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!! WARNING NOTE !!

This program is intended for educational and research use only.
It might not be legal to decode and view an encrypted channel.
All use of this program is at your own risk!!

Q1: I get a:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
Error: Can't open display: :0.0

A1: You have to enable accesss control on your X server. It should suffice if you just enable non-network local connections.

$ xhost +local:

Q2: I get a:

Decoding runs only in 16-Bit Mode!

A2: You have to change the default depth of you X server to 16 bit. Do this with your favorite X configuration tool or change it manually. Edit `/etc/X11/XF86config-4' (for xfree-4.x, otherwise `/etc/X11/XF86config').

Section "Screen"
...
    DefaultDepth 16
...
EndSection

Q3: I get a:

can't open /dev/vbi for reading, No such file or directory

A3: You need a device in your /dev directory. It's needed for sync problems on some systems. Maybe it will be disabled in a future version. To create this device change to the cabletv source directory:

$ cd bttv
$ ./MAKEDEV

# mknod /dev/vbi0 char 81 224
# ln -s /dev/vbi0 /dev/vbi

Q4: I get a:

can't open config file /root/.cabletv

A4: First of all: RTFM!!!, damn. After that, if you still don't know the answer, copy the config sample file to root's home directory and edit it as you like.

# cp cabletv.sample ~/.cabletv
# vi .cabletv

Q5: I get a:

Can't find app-defaults file!  Install it in `/etc/X11/app-defaults/'!

A5: When you execute

# make install

# cp CableTV.ad /etc/X11/app-defaults/CableTV

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/