Correction: I reinstalled the system, however, motion was not happy with the target directory permissions. Once I fixed that, it started to work properly.
In short, on a freshly installed Wheezy system, motion now works fine. Next up, I usually change my distro to "testing" ... will do so with my fingers crossed in a day or two. Thanks. On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:38 AM, gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> wrote: > Control: tag -1 - moreinfo > >> >> [UPGRADE] ffmpeg:amd64 7:0.11.1-dmo5 -> 7:1.0-dmo1 >> >> [UPGRADE] gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64 0.10.13-5 -> 1:0.10.13-dmo1 >> >> [UPGRADE] libxine2-ffmpeg:amd64 1.2.2-4 -> 1:1.2.2-dmo3 >> >> [UPGRADE] libavcodec54:amd64 7:0.11.1-dmo5 -> 7:1.0-dmo1 >> >> [UPGRADE] libavdevice54:amd64 7:0.11.1-dmo5 -> 7:1.0-dmo1 >> >> [UPGRADE] libavformat54:amd64 7:0.11.1-dmo5 -> 7:1.0-dmo1 >> >> [UPGRADE] libavutil51:amd64 7:0.11.1-dmo5 -> 7:1.0-dmo1 >> > -dmoN means that you are using packages from deb-multimedia.org. >> > Do you have the same problem when you use the packages from Debian >> > proper? >> Just reinstalled my whole system. On this newly installed and updated >> wheezy system, motion doesn't even start capturing properly! > > Thanks for checking! > >> I am using the same conf file I was using till several days ago when >> it was working fine. Now when I start motion, it just spits out the >> initialization lines on the prompt and then does nothing at all. With >> the above dmo1 packages it was at least capturing some image, albeit >> at a much slower rate. > > Ok, now we at least know that there is a real problem in some Debian > package. Sorry that it won't be me who tackles it, but at least that > step is done. > > > Cheers, > gregor > > -- > .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 > : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ > `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe > `- NP: Eric Clapton: After Midnight -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
