[mythtv-users] osd font issue

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/29/2010 09:54 AM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> On 2010-03-28 18:45, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>    
>> On 03/28/2010 12:34 PM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>      
>>>>> $ rpm -qf /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Retro-OSD
>>>>> mythtv-themes-0.22-1.fc12.noarch
>>>>>            
>>>> OK, Retro-OSD is an OSD theme and is a supported theme from myththemes
>>>> (even in 0.23-fixes).
>>>>
>>>> But, for some reason that theme didn't update properly, since
>>>> "descriptfont" appears nowhere in any of the files in
>>>> mythtv/mythplugins/myththemes.  Or, you have an old copy in
>>>> $HOME/.mythtv/themes or something
>>>>          
>>> I reinstalled the themes rpm and the description thing is in there.
>>> It refers to Vera.ttf which is in ~/.fonts.
>>>        
>> OK...  You're using 0.22-fixes...  I had only looked in 0.23-fixes.
>>      
> Sorry if I didn't make 0.22-fixes clear enough.
>    

No, you did.  I just misread it.  Too many versions in use, now.

>>> Copying Vera.ttf and VeraBd.ttf over to /usr/sharemythtv doesn't fix the
>>> issue.
>>>        
>> No, the ~/.fonts dir means nothing to MythTV.  Caption fonts in
>> /usr/share/mythtv, and theme-specific fonts in
>> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/<themename>  (so in this case,
>> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Retro-OSD ).
>>      
> Doesn't help when I copy the two fonts over there.
>    
>> Though the caption font error means that the font file wasn't
>> available/readable, the "Unknown font: descriptfont" means that there's
>> an error in your OSD XML.
>>
>> That issue was fixed for 0.23-fixes.
>> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/23338
>>      
> The error doesn't go away when I edit osd.xml for all retro-OSD instances:
>
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.554 Opening audio device 'hw:1,3'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.554 Opening ALSA audio device 'hw:1,3'.
> ALSA lib control.c:902:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.574 AudioOutput Warning: Mixer attach error -2: No
> such file or directory
> 			Check Mixer Name in Setup: ''
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.621 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'RadeonHD
> Textured Video'
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.658 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.723 Unable to find font:
> 			No OSD will be displayed.
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.724 OSD, Error: A CC708 font is missing
> 2010-03-29 15:49:46.761 New DB connection, total: 3
>    

Well, then I'd recommend upgrading to 0.23-fixes (especially if your 
packager has packagers for it).

> What about the mixer name for hw:1,3?
>    

No device number for control devices.

Mike