[mythtv-users] "Whitescreen" on start in 0.27

[John Pilkington]

On 17/01/14 15:02, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 17/01/14 14:50, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 01/17/2014 09:42 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
>>> On 17/01/14 14:31, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>> On 01/17/2014 07:36 AM, velberrocks wrote:
>>>>> when mythfrontend or mythbackend-setup is started then at first a
>>>>> completely white screen appears for 0.5 to 2 Seconds. After that the
>>>>> application appears. This happens on VGA output and TV Out (SVIDEO) as
>>>>> well.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to turn off this white screen or to use the color black
>>>>> instead of white. In MythTV 0.25 was no white screen at all...
>>>>>
>>>>> Environment:
>>>>> - Mythbuntu 12.04
>>>>> - MythTV 0.27 (upgraded from 0.25)
>>>>> - Mythwelcome is activated
>>>>> - NVidia 8400GS with NVidia proprietary driver
>>>>> - AMD4850e, AMD790G Chipset, 2GB Ram
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have an idea how to avoid the white screen?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What MythTV Theme?
>>>
>>> I have 0.27-fixes builds up to date as of last week under Fedora 19
>>> and Scientific Linux 6,  Both use the MythCenter-Wide theme in a KDE
>>> window.
>>>
>>> I see the white screen on the SL6 machine, Paint Engine Qt; not with
>>> Fedora,  Paint Engine Auto.
>>
>> Sounds like maybe the OP should change his Paint Engine to Auto, and is
>> only seeing the white color of a blank window given to us by the system
>> because the Qt painter is slow?
>>
>> Paint engine
>> This selects what MythTV uses to draw. Choosing 'Auto' is recommended,
>> unless running on systems with broken OpenGL implementations (broken
>> hardware or drivers or windowing systems) where only Qt works.
>>
>
> I should perhaps have added that the SL6-kludge box still isn't really
> using MythCente-Wide, although it says it is;  I have never seen the new
> scrolling and background image features on it.  Reported here on 2 Oct
> 2013 and not yet understood, at least not by me.
>

I'm glad the shift from the Qt painter has worked for some people, but 
I've just remembered why I was using it.  With the painter set to 'Auto' 
the selection frame in the Programme Guide is just about invisible;  it 
still works, but it's difficult to know where it is.

HTH, and YMMV

John P