[mythtv] MythTV does not appear to work with FB setups

[Preston A. Elder]

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Ahh, thanks (re. keyboard thing), however the main issue (that it doesnt 
appear to startup mythtv) still remains ...

On Friday 30 August 2002 04:36 pm, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Friday 30 August 2002 03:27 pm, Preston A. Elder wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'm trying to use MythTV on a setup using vesafb as the X driver (mainly
> > because a native one doesnt exist for my vid card yet).
> >
> > I can use xawtv, but I have to provide the options -fb -nodga to be able
> > to do it, which is probably whats screwing me up here.
> >
> > The error message I'm getting from MythTV tho, is rather bizarre:
> >
> > $ mythtv
> > Probed: Television
> > Probed: Composite1
> > Probed: S-Video
> > Probed: Composite3
> > Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> > libavcodec: CPU flags: mmx mmxext 3dnow
> > using rtjpeg
> > strange error flushing buffer ...
> > Couldn't find Xv support, exiting
> >
> > An X box pops up for a while, and dissapears again promptly.  I have xv
> > installed.
>
> Doesn't really matter if you have it installed or not, it matters if
> support exists for it, which, it doesn't look like -- run xvinfo and see.
>
> > Incidentally, I tried running mythfrontend, just to check it out, however
> > I couldnt click the mouse on it, my mouse cursor kept going BEHIND the
> > window (and I noticed the window did not have any window decorations). 
> > I'll assume this is because its not ment to be run directly *grin*.
>
> No, it's meant to be used with a keyboard, not a mouse.  The mouse is
> disappearing, not going behind the window.
>
> Isaac
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