[mythtv-users] EGL

[James Linder]

> On 19 Apr 2022, at 9:27 am, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:24:15 +0800, you wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> On 18 Apr 2022, at 11:58 pm, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:31:33 +0800, you wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi
>>>> I'm setting up a new machine as my main server.
>>>> Tested everything, then jumped.
>>>> 
>>>> I've never seen this before. Can anyone shed any light?
>>>> 
>>>> [sandypit] /home/jam [1004]% mythtv-setup
>>>> "Display: Requesting EGL for 'Mesa Project, 1.5'"
>>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> James
>>> 
>>> I thought EGL was used for Android and RPi versions of MythTV, but
>>> when I went here:
>>> 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGL_(API)
>>> 
>>> I found that it also mentions Wayland.  So my guess is that your new
>>> system has installed Wayland by default and you need to change it to
>>> use Xorg.
>> 
>> What is ultra-irritating is that I built a test system on THE SAME hardware before moving my production disks and re-installing. Urrrrgh
>> 
>> [sandypit] /home/jam [1009]% MYTHTV_NO_EGL=1 mythtv-setup
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> 
>> Lets swallow my pride and install a 22.04RC
>> Thanks (I will try no-wayland)
>> James
> 
> Changing from Wayland to Xorg is normally a simple selection on the
> login screen somewhere - I think it is a "gear" icon.  It does move
> around from one version of the GUI to another.  So just log out and
> see if you can find it.  A net search should tell you where it is.
> Both Wayland and Xorg are normally installed, so you can just switch
> between them as desired - no need to reinstall.

All indicators, including /var/log/Xorg.log say that I’m using xorg, but as I said same src (I build from src, git clean -X -i) same hardware (only change was M2 SSD) it worked perfectly THEN!

Reinstalling my main server is not my idea of fun!

James