I can confirm that motion from mantic-proposed has fixed the bug for me.
Test done:
Install motion on a mantic installation. confirm that motion service did not start and the issue is seen.
Add mantic-proposed to apt sources update motion from mantic-proposed check that the motion.service is running
$ systemctl status motion.service ● motion.service - Motion detection video capture daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/motion.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-05-04 19:17:27 BST; 14s ago Docs: man:motion(1) Main PID: 3532 (motion) Tasks: 4 (limit: 9443) Memory: 16.1M CPU: 153ms CGroup: /system.slice/motion.service └─3532 /usr/bin/motion
Test result: the issue with motion has been fixed.
Package tested:
$ apt-cache policy motion motion: Installed: 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1 100 100 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic-proposed/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 4.5.1-3build1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic/universe amd64 Packages
I can confirm that motion from mantic-proposed has fixed the bug for me.
Test done:
Install motion on a mantic installation.
confirm that motion service did not start and the issue is seen.
Add mantic-proposed to apt sources
update motion from mantic-proposed
check that the motion.service is running
$ systemctl status motion.service system/ motion. service; enabled; preset: enabled) slice/motion. service
● motion.service - Motion detection video capture daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-05-04 19:17:27 BST; 14s ago
Docs: man:motion(1)
Main PID: 3532 (motion)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 9443)
Memory: 16.1M
CPU: 153ms
CGroup: /system.
└─3532 /usr/bin/motion
Test result: the issue with motion has been fixed.
Package tested:
$ apt-cache policy motion us.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu mantic- proposed/ universe amd64 Packages dpkg/status us.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu mantic/universe amd64 Packages
motion:
Installed: 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1
Candidate: 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1
Version table:
*** 4.5.1-3ubuntu0.1 100
100 http://
100 /var/lib/
4.5.1-3build1 500
500 http://