On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Warren Hrach wrote: >On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Bob Gustafson wrote: > >> --snip > >In RH 8 starting xawtv changed my video X window to 800x600. RH 9 doesn't. >It is almost working but no station shows now I copied my RH8 .xawtv file to >the new RH 9 user /home/warren11 dir. >Here is what I got typing 'xawtv -fb' ; >------------------- start >[warren11@newbox warren11]$ xawtv -fb >This is xawtv-3.81, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.20-9) >ioctl VT_GETSTATE: Invalid argument >WARNING: v4l and x11 disagree about the screen size >WARNING: Is v4l-conf installed correctly? >WARNING: v4l and x11 disagree about the color depth >WARNING: fbuf.depth=16, x11 depth=32 >WARNING: Is v4l-conf installed correctly? >WARNING: v4l and dga disagree about the framebuffer base >WARNING: fbuf.base=(nil), dga=0xe6000000 >WARNING: Is v4l-conf installed correctly? >WARNING: overlay mode disabled >Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-semicondensed--39-*" >to type >FontStruct >Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". >--------------------- end > >Now what do I do to get it to get a cable tv station ? I have the settings >with the o cmd set to NTSC and US Cable stations. No more locking up so at >least that is getting me part way there. > >(snip) > >-- >Warren > Hi Warren - this is the output from some of my xawtv tools: Some of this stuff might be helpful. See also the station settings in the .xawtv file ----start [root@hoho2 etc]# more modules.conf alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias char-major-195 nvidia options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1 alias eth0 e1000 alias scsi_hostadapter aic79xx alias usb-controller ehci-hcd alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 alias char-major-81 bttv # alias char-major-81-1 bttv # alias char-major-81-2 bttv # alias char-major-81-3 bttv # in modules.conf you have to add the lines #if you have usb webcam # alias char-major-180 usbcore # post-install usbcore insmod <usb_adapter> # uhci, usb-uhci, usb-ohci #endif # alias char-major-81 <webcam_module_name> # >> >> # >> >> update modules.dep # >> >> check the modules loaded with # >> >> # lsmod # >> >> # >> >> you can load modules by hand with # >> >> # >> >> # modprobe module_name alias eth1 e1000 alias usb-controller ehci-hcd alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : [root@hoho2 etc]# [root@hoho2 wire]# v4l-conf v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0 WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support. mode: 1024x768, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=4096, base=unknown /dev/video0 [v4l2]: ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: Invalid argument /dev/video0 [v4l]: configuration done [root@hoho2 wire]# [root@hoho2 wire]# xawtv -fb This is xawtv-3.87, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.20-9smp) [root@hoho2 wire]# [root@hoho2 wire]# more /root/.xawtv [global] ratio = 4:3 freqtab = us-bcast pixsize = 128 x 96 pixcols = 1 jpeg-quality = 75 keypad-ntsc = no keypad-partial = yes osd = yes osd-position = 30 , 20 use-wm-fullscreen = yes # [Station name] # capture = overlay | grabdisplay | on | off # input = Television | Composite1 | S-Video | ... # norm = PAL | NTSC | SECAM | ... # channel = # # fine = # (-128..+127) # key = keysym | modifier+keysym # color = # # bright = # # hue = # # contrast = # [defaults] group = main norm = NTSC input = Television capture = over color = 48% bright = 49% hue = 49% contrast = 41% [ABC] channel = 7 key = 7 capture = on [CBS] channel = 2 key = 2 capture = on [WTTW] channel = 11 key = A [VCR3] channel = 3 key = 3 [VCR4] channel = 4 key = 4 ---- end BobG
