[mythtv-users] Frontend problem on new Macbook Air

[jacek burghardt]

I would test with xbmc first and see if it works. Also wiki has this

There exist cases where one graphics display system or another fails to
show menus or video properly. These instructions are for forcing the
frontend to use OpenGL for display.
 Instructions

   - Start *MythFrontend*
   - Choose *Setup*
   - Choose *Appearance*
   - Highlight *Paint Engine*
   - Use the arrow to select *OpenGL*
   - Choose the *Next* button. Keep choosing it until it turns into a *
   Finish* button. Select *Finish* and you are done.




On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Alan Chandler
<alan at chandlerfamily.org.uk>wrote:

> I have been using Mythtv with a Backend Setup on an Ubuntu server and
> front end on Debian Sid for a long time now.  All works well
>
> Today I purchased by first mac ever - one of the new Macbook Airs just
> announced  - so I hope I did the right thing in installation and starting
> the app.  I downloaded the 0.26 dmg file for mythtv-frontend, opened it and
> dragged the front end icon into the applications folder.
>
> I started up the app bypassing security and it asked me for the name of
> backend and logon details for the database.  These I entered correctly ( I
> know because when I first got them wrong it told me it couldn't connect to
> the backend). There was a next button to go to the next page - (I assume it
> was page 2 of database configuration - I didn't pay much attention), but
> then only the finish option (unlike the linux version which has many more
> pages).
>
> But then the application fails to do anything.  I essentially have a blank
> screen (with the slight brown tinge that is in the default theme).
>
> If I start up the app monitor and force quit the frontend (ordinary quit
> is ignored), I briefly see the default theme section icons at the bottom of
> the screen before the application quits in response to the force quit.
>
> If I start the frontend again, it no longer takes me through setup, so I
> just have a completely blank screen, and no way I can see of accessing any
> menu.  I am forced to use the App Monitor to kill it.
>
> Is there a problem with Mountain Lion (the version of OSX I have), or is
> there something else that a newbie to the Mac should know about setting up
> Mythtv.
>
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