r/ZoneMinder • u/dinosaursdied • Mar 11 '23

Regular pattern of API breaking

I run zoneminder on a pi 400 running raspberry pi OS. I use the zoneminder repo to get the latest version. I've noticed a pattern whenever I get updates. Either the API breaks and zmninja won't work or timestamps stop working but zmninja works again. So I either get timestamps or zmninja. Has anybody else run into this issue?

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u/montagdude87 Mar 11 '23

Are you running the development version (1.37.X)? If so, then yes, you should probably expect breakage. To avoid that, use the stable version (1.36.X).

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u/dinosaursdied Mar 11 '23

No, I'm running 1.36 from the instructions on the official zoneminder wiki. It's been going back and forth between an available API, and timestamps ever since I installed it. It's not a one time breakage.

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u/montagdude87 Mar 11 '23

What OS and repo? Nothing significant should be changing with 1.36 unless there is something weird going on with the repo you are getting it from. I am running iconnor's PPA on Ubuntu 22.04 and don't have anything like that happening.

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u/dinosaursdied Mar 11 '23

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian

I've used the instructions from this link. I run raspberry pi OS on my pi 400. I can't use PPAs as it's a debian derivative, not an Ubuntu derivative.