Comment 0 for bug 1247506

I upgraded (fresh installation) my ubuntu server from 13.04 to 13.10.

I don't know why zoneminder was not updated to 1.26 in the ubuntu sources, but i think it will have the same problem.

The main web page of zoneminder won't work. there are some problems with the new packages provieded in ubuntu 13.10.
I think Apache and PHP

The easy way to see it is:

1. sudo apt-get install zoneminder
2. sudo ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf
3. sudo ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf
4. edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:

    # Include all the user configurations:
    Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

5. edit\make /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:

    ServerName localhost

is possible add "ServerName localhost" directly in apache2.conf.

______ SOURCE: ZoneMinder Forum ______

For fix the main page i found this:

The issue is in the php.ini file and is a value called

    short_open_tag = Off

    This value needs to be set to On

    sudo nano /etc/php5/php.ini

    find the short_open_tag = Off and change it to On

    Ctrl +o to save the file
    Ctrl +x to exit

    /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

The error log indicates a php error the function mysql_pconnect was depriciated in php 5.x.x and my Ubuntu installed php 5.5.3

changing the short_open_tag does present the zm page but I still get the mysql_pconnect message in the error log. I traced the mysql_pconnect line to /usr/shared/zoneminder/includes/database.php where it is the statement that makes a persistent connection to the database. If the command mysql_pconnect was depriciated in PHP 5.5 then I assume we are not getting a connection to the database. I also changed the mysql_pconnect command with the new mysqli_connect in 13.10 and the recieved a database select error on the page. I am sure it taks more than just replacing the command in database.php but that is beyond my skill set right now.