| Linux / Unix Command: v4l-conf |
NAME
v4l-conf - configure a video4linux driverSYNOPSIS
v4l-conf [ options ]DESCRIPTION
v4l-conf is a small helper tool. It figures out the video mode and framebuffer base address of the graphics board and configures a video4linux driver like bttv. This is needed for drivers which can DMA the video over PCI directly into the video memory. Usually it is not required to use v4l-conf manually, xawtv(1) and fbtv(1) run it automatically at startup. It might be useful for trouble-shooting. v4l-conf must be installed suid-root. v4l-conf knows three ways to get the informations:
*- Query the X-Server using the XF86 DGA extention. This is the default if the DISPLAY environment variable is set.
*- Query the framebuffer driver. This is the default if DISPLAY is not set.
*- Query the console driver. This is used on mklinux only.
OPTIONS
- -h
- Print a short description of all command line options.
- -q
- Be quiet.
- -d dpy
- Use the X11 display dpy to get the parameters.
- -f
- Use the framebuffer driver to get the parameters.
- -c device
- Set the video4linux device.
- -b n
- enforce n bpp color depth. Works for switching between 15/16 and 24/32 bpp.
- -s n
- Shift the video display by n bytes.
- -a adr
- Set framebuffer address to adr. The value should be specified in hex. This option is allowed for root only. You can't overwrite the autodetected value, this switch is only useful if autodetect doesn't work because the X-Server lacks DGA support. You can put this into /etc/conf.modules, as "post-install bttv ..." for example.
SEE ALSO
xawtv(1), fbtv(1)Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.
