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.
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Mark Hounschell
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