[Kwintv] Need help with Qtvision!

[George Staikos]

On Thursday 18 September 2003 07:43, Robert Kaiser wrote:
> >>Hi. I have a problem with Qtvision. I got it installed ok from CVS
> >> (folowed the instructions). My tv tuner is Wayjet with bt878 chipset and
> >> FM tuner. I have Slackware 8.1 with kernel 2.4.18 (with source)
> >> installed. The problem is when I start Qtvision: it asks me to select my
> >> source device, but the list is empty! What should I do? What is the
> >> problem?
> >
> >   Read the release notes or search the list history.  This is a FAQ.  You
> > did not install correctly, or your tuner is not functioning.
>
> George, could we display an error dialog with a link to the FAQ entry or
> some written advice if the list is empty? I think people would feel less
> lost if they get a message saying "no input device lost, see XXX for
> more information about that problem" or even a full text on how to get
> it working.
>
> This should be a minor code change (only displayed if no source
> detected) but a big improvement in useability for newbies to qtvision.

  It's possible to do that if the list is empty, yes.  It's the wrong solution 
to a bigger problem though.  i started a thread on kde-core-devel about it 
and there is discussion of a solution for KDE 4, but probably nothing before 
then.
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