[mythtv-users] Segmentation fault starting "mythtv"

[Andy Pflueger]

On 8/13/05, Andy Pflueger <andypflueger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/13/05, Donavan Stanley <geckofiend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/13/05, Andy Pflueger <andypflueger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I hate to ask an obvious question, but I've looked and looked and
> > > looked through mythsetup and mythfrontend (setup screen) and can't for
> > > the life of me find how to disable XvMC.
> >
> >
> > Before chasing after red herrings, why not follow the directions in
> > the docs and figuring out where it's crashing?
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> Believe me, I've tried following the directions. In fact, I've found a
> couple various HOWTO's for installing MythTV and some resources by
> various Google searches all mention to disable XvMC...wish I knew what
> screen to goto to do that!
> 

At least I can access the Information section of MythTV for news,
weather, and web...just can't watch TV or I get the seg fault. Oh
well, maybe I'm just not meant to have a DVR setup on this machine and
that's really sad...was really looking forward to it, too. :-(