[mythtv-users] Mythtv/liveTV fades to grey....

[plainfaceboy]

I will try and find those settings and disable them.
I will check Alt-tab, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't show any other windows.
Will have to be tomorrow as am currently (hopefully) recording a bunch of 
programmes and don't want to risk messing them up!
Cheers.

>
> 'the fade' coupled with the fact that you can't do anything sounds like
> another window has popped up and is trying to steal the focus, but can't.
> System Update will do that seemingly randomly if you haven't disabled it.
> Next time it happens try an Alt+Tab and see if you can bring that window
> into the foreground. If it is system update, there's a 'Settings' button 
> on
> there that will allow you to set the frequency of checks or disable it.
> -m
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Mike Perkins
> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>wrote:
>
>> plainfaceboy wrote:
>>
>>> I've finally set up my UK Mythtv system and after a bit of fiddling have
>>> generally got things working.
>>> I've not tested everything fully, but I've got a few niggles with 
>>> LiveTV.
>>> Quite often (it seems mainly when it's not been on long) it fades to 
>>> black
>>> and white and although the TV continues to play I can't do anything - 
>>> I'm
>>> assuming maybe the backend is busy but wouldn't expect it to happen as 
>>> often
>>> as it does? Sometimes happens on the menus too, not just liveTV.
>>>
>>> My system is;
>>> Asus m3n78-Pro, with NVidia 8200, Phenom x3 705e, 4GB, ITB HD, with
>>> separate partition for recordings.
>>> Silverstone GD01 MXR case with LCD. Hauppauge HVR-4000 (1.22.82.0 
>>> firmware
>>> as per linuxtv.org).
>>> Am using built in LIRC and LCDProc and both seem to work fine (though 
>>> not
>>> fully configured)
>>>
>>> MythTV 0.22 and latest fixes & Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit)
>>> I've scanned both DVB-T and DVB-S and have channels from both appearing 
>>> in
>>> my list.
>>> Sometimes Live TV doesn't even start and returns to the menu, but then a
>>> few tries later, sometimes after a reboot, it's fine again, though 
>>> sometimes
>>> with the fading to b&w.
>>>
>>> Am using v4l-dvb-20091103 from hg.kewl.org.
>>> I did try the 2.6.32 kernel but it seemed to cause lots of problems so 
>>> am
>>> back on 2.6.31-14.
>>>
>>> Are there some settings I need to tweak that might help with this? Does
>>> anyone have any suggestions?
>>> I'm obviously at relatively early days with this install but would like 
>>> to
>>> get it more usable as soon as possible, so I can do the rest of the set 
>>> up
>>> at my leisure!
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>