[mythtv-users] mythtvsetup / FC4 / nvidia / qt

[Vince Busam]

Mythtvsetup is behaving erratically.  It doesn't show some widgets, takes
keyboard input on some and not others, seems to lose focus, etc.  I'm
suspecting software incompatibility.

Is anyone running successfully with this configuration?

FC4: 2.5.11-1
xorg: 6.8.2
qt: 3.3.4
nvidia: 7174 (built from Nvidia .run file)
myth: 0.18.1 (from atrpms)

Any suggestions regarding what I should try?

Thanks,
Vince

BTW: I don't see any relevant error messages in dmesg, messages, or
xorg.log.  I did notice that in xorg.log it claims that modules glx and
nvidia are compiled for 4.0.2 and all others say 6.8.2.

PS:  Everything was working fine until I did a clean install of FC4.  I was
running FC1 & Myth 0.16.

Details:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
kernel-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -qa | grep xorg
xorg-x11-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-37
fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-37
fonts-xorg-75dpi-6.8.2-1
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-37
fonts-xorg-100dpi-6.8.2-1
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-37
xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-37
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -qa | grep qt
qt-3.3.4-15.1
qt-designer-3.3.4-15.1
qt-MySQL-3.3.4-17.0.fc4.kde
qt-devel-3.3.4-15.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] nvidia]$ rpm -qa | grep myth
mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
mythnews-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythtv-theme-isthmus-0.20040804-1.at
mythtv-suite-0.18.1-55.at
mythmusic-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythweather-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythtv-themes-0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
mythtv-setup-0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
mythbrowser-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
myththemes-0.18-104.at
mythgame-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythphone-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythmkmovie-1.1.4-4.rhfc4.at
mythdvd-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythweb-0.18-67.at
mythtv-backend-0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
mythtv-theme-visor-0.16.2-5.at
mythtv-theme-abstract-0.20040910-2.at
mythtv-theme-photo-4-6.at
mythtv-theme-purplegalaxy-0.20031214-3.at
mythplugins-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythtv-theme-MythCenter-0.17-1.at
mythgallery-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at
mythtv-0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
libmyth-0.18.1-113.rhfc4.at
mythtv-theme-MediaCenter-0.17-4.at
mythtv-theme-sleek-0.35-2.at
mythvideo-0.18.1-112.rhfc4.at

Device sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier  "Videocard0"
Driver  "nvidia"
VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X (Asus)"
VideoRam65536
Option  "TwinView"
Option  "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option  "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV"
Option  "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option  "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option  "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option  "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option  "NvAGP" "0"
Option  "RenderAccel" "0"
Option  "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600;
640x480, 640x480;"
BusID   "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Videocard0tv"
Driver  "nvidia"
VendorName  "NVidia"
Option  "ConnectMonitor" "tv"
Option  "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option  "NoLogo" "1"
BusID   "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen  1
EndSection

Full xorg.conf at: http://www.busam.com/xorg.conf


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[mythtv-users] debug options for mythtvsetup?

[Vince Busam]

mythtvsetup 0.18.1 hangs with a screen that shows just the theme's
background graphic.  Are there any debug options I can turn on to help track
down the problem?

After a year of so of using Myth on FC1 (0.16.x I think), I had a weekend of
irrationality and decided to do a clean install of FC4 and Myth 0.18.1 (from
atrpms) using Jarod's wonderful guide.  Oh well, live and learn.

Before cleaning my hard disk, I made a backup of the mythconverg DB.  I
restored the DB before installing Myth.  The first time I ran mythtvsetup I
saw messages about upgrading the DB, then was asked questions about clearing
capture card settings (I said yes), clear program data and channel settings
(I said yes).  Then the problem occurs.  mythtvsetup just hangs forever.
The screen shows the theme background but nothing else.  I can't ctrl-alt-Fx
to another window.  Luckily, I can ssh in from another system but killing
mythtvsetup doesn't restore my system; I've ended up rebooting.  The same
hang occurs every time I've retried mythtvsetup.

- don't see any error messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/mythtv/
- mythtv userid and mythtv in MySQL have different passwords.
- I'm running mythtvsetup under KDE, logged in as user mythtv.
- mythtvsetup --help doesn't show any debug options
- didn't see this problem in a search of the archives or a web search

Thanks,
Vince


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Re: [mythtv-users] Front end machine 30' away from TV/stero?

[Vince Busam]

>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:13:36 -0500
>From: Marc Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Front end machine 30' away from TV/stero?
>To: Discussion about mythtv 
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

>This is fairly off topic, please let me know if I should take it elsewhere.

>I'm setting up a mythtv system in my basement.  I've got a server
>machine running 24/7 in a back room, about a 30' cable run distant from
>my TV/stereo.  I'd like to be able to use that box as both front and
>backend, if at all possible.


>Thanks,
>- Marc

My backend/frontend system is about 90' away from my TV (regular not HDTV).

I thought I had sent my configuration to the mailing list earlier but I
can't find it in the archives.

So here is a summary.

I run my svideo and audio signals over 10-BaseT.

At each end I have a converter box I bought from svideo.com.  It has svideo
& (for audio) RCA connectors.  I believe the part number is 500017.  For the
infrared remote control I just used some old coax I had laying around and
put connectors from Radio Shack on each end.

The result is no noise at all from Myth system in the TV room.  I have no
problem at all with the TV quality but perhaps I'm not the most
discriminating user.

Good luck,
Vince


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