[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend Refuses to Start

[Kirk Bocek]

On 6/7/2015 12:07 PM, HP-mini wrote:
> Kirk
> The kernel boot option "nomodeset" causes the nvidia driver (& nouveau)
> to fail to load & you get framebuffer driver & limited resolutions;
> therefore no openGL or vdpau.
> The frontend could be set to openGL painter & not "auto".
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Override_settings
>
>

Thank you for the suggestions.

I finally got it running by carefully deleting all old video drivers and 
tools and installing only the current driver and it's required 
utilities. I'm not sure what the problem was. It was either the driver 
or an .Xauthority issue or both.

I have the painter set to qt.