[mythtv-users] 0.22RC1 default theme problem

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/20/2009 02:28 PM, Ken Bass wrote:
> When I ran mythfrontend for the the very first time, it uses a new 
> default them. It does not appear I am able to select things. I am 
> using a keyboard only.
>
> Hitting the right/left arrow does not cause the display to change. It 
> appears stuck on the initial selection. HOWEVER, it appears the cursor 
> movements are changing the menu selection. In other words, I was able 
> to hit the right arrow, then enter to go into the Setup.
>
> Not sure if it is related but the mythfrontend log printed lots of 
> stuff like:
>
> QPainter::begin: Widget painting can only begin as a result of a 
> paintEvent
> QPainter::setFont: Painter not active
> QPainter::setPen: Painter not active
>

We're working on this right now.  Make sure you a) are running the most 
current revision of trunk/-fixes--at /least/ r22546.  If you're using 
trunk, just restart mythfrontend and all will work.  If you're using 
-fixes, restart mythfrontend with:

mythfrontend -O Theme=Terra

then go into Utilities/Setup|Setup|Appearance and change the Theme.

> ps. IMO, the new theme looks very unprofessional. I think making it 
> the default is a bad idea. Many of my images say 'No Image Available', 
> and those that are, are goofy. 

Since the guy who wrote the Terra theme has slaved for the last 19months 
doing a conversion of MythTV to use MythUI (doing more volunteer work on 
that alone--ignoring all his other work on Myth--than some people I've 
worked with have completed in their full-time programming jobs in the 
same time), he ran out of time.  If you want to finish things up by 
finding some license-compatible images for the missing ones, feel free 
to help out.  After all, it is Free and Open Source Software... (and, 
though you might not know it from the number, quality, and size of the 
changes he's making, Stuart Morgan actually has other things to do 
besides MythTV).

Mike