Yes, I saw the readme, which gave the instruction that I should "make" and the "make install". I did that, but I still got the same error. I did as you suggested, and tried the XUSERFILSEARCHPATH stuff, and that worked (after I also switched to a Hauppage card). At least, I was able to get a picture. Unfortunatly, I still have the execute xawtv from the source directory, where it is stored. It also means that it is not looking at my .xawtv configuration file. In addition, I have another problem. Unless I select for capture, if I use the overlay option, I get a dismembered picture, strewn horizontally across the screen. I have to use the grab (something) option instead. That option is also not present in kwintv. I have xawtv 3.43, redhat linux 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2), a wintv card, ntsc, and cable tv. Thanks for any help! Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Paisley" <paisleyj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <rrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 7:19 PM Subject: Re: xawtv problems > On Sat, 5 May 2001 linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > After trying for about two weeks, I have not had any success getting my ADS > > TV card to work. I have compiled the kernel (2.4.2-2, redhat 7.1) with > > video4linux and I put the bt878 in a module. when I try to run xawtv, I > > get the error "The app-defaults file is not correctly installed. > > Have you looked in the README file? Make sure you've actually installed > the package. :) > > It contains the following, which might be of interest: > > =snip= > xawtv > ----- > > There is a man page now, read it. Don't expect you can use xawtv > without reading the documentation at least once. You are lost if you > don't know the keyboard shortcuts, xawtv is'nt a mouse-only program. > > xawtv will not work without the app-defaults. If you want to try > xawtv without installing it, use this... > > $ XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=./%N.ad > $ export XUSERFILESEARCHPATH > $ ./xawtv > > ...to make sure xawtv finds the application defaults (the Xawtv.ad > file). If v4l-conf is'nt installed too, you have to run it once > (as root) before starting xawtv. > > > > -- > Jonathan Paisley > paisleyj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
