So I deleted the config.xml file (which was empty), restarted the machine, but I see the same behaviour from the frontend. I checked the contents of config.xml, and it is now populated, and the error messages I now get are different, but the frontend seems to hang at the same point. It also takes about 30 seconds from when the background is first drawn to when the menus are available upon startup. This is a Core2Duo machine with an GeFroce 8400GT, so I do not believe it's a hardware limitation (and it worked quite well for the past year or so). Here's the output I see:<br>
<br>josh@myth-livingroom:~$ mythfrontend<br>2010-01-06 06:53:25.475 mythfrontend version: branches/release-0-22-fixes [22594] <a href="http://www.mythtv.org">www.mythtv.org</a><br>2010-01-06 06:53:25.497 AudioPulseUtil: Suspend Success<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:25.498 Using runtime prefix = /usr<br>2010-01-06 06:53:25.498 Using configuration directory = /home/josh/.mythtv<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.305 Empty LocalHostName.<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.305 Using localhost value of myth-livingroom<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:26.305 Testing network connectivity to '192.168.1.5'<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.315 New DB connection, total: 1<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.317 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.1.5<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:26.318 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.327 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver support enabled<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.328 DPMS is active.<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.329 Primary screen: 0.<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:26.331 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.1.5<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.333 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0<br>2010-01-06 06:53:26.354 MythUI Image Cache size set to 20971520 bytes<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:26.354 Enabled verbose msgs: important general<br>2010-01-06 06:53:27.200 Primary screen: 0.<br>2010-01-06 06:53:27.201 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0<br>2010-01-06 06:53:27.202 Using theme base resolution of 800x600<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:27.425 LIRC: Successfully initialized '/dev/lircd' using '/home/josh/.mythtv/lircrc' config<br>2010-01-06 06:53:27.425 JoystickMenuThread Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/josh/.mythtv/joystickmenurc<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:29.818 Using the OpenGL painter<br>2010-01-06 06:53:30.106 Loaded base theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/base.xml<br>2010-01-06 06:53:30.198 Loaded base theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:30.432 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244<br>2010-01-06 06:53:37.665 Desktop video mode: 1024x768 60.006 Hz<br>2010-01-06 06:53:48.580 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.<br>2010-01-06 06:53:48.594 Current MythVideo Schema Version (mythvideo.DBSchemaVer): 1028<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:52.023 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/bdi, <br> eno: No such file or directory (2)<br>2010-01-06 06:53:52.025 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/power, <br> eno: No such file or directory (2)<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:52.030 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/trace, <br> eno: No such file or directory (2)<br>2010-01-06 06:53:52.043 NetworkControl: Listening for remote connections on port 6546<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:52.046 Loading window theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/menu-ui.xml<br>2010-01-06 06:53:53.558 Loading menu theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/mediacentermenu//mainmenu.xml<br>2010-01-06 06:53:53.604 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'MythCenter'<br>
2010-01-06 06:53:53.743 Using NV NPOT texture extension<br>2010-01-06 06:53:54.194 MythContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://192.168.1.5:6543">192.168.1.5:6543</a> (try 1 of 1)<br>2010-01-06 06:53:54.402 Using protocol version 50<br>
2010-01-06 06:54:01.187 New DB connection, total: 2<br>2010-01-06 06:54:01.396 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.1.5<br>2010-01-06 06:54:01.399 Loading window theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/recordings-ui.xml<br>
2010-01-06 06:54:01.399 Loading window theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/recordings-ui.xml<br>^C<br>josh@myth-livingroom:~$ <br><br>