[Lcdproc] xosd driver not working

[Brian Wallen]

>From: Robert Buchholz <rbu@gentoo.org>
>To: Brian Wallen <brian_wallen@hotmail.com>
>CC: lcdproc@lists.omnipotent.net
>Subject: Re: [Lcdproc] xosd driver not working
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:39:20 +0200
>
>Brian Wallen schrieb:
> > I've just emerge 0.5.1-r4 in gentoo.  My real hd44780 works, but I can't
> > get xosd to work.  When I start LCDd, I get this error:
> >
> > xosd: xosd_create() failed
> > Driver [xosd] init failed, return code < 0
> > Could not load driver xosd
> > There is no output driver
> > Critical error while initializing, abort.
>
>Did you run it from a window that can access the X-Server? If not, try
>starting LCDd from an xterm. If you did, please check whether you can
>start any other X application from that terminal.
>
>Peter: Could you please add a note to the LCDd.conf that the  "font"
>argument for [xosd] like so:
>-# font to use
>+# font to use, in in XLFD format, as given by the "xfontsel"
>    application
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Robert
>


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At first I ran the command where I couldn't access X.  I just tried doing 
the same thing in xterm where I can launch other X applications, but I still 
get the same message.

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