[mythtv-users] Edit commercial cutlist...

[Rob Greene]

I'm either confused or I'm locking up the front-end when trying to
bring up the edit mode for a show I've recorded.

1) I've tried using the "i" button on the remote while watching the
recorded show (maps to "i" on the keyboard, I believe). From there, I
get an on-screen menu and choose "Edit Mode". Nothing happens - the
live picture freezes and that's that. I figured that a P3 500MHz may
need a little bit of time - so I gave it 5 or 10 minutes, but it
doesn't appear to be coming back.

I've also tried hitting "e" on the keyboard with the same effect.

Ultimately, I just hit Ctrl+Shift+Backspace to restart X.

2) This leads to an observation - I think Myth needs to reinitialize
the video screen when it starts. If I've had the problem described
above and I restart X (which logs in the myth user and launches the
frontend), the frontend comes up fine, but the background behind the
text and images are pulled from the frozen frame of whatever TV show I
was working with. The text isn't present (or isn't readable, or...). 
However, I do note that if I just go into Live TV and then exit, the
background gets reset and everything is hunky-dory again.

Any ideas (pointers to the wiki etc) are appreciated!

Thanks!