[mythtv-users] opengl works in image gallery but not menus

[Brian J. Stults]

> Brian J. Stults wrote:
>> I have two frontend machines, one with a GeForce 6200 and one with a 
>> GeForce 5200.  Both are running 0.20-fixes from svn.  In both, I have 
>> glx configured properly according to glxinfo which shows that direct 
>> rendering is on, and all the appropriate lines say NVIDIA.  GLX programs 
>> such as glxgears and supertux work fine.  Also, the OpenGL transitions 
>> in the mythtv image gallery work fine.  However, I cannot seem to get 
>> the OpenGL painter working.  I have the painter set to OpenGL in the 
>> frontend settings and I force it to be used on the command line.  This 
>> is recognized according to the logs (e.g. "Setting 'ThemePainter' being 
>> forced to 'opengl').  However, the log later shows "Using the Qt 
>> painter" and, of course, I do not see the fancy fading menus.  Not sure 
>> if it matters, but `ldd mythfrontend` shows that it is linked to the 
>> proper libGL.so.1.
>>

Jon Boehm wrote:
 > What distro are you using?  I see something similar with Ubuntu FF.
 >  EE worked FF doesn't.  I'm moderately worried about this as we
 > approach .21.    I think I've heard that opengl will be must more
 > important if not required in .21. (I could be wrong about that.)
 >

I'm using Debian unstable, so similar.