[mythtv-users] upgrading from mythbuntu 14.04/0.27 to 0.28 vs. mythbuntu 16.04 install

[John Finlay]

On 12/04/2016 09:47 AM, John Finlay wrote:
> On 12/3/2016 4:51 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>> On 12/03/2016 06:34 PM, John Finlay wrote:
>>> Thanks I enabled the repo manually and was able to update mythtv using
>>> software-updater but when I started myth-backend-setup it fails with a
>>> lot of messages in the terminal window "Failed to create OpenGL texture."
>>>
>>> John
>> Try
>>
>> mythtv-setup -O ThemePainter=qt
>>
>> That will avoid OpenGL.
>>
>>
> Thanks that worked to get things going and with a little fiddling I
> found that using the OpenGL1 ThemePainter would work well. It seems that
> Auto was using something else.
>
> I got all my front ends working using Nvidia 340.98 except for an Ion
> found end that has a GT218. That one exhibits the same stuttering
> problem that using the 304.132 does on the other two. 304.132 doesn't
> work at all on the GT218 (no video). I'll continue working on that one
> until I find a solution.
>
> John
>
>
Seems that there was something odd about the original nvidia 340
upgrade. After I changed to 304.132 and then back to 340.98 everything
is working properly.

Thanks for the help in upgrading. Think I'll wait a while for the 16.04
upgrade.

John