[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend not waking up?

[Craig Huff]

On Wednesday, December 26, 2012, Paul Stillwell wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a strange problem. I think mythfrontend is doing something
> strange with the video after waking up. I just did a fresh install of
> Fedora 17 on a brand new SSD. I installed myth from ATrpms so I think I am
> running 0.25.3 version of myth. Previously, I had 0.24.<unknown> running on
> this exact hardware using a separate hard drive (which I replaced with the
> SSD). I did a backup of the database on the old hard drive and restored it
> onto the new SSD. Everything seemed to be working ok, but I noticed that if
> I left mythfrontend running and turned the TV and the receiver off then
> sometimes when I turned the TV and receiver back on, I wouldn't get any
> video. I can move the mouse or hit any of the keys and no video. I thought
> maybe the problem had something to do with the graphics driver, but if I
> exit mythfrontend and then turn the TV and receiver off, then later
> (usually overnight) turn the TV and receiver back on, then I always get
> video after moving the mouse. I'm sure th
>  e problem I am seeing has a time component to it because if mythfrontend
> is running and I leave it overnight (with the TV and receiver turned off)
> then I don't get any video the next day. If I don't have mythfrontend
> running and do the same thing, video works fine the next day. As an added
> bit of mystery, I am pretty sure that if mythfrontend is running and the
> video isn't coming out to the TV, if I am using the keys to navigate
> through the myth menus, I can play a recording and get sound, but no video.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions? The WAF is going through the floor at this
> moment!
>
> Paul
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Sounds like your system is finding no video display on startup and
concluding it is a "headless" system, so it doesn't bother to output video.
The monitor/TV needs to be on _before_ starting the system, or you need to
force your system (with an appropriate xorg.conf) to always output to the
appropriate video device.

Craig.
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