pwd /home/anne anne@server:~$ motion -s LogiTech QuickStart 510 camera attached by usb to server check /dev/video0 exists by: cd /dev ls .jpg files are created if the camera detects motion. Files are written to /tmp which is cleared on a reboot when motion is running, going here in a browser: http://localhost:8080 will display latest settings for motion - and new settings can be made here. There is one thread per camera, and each camera must have its driver installed. LogiTech QuickStart 510 camera driver was there by default. So far, haven't had any luck with the orbit camera. There is a virtual link to the last .jpg created - the link is called lastsnap.jpg see below... 04-20081219131207-06.jpg keyring-S11ksh 04-20081219131207-07.jpg lastsnap.jpg 04-20081219131207-08.jpg mapping-anne 04-20081219131207-09.jpg orbit-anne 04-20081219131207-10.jpg ssh-uUUeNX5080 04-20081219131207-11.jpg virtual-anne.D1QTDU anne@server:/tmp$ ls l* lastsnap.jpg anne@server:/tmp$ ls -al l* lrwxrwxrwx 1 anne anne 30 2008-12-19 13:49 lastsnap.jpg -> 08-20081219134929-snapshot.jpg anne@server:/tmp$ cp lastsnap.jpg anne.jpg anne@server:/tmp$ ls anne.jpg anne.jpg to stop motion running, you need to find the process ID as follows: this is all explained here: http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SignalsKill anne@server:/tmp$ ps -ef | grep motion anne 5246 5226 1 12:52 pts/0 00:01:25 motion -s anne 8556 8516 0 14:02 pts/3 00:00:00 view motion.conf anne 10417 5386 0 14:39 pts/1 00:00:00 grep motion anne@server:/tmp$ kill -s SIGTERM 5246 anne@server:/tmp$ this is then what happened in /home/anne (where the motion -s command originated) [1] Changes: 0 - noise level: 12 [1] End of event 17 [1] Thread exiting [1] Threads finished [1] Motion terminating anne@server:~$ ls this is all explained here: http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/SignalsKill ***********************************************************