[mythtv-users] X server crashes when playing a recording

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/20/2012 03:18 AM, blind Pete wrote:
> After a hardware shuffle and a change of distribution this,
>
> "Jan 20 18:04:24 live kdm[1662]: X server for display :0 terminated 
> unexpectedly"
>
> appears in syslog whenever I try to play a recording - and I
>
> get logged out.
>
>
> The files seem OK, Kaffeine can play them, but some perverse
>
> configuration seems to have slipped into my mythtv setup.
>
> And MythTV can display live TV.
>
>
> I am using an old ATI X550 card with the "ati" driver on
>
> a new installation of Mageia 1 with the tainted repositories.
>
>
> Any clues about where to look?
>

Almost definitely graphics drivers issues--possibly exacerbated by how 
you've configured MythTV.

In other words, I'm betting you have the CPU+ Playback Profile Group 
selected, and it's trying to use XvMC, which is crashing X.  You need to 
switch to Slim.  mythfrontend settings, Utilities/Setup|Setup|TV 
Settings|Playback, 3rd screen.

Mike

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