On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:15:37 -0800
Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have a box running kernel version 2.6.13-r5, and MythTV 0.18.2 built 
> from portage. I'm using a video card with the nvidia nv18 chipset 
> (6600?). I also have a custom xorg modeline for my widescreen HDTV. My 
> video card is connected via a VGA to component converter. The screen 
> looks good and regular desktop mode works fine. The mouse moves. MythTV 
> menus are displayed and the cursor moves around
> when I hit the arrow keys.
> 
> The problem is when I switch to a video mode. The video freezes at the 
> first frame. The audio continues and plays just fine. The freezing 
> problem occurs whether I'm viewing LiveTV, previously recorded shows, 
> and even video files via MythVideo (uses mplayer). All of this used to 
> work until I upgraded hardware and rebuilt my system.
> 
> I have no idea what the cause might be or where to start looking. Any ideas?
> 
> Drew

try running mplayer from the command line and see what error messages
are given.

also look in the standard places like dmesg and /var/log/Xorg*.log.

You can also run mythfrontend from the command line with verbose
logging.



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