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

Cecil Watson cwatson at linkline.com
Wed Jun 13 16:34:14 UTC 2007


Dan Swift wrote:
> 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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http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=BlackScreenWatchingTV
http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=TroubleShooting
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/index.php

Regards,

Cecil


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