[mythtv-users] blank screen after mythbuntu upgrade to 13.10 and myth upgrade to 27.0

John Reid johnbaronreid at netscape.net
Mon Dec 23 11:15:32 UTC 2013


I upgraded my mythbuntu box from 12.04 to 13.10 and also moved from myth
0.25 to 0.27. Unfortunately now when I boot I get a blank screen instead
of mythwelcome.
The mythwelcome, mythfrontend and mythbackend processes are all running
in the background, I just can't see them. When I boot in recovery mode
and then resume mythwelcome and mythfrontend do appear so I'm guessing
there's something wrong with the video drivers or X. I can't find any
significant problems in the system logs (dmesg, kern.log, syslog,
Xorg.0.log). mythwelcome.log has some errors in it such as:

CoreContext mythuiwebbrowser.cpp:962 (Init) MythUIWebBrowser: failed to
find our parent screen 
MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:661 (ConnectToHostReal)
MythSocket(305eb30:-1): Failed to connect to (127.0.0.1:6543) Connection
refused
CoreContext mythcorecontext.cpp:488 (ConnectCommandSocket) Connection to
master server timed out.#012#011#011#011Either the server is down or the
master server settings#012#011#011#011in mythtv-settings does not
contain the proper IP address

I have to say I don't know what is going wrong nor where to look next to
find out. Any pointers would be appreciated.

The end of my mythwelcome.log looks like:
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Floating point
exception
handler                                                           
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Illegal instruction
handler                                                                
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Real-time signal 0
handler                                                                 
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N thread_unknown
mythdirs.cpp:55 (InitializeMythDirs) Using runtime prefix =
/usr                                                                            

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N thread_unknown
mythdirs.cpp:68 (InitializeMythDirs) Using configuration directory =
/home/john/.mythtv                                                     
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:249 (Init) Assumed character encoding:
en_GB.UTF-8                                                                         

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:504 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Empty
LocalHostName.                                                                                

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:512 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Using localhost value of
htpc                                                                       
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I LogForward
loggingserver.cpp:1372 (forwardMessage) New Client: 
(#1)                                                                                       

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I LogForward
loggingserver.cpp:295 (SyslogLogger) Added
syslogging                                                                                           

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:1272 (InitLocale) Setting QT default locale to
en_GB                                                                       

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:1305 (SaveLocaleDefaults) Current locale
en_GB                                                                             

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N CoreContext
mythlocale.cpp:121 (LoadDefaultsFromXML) Reading locale defaults from
/usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_gb.xml                                     
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I SystemManager
mythsystemunix.cpp:275 (run) Starting process
manager                                                                                        

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I
SystemSignalManager mythsystemunix.cpp:510 (run) Starting process signal
handler                                                                           

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I SystemIOHandlerW
mythsystemunix.cpp:91 (run) Starting IO manager
(write)                                                                                   

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I SystemIOHandlerR
mythsystemunix.cpp:91 (run) Starting IO manager
(read)                                                                                    

Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
screensaver-x11.cpp:51 (ScreenSaverX11Private) ScreenSaverX11Private:
XScreenSaver support enabled                                             
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
screensaver-x11.cpp:82 (ScreenSaverX11Private) ScreenSaverX11Private:
DPMS is disabled.                                                        
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N CoreContext
DisplayRes.cpp:64 (Initialize) Desktop video mode: 1920x1080 50.000
Hz                                                                         
Dec 23 08:57:24 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythtranslation.cpp:65 (load) Loading en_gb translation for module
mythfrontend                                                                

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
lirc.cpp:320 (Init) LIRC: Successfully initialized '/dev/lircd' using
'/home/john/.mythtv/lircrc' config                                       
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: E CoreContext
jsmenu.cpp:91 (Init) JoystickMenuThread: Joystick disabled - Failed to
read /home/john/.mythtv/joystickmenurc                                  
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: E CoreContext
cecadapter.cpp:128 (Open) CECAdapter: Failed to load
libcec.                                                                                   

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythudplistener.cpp:32 (Enable) UDPListener:
Enabling                                                                                          

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
serverpool.cpp:494 (bind) Binding to UDP
127.0.0.1:6948                                                                                        

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
serverpool.cpp:494 (bind) Binding to UDP
192.168.1.74:6948                                                                                     

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
serverpool.cpp:494 (bind) Binding to UDP
[::1]:6948                                                                                            

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
serverpool.cpp:494 (bind) Binding to UDP
[fe80::227:eff:fe03:fb9d%eth0]:6948                                                                   

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
serverpool.cpp:494 (bind) Binding to UDP
192.168.1.255:6948                                                                                    

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythmainwindow.cpp:973 (Init) Using Frameless
Window                                                                                           

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythmainwindow.cpp:986 (Init) Using Full Screen
Window                                                                                         

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythmainwindow.cpp:1039 (Init) Trying the OpenGL
painter                                                                                       

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: W CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:66 (Create) OpenGL: Could not determine whether
Sync to VBlank is enabled.                                               
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl1.cpp:77 (InitFeatures) OpenGL1: Fragment program
support
available                                                           
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:941 (InitFeatures) OpenGL: OpenGL vendor  : Intel
Open Source Technology Center                                          
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:943 (InitFeatures) OpenGL: OpenGL renderer: Mesa
DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Desktop-                                          
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:945 (InitFeatures) OpenGL: OpenGL version : 2.1
Mesa 9.2.1                                                               
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:947 (InitFeatures) OpenGL: Max texture size: 8192
x 8192                                                                 
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:949 (InitFeatures) OpenGL: Max texture units:
8                                                                          
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:951 (InitFeatures) OpenGL: Direct rendering:
Yes                                                                         

Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:958 (InitFeatures) OpenGL: PixelBufferObject
support
available                                                           
Dec 23 08:57:25 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythrender_opengl.cpp:131 (Init) OpenGL: Initialised
MythRenderOpenGL                                                                          

Dec 23 08:57:26 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythuiwebbrowser.cpp:1078 (LoadUserStyleSheet) MythUIWebBrowser: Loading
css from -
file:///usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/htmls/mythbrowser.css                                                                                                                                         &n
bsp;                                                                       
Dec 23 08:57:26 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: E CoreContext
mythuiwebbrowser.cpp:962 (Init) MythUIWebBrowser: failed to find our
parent screen                                                             
Dec 23 08:57:26 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythuiwebbrowser.cpp:991 (Init) MythUIWebBrowser: enabling
plugins                                                                             

Dec 23 08:57:26 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:418 (ConnectCommandSocket) MythCoreContext:
Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.74:6543 (try 1 of
1)                   
Dec 23 08:57:26 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: E
MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:661 (ConnectToHostReal)
MythSocket(305eb30:-1): Failed to connect to (127.0.0.1:6543) Connection
refused               
Dec 23 08:57:26 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: E CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:488 (ConnectCommandSocket) Connection to master
server timed out.#012#011#011#011Either the server is down or the master
server settings#012#011#011#011in mythtv-settings does not contain the
proper IP
address                                                                                                                             

Dec 23 08:57:26 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N CoreContext
welcomedialog.cpp:135 (checkAutoStart) mythshutdown --startup returned:
1                                                                      
Dec 23 08:57:27 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythmainwindow.cpp:2590 (LockInputDevices) Locking input
devices                                                                               

Dec 23 08:57:27 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: N CoreContext
mythmainwindow.cpp:2638 (PauseIdleTimer) Suspending idle
timer                                                                                 

Dec 23 08:57:27 htpc mythwelcome: mythwelcome[1742]: I CoreContext
mythudplistener.cpp:56 (Disable) UDPListener: Disabling


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