[mythtv-users] livetv not working on some frontends
Nick Morrott
knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Sat Sep 13 23:17:32 UTC 2008
On 13/09/2008, Paul Archer <tigger at io.com> wrote:
> Problem: some frontends won't show livetv properly
> one gives a blank screen (but will record the show if I hit R)
> one goes to a blank screen coming off the EPG
> one goes to a blank screen, but bringing up the EPG (in the blind) works
> one works fine
>
> Config: all boxes are running Kubuntu 8.04, although hardware is different
> for all
> mythtv is latest out of subversion (currently rev 18271)
>
> I've made sure all the packages are up to date, and recompiled. I even have
> removed the svn directory and redownloaded, rather than just run a 'make
> clean'.
>
> Anyone have this problem, or know where to look to narrow down what's going
> on?
If all of the affected frontends have nVidia cards, check that your
driver is installed correctly (Xorg.0.log and mythfrontend.log). It
could be broken XvMC/OGL on some of the machines. If the machines were
working and all stopped after an update, broken drivers is a good
place to start looking.
--
Nick Morrott
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