From owner-freebsd-multimedia Sun Sep 28 14:05:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA22785 for multimedia-outgoing; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 14:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA22776 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 14:05:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA01512; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 14:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19970928140508.04449@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 14:05:08 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xftv References: <342E6C50.B181CA2F@AJC.State.Net> <342E8085.1308@mpd.ca> <342FDEEC.2FA35CE1@AJC.State.Net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <342FDEEC.2FA35CE1@AJC.State.Net>; from Al Johnson on Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 12:01:32PM -0500 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Al Johnson scribbled this message on Sep 29: > Here's something that may be indicative of the problem > When I start xftv I get the following error: > > Active visual doe not support direct video > ... backing off and using XImage > > Is there something I can do to correct this? do either as Amancio says.. or make sure that your X server is started by xdm, and not /etc/ttys... ttylll -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD