Still present on Hardy-amd64 - I also had to fiddle out a workaround, a bit different, but same root cause:
motion (as daemon) runs as user=motion, group=motion which is correkt from point of security. But this prohibits to place its PIDFILE in /var/run cause lack of permission. -- motion fails to start because /var/run/motion is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294852 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs