Re: Debugging OSD

[André Wendt <andre.wendt@web.de>]

> 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

Hi Bob,

first of all, try something like

$ osd_cat /etc/shadow

and see if OSD outputs /etc/shadow on the screen (upper left and small
font is the default here). Look for error messages on the terminal!

Regards,
André