[mythtv-users] 0.21-fixes upgrade, now menu text invisible

David Caruso dcaruso at cox.net
Sun Sep 28 22:16:21 UTC 2008


On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 00:29 -0400, OCG Technical Support wrote:
> More strange stuff....
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> The MythCenter theme works great, but the MythCenter-wide theme has no
> text.
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> Both use the same font (Trebuchet MS).
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> Can anyone help?
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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of OCG Technical
> Support
> Sent: September 27, 2008 9:00 PM
> To: Myth TV Users List
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 0.21-fixes upgrade, now menu text
> invisible
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> That didn’t work, BUT...I have another clue...
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> By switching to another theme, any theme, all works again.
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> Somehow MythCenter (Widescreen) causes a screwup!!  (I had customized
> this theme in verion .20 but I removed all themes before upgrading...)
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> Is there any way to debug a theme?
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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Lindsay
> Mathieson
> Sent: September 27, 2008 8:08 PM
> To: Myth TV Users List
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 0.21-fixes upgrade, now menu text
> invisible
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> On Sunday 28 September 2008 09:55:17 OCG Technical Support wrote:
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> > I tried upgrading my theatre to 0.21-fixes. All went ok, but now
> when I
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> > start the front-end the menus are blank. I can move the highlight
> bar up
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> > and down, but no text!
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> > I read something about this before (someone) but can't find the
> solution.
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> > Can someone point me in the right area?
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> I don't know the solution offhand, but I'd suggest deleting your
> themecache directory (~/.mythtv/themecache)
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Guessing you did an clean install of the OS when you upgraded?  If so,
you likely need to install the MS fonts package.




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