Debugging OSD

[Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it>]

I installed tpb (0.6.4) and osd (xosd-bin and libxosd2 2.2.14-1.2) on my 
etch system with xorg 6.8.2 and KDE 3.3.

Nothing shows up when I use the volume or other keys.

The nvram module is loaded, nvram device is present:
crw-rw----  1 root nvram 10, 144 2005-09-27 07:21 /dev/nvram

and my user (bob) is in the nvram group
nvram:x:106:bob

How can I debug/fix this ?

Thank you,
Bob