I can confirm that motion from mantic-proposed has fixed the bug for me.
Test done:
Install motion on a mantic installation.
confirm that motion service did not start and the issue is seen.
Add mantic-proposed to apt sources
update motion from mantic-proposed
check that the motion.service is running
$ systemctl status motion.service
● motion.service - Motion detection video capture daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/motion.service; enabled; preset:
enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-05-04 19:17:27 BST; 14s ago
Docs: man:motion(1)
Main PID: 3532 (motion)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 9443)
Memory: 16.1M
CPU: 153ms
CGroup: /system.slice/motion.service
└─3532 /usr/bin/motion
Test result: the issue with motion has been fixed.
Package tested:
$ apt-cache policy motion
motion:
Installed: 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1
Candidate: 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1
Version table:
*** 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1 100
100 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic-proposed/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4.5.1-3build1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic/universe amd64 Packages
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[SRU] motion fails to start after install: Permission denied creating
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