[mythtv-users] Frontend quits on load

[Jason Ward]

On 28 June 2010 00:09, Curtis Porter <curtis.porter at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 06/27/2010 05:05 PM, Jason Ward wrote:
>
>   On 27 June 2010 23:22, Douglas Hitchcock <clarkaddison at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm in a very similar situation, I just upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 and
>>> my frontend is segfaulting very similarly.  my console looks just like
>>> yours, i have the strange mount error (though mine is looking for /dev/sde),
>>> then Segmentation Fault.
>>>
>>>
>  I should explain some more I think on reflection
>
> When I instaled from a Mythbyntu ISO or installed Ubuntu and then using the
> Ubuntu software manager to install MythTV it always errored in the way I and
> Douglas desribed.  However, if I installed Ubuntu and used the Mythbuntu
> website to install MythTV then my frontends work.
>
> And the mount that appears in the logs for the failed installs make no
> sense to me at all, it is NOT something I configured.
>
> Do you also see this error in your frontend log?
>
> *QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread
> *
> The box I set up for my brother-in-law had this problem, which looks to be
> caused by this bug:
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8194
>
> The workaround is to take your DVD out of the drive.
>
>
Nope, not seen that error myself, and my DVD drive is USB and only plugged
in for the install and until Im confident its working, then its
disconnected.
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