On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:06:48 -0800 (PST) S D <sund...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Pavlos Parissis <p_pav...@freemail.gr> wrote: > > > You don't need root access in order to run that > > command. > > True, but if I run it as a regular user, it gets even funnier: > > $ which xvidtune > /usr/bin/xvidtune > $ `which xvidtune` > Please install the program before using > $ /usr/bin/xvidtune > Please install the program before using > > It appears some people also had this issue but no solution was provided: > > xvidtune always appeared accessible and judging from the below 'c' code the > message is internally generated. > http://www.x.org/pub/unsupported/pro...une/xvidtune.c if > (!AppRes.ad_installed) > {fprintf(stderr, "Please install the program before using\n"); return 3;} > Maybe an > understanding of how the boolean ad_installed is set would clarify matters. > > Thanks > > [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ id -a uid=1000(pparissis) gid=1000(pparissis) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),34(backup),40(src),44(video),46(plugdev),1000(pparissis) [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ which xvidtune /usr/bin/xvidtune [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/xvidtune x11-xserver-utils: /usr/bin/xvidtune [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ aptitude show x11-xserver-utils|grep Version Version: 7.3+5 [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ xvidtune Vendor: (null), Model: (null) Num hsync: 1, Num vsync: 1 hsync range 0: 28.00 - 80.00 vsync range 0: 48.00 - 75.00 "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync [pparis...@spartacos][~]$ cat /etc/debian_version 5.0 BTW, have you seen this ? http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#vga-output-bug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
