[mythtv-users] PVR350 TV Out and DVD

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 05 April 2004 06:09, Chris Delis wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 08:03:51PM -0700, Michael Howell wrote:
> > Malcolm.
> > Sorry to keep bothering you - I applied the PVR350 patch and edited
> > my XF86Config file and all I got was a black screen with one small
> > blinking white rectangle in the middle of it - any ideas as to why?
>
> I notice a similar effect.  I run X with two displays (screens :0
> and :1).  Whenever my mouse slides over to the mythfrontend screen,
> everything goes black.  I can remedy this by showing the OSD (enter
> "i").  Also, I notice that a black screen appears if I enter into the
> EPG and escape out of it (without changing a channel).  The same
> rememdy applies for this scenario, too.  Anyone else experience this?
>  It's not a showstopper, just slightly annoying.  What's interesting
> about all of this is that this behavior didn't always exist.  I
> installed Mathias' X driver a few weeks ago (3 maybe?) and didn't
> notice the blackness until after I upgraded to a particular mythtv
> version (CVS).

Hmmm, interesting.... IIRC, there were some patches applied recently 
dealing with mouse behavior (hiding/visibility of cursor, focus, etc).  
You might start there...

-JAC