[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth ... blank screen on viewing

Dan Swift daniel_swift at mtwp.net
Wed Jun 13 13:53:14 UTC 2007


Hi everyone - I'm new to this and have been working on this problem for 
the better part of a 1.5 months and despite my searching, I can't seem 
to find a resolution.  I'm also a fair novice when it comes to Linux, so 
be kind =p

Whenever I try to view TV/recordings inside MythTV (KnoppMyth) itself, I 
get a blank screen that lasts for about ten seconds and then brings me 
back to the 'home' menu.

When I exit out and go to xterm, I can view and record from there. Also, 
when I launch 'mythtv' from xterm, I get the blank screen.  It then 
returns me to xterm with a variety of errors including:

mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
ioctl JSIOCGAXES: Bad File Descriptor
TV Error: StartRecorder() -- time out waiting for recorder to start
TV Error: StartRecorder() -- LiveTV not successfully started
TV Error: StartRecorder() -- Deleting TV Chain in destructor

I don't even know if that's helpful for diagnosis.  I suspect that 
something has gone wrong in my MT settings since playing/recording work 
via xterm ... ... but I have gone through my settings dozens and dozens 
of times and everything seems okay there too.

Thoughts?

All the best,
Dan


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