On Sun, 6 May 2001, Raymond Rooks wrote: > 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. It sounds like you may not have /usr/local/bin in your path (that's where the xawtv binary is installed to by default). Running it from the source directory should still cause it to read the config file. Are you sure it's ignoring it? > 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. Might be something to do with your X server depth/resolution. Try running at 16bpp if you're not already. Hope this helps! jp > 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 > > -- Jonathan Paisley paisleyj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
