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Posted: **Fri 28 Jan 2011, 13:13**

reason no CD on eeePC

just copied all folders and file to top / and booted with

title casper/watchdog on sdc1
root (hd1,0)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz1 phome=casper psubdir=casper 
initrd /casper/initrd1.img

got a log way through the boot with lots of things scrolling by then this:

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sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdc
Done.
      Check root = bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
      or issig modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
      
ALERT! does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.3-4) Built-in shell (ash)

Enter "help" for a list of built-in commands.

/bin/sh : can't access tty: job control turned off

(initramfs) _ <<<(blinking cursor)

(had to sit at a desk (puke) and copy/write this on paper then type it in here) how uncool

) (yeah i did try photographing it with my phone but the resolution/focus makes it hard to read)
dont know how to proceed.

was also thinking maybe watchdog can go into dpup

Posted: **Sat 04 Jun 2011, 18:39**

new version 2 thread is at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... df025ec4d2

Posted: **Mon 06 Jun 2011, 06:58**

capetownlad wrote:Hi another newbie here - When booting from live cd I also get as far as user@debian and the it hangs? anybody get a solution to this?

Same problem here, if'm trying to run that Live CD

(and yes, I think it's the right place to post this

, or in the thread posted by Aarf, but this makes not a big difference to me )

@ Aarf
same problem here, trying to run from HDD

I really like to try this program, but the "new version" was postet in Aug 2007 and the last post of the dev was in Jul 2008 here.

Also it seems to me, it's Debian now, not Puppy.

It's said "Hope is dying at last". I'm not hopeful very much.

Rolf

Posted: **Tue 07 Jun 2011, 22:58**

hello rhadon,
still trying and faliing now with grub2
may have to try to ask for directions at debian forum
or try to instal it from scratch in dpup.

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 06:57**

Does anybody know where I can get the old version v1, based on Puppy?
doubleburger only provides v2

Thanks

Rolf

@ Aarf, maybe you are also interested in Motion (a pet)?
It's working a little bit for me, this means, it makes a picture if there is a movement in the observed area. Then stops or sometimes segmentation fault.
Must play more with it.

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 14:07**

thanks rhadon have downloaded them and will take a look.

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 15:47**

Hello rhadon

rhadon wrote:Does anybody know where I can get the old version v1, based on Puppy?
doubleburger only provides v2

I have uploaded a copy of watchdog-v1.1.iso 216MB
(md5sum = a21b414523c9395693d341226b6ada03)

You can grab a copy of it from here: (Thanks go to russoodle for providing the space for it)
watchdog-v1.1.iso
watchdog-v1.1.iso.md5.txt
Username = puppy
Password = linux

The screenshot below shows watchdog-v1.1
with a PACE USB webcam set up on it.

CatDude
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Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 15:57**

Thanks CatDude,

I'm just downloading right now

Rolf

Edit: Yes, thanks also to russoodle. It's a shame that people in the background are often forgotten.

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 16:54**

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# wget -4c http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/catdude/ISOs/various/watchdog-v1.1.iso --user=puppy --http-password=linux

fast too upto 600+ K/s

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 19:09**

To reedit up to date.

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 20:07**

Downloaded the v1.1, please help. How do I set up the web cam? Probably could search for awhile, but figured I would ask. I have two USB webcams. A Gear Head and a Winbook, Tried plugging in with the software running and tried booting with both plugged in. Can not see a menu entry any place to set up the software. Thanks for help.

G

Posted: **Wed 08 Jun 2011, 21:52**

no cd.
unpacked v1.1 and failed to boot with grub: syntax error -gt and also cant find pup_216.sfs
failed to boot with grub2 on flashdrive: cant find something on idehd

Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 07:13**

@ Aarf
I know nothing about Grub2, but have similar problems with Grub legacy. I think, it has something to do with boot options (hda instead of sda, I think it's not possible to use a subdir in 2.16, maybe PDEF1 instead of pmedia). It's only a guess because I started Puppy with 3.01. No time now, but will test later more.

@ Minnesota
I also don't know this program, and it was too late for me yesterday night to get it running. So I also don't know, was it me or my webcam.
A good start is by clicking of the orange source "/dev/video0 (0)" in wdog-v1.1.png, i think.

Rolf

Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 09:54**

Hi

@ Aarf
This is the GRUB stanza that i use (Legacy GRUB)

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# Linux bootable partition config begins
  title Puppy Watchdog-v1.1 (216)(Frugal) at hda6
  rootnoverify (hd0,5)
  kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd vga=normal acpi=force
  initrd /initrd.gz
# Linux bootable partition config ends

You may or may not need the last bit on the kernel line acpi=force (i do)
As you can see, i have it in the root of the partition (not in a subdirectory)

Also, on the first boot, i had to run the xorgwizard
otherwise it sat there with a black screen (on two different machines

)

@ Minnesota
First thing is, you need to figure out which drivers you require for your cameras,
i have no idea what they are personally (sorry)

When you eventually have them installed,
you could try running the following command:

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zmu -d /dev/video -q -v

which should give a result similar to this:

sh-3.00# zmu -d /dev/video -q -v
Video Capabilities
Name: CPiA Camera
Type: 513
Can capture
Can capture subareas of the image
Video Channels: 1
Audio Channels: 0
Maximum Width: 352
Maximum Height: 288
Minimum Width: 48
Minimum Height: 48
Window Attributes
X Offset: 0
Y Offset: 0
Width: 320
Height: 240
Picture Attributes
Palette: 4 - 24bit RGB
Colour Depth: 24
Brightness: 32768
Hue: 32768
Colour :32768
Contrast: 32768
Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
Name: Camera
Channel: 0
Flags: 0
Type: 2 - Camera
Format: 0 - PAL

NOTE:
That is the output with my Pace VC6452V002 ZoomCam plugged in.
This camera required that i modprobe the driver module:
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```
modprobe cpia_usb
```
To ensure that it is loaded at each boot, i added the above command to: /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Pay particular attention to the things i have put in bold (in the output from my camera)
and then click on the Source to configure your camera and enter some details.
You may need to play around with the Capture Width & Capture Height,
obviously DO NOT exceed what your camera is capable of.

Hope this helps
CatDude
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Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 10:01**

Suppose I want to use it to record how I move around in the bed at night.

Sleep Apnea. So when I move it start taken webcam pics and when I lay like dead it stop taking pics.

How many such pics can one expect them during say 10 hours recording and how big space on the HDD does that take up?

Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 11:42**

Thanks for your response.. will see what I can find later today for a driver.

G

Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 18:21**

CatDude wrote:Hi

@ Aarf
This is the GRUB stanza that i use (Legacy GRUB)
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# Linux bootable partition config begins
  title Puppy Watchdog-v1.1 (216)(Frugal) at hda6
  rootnoverify (hd0,5)
  kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd vga=normal acpi=force
  initrd /initrd.gz
# Linux bootable partition config ends
You may or may not need the last bit on the kernel line acpi=force (i do)
As you can see, i have it in the root of the partition (not in a subdirectory)

Also, on the first boot, i had to run the xorgwizard
otherwise it sat there with a black screen (on two different machines )
Hope this helps
CatDude
.

thanks CatDude with your boot code, xorgwizard, and xwin, got a boot. got running. now need to sort drivers for camera and wifi and perhaps other things..

Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 20:14**

@ CatDude, thanks again

@ Aarf, Extra drivers for Puppy 2 with 2.6.18.1 kernel Maybe you have more success than I

Rolf

Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 20:41**

nooby wrote:How many such pics can one expect them during say 10 hours recording and how big space on the HDD does that take up?

I think it's a question about the sensitivity, and I guess, that you can adjust it. If you get a picture on every breath you take, you get about 3600 pics/10h. The other extreme would be one pic if you fall out the bed

. I'm not sure about the size of each pic, it depends from the resolution you choose. The main question is, does the program work with your hardware? This you can only find out by testing.

Rolf

Posted: **Thu 09 Jun 2011, 21:21**

I maybe should have explained myself better. Is it 2GB or 20GB or 200GB?
I mean roughly what to expect lowest quality?

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Watchdog version 1 released with Zoneminder

Webcam

Thanks