[mythtv-users] Menus Disappear after Live TV

[John Pilkington]

Ben Osborne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been having this issue for a few months but it seems to be
> getting worse. Basically after watching LiveTV or a Recording I'll hit
> the Back button and all the menus have disappeared. If I press back
> again I'll get the "Do you really want to exit" prompt. If I choose No
> it will go back to the main menu but with no items in it.
> 
> I can still navigate & the frontend works as it should do but with no
> menus at all. If I exit the frontend & start it again all is well.
> This menu disappearance could happen after an hour or after a day, but
> I generally have to restart the frontend at least once a day.
> 
> I'm running Mythbuntu 9.04 with -fixes on an AMD64 computer and an
> Nvidia 7300 video card. I'm running nvidia 180 drivers.
> 
> Any ideas ? Any more info you need to help me diagnose this problem ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben Osborne

Disappearing menus seem to be in vogue at present.  Are you using qt or 
OpenGL as ThemePainter?  See this thread and the references to the 
frontend -O switch:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/388247

John P