[mythtv] New QPainter::begin : Cannot paint null pixmap
mythtwo at cyph.org
mythtwo at cyph.org
Thu Mar 6 06:54:27 EST 2003
Yes I did install both the kernel and the GLX. I used the tar.gz of both
because when I would try and install the RPM ones it had problems. I dont
think that it is the drivers because I got the error message before I
installed the new nvidia drivers. Got any ideas? Please!!!
On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Welch, Gary (Exchange) wrote:
> Did you install both the GLX and the kernel drivers for the NVIDIA card?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtwo at cyph.org [mailto:mythtwo at cyph.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:05 AM
> To: Development of mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] New QPainter::begin : Cannot paint null pixmap
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>
> Also, since I started getting this QPainter::begin : Cannot paint null
> pixmap I get the same error when executing setup.
>
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 mythtwo at cyph.org wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I just got the latest cvs and built it fine and installed it all
> > find. I then ran setup and it worked fine. After I ran setup and
> > filled the database I ran the backend which also worked fine. Then I
> > ran the frontend which started up fine. I then tried to watch TV and
> > it told me on the backend that it switched correctly but then the
> > frontend segfaulted because it said that it didn't have Xv support. So
> > I ran mythfrontend again to see what was going on and I tried to
> > change the theme to the liquid theme which worked fine. I then tried
> > to Watch TV again and this time it barfed with the same no Xv support,
> > but it also said
> >
> > QPainter::begin : Cannot paint null pixmap
> > Segfault
> >
> > I figured the Xv support problem was a driver thing so I installed the
> > NVIDIA drivers for the Video card instead of using the VESA ones and
> > that works fine. But now every time I try and run the frontend now it
> > says
> >
> > QPainter::begin : Cannot paint null pixmap
> > Segfault
> >
> > I thought maybe it was a broken theme so I tried to remove the configs
> > and reinstall everything but the problem is still there. I can't get
> > the frontend running anymore now that I changed it to liquid, even
> > though I removed all the themes, and actually removed all the
> > /usr/local/share/myth stuff and the .mythtv dir. Please help, I want
> > to play with 0.8 so bad. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
> >
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