[ltp] help with tpb and osd

[Sarvin Coachbuilder]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:11:40 -0700, "Nathan Kurz" <nate@verse.com> said:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:58:17PM -0800, Sarvin Coachbuilder wrote:
> > I have an IBM X30 and I'm running kernel 2.6.8 w tpb installed.  I can
> > see changes, as a regular user, when I issue the command tpb -v and
> > press volume, mute, or ThinkPad button. I have installed xosd, but can't
> > figure out how to get the tpb to actually display anything.  I have
> > searched linux-thinkpad with google extensivly, and have lurked here on
> > the mailing but I just can't seem to find a solution.  Any help or
> > pointers would be appreciated. 
> 
> I've got an X30 with 2.6.9, and have on screen display working just
> fine.   My approach was simple:  install xosd from source, then
> install tpb from source.  Tried it, and it worked.   So it should
> definitely be possible.   How (from where) did you install them?
> 
> First guess would be that either xosd is not correctly installed, that
> tbp was somehow compiled without xosd support, or that you have a
> configuration file that specifies no on screen display.  Could you try
> an explicit '--osd=on'?  Then maybe 'strace tpb 2>&1 | grep osd' and
> see if you see a line like 'open(.../libxosd.so.2)'?  
> 
> --nate
> -- 

I'm running Gentoo, and emerged both tpb and xosd.  Admittedly I emerged
tpb before xosd.  I'm not sure how to use '--osd=on' do I issue that
with tpb from the command line?  I have to admit I'm new to Linux and am
trying to learn.