Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > > Hi friends ! > > Can somebody help to first time user of TV card? > My problem is to start xawtv. > > Description: > PC: PIII Celoron 566, 128MB ram on Gigabyte BXDS mainboard (APIC) > TV card: Pinnacle Studio PCTV <chip Conexant BT878A, tuner TEMIC 4006 > FH5> > (card=52 tuner=14) > OS: RedHat 7.0, kernel 2.4.0-test12 + patch > bttv-0.7.51-2.4.0-test12.diff.gz > > What has been done: > > - kernel patched with bttv-0.7.51-2.4.0-test12.diff.gz > > - recompiled new kernel with these options: > CONFIG_I2C=m > CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m > CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m > CONFIG_VIDEO_PROC_FS=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848=m > > - new kernel booted > > - modules loaded like this: > insmod i2c-core > insmod i2c-algo-bit > insmod videodev > insmod tuner debug=1 type=14 > insmod bttv card=52 bttv_verbose=2 bttv_debug=1 irq_debug=1 > bttv_gpio=1 tuner=14 > > - tarball xawtv_3.26.tar.gz converted to rpm package and installed > > - config file xawtvrc ssuccessffully (stupid english transcription) > prepared using command > scantv >/etc/X11/xawtvrc and also copied to ~/.xawt ( super !!! about > 40 TV stations found) > > - starting xawtv -v 2 with this result: > > This is xawtv-3.26, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.0-test12) > visual: id=0x24 class=4 (TrueColor), depth=24 > visual: id=0x25 class=4 (TrueColor), depth=24 > visual: id=0x26 class=5 (DirectColor), depth=24 > visual: id=0x27 class=5 (DirectColor), depth=24 > check if the X-Server is local ... **** ok > x11 socket: me=localhost, server=localhost > Xv: 0 adaptors available. > Xv: video disabled > Xv: no usable hw scaler port found > x11: color depth: 24 bits, 3 bytes - pixmap: 4 bytes > x11: color masks: red=0x00ff0000 green=0x0000ff00 blue=0x000000ff > x11: server byte order: little endian > x11: client byte order: little endian > The app-defaults file is not correctly installed. > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Your fault (core dumped) > > What does it mean - in manual there is written it should start without > any config file !!! (Core is not dumped - it's just a joke.) > I tried to start xawtv with nearly all combinations of options, > but the result is still the same. > > Any advice/explanation appreciated. Thanke you. > > Noro I'm new to kwintv but there are many programs that won't run with a color depth of 24. You might try 16 or 32 if ya have enough video ram. -- Mark Hounschell markh@xxxxxxxxxx
