[ltp] help with tpb and osd

[Sarvin Coachbuilder]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:07:12 -0700, "Nathan Kurz" <nate@verse.com> said:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:39:40PM -0800, Sarvin Coachbuilder wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> Yes, the '--osd=on' options would be added to the command line when
> you start tpb.  First off might be to read the man page for tpb.  In
> linux, most all programs have an online manual that accompanies them.
> To read the manual for tpb, type 'man tpb'.  
> 
> Ther order you installed them probably shouldn't matter, but it
> wouldn't hurt to uninstall tpb and reinstall it to see if it just
> starts working.  Otherwise, you might look at the configuration file
> for tpb, which can probably be done with: 'less /usr/local/etc/tpbrc'.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> (and being new is no problem)
> 
> --nate
> -- 

nate, thank you for the kind words and the assistance.  It seems as
though, that what was suggested in a later post, adding xosd to my use
flags and re-emerging tpb did the trick.  I have read the man page
anyway and have learned something new.