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FS#28609 - [motion] cant start because it cannot find the directory /var/run/motion
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Opened by Juan Diego (juantascon) - Thursday, 23 February 2012, 17:45 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Tuesday, 06 March 2012, 01:03 GMT
Opened by Juan Diego (juantascon) - Thursday, 23 February 2012, 17:45 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Tuesday, 06 March 2012, 01:03 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
I run the following as root: /etc/rc.d/motion start and then I get this message: [0] Exit motion, cannot create process id file (pid file) /var/run/motion/motion.pid: No such file or directory the /etc/rc.d/motion script should create the directory /var/run/motion before it runs the process because /run is now a tmpfs Additional info: * package version(s) 3.2.12-2 * config and/or log files etc. Steps to reproduce: do as the description says |
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Comment by Xavion (Xavion) -
Monday, 05 March 2012, 20:34 GMT
Can you guys please fix this problem quickly? I'm trying to use Motion for home security, so I need it to start automatically at boot-time. It won't do that until you guys fix this problem!