[mythtv-users] .20 upgrade: mythfrontend segfaults with " X Error: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) 16"

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

It was a busy day today.

First, a new XFree release came down so I decided to restart the machine
(something I do not often do).

Now a later kernel booted (2.6.17.11 -> .13)- I build kernels as they are
released but do not reboot unless I have a reason.

This meant that I had to rebuild the nvidia driver. Naturally, it was a
newer driver (8756 -> 8774) that was built this time (my script pulls the
latest in the series that it finds).

And now everything works. I have no idea which of these actually did
the trick. But I know that the myth .19 -> .20 was why it stopped working
because it was the only change before today for a while.

Thanks everyone.

Paul Andreassen wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:45 am, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> 
>>Paul Andreassen wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:22 pm, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>>>
>>>>Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Debian Sarge, upgraded to .20
>>>>
>>>>X Error: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
>>>>16 Major opcode:  147
>>>> Minor opcode:  3
>>>> Resource id:  0x115
>>>
>>>It appears to be a graphics driver error.  Try disabling opengl with
>>>"mythfrontend  -O ThemePainter=qt".
>>
>>segfault
>>
>>
>>>What graphics card do you have and what drivers are you using?
>>>
>>>When you upgrade, it is recommend to run mythtv-setup before starting
>>>mythtv. Stop mythbackend, "/etc/init/mythbackend stop" and use
>>>"mythtv-setup -O ThemePainter=qt".
>>
>>segfault
>>
>>$ mythfrontend  -G ThemePainter
>>2006-10-10 00:09:02.515 Using runtime prefix = /usr
>>2006-10-10 00:09:02.533 DPMS is active.
>>2006-10-10 00:09:02.545 New DB connection, total: 1
>>2006-10-10 00:09:02.547 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>>localhost 2006-10-10 00:09:02.549 Total desktop dim: 1920x1200, with 1
>>screen[s]. 2006-10-10 00:09:02.551 Using screen 0, 1920x1200 at 0,0
>>        Settings Value : ThemePainter = qt
>>
>>OK, so I need a nother painter. Which others are available? [websearch]
>>
>>$ mythfrontend  -O ThemePainter=opengl
>>segfault
>>
>>
>>>Best of Luck,
>>>Paul
>>
>>If it matters: I run the binary nvidia driver, which I understand provides
>>a binary gl too. Never had a problem with it.
>>
>>Thanks
> 
> 
> I still think its a X server problem.  Maybe the nvidia drivers aren't 
> install/running correctly.  What does the 'glxinfo' command return?
> Try changing to the 'nv' driver to least get mythfrontend to start.
> 
> Another thought is maybe you have a theme selected that is now broken or 
> corrupt but 'MythCenter' works here ok.
> 
> What about checking you haven't got old MythTV packages (like libmyth-0.19) 
> still installed with 'dpkg -l "*myth*"'?
> 
> Try 'mythtv -v all' for more detail.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul


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