freevo command only works in root

DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

I just emerge freevo as root and directly typed the freevo command.
Its works but I just have to configure it.
Now when I login as the user account I can't seem to get the freevo command to work.
Can somebody tell me what to do?

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

have you made sure that the user you intended to use for freevo is in the right groups (like audio, video etc) ?
I checked through my freevo.conf and local_conf.py, another thing might be to check that your user has access to the audio, video, image, games etc paths that you will be using.
I haven't specified any special user in these configs, and I had no problems getting freevo running as a normal user.
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DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

I supose you could try something like "less /etc/group | grep your_user
Im running freevo as a regular user (my personal user account) and so this is what I get:

DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

I get this:
wheel:x:10:root,dragonzeal
audio:x:18:dragonzeal
video:x:27:root,dragonzeal
users:x:100:games,dragonzeal

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

I dont have freevo started by the init-script. I have it launched automatically as

Koenpje · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 128

I emerged Freevo yesterday, but how do I enter the "setup"? Or isn"t there a setup? You can't change a lot in the freevo.conf file..

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

@ DragonZeal: Yes I would think it is neede to have that kind of permissions on the freevo binary for it to work for different users besides root, so if your file has teh same permissions, well at least that's ok.

What happens if you write "fre" as your user, and try to use tabb completion? Does freevo appear? it should, or else something is not allowing your user to access that command (program). I just tried adding a dummyuser for testing, adding the user to users,audio,video and this user could access freevo as intended, so i am not able to duplicate your error. What version of freevo are you using? Could you try to provide more information of the error you are facing?
If everything works as it should while running freevo as root, it sounds mostly like a permission error. I just remembered that my configfiles in /etc/freevo/ have chmod 644, that is

DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

I found something.
When I do startx and then I type the command freevo it starts like it should exept for full screen.
When I do freevo -fs then it is also not fullscreen.
Hope this helps.
Also it shows the following after running freevo
svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga
Is svgalib_helper module loaded?

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

ok, it would appear that your on to something at least. Apparently your user can access freevo fine, but something else must be causing it to fail from starting.
How about running X as your user, does this work properly?

There should be a log for freevo in /tmp/freevo/ if you haven't specified any other logging in the local_conf.py. Have you checked it for errors? I do not have anything started from /etc/conf.d/freevo all the options there are set to "no".

I have changed the default size from 800x600 to 640x480 (freevo.conf & xorg.conf), and it seems to display the video etc ok. Here's a guess, perhaps your X is set to something like 1024x768 and freevo is 800x600? My tv is so old and worn down that I can't really tell if its a 100% full screen image or not, it would almost apear as the image is slighty shifted to the right, but it works ok for watching movies.

I couldn't locate any svgalib_helper, though I do have svgalib emerged. I'm running a ~x86 setup on my freevo-box.
Current xorg-x11 is 6.8.2, freevo: 1.5.3, svgalib: 1.9.19-r3

Just shut down freevo, and I do not have the svga-error you describe, only something about a font that wasn't loaded, but that's all. Furthermore, I do not have a device /dev/svga either. Hope this info might get you a step closer a running freevo :wink:

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DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

I was thinking about doing the following.
Adjusting my .xinitrc and add exec freevo so it will automatically start when I use startx.
It's strange that I can't use the freevo command but if it will work like this then it would be ok.
Can you tell me where I can find the .xinitrc?

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

Sure, .xinitrc is directly in your home. Here's a thread that might interest you autologin - Linuxgazette fallow the guide from "The nuts-n-bolts method"
I've got my box to automatically login as my user, and than start freevo without any interaction. it works great. You will have to emerge mingetty I think, and than setup that little help-file (shown in the guide) for loging in. I than have freevo launched from my .bash_profile, as shown in the link above.
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DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

I was either way going to use it as a standalone divxbox so the autologin will do just fine.
Also instead of using your link I'm going to try the following:
http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/BootFreevo

DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

Can you post your freevo.conf and local_conf.py?
Thanks
I want to compare.

c4 · Guru Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 312 Location: Sweden

beandog · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

edit -- nevermind, my config started giving me issues.
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DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

How can I say that freevo has to start in fullscreen when I choose startx?
Modifying the local_conf.py did nothing.
Also do you know how to you the nvidia-settings?

beandog · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject:

freevo will start at whatever res you've got it set to in /etc/freevo/freevo.conf

so if your mode in your X config is 1024x768, just set that to the geometry in freevo.conf, too.
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DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

Yes but I see a grey bar.

beandog · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject:

A grey bar??? huh?

Can you even start freevo as a normal user? What does it do?
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DragonZeal · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

When I start freevo als normal user then it won't start.
It complains about svgalib: cannot open svgalib_helper.
Is the module loaded?
Thats what I get when I type freevo.
But when I start freevo as root it works completely.

beandog · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:

Oh, youre doing freevo through framebuffer, not X. Is that what you want?
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