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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Motion crashing regularly (Barry Martin)
2. Re: Motion crashing regularly (Ian Smith)
3. Re: Motion crashing regularly (tosiara)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:56:51 -0500
From: Barry Martin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion crashing regularly
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Hi Ian!
>
> I am using an HP Desktop, with 16G RAM (most of which is unused), an
> Intel i7-6700 processor and 256G HD.
Sometimes the system is using it, just doesn't get reported. Another way
is to monitor Swap: if I understand things correctly Swap get used when
the system runs out of RAM.? Though don't get panicky when a bit of Swap
does get used; start looking for problems when too much Swap gets used
(one symptom is your system will slow down).
> I run Ubuntu 20.04, and I have a total of 7 cameras, one USB (very old
> - 640x480 from memory), and the other cameras are IP based.
No experience with IP cameras as I'm using USB cameras with my Raspberry
Pi's (one camera per Pi, otherwise there is too much data for the USB
channel).? Some years back when I started with Motion I had the USB
cameras on an extension cable, one six foot extension cable for each
camera.? Periodic loss of video.? Ended up the extension cables were
faulty: swapped one to test, fixed that problem.? Later swapped out the
other; fixed!
> I am not aware of any issues with the config files, and the crashes
> seem to random - I have now had almost a day without a crash - but the
> previous few days were littered with crashes, and all seemed similar.
Any possibility of a relation with camera view activity?? I seem to have
more issues when it is breezy out and the trees cast random shadows.
Barry
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:41:13 +0100
From: Ian Smith <[email protected]>
To: Barry Martin <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion crashing regularly
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Dear Barry,
Many thanks for your help.
I am wondering if the issue is relating to the USB camera.
Today, Motion crashed several times, and then I removed that camera from
the config file, and since then there hasn't been an issue.
I am not convinced that is the issue, as Motion shouldn't crash due to a
camera.
Kind Regards,
Ian
On 24/10/2023 13:56, Barry Martin wrote:
>
>
> Hi Ian!
>
>>
>> I am using an HP Desktop, with 16G RAM (most of which is unused), an
>> Intel i7-6700 processor and 256G HD.
>
> Sometimes the system is using it, just doesn't get reported. Another
> way is to monitor Swap: if I understand things correctly Swap get used
> when the system runs out of RAM.? Though don't get panicky when a bit
> of Swap does get used; start looking for problems when too much Swap
> gets used (one symptom is your system will slow down).
>
>
>> I run Ubuntu 20.04, and I have a total of 7 cameras, one USB (very
>> old - 640x480 from memory), and the other cameras are IP based.
>
> No experience with IP cameras as I'm using USB cameras with my
> Raspberry Pi's (one camera per Pi, otherwise there is too much data
> for the USB channel).? Some years back when I started with Motion I
> had the USB cameras on an extension cable, one six foot extension
> cable for each camera.? Periodic loss of video.? Ended up the
> extension cables were faulty: swapped one to test, fixed that
> problem.? Later swapped out the other; fixed!
>
>
>> I am not aware of any issues with the config files, and the crashes
>> seem to random - I have now had almost a day without a crash - but
>> the previous few days were littered with crashes, and all seemed similar.
>
> Any possibility of a relation with camera view activity?? I seem to
> have more issues when it is breezy out and the trees cast random shadows.
>
> Barry
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:52:17 +0300
From: tosiara <[email protected]>
To: Motion discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Motion crashing regularly
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Would you be able to send the full motion log with "-d 9" from the
most beginning, so it includes version and config values?
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 9:42?PM Ian Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear Barry,
>
> Many thanks for your help.
>
> I am wondering if the issue is relating to the USB camera.
>
> Today, Motion crashed several times, and then I removed that camera from the
> config file, and since then there hasn't been an issue.
>
> I am not convinced that is the issue, as Motion shouldn't crash due to a
> camera.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
> Ian
>
> On 24/10/2023 13:56, Barry Martin wrote:
>
>
> Hi Ian!
>
>
> I am using an HP Desktop, with 16G RAM (most of which is unused), an Intel
> i7-6700 processor and 256G HD.
>
> Sometimes the system is using it, just doesn't get reported. Another way is
> to monitor Swap: if I understand things correctly Swap get used when the
> system runs out of RAM. Though don't get panicky when a bit of Swap does get
> used; start looking for problems when too much Swap gets used (one symptom is
> your system will slow down).
>
>
> I run Ubuntu 20.04, and I have a total of 7 cameras, one USB (very old -
> 640x480 from memory), and the other cameras are IP based.
>
> No experience with IP cameras as I'm using USB cameras with my Raspberry Pi's
> (one camera per Pi, otherwise there is too much data for the USB channel).
> Some years back when I started with Motion I had the USB cameras on an
> extension cable, one six foot extension cable for each camera. Periodic loss
> of video. Ended up the extension cables were faulty: swapped one to test,
> fixed that problem. Later swapped out the other; fixed!
>
>
> I am not aware of any issues with the config files, and the crashes seem to
> random - I have now had almost a day without a crash - but the previous few
> days were littered with crashes, and all seemed similar.
>
> Any possibility of a relation with camera view activity? I seem to have more
> issues when it is breezy out and the trees cast random shadows.
>
> Barry
>
>
>
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