[mythtv-users] Segmentation fault starting "mythtv"

[Andy Pflueger]

On 8/13/05, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Why are you running "mythtv"?  It is my understanding
> that you should be running, "mythfrontend", and not
> "mythtv".
> 
> The reason /dev/nvidia0 is being checked is because
> it's trying to use OpenGL Vsync (which to my knowledge
> is only guaranteed to work with nVidia cards).  Go
> into mythfrontend, and disable this option (it's under
> the Hardware page, along with the PVR-350 and XvMC
> settings).
> 
> There should be no need to recompile.
> 
> -- Joe
> 

I was running mythtv just to see if I could get the TV viewer to run.
I have been trying mythfrontend as well and keep getting the following
seg fault as a result:

mytoy andy # mythfrontend
2005-08-13 19:00:43.652 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=1280, height=1024, numscreens=1
2005-08-13 19:00:43.657 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
2005-08-13 19:00:43.661 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-08-13 19:00:43.661 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-08-13 19:00:43.975 Switching to square mode (PurpleGalaxy)
2005-08-13 19:00:44.436 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-08-13 19:00:44.445 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler
2005-08-13 19:00:44.446 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler
2005-08-13 19:00:44.788 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler
2005-08-13 19:00:47.436 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-08-13 19:00:47.467 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.2:5143
(try 1 of 5)
2005-08-13 19:00:47.481 Using protocol version 15
2005-08-13 19:00:47.538 Using protocol version 15
2005-08-13 19:00:47.972 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-08-13 19:00:47.972 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-08-13 19:00:47.999 Using XV port 53
Segmentation fault

Could this be related to XvMC and incompatibility with my ATI Radeon card?

Thanks,
Andy