[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup spawns new window and exits before I can read anything

[Johnny Walker]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:54 AM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm having a problem when I try to run mythtv-setup from a forwarded X
>>> session on my Mac (with X11 installed) - I see errors saying that the
>>> 'randr' extension is missing on that display.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to run it forwarded from my FE machine and all that happens
>>> is I'm asked to stop the running backend process. If I say Yes a
>>> second term window is spawned and some output is present there but i
>>> closes faster than I can read it. I am then asked if I want to run
>>> mythfilldatabase.
>>>
>>
>> So, in trying to work on this further, I see that even if I stop
>> mythbackend prior to launching mythtv-setup it still prompts asking to
>> stop mythbackend. If I hit NO then it seems to just exit there. If I
>> hit YES it complains:
>>
>> stop: Unknown instance: mythtv-backend start/running, process 6388
>>
>> Then it still completes the cycle of spawning another xterm window and
>> closing it, and then it re-launches the mythbackend process that
>> wasn't running prior to mythtv-setup launch.
>>
>> I'm still not able to get into mythtv-setup at this point.
>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> I'm trying to implement ACPI shutdowns when my beast of a MBE is idle
>>> so I'm needing to get back in that mythtv-setup program.
>>>
>>> Oh it also seems that you can't even run 'mythtv-setup -help' without
>>> an X server. I thought that had been patched already.
>>>
>>> -Johnny
>>>
>>> My version is 0.24.0~trunk26882-0ubuntu0~mythbuntu1 from the autobuilds.
>
>
> Try forcing it to render using QT - I've never been able to get
> mythtv-setup or mythfrontend to forward when using OpenGL.
>
> The command is something along the lines of:
>
> mythtv-setup -O ThemePainter=qt
>
> but you'll have to look it up, I'm at work so I don't have a box
> nearby to check.
>
> - Chris
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I'll try that next time - I gave up and installed xfce4 and I start it
up when I need it. I moved it back into my office so there's a monitor
present since I was overheating my (unventilated) spare bedroom closet
anyway.

On the positive side the acpi wakeup stuff works well.

-Johnny