[mythtv-users] can't play tv or recorded shows
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Mon Nov 3 09:04:20 EST 2003
On Sunday 02 November 2003 00:36, Dave Hayden wrote:
> On Saturday, November 1, 2003, at 05:41 PM, Dave Hayden wrote:
> > Before I dig into the source I'll see y'all can tell me if there's
> > something obvious I'm doing wrong.
>
> Got it. Turns out that "open display failed" was because I was
> starting mythtv from a login on another machine because I don't have
> a keyboard on the xbox and I haven't figured out how to start it on
> launch. When I force VideoOutputXv to open display ":0", everything
> works! Woohoo!
>
> I'll go post this on the dev list as a buglet. There's gotta be some
> way to be compatible with the -display flag..
Just set your DISPLAY environment variable and everything should be
fine. If you want to embed it on the command line you can do something
like "env DISPLAY=:0 mythfrontend". Most modern apps don't recognize
the "-display" flag.
-JAC
More information about the mythtv-users
mailing list