[mythtv-users] HELP: Black screen and "ReadStringList timeout" error

[Robert La Ferla]

When I select "Watch TV", I get a black screen and then it returns back 
to the menu.  If I exit MythTV and look at the terminal, I see these 
error messages.   I can watch TV just fine using tvtime.  My system is a 
Shuttle SN41G2 running Fedora Core 2 (2.6.8), ALSA 1.06 and a LeadTek 
WinFast 2000 XP.  This is from the latest CVS version of MythTV.  I am 
using cable tv as an input source.

% mythfrontend
2004-08-27 07:32:00 mythfrontend version: 0.15.20040528-1 www.mythtv.org
2004-08-27 07:32:00 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2004-08-27 07:32:01 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_tv.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_main.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_music.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_gallery.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_video.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_schedule.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_search.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_setup.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_tv_settings.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_dvd.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_dvd_setup.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_music_setup.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_video_setup.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_game_setup.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_library.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_manage_recordings.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_info_center.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_optical_disks.png
Error loading image file: 
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/title_util.png
Missing image tag in titles
Error loading image file: /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/NOTHING.png
Error loading image file: /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/NOTHING.png
2004-08-27 07:32:30 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.99:6543 (try 
1 of 5)
2004-08-27 07:32:38 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
2004-08-27 07:32:38 Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION:
2004-08-27 07:32:38 Changing from None to None
2004-08-27 07:32:41 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.99:6543 (try 
1 of 5)
2004-08-27 07:32:49 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
2004-08-27 07:32:49 Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION: