[mythtv-users] New intel-graphics-based frontend wont switch frame rates

[Paul Gardiner]

On 25/10/2020 12:41, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> On 24/10/2020 14:14, Paul Gardiner wrote> Fixed! I read that Intel is 
> pretty much plug and play, so deleted my
>> nvidia-generated X config and went with what gets installed by 
>> default. It now works just fine.
>>
>> I may need to sort out again how to explicitly load EDID, so as to get 
>> it to boot cleanly without the AV Receiver turned on, but this setup 
>> will do for now.
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
> 
> I spoke too soon. Using the default X config has been an improvement, in 
> that it now often boots correctly, but still it fails at times, 
> seemingly not to be able to detect the modes, although xrandr does 
> display them. I've uploaded some logs here, including mythfrontend with 
> -v playback, as suggested:
> 
>      http://download.glidos.net/MythLogsBadFpsSwitching/
> 
> The logs show the incomplete information, but I don't see anything there 
> suggesting why. I wonder if it could be a race.

I added a 10 second sleep in .xinitrc before starting mythfrontend and 
it hasn't failed to discover the modes correctly since. Not ideal, but 
looks to be a reasonable workaround. Possibly 1 second will be sufficient.