Re: Q: "overlay"/"grabdisplay" don't work for user, but only "overlay" works for root?

[Ragga Muffin <ragga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mirco Müller <mirco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    WARNING: v4l and dga disagree about the framebuffer base
>    WARNING: Is v4l-conf installed correctly?
>    ov_fbuf.base=(nil), base=0xd8000000
>    WARNING: overlay mode disabled
>    wmhooks: gnome

Hmm.. looks like v4l-conf isn't installed properly...

Try this as root:
    chmod 6755 `which v4l-conf`

Then as a regular user:
     v4l-conf
     xawtv

This should get the overlay going on fine.

HTH

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Ragga