[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend = black screen

Captain Krypto captainkrypto at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 18:16:16 UTC 2007


On 6/27/07, Matt <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/27/07, Captain Krypto <captainkrypto at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 6/27/07, Matt <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On 6/27/07, Captain Krypto <captainkrypto at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > You know, you really should use a window manager if you use more
> than
> > > > > one window. And, oh, BTW, Myth uses more than one window... (In
> other
> > > > > words, when you find focus issues, please don't ask about them on
> the
> > > > > list--it's because you're not using a WM.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > I've had the no window manager setup for quite some time now and
> have
> > never
> > > > had any issues related to focus, but thanks for the off-topic heads
> up.
> > > > Duly noted.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I'd recommend fixing OpenGL.
> > > > >
> > > > > Matt
> > > >
> > > > I'm pretty sure that is the issue here.  The weird thing is that
> > according
> > > > to glxinfo, xdpyinfo and the logs, opengl is loaded and working just
> > fine.
> > > > Now that I know what I am looking for I was able to get a little
> more
> > info
> > > > by searching the archives.  I am going to try and downgrade the
> driver
> > > > version as proposed in
> > > >
> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/257420
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > >
> > > Dave, I doubt it's a driver version issue, but simply that opengl
> > > isn't being referenced correctly by myth.  Try downloading and
> > > installing the latest version, it's working for me.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Matt
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> >
> >   Matt,  I'm using the latest drivers for my GeForce4 MX 440 from
> > atrpms.net... 9639 to be exact.  What kind of setup are you running?
> > Perhaps you can attach your xorg.conf and glxinfo?  I had it working
> before,
> > but after changing the xorg.conf and updating the drivers... no
> dice.  The
> > problem was that I couldn't get the 1366x768 resolution with the old
> > drivers, and now I can't get the opengl painter with the new drivers...
> >
> >
> >
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>
> I'm by no means an expert, but I had this situation happen to me
> before.  What solved it for me was simply re-installing the nvidia
> binary driver.
>
> Thanks!
> Matt
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Matt,

Thanks for the suggestion.  I have installed both the latest drivers from
atrpms and also the nvidia binary driver with the same result.  What theme
are you using?

Dave
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