[mythtv-users] Re: Weird keypress issues? WAS: Two ugly issues with a fresh install

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 08:09:34AM -0500, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
> 
> >	For some strange reason (filesystem corruption?), my production 
> >mythbox has sorta died.  I've taken the opportunity to reinstall from 
> >scratch... no big feat since the old one was based on RH9 from December of 
> >'03... :)
> >
> >	Anyway, new box with freshly installed FC3 and atrpms.  Two very 
> >annoying issues:
> >
> >1. QT/Mythtv seems hosed somehow on it's Cancel/NEXT/BACK buttons.  It 
> >first happened when I ran setup... arrowing around and hitting enter does 
> >*not* actually take effect as it should.  Playing around long enough, it 
> >seems that the buttons are "off".  It's not just mythsetup, nor is it the 
> >atrpms... the first time I tried with vanilla compiled mythtv.  For most 
> >config screens, I need to arrow around to the *top* item and hit return to 
> >actually go "Next."

I noticed this, too. The buttons do not take Enter, but the right arrow.

> > Oh, and the Cancel/FW/NEXT  buttons are off the 
> >screen, but it was like that before sometimes.  Maybe something about my 
> >720x480 interlaced NTSC... but it did it with progressive 720x480 at 60 (VGA 
> >speed) as well.  I'm stumped on this one.

That's the old urw-fonts issue. The easiest work-arround is to use the
urw-fonts from FC2.

> >2. NVidia drivers 6629 (or whatever that is).  Watching previous 
> >recordings or livetv result in the first frame showing as a still while 
> >the audio continues to play.  Another one I'm stumped on.
> >
> 	I lied... I'd actually been running the 7127 and the problem went 
> away after downgrading to 6629.

That's ugly. did you use nvidia-graphics-switch?

> 	Problem #1 is still present though.
> 
> -Cory
> 
> *************************************************************************
> * Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
> * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
> * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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