On Tuesday 16 January 2007 10:33, Mark Knoop wrote: > On 15/01/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I need to pass the framebuffer address to v4l, in order to use xawtv with > > my capture card. I used the recommended command (as root) 'v4l.conf -a > > 0xE0000000' but got '-bash: v4l.conf: command not found' in return. I > > have done this in the past without problems, so I don't understand what's > > changed. > > I don't have xawtv, but this seems to be telling you that v4l.conf is > not an executable in yout $PATH. Below, you refer to v4l-conf (NB the > hyphen in place of the dot) - could this be the command you need? > Mark, you're a star :-) It's so hard, sometimes, to spot your own typos. Replacing the dot with a hyphen was all that was needed. > > I can't simply manually edit v4l, as I haven't a clue where this > > parameter is supposed to go. > > > > I found this: > > > > -a adr > > Set framebuffer address to adr. The value should be specified in hex. > > This option is allowed for root only. You can't overwrite the > > autodetected value, this switch is only useful if autodetect doesn't work > > because the X-Server lacks DGA support. You can put this into > > /etc/conf.modules, as "post-install bttv ..." for example. > > In what package is this documentation? > I can't really remember. I copied that about a year ago. I can confirm, though, that xawtv does work with my capture card after I've run that command. Thanks again Anne
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