I've installed zoneminder on 13.10, however, when I access the browser interface (localhost/zm) I cannot click on "add new monitor". It's like this feature is disabled or something. When I click on "add new monitor", nothing happens. Absolutely useless.
Solved!
change 'saucy' to 'precise', ctrl-o to save, ctrl-x to exit
select 'I' to overwrite existing file and 'y' to convert tables to InnoDB
In my case (Ubuntu 14.04 ZoneMinder v1.27.1) I solved it:
instead of
I used this
May be you need to disable option 'OPT_USE_AUTH' in 'Options --> System'. After that, restart ZoneMinder and Bingo!