Starting xawtv Successfully in Fedora 11

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Sat May 9 18:54:51 UTC 2009


Robert L Cochran wrote:
> How do I deal with this problem in Fedora 11:
> 
> $ xawtv -hwscan
> This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/x86_64 (2.6.29.2-126.fc11.x86_64)
> looking for available devices
> /dev/video0: OK                         [ -device /dev/video0 ]
>     type : v4l2
>     name : Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_0.3M
>     flags:  capture
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> $ xawtv -device /dev/video0
> This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/x86_64 (2.6.29.2-126.fc11.x86_64)
> xinerama 0: 1600x1200+0+0
> xinerama 1: 1280x800+0+0
> WARNING: No DGA support available for this display.
> /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> Warning: Cannot convert string "7x13bold" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Cannot convert string 
> "-*-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-*,           
> -*-courier-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-*,          
> -gnu-unifont-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-c-*-*-*,        
> -efont-biwidth-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,                 
> -*-*-bold-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-m-*-*-*,                 
> -*-*-bold-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-c-*-*-*,                         
> -*-*-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*" to type FontSet
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> Error: Aborting: no fontset found
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> $ rpm -q xawtv
> xawtv-3.95-11.fc11.x86_64
> [rlc at deafeng3 ~]$
> 
> 
> Do I need to separately install the tv-fonts mentioned here:
> 
> http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/tvfonts.html
> 
I asked the same thing a few months ago, or rather reported that I had just 
added a bunch of fonts to the 60+ I normally carry. I just loaded a boatload of 
fonts and one was right, because I got to the next step after that.

I suggest that it's a bug, a missing dependency in the RPM. Perhaps the site you 
found will tell you which one you needed, I used a shotgun approach and added a 
dozen or so to get the actual task moving.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot




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