I spent something like 6-8 hours trying to get my laptop (running ubuntu 10.10) to cooperate with a webcam so I could see if the dog really was sleeping on the couch.
It seemed so simple:
A) Install Zoneminder
B) Plug in web cam
C) Beer!
Instead, it went something like this:
A) Install Zoneminder
B) Plug in web cam
b.1) Check to see if web cam works, discover that Zoneminder doesn't like it for some reason.
b.2) Try every setting available on Zoneminder, to no avail
b.3) Apply some "fixes" to Zoneminder perl. Camera now works with green and black garbage images.
b.4) Crash Zoneminder several times
b.5) Read a bunch on Zoneminder wiki and forum.
b.6) Work through crashes to test every combination of settings, to no avail
b.7) Read enough to piece together that something new has crept into the code that hates the camera/driver combination
b.7) sudo apt-get remove zoneminder
C) Install Motion
D) Beer!
The deep irony is, of course, that The Girly walked in from work, and there was the dog, sleeping on the couch.
So, is the dog not supposed to sleep on the couch, or are you just curious?
ReplyDeleteThe dog is definitely not allowed on the couch under any circumstances.
ReplyDeleteSeems as though you're in a hairy situation.
ReplyDeleteI see that he opted to sleep on the floor for a few minutes... until he remembered just how comfy that couch is :). Oh, Bayrum, such a rapscallion.
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