xosd: can't get it to work....

[Joel Alexandre <jcma@rnl.ist.utl.pt>]

hi,
i've just found out xosd.
i installed it from source (http://www.ignavus.net/xosd-2.2.2.tar.gz).

but when i run the example from http://ldots.org/xosd-guide/osd_cat.html
i get "Error initializing osd: Default font not found"


$ FONT="-adobe-helvetica-bold-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
$ tail -f /var/log/messages | osd_cat --font=$FONT --shadow=2
Error initializing osd: Default font not found

when i run src/testprog i get the same error...


but when i run this program i get : could not create "osd"
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <xosd.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
 xosd *osd;

 osd = xosd_create (2);
 if (osd == NULL)
   {
     perror ("Could not create \"osd\"");
     exit (1);
   }

 xosd_set_font (osd, 
"-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-320-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" 


);
 xosd_set_shadow_offset (osd, 2);
 xosd_set_colour (osd, "#494066");
 xosd_set_outline_offset(osd, 2);
 xosd_set_outline_colour(osd, "black");

 xosd_set_pos (osd, XOSD_bottom);
 xosd_set_vertical_offset (osd, 48);

 xosd_set_align (osd, XOSD_right);
 xosd_set_horizontal_offset (osd, 48);

 xosd_display (osd, 0, XOSD_string, "You have been R00ted");

 sleep (8);
 xosd_destroy (osd);
 exit (0);
}



how can i get osd/osd_cat to work? To just show something...

thanks
Joel Alexandre