Re: [Motion-user] cannot create process id

[A. <foo...@gm...>]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Joshua Robinson <sho...@gm...
> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>

Hi Joshua,


>
> I am running Linux Suse 10.2 and compiled Motion-3.2.11 without any
> problem. I'm trying to run motion and got the following error.
> -  I wonder, can it be because there is no camera connected !?.
>

I do not understand why you are trying to run Motion without a camera
connected,
or a netcam configured - but this is not the problem in your case.


>
> root@epsilon> motion
> [0] Processing thread 0 - config file /usr/local/etc/motion.conf
> [0] Motion 3.2.11 Started
> [0] Exit motion, cannot create process id file (pid file)
> /var/run/motion/motion.pid: No such file or directory
> [0] Motion going to daemon mode
> root@epsilon>
>

I think creating the /var/run/motion directory should solve this issue.

Best regards,
-- 
Aurélien Guillaume