it states 1. Edit /etc/zm.conf: ZM_PATH_BUILD => /usr/share/zoneminder ZM_PATH_WEB => / ZM_PATH_CGI => /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin this should be ZM_PATH_BUILD = /usr/share/zoneminder /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/ZoneMinder/Config.pm splits it on a = sign 81 my ( $name, $value ) = $str =~ /^\s*([^=\s]+)\s*=\s*(.+?)\s*$/; 2. Start the zoneminder daemon: /etc/init.d/zoneminder start also needs syslog-ng installed without it you get this chickcam cgi-bin # /etc/init.d/zoneminder start * Starting zoneminder ... no connection to syslog available - getservbyname failed for syslog/tcp and syslogng/tcp - unix dgram connect: Connection refused - stream /dev/conslog is not writable - console is not writable at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/ZoneMinder/Debug.pm line 249 [ !! ] chickcam cgi-bin # 3. Login: http://localhost///zm.php isnt correct you need apache to be running and the path is http://localhost/zm/zm.php Reproducible: Always
The instructions are just fine (http://${VHOST_HOSTNAME}/${VHOST_APPDIR}/zm.php) but your webapps are misconfigured, i.e.${VHOST_APPDIR} not set. (And kindly stick ebuild name and version into bug summary next time instead of letting us guess.)
