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

Dan Swift daniel_swift at mtwp.net
Wed Jun 13 16:46:07 UTC 2007


Cheers - It's all sorted out now.  Thanks!

All the best,
Dan

Cecil Watson wrote:
> 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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