Re: Using xawtv

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>]

On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Ramiel Givergis wrote:

> and when I run xawtv from xterm logged in as root or any other user
> I get:
> 
> home:~# xawtv
> this is xawtv-2.19
> sh: v4l-conf: command not found
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> DGA: server=1.0, include=1.0
> VidMode: server=0.8, include=0.8
>   available video mode(s): 1024x768
> The app-defaults file is not correctly installed.
> Your fault (core dumped)
> 
> I did a `find / -name v43-conf` and it returned nothing
> just as locate and whereis didn't return anything prior to using find

If you're using the .deb version of xawtv, then I suggest you deinstall it
and download the latest source version. The debian package is old and
broken. Then, read the documentation and run program--if you want to run
xawtv as a normal user, the v43-conf (or whatever it's called) wants to be
installed suid root. 

The docs will tell you how to avoid the app-defaults error.

Thanks. Syrus.

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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <syrus@ucsd.edu>    UCSD Physics Dept.