[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7743: Selecting Program Guide from menu in Live TV intermittently locks up UI

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/17/2010 01:52 PM, Johnny Walker wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>    
>> On 02/16/2010 08:35 PM, MythTV wrote:
>>      
>>> #7743: Selecting Program Guide from menu in Live TV intermittently locks
>>> up UI
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------+------------------------------
>>>   Reporter:  anonymous                        |       Owner:  markk
>>>       Type:  defect                           |      Status:  infoneeded
>>>   Priority:  minor                            |   Milestone:  0.23
>>> Component:  MythTV - User Interface Library  |     Version:  0.22
>>>   Severity:  medium                           |     Mlocked:  0
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------+------------------------------
>>>
>>> Comment(by Bob Shanteau<rmshant@…>):
>>>
>>>   I finally discovered that MythTV was simply taking a very long time to
>>>   show the Program Guide, but if I waited long enough (sometimes several
>>>   minutes), it would work.
>>>
>>>   Since upgrading to 0.23 via the MythDora 12.23 Beta, the Program Guide
>>> now
>>>   comes up right away.
>>>        
>> FWIW, slow appearance of (and navigation in) the EPG is almost always due to
>> channel icon issues--such as missing channel icons that the database claims
>> exist or channel icons stuck into a directory to which MythTV apps don't
>> have permissions.
>>      
> If I don't need / want channel icons - how can I make sure my system
> isn't lagging on attempting to display them ?
>    

Don't tell the system that icons exist in locations where they don't 
exist (or aren't accessible).  :)

The icon should be set to "none" where there is, er, none.

Mike