[mythtv-users] ATI fglrx MytTV issues [was Re: Looking for recommendations for PCI-E 1x video cards]

[Stephen Boddy]

On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 15:59 +0100, Arthur Green wrote:
> Arthur Green wrote:
> > There are two separate fglrx issues:
> > 
> > 1. Corruption in frontend and setup screens when the application is 
> > running full-screen
> > 
> > 2. "Stacked" video during playback - I get two identical images, one
> > on top of the other.
> > 
> > The first problem can be resolved by specifying geometry as something
> >  other than full-screen, although then mythfrontend segfaults on exit
> > if I viewed a program during the session.

Try:
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 mythfrontend
(you can modify a menu entry to this too.)

It stops the corruption for me without needing the geometry setting, and
giving working fullscreen.

HTH
Steve