[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend = black screen

Matt skd5aner at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 15:43:06 UTC 2007


On 6/27/07, Captain Krypto <captainkrypto at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/27/07, Matt <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 6/27/07, Captain Krypto <captainkrypto at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > You know, you really should use a window manager if you use more than
> > > > one window. And, oh, BTW, Myth uses more than one window... (In other
> > > > words, when you find focus issues, please don't ask about them on the
> > > > list--it's because you're not using a WM.)
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > >
> > > I've had the no window manager setup for quite some time now and have
> never
> > > had any issues related to focus, but thanks for the off-topic heads up.
> > > Duly noted.
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'd recommend fixing OpenGL.
> > > >
> > > > Matt
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure that is the issue here.  The weird thing is that
> according
> > > to glxinfo, xdpyinfo and the logs, opengl is loaded and working just
> fine.
> > > Now that I know what I am looking for I was able to get a little more
> info
> > > by searching the archives.  I am going to try and downgrade the driver
> > > version as proposed in
> > >
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/257420
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> >
> > Dave, I doubt it's a driver version issue, but simply that opengl
> > isn't being referenced correctly by myth.  Try downloading and
> > installing the latest version, it's working for me.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Matt
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>   Matt,  I'm using the latest drivers for my GeForce4 MX 440 from
> atrpms.net... 9639 to be exact.  What kind of setup are you running?
> Perhaps you can attach your xorg.conf and glxinfo?  I had it working before,
> but after changing the xorg.conf and updating the drivers... no dice.  The
> problem was that I couldn't get the 1366x768 resolution with the old
> drivers, and now I can't get the opengl painter with the new drivers...
>
>
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I'm by no means an expert, but I had this situation happen to me
before.  What solved it for me was simply re-installing the nvidia
binary driver.

Thanks!
Matt


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