[mythtv-users] Problems with mythtv-setup

Phusion phusion2k at gmail.com
Sat Jun 23 20:44:40 UTC 2007


On 6/23/07, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 02:05:35PM -0500, Phusion wrote:
> > On 6/23/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 6/23/07, Phusion <phusion2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 6/23/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 6/23/07, Phusion <phusion2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I am working on my first mythtv system. I am to the point of
> > > > > > running mythtv-setup. When I run it from inside of
> > > > > > X-Windows, it kicks me back out to the GDM screen
> > > > > > everytime. Also, I don't see anything in the log files. Any
> > > > > > advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
> > > > I am using this on RHEL5. The drivers I am using are from atrpms
> > > > and I have run mythtv-setup from a terminal in X-Windows.
> > The same thing happens if I run mythtv-setup from a terminal in
> > X-Windows or if I run it from the application menu in
> > X-Windows. Where do you think the problem lies? Do you think it's
> > RHEL5 specific or package specific? I used the mythtv packages from
> > atrpms.
>
> What happens when you run glxgears, is that already enough to nuke
> your X session back to gdm?
>
> Killing your X session should be a pure driver issue, and usually
> happens when mixing packages and nvidia downloads.
>
> Try nvidia-graphics-switch like
>
> init 3
> nvidia-graphics-switch
> <choose which driver you want if there are multiple>
> nvidia-graphics-switch <what you chose>
> init 5
>
> Make sure glxgeras, glxinfo work sanely before proceeding to mythtv.
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
>
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You were correct, it was a driver issue. It must have been from my
updating the drivers recently. Anyways, I uninstalled the drivers then
reinstalled them and it now works. Thanks for your help in pointing me
in the right direction.

Phusion


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