[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7743: Selecting Program Guide from menu in Live TV intermittently locks up UI

[Johnny Walker]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 02/16/2010 08:35 PM, MythTV wrote:
>>
>> #7743: Selecting Program Guide from menu in Live TV intermittently locks
>> up UI
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------+------------------------------
>>  Reporter:  anonymous                        |       Owner:  markk
>>      Type:  defect                           |      Status:  infoneeded
>>  Priority:  minor                            |   Milestone:  0.23
>> Component:  MythTV - User Interface Library  |     Version:  0.22
>>  Severity:  medium                           |     Mlocked:  0
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------+------------------------------
>>
>> Comment(by Bob Shanteau<rmshant@…>):
>>
>>  I finally discovered that MythTV was simply taking a very long time to
>>  show the Program Guide, but if I waited long enough (sometimes several
>>  minutes), it would work.
>>
>>  Since upgrading to 0.23 via the MythDora 12.23 Beta, the Program Guide
>> now
>>  comes up right away.
>>
>
> FWIW, slow appearance of (and navigation in) the EPG is almost always due to
> channel icon issues--such as missing channel icons that the database claims
> exist or channel icons stuck into a directory to which MythTV apps don't
> have permissions.
>
> Mike

If I don't need / want channel icons - how can I make sure my system
isn't lagging on attempting to display them ?