[mythtv-users] MythTV Raspberry Pi 2+ MythFrontend Setup Tutorial Updated

[Mike Bibbings]

On 16/03/16 19:18, Curtis Gedak wrote:
> On 16-03-16 08:56 AM, airdrummer wrote:
>> ...<snip>
>> anyway, since my experiment in alternate hdmi modes, my rpi is ignoring
>> the overscan_ params in /boot/config.txt, so the gui is overscanned, and
>> viewing tv results in no signal output at all, with repeated lines of:
>>
>> 2016-03-15 19:15:05.162214 W  VOMX:0 Show Frame in use
>>
>> that's with peter's exec(see attached log) so i'm gonna just start over
>> tonite...waaay 2 nice 2day 2 b indoors;-)
> After lots of experimenting, I sometimes find that I need to re-install
> Raspbian Jessie from scratch in order to reset to a known state.
>
> I just did this today because I had a problem with overscan when I was
> using what should have been the correct resolution.  A re-install and
> then applying the appropriate configuration changes worked like a charm.
>   Now I am up and running again with no overscan.
>
> You might wish to try a re-install.
>
> Also
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I normally take a copy of  /boot/config.txt before making changes, so 
that I can just replace a non-working version, assuming I can still ssh 
into the RPi.

Also you can reset mythfrontend to defaults (Resets appearance settings 
and language) by "mythfrontend -r" either at terminal or via ssh.

Mike