[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend only covers half screen on startup

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

On 20 August 2013 17:19, Marius Schrecker <marius.schrecker at lyse.net> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I just upgraded my TV from a 720p to a 1080p model (great to finally have
> refresh rates that match framerates), but after changing the screen
> resolution in setup -> appearance, the frontend only covers half the screen
> on initial startup (after booting the machine) - attachment. If I run
> through the appearance setup pages again (without changing anything, the
> frontend resizes to cover the whole screen). Exiting and restarting
> mythfrontend behaves as expected.  I didn't have time to capture the logs
> this morning, but can try to do it this evening, unless anyone already knows
> the answer.
Did you change the resolution on the first page of the Appearance
settings in Setup -> Appearance?

And if you have the "“Separate video modes for GUI and TV playback”
check, make sure the resolution is properly set there too.