[mythtv-users] debug options for mythtvsetup?

[Vince Busam]

mythtvsetup 0.18.1 hangs with a screen that shows just the theme's
background graphic.  Are there any debug options I can turn on to help track
down the problem?

After a year of so of using Myth on FC1 (0.16.x I think), I had a weekend of
irrationality and decided to do a clean install of FC4 and Myth 0.18.1 (from
atrpms) using Jarod's wonderful guide.  Oh well, live and learn.

Before cleaning my hard disk, I made a backup of the mythconverg DB.  I
restored the DB before installing Myth.  The first time I ran mythtvsetup I
saw messages about upgrading the DB, then was asked questions about clearing
capture card settings (I said yes), clear program data and channel settings
(I said yes).  Then the problem occurs.  mythtvsetup just hangs forever.
The screen shows the theme background but nothing else.  I can't ctrl-alt-Fx
to another window.  Luckily, I can ssh in from another system but killing
mythtvsetup doesn't restore my system; I've ended up rebooting.  The same
hang occurs every time I've retried mythtvsetup.

- don't see any error messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/mythtv/
- mythtv userid and mythtv in MySQL have different passwords.
- I'm running mythtvsetup under KDE, logged in as user mythtv.
- mythtvsetup --help doesn't show any debug options
- didn't see this problem in a search of the archives or a web search

Thanks,
Vince