Passing framebuffer address

Mark Knoop mpknoop at gmail.com
Tue Jan 16 10:33:17 UTC 2007


On 15/01/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> I need to pass the framebuffer address to v4l, in order to use xawtv with my
> capture card.  I used the recommended command (as root)  'v4l.conf -a
> 0xE0000000' but got '-bash: v4l.conf: command not found' in return.  I have
> done this in the past without problems, so I don't understand what's changed.

I don't have xawtv, but this seems to be telling you that v4l.conf is
not an executable in yout $PATH. Below, you refer to v4l-conf (NB the
hyphen in place of the dot) - could this be the command you need?

> I can't simply manually edit v4l, as I haven't a clue where this parameter is
> supposed to go.
>
> I found this:
>
> -a adr
>     Set framebuffer address to adr. The value should be specified in hex. This
> option is allowed for root only. You can't overwrite the autodetected value,
> this switch is only useful if autodetect doesn't work because the X-Server
> lacks DGA support. You can put this into /etc/conf.modules, as "post-install
> bttv ..." for example.

In what package is this documentation?


-- 
Mark Knoop




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