[mythtv-users] mythwelcome shows no screen

Fredrik Karlsson dargosch at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 16:27:40 UTC 2006


Hi,

Am I the ony one having this problem, or perhaps one of the few people
having discovered this excellent program ;-)

I would appreciate any help I could get in this. I think this error is
SO STRANGE!

/Fredrik

On 2/19/06, Fredrik Karlsson <dargosch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Sorry to answer my own post, but I have more information that might
> help someone out there figure out what is wrong.
>
> From the xterm I started up as a part of the startup process, I issued:
>
> # mythwelcome 2>&1 |tee start
>
> After this, of course, I got a frozen screen. However, after having
> restarted X, I had this information in the 'start' file:
> # cat start
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.766 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.796 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.801 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.804 Total desktop dim: 720x576, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.865 Using screen 0, 720x576 at 0,0
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.899 Total desktop dim: 720x576, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.921 Using screen 0, 720x576 at 0,0
> 2006-02-19 20:18:32.935 Switching to square mode (MythCenter)
> 2006-02-19 20:18:33.240 Joystick disabled.
>
> So, absolutelly no error messages! Strange! Where does the program go?
>
>
> /Fredrik
>
>
>
>
> On 2/19/06, Fredrik Karlsson <dargosch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > HI,
> >
> > I feel that I have to add something to my description of hte problem.
> > I get X starting on a PVR-350 with the xdriver loaded ok. So, if I
> > start an xterm automatically, the way I used to start mythfrontend on
> > previous versions of MythTV, I get the xterm on the screen.
> >
> > However, if I remove the startup of xterm and add startup of
> > mythwelcome instead, I get a short flicker of the frontend starting up
> > (I see some of the colour od the theme I am using) and then I get a
> > black screen that is frozen. Normally, evilwm givs me the ability to
> > start an xterm through ctrl-enter when there is nothing on the screen,
> > but this does not work when having started mythwelcome. This is
> > indicates, to me, that the program is running. has focus, but does not
> > show anything. 'top' on a remote console confirms this.
> >
> > The same thing happen if i start mythwelcome using irexec and the
> > remote or from an xterm.
> > It worked one time, and then it stopped working.
> >
> > Any ideas on how I find the reason for my troubles?
> >
> > /Fredrik
> >
> > On 2/19/06, Christopher Friend <christopher_friend at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Wow, didn't know this existed. Is there some way of either putting that
> > > screen, or putting the info from in on something like a desktop background,
> > > or just something that doesn't take over the whole screen when you click on
> > > it (but not a window, something fullsize...)?
> > >
> > > and err.. to the guy who asked the question... you probably know more about
> > > it than myself, but have you tried putting /usr/bin/mythwelcome into
> > > /home/user/.kde/Autostart ? That's where I put /usr/bin/mythfrontend and it
> > > worked fine.
> > >
> > > As a side note, something i just figured out:
> > >
> > > mythfrontend && shutdown -h now
> > >
> > > :o) neat. now i can go to sleep without having to get up and shut the thing
> > > down :o)
> > >
> > > Christopher
> > >
> > > ====================
> > > www.inaudible.co.uk/nuvexport
> > > ====================
> > >
> > >
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> >
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> >
>
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