[mythtv-users] Please help! 0.26-fixes: mythfrontend stopped working

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/16/2013 04:31 PM, Andrey Zhunev wrote:
> Saturday, February 16, 2013, 3:53:15 PM, you wrote:
>
>>    I use MythTV 0.26/fixes compiled from source on a CentOS 6 machine.
>>    I have a backend / frontend machine in one room, and a frontend-only
>>    machine in another (also running the same CentOS version).
>>    Today my mythfrontend on the server machine stopped responding to
>>    keyboard or remote. I decided to restart the machine (as it was up
>>    and running for the last few weeks). Unfortunately, after that the
>>    frontend didn't work too - it starts with a theme background and
>>    stays there forever, never actually showing the menu.
> <skip>
>
>
> Thanks a lot to the guys on IRC, who tracked the issue to be a problem
> with OpenGL and, specifically, my NVidia driver.
>
> Reinstalling the driver fixed the issue and mythfrontend is working again!
>
>
> Thanks for your support!!!

FWIW, starting with -v all logging tends to just hide the errors that 
would otherwise be much easier to find in a default-verbosity log.  In 
almost all cases, when debugging issues, you should start with default 
verbosity logging, then only increase verbosity for those areas where 
more information is required.

For example, two other problems (that you really should fix) would stand 
out at default verbosity logging:

1) And, you really need to set up your start scripts such that your 
environment is properly configured.

2013-02-16 15:00:01.447829 W [4080/4080] CoreContext 
mythcorecontext.cpp:238 (Init) - This application expects to be running 
a locale that specifies a UTF-8 codeset, and many features may behave 
improperly with your current language settings. Please set the LC_ALL or 
LC_CTYPE, and LANG variable(s) in the environment in which this program 
is executed to include a UTF-8 codeset (such as 'en_US.UTF-8')

2) Since you're using the MythCenter theme, you really should install 
the Microsoft font pack that includes Arial and Thorndale (assuming you 
have a license to do so).

2013-02-16 15:00:02.628822 E [4080/4080] CoreContext 
mythfontproperties.cpp:439 (ParseFromXml) - MythFontProperties: Failed 
to load 'Arial', got 'Liberation Sans' instead
2013-02-16 15:00:02.689229 E [4080/4080] CoreContext 
mythfontproperties.cpp:439 (ParseFromXml) - MythFontProperties: Failed 
to load 'Thorndale', got 'DejaVu Sans' instead

Mike