[mythtv-users] [mythtv] OSD missing

[Jon Bishop]

On Dec 29, 2008, at 3:33 AM, Paul Gardiner wrote:

> Jon Bishop wrote:
>> On Dec 29, 2008, at 2:44 AM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>>
>>> jam wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I'm running some SuSE 11.1 frontend systems. I downloaded the
>>>> packman rpm but
>>>> found quite a noticable audio delay when skipping, so ...
>>>>
>>>> I built .21-fixes from svn and everything works perfectly,
>>>> however ...
>>>>
>>>> 1 system (and ONLY that system) has no OSD. Pause, Info etc work,
>>>> but display
>>>> nothing.
>>>> mythtvosd displays nothing although the socket is enabled and
>>>> listening.
>>>>
>>>> Both strace and -v all show nothing that looks suspicious.
>>>> All the hardware is similar, various AMD X2, with nvidia graphics.
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody point me in a direction to be looking at?
>>> I've had the same with SuSE 11.0, but in that case - as far as I
>>> could discern - it was only after running SuSE update. So if your
>>> purpose is just to create a MythTV box, I'd recommend using 11.0
>>> and avoiding updating.
>>
>> Moving to users list. I personally run openSUSE 11.0 on my frontend,
>> with all updates. I have an nvidia GeForce4 MX4000 with nvidia
>> drivers. My OSD works fine.
>>
>> What are you using to draw the OSD? It is likely that's where your
>> problem lies. I'm not at my box, but I believe I use the chromakey
>> option and I know that I have OSD fade turned off. Try playing around
>> with your OSD theme (not the main theme) and your OSD renderer.
>>
>> Other users might have some more helpful insights.
>
> I've certainly had the OSD go from working to non-working without
> changing any config. Reinstalling and avoiding updates seemed to
> fix it, but could be irrelevant.

Hmm... Interesting. Perhaps it's a specific piece of hardware you  
have? I would check the updates as they're installing (one at a time)  
and see which one breaks it. That's the only think I can think of to  
narrow it down. Maybe it's the version of nvidia drivers (I presume  
you have the nvidia repository setup in yast?). I've had better luck  
with manually downloading and installing the drivers for my nvidia  
card, but I'm using a legacy GPU, so there is no really current  
builds...

~Jon