[mythtv-users] OpenSuSE 10.2 -> 10.3 = black screen

Fri Oct 19 17:51:36 UTC 2007

On Monday 22 October 2007 09:38:27 pm Josh Trutwin wrote:
> I finally installed mythtv on OpenSuSE 10.2 after years of putting it
> off and was happy to be watching live tv.  Then I upgraded to verion
> 10.3 and now I get a black screen.  Seems to be my video driver which
> is the proprietary nvidia legacy driver supported by OpenSuSE.  Reran
> the x-configuration (via sax2) but that doesn't help.  Running mythtv
> as root also gives a black screen, so must not be permissions.
>
> What's weird is after I close the front end down I can play the .mpg
> files that have been recorded into my mythtv data directory.
>
> Here is a short snippet of the output from mythtv run on the command
>
> line:
> > mythfrontend
>
> 2007-10-22 23:27:52.457 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2007-10-22 23:27:52.530 DPMS is active.
> 2007-10-22 23:27:52.611 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2007-10-22 23:27:52.618 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost 2007-10-22 23:27:52.620 Total desktop dim: 1680x1050, with
> 1 screen[s]. 2007-10-22 23:27:52.625 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
> 2007-10-22 23:27:52.642 Current Schema Version: 1160
> 2007-10-22 23:27:52.644 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20070821-1
> www.mythtv.org 2007-10-22 23:27:52.646 Enabled verbose msgs:
> important general 2007-10-22 23:27:54.077 Total desktop dim:
> 1680x1050, with 1 screen[s]. 2007-10-22 23:27:54.081 Using screen 0,
> 1680x1050 at 0,0 2007-10-22 23:27:54.083 Switching to square mode
> (G.A.N.T.) Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> 2007-10-22 23:27:54.115 Using the Qt painter
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> 2007-10-22 23:27:55.038 Joystick disabled.
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: No such file or directory
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 2007-10-22 23:27:57.221 Loading
> from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T./base.xml 2007-10-22
> 23:27:57.353 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
> 2007-10-22 23:27:57.429 Registering Internal as a media playback
> plugin. 2007-10-22 23:27:57.584 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler
> as a media handler ext() 2007-10-22 23:27:57.587 Registering MythDVD
> VCD Media Handler as a media handler ext() 2007-10-22 23:27:57.675
> Registering MythGallery Media Handler 1/2 as a media handler ext()
> 2007-10-22 23:27:57.678 Registering MythGallery Media Handler 2/2 as
> a media handler ext(gif,jpg,png) adding: 6,0,0 -- DVD-RW  DVR-108
> 2007-10-22 23:27:59.099 Registering MythMusic Media Handler 1/2 as a
> media handler ext() 2007-10-22 23:27:59.101 Registering MythMusic
> Media Handler 2/2 as a media handler ext(ogg,mp3,aac,flac) SIP
> listening on IP Address 192.168.0.10:5060 NAT address 192.168.0.10
> SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set 2007-10-22
> 23:28:06.072 New DB connection, total: 2 2007-10-22 23:28:06.075
> Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2007-10-22
> 23:28:06.102 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of
> 5) 2007-10-22 23:28:06.140 Using protocol version 31 2007-10-22
> 23:28:06.353 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2007-10-22 23:28:06.355 Using protocol version 31 2007-10-22
> 23:28:08.195 DPMS Deactivated 2007-10-22 23:28:08.285 AFD: Opened
> codec 0x826a8c0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video) 2007-10-22 23:28:08.301
> AFD: Opened codec 0x82c7ba0, id(MP2) type(Audio) 2007-10-22
> 23:28:08.343 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2007-10-22
> 23:28:08.373 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed 2007-10-22
> 23:28:08.375 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video Texture'
> X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8 Major opcode:  141
> Minor opcode:  14 Resource id:  0x298 2007-10-22 23:28:09.366 TV:
> Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2007-10-22 23:28:09.383 Realtime
> priority would require SUID as root. 2007-10-22 23:28:12.722 NVP:
> Timed out waiting for free video buffers. 2007-10-22 23:28:15.126
> NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers. 2007-10-22
> 23:28:17.538 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.
> 2007-10-22 23:28:19.942 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video
> buffers. 2007-10-22 23:28:22.358 NVP: Timed out waiting for free
> video buffers. 2007-10-22 23:28:24.763 NVP: Timed out waiting for
> free video buffers.
>
>
> Sorry for the wrapping - if a URL location would be easier let me
> know...
>
> I googled that last error message and found this page:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Troubleshooting:NVP:_Timed_out_waiting
>_for_free_video_buffers which said to disable glx in xorg.conf, which I did.
>  It also said: "In Setup, turn off all glx and OpenGL effects", I went
> through all the setup options and I couldn't find anything like this - the
> theme painter is QT so I should be ok here right?  It worked in 10.2
> though, so I'm not sure wtf could be the problem.
>
> Pretty much all mythtv packages are installed - 0.20.2-6.  I checked
> the OpenSuSE 10.3 page and didn't see anything that I might have
> missed.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> lspic -v shows this on the video card:
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4
> MX 440] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium
> devsel, latency 248, IRQ 20 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit,
> non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at e0000000 (32-bit,
> prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> [size=512K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e8080000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> 	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
> 	Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
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Have you recompiled the nvidia drivers to the new kernel? What version of the 
driver are you running? 

Also, what does the output of: 

 cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep glx

Give you? Do you have GLX loading? 

Ben