[Kwintv] Those with the ripping effect
Rizsanyi Zsolt
kwintv@mail.kde.org
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:50:16 +0100
On Wednesday 13 November 2002 04:00, George Staikos wrote:
> On Tuesday November 12 2002 21:55, Rizsanyi Zsolt wrote:
> > > That's no good! Hmmm. (I have no luck with ALi chipsets btw - they
> > > frustrate me to no end)
> > >
> > > Well most likely the problem is in the bttv driver but I'm sure you
> > > already guessed that. What does the qtvision backtrace look like when
> > > it crashes?
> >
> > I have not been precise. When I try to run qtvision or xawtv my X server
> > freezes and I have no way to get any log or backtrace, just to restart.
> > I will try to ssh in from a different machine to see if really the X
> > server crashes, or it is an kernel oops, but I will have to do some setup
> > before.
>
> There should be some apps that can play TV on the frame buffer/console.
> You should try one of those without X running to see if it makes a
> difference.
I have found out (with some help) that the 'xawtv -remote -noxv-video' works
for me. The -remote is there to turn off the overlay mode.
How can I do the same in qtvision? (preferably editing my existing config by
hand, since qtvision crashes just after start)
Thanks
Zsolt