"Motion" does not work for me

[Sune Bielefeldt]

"Motion" does not work

 "Motion" does not work for me

Have tried to get Webcam Surveillance Monitor up and running, but have met with a wall.

Have followed the recipe carefully re- installed on a Raspberry Pi 2
It does not seem to run.

I am pretty new in the use of linux why my toolbox is not that great yet.

Maybe I missed something during installation, maybe the system is not ready for Raspberry Pi 2?

Hope someone can give me a few tips

pi@raspberrypi2 ~$ motion
[0] Processing thread 0 - config file /home/pi/motion.conf
[0] Motion 3.2.12 Started
[0] Motion going to daemon mode
[0] Exit motion, cannot create process id file (pid file) /var/run/motion/motion.pid: Permission denied
pi@raspberrypi2 ~$

Look at the attached file.

I am pretty new in the use of linux why my toolbox is not that great yet.

[Gadjet Nut]

Log in using the root user or try:

sudo motion

[Sune Bielefeldt]

Motion still not Work !

Now I have tried a little of everything, but still no luck.
Has revived Raspberry Pi 2 from scratch, to try again, but with the same error.

Debugging 1, change permissions
pi @ raspberrypi ~ $ sudo su
pi @ raspberrypi ~ $ mkdir /var/run/motion
pi @ raspberrypi ~ $ chmod a + rwxt /var/run/motion

In the /etc/default/motion must Start_motion_daemon = yes rather than no.

Debugging 2, changing parameter
pi @ raspberrypi ~ $ sudo nano /etc/default/motion
Start_motion_daemon = yes, changing to no, above which are standard
Ctrl + x to exit.

If I now write
pi @ raspberrypi ~ $ sudo motion
[0] Processing tread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
[0] Motion 3.2.12 started
[0] Motion Reviews going to daemon mode
pi @ raspberrypi ~ $

then run it, but there is no images in /home/webcam

There are several problems to be solved in relation to the advice given.
It's hard when I'm not super user on Linux systems:-(

Hope someone will review the instructions and try to set up the system again, to finding a solution.

There must be many out there who are trying, but no luck. Are the problems relative to the launch of Raspberry Pi 2, and the updated Raspbian?

Kind regards

Sune

[Gadjet Nut]

It works fine on Raspberry Pi 2. I have tested it against the instructions and it works for me. Have you tested that your webcam is working?

[Sune Bielefeldt]

Hello Gadjet Nut

Thank you for your support.

Yes, I tested the camera. It works super fine with Raspistill, so no problems here.

I give it one more try, again puts Raspberry Pi from scratch, and wait to install other software, or change the language from English to Danish before I tested MotionPlus functionality. Maybe it can help?

[Gadjet Nut]

Are you using the Raspberry Pi Camera or a USB Webcam?

[Sune Bielefeldt]

Hi Gadjet Nut

Still no Motion/cam functionality at RPI 2

Now I have revived Raspberry Pi from scratch again.

After initial start-up, I turned the camera on, which is an original Raspberry Pi camera.
No other changes have been made.

Then I followed the instructions below from the terminal:

Code:
pi@raspberrypi ~$ sudo mkdir /home/webcam
pi@raspberrypi ~$ sudo chmod 777 /home/webcam
pi@raspberrypi ~$ cd /home/webcam
pi@raspberrypi ~$ sudo apt-get install motion

Code:
pi@raspberrypi ~$ sudo nano /etc/motion/motion.conf

Configure motion to run in the background. Set the Daemon configuration on:

Now continue to edit file following settings:

• daemon on
• framerate 30
• threshold 500
• gap 10
• max_mpeg_time 30
• output_normal center
• ffmpeg_video_codec msmpeg4
• target_dir /home/webcam
• webcam_motion on
• webcam_maxrate 30
• webcam_port 8085
• webcam_localhost off

Code:
pi@raspberrypi ~$ sudo motion
[0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
[0] Motion 3.2.12 Startet

[0] Motion going to daemon mode

[0] Exit motion, cannot create process id file (pid file) /var/run/motion/motion.pid: No such file or directory

Then i try the following:
Motion changing 1
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo mkdir /var/run/motion

then change the permission
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ chmod a+rwxt /var/run/motion 

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ motion
[0] Could not open configfile /etc/motion/motion.conf: Permission denied
and lots og errors following

Then i try this:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo motion
[0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
[0] Motion 3.2.12 Startet

[0] Motion going to daemon mode

a little smile :-)

Stil no pictures in /home/webcam

Trying Raspistill -o image.jpg
Picure preview on the screen

image.jpg in /home/pi good looking picture :-)

The camera works but motion doesnt.

Now I'm back where I was a few days ago.

Followed the instructions minutely, but experiencing the same error, and no motion functionality:-(.

I follow your smallest tips and hints, if there is anything I can do to get motion  in the air.

Now I'm back where I was a few days ago.

Does it make any sense to ask Kennet Lavrsen, country man behind motion - around the problem, or is it only related to the Raspberry Pi, and not a general Linux questions ?

Have a nice weekend.

Sune

[Gadjet Nut]

This project is for a USB webcam, not the Raspberry Pi Camera. This isn't a Raspberry Pi 2 problem.

[Sune Bielefeldt]

Okay Gadjet Nut

That has given me a little training in setting up an RPI and install software so completely wasted, it's not been.

I have to find another guide to setup Motion with Pi Camera.

Thanks anyway for your efforts.

[Gadjet Nut]

It has been done before. Here is a thread from the Raspberry Pi Forum on it:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44966&p=379561#p374790

If you do succeed please report back to this thread with some more info.

Thanks!

[Mike McDowell]

Looks like you're missing the /var/run/motion directory.

Try this:

sudo mkdir /var/run/motion/

sudo chmod 777 /var/run/motion

Then rerun motion

sudo motion

Good luck!