[mythtv-users] Black screen on new frontend during playback

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/22/2007 11:00 PM, Matt wrote:
>    I just built a new frontend and everything is working fine except
> playback.  I can see the menus, I can see the video previews, but when
> I go to watch a recording or live TV all I get is a black screen -
> which then turns windowed (I can see a border around it).  I can hit
> escape and go back to the menu just fine.
>
> I'm using an nvidia card with the latest nvidia drivers.  opengl is
> working for the painter.
>
> Any ideas where to start?

Do you have a monitor and a TV hooked up to the video card?  Do you have 
X set up for both?

Mike