Hi Georg, have you had a chance to try Wolfram's Package here: http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/~wolfi/osdsh/osdsh_0.7.0-5wjq_powerpc.deb
Please tell me if that one fixes it, so I can upload a new version and close the bug. Grüße, Joachim Am Montag, den 14.03.2005, 06:28 +0100 schrieb Georg Drees: > Package: osdsh > Version: 0.7.0-5 > Severity: important > > > Hi, > when I try to start osdsh, all I get is: > ---snip--- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ osdsh > osdsh 0.7.0 > usage: osdsh [options] > > -h display usage > -m mixer set mixer /dev/mixer > -f font set font > -*-lucidatypewriter-bold-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-* > -c color set color green > -d int set OSD delay 5 > -o int set Shadow Offset 0 > -p <0|1> position of the osd, 0 for bottom, > 1 for top. Default 1 (top). > -a <0|1|2> align of the osd. left,center or right. > -n number set the nice number so osdsh won't eat your cpu > ---snap--- > Even with some options specified it only shows the usage screen. > This is on an Apple PowerBook G4. > > libxosd2 is working ok, since I can use it via the python-osd package. > > I additionally tested osdsh 0.7.0-5 on my second computer -i686,Debian3.1- via > ssh with X11-forwarding. There it worked fine and even drew the osdctl-message > I gave it on my local screen. > > For any additional information you need, just tell me how to get it :-) > > greetings > Georg > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: powerpc (ppc) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-custom > Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) > > Versions of packages osdsh depends on: > ii libapm1 3.2.2-2 Library for interacting with APM > d > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libxosd2 2.2.14-1 X On-Screen Display library - > runt > ii tk8.4 [wish] 8.4.9-1 Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 > - > > -- no debconf information -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata