[mythtv-users] X server crashes when playing a recording
blind Pete
peter_s_d at fastmail.com.au
Fri Jan 20 23:11:49 UTC 2012
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, you wrote:
> 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
Yes it is a driver problem. (My nVidia card died, so I got the
old ATI card out of the draw. Will buy another nVidia card after
submitting a bug report or two.)
And, yes, it was set to CPU+, now set to slim.
In the mena time adding this,
Option "EnablePageFlip" "False"
to xorg.con makes things much more civilised. Will experiment
with other settings.
Thank you Mike.
--
blind Pete
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