[Motion-user] Motion not showing web page, nor captured videos

[Ian S. <ian...@gm...>]

My apologies for what most likely is a silly error on my behalf, but I 
am experiencing two issues.

I am running Ubuntu 20.04, and I installed the latest version of motion.

I have individual config files for the cameras, and a motion.conf file 
that refers to them.

My motion.conf file also defines the web control port as 8080, and the 
stream port as 8081.

Both the stream and web control "localhost" are "off" to allow me to 
view/ control from other devices.

I can see the log file isn't showing any errors, and I am seeing files 
accumulating in my defined folder.

I can see the localhost apache server default page is visible on the 
localhost and remotely.

However, the page that should appear on port 8080 doesn't appear, nor 
does the stream on 8081. Both return "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED", but I 
cannot fathom why.

I have checked that the firewall isn't blocking those ports, and the 
ports are open according to nmap.

I don't know what I have done wrong.

Also, when I did have this working before the computer crashed, the web 
pages were showing, but I couldn't see a way to review the captured 
videos ( I had previously used zoneminder, which had a simple way to 
review activity).

I have been unable to find answers on the internet, nor in the 
documentation, so any help would be most appreciated.

Many thanks,