From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 17:08:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DB781065689; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from king@computerking.ca) Received: from mx1.canmail.org (ns1.canmail.org [66.244.200.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547698FC15; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:08:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from king@computerking.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.canmail.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C5AB002D; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:08:52 -0600 (MDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.022 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.022 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[AWL=-0.305, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_PBL=0.905, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL=0.877, RDNS_NONE=0.1] Received: from mx1.canmail.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.canmail.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id SJsApGfnexed; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:08:50 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mx1.canmail.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.canmail.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14682B002C; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:08:50 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:08:49 -0600 (MDT) From: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN To: Willem Jan Withagen Message-ID: <783222.17581224004129947.JavaMail.root@mx1.canmail.org> In-Reply-To: <48F4C21B.2010300@digiware.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [68.144.18.110] X-Mailer: Zimbra 5.0.9_GA_2533.UBUNTU6 (ZimbraWebClient - FF3.0 (Win)/5.0.9_GA_2533.UBUNTU6) Cc: Jeremy Chadwick , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: aclocal broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:08:53 -0000 That is exactly what i was afraid of had trouble making work with zoneminder live cd and ubuntu. Seen a post about the FreeBSD (my favorite OS) port and thought i would give it a go. >From the sounds of it not worth do mind me asking how you went about getting it to work? ie different OS/Distro or did you just give up? PS i have contacted the author of the port we will see what he has to say about things too. Computer King & CaN Mail - Sales Service Hosting Backup http://www.computerking.ca http://www.canmail.org NEW!!! Custom Service Packages Secure IMAP Email - Automated Remote Backups - Photo Blogs - Online Accounting Packages ----- "Willem Jan Withagen" wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:49:35AM -0600, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > >> ----- Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:20:34PM -0600, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN > wrote: > >>>> Trying to install zoneminder port but getting this error > >>>> Using this version on Freebsd > >>>> > >>>> FreeBSD pcbsd 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #42: Thu Sep > 11 09:07:25 EDT 2008 root@pcbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PCBSD i386 > >>>> > >>>> cd . && /bin/sh > /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder/work/ZoneMinder-1.23.3/missing --run > autoheader > >>> I have no such port on my system, and the FreeBSD web site > agrees: > >>> > >>> # cd /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder > >>> /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder: No such file or directory. > >>> # grep -i zoneminder /usr/ports/INDEX-7 > >>> # > >>> > >> You are correct this is not a native FreeBSD port i downloaded this > port from here > http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11965&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 > > > > Which means you should ask the author of the port on that forum to > > fix this problem. :-) > > And the author will confirm that several people have tried to port > some of > the parts to FreeBSD. With little success.... :( > > My try from memory: > > First of it requires a working Video4linux framework if you want to > connect > webcams other than with a network interface (eg. the Axis stuff) > > Then once you get to compile everything, tweaking and pulling with all > the > auto-tools... I ended up fixing the ac* config-files for my/FBSD > purposes. > > After which you run into some shared memory stuff that is not really > compatible. But that is just hacking some of the startup scripts... > > Then find out that the capture scripts put something different in the > buffer > that other tools are reading from it. > > And that's where I gave up, since Things are written using C++ and > then > extracted in Perl (or the other way around). And there seems to be an > > alignment problem with binary values.... Looked at it for a while and > > decided that I should start earning some money again. > > So my conclusion here is: > Not for those faint of hart. > And with plenty of time to spare. > > --WjW