[mythtv-users] [mythtv] OSD missing

[Paul Gardiner]

Jon Bishop wrote:
> On Dec 29, 2008, at 2:44 AM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> 
>> jam wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm running some SuSE 11.1 frontend systems. I downloaded the  
>>> packman rpm but
>>> found quite a noticable audio delay when skipping, so ...
>>>
>>> I built .21-fixes from svn and everything works perfectly,  
>>> however ...
>>>
>>> 1 system (and ONLY that system) has no OSD. Pause, Info etc work,  
>>> but display
>>> nothing.
>>> mythtvosd displays nothing although the socket is enabled and  
>>> listening.
>>>
>>> Both strace and -v all show nothing that looks suspicious.
>>> All the hardware is similar, various AMD X2, with nvidia graphics.
>>>
>>> Can anybody point me in a direction to be looking at?
>> I've had the same with SuSE 11.0, but in that case - as far as I
>> could discern - it was only after running SuSE update. So if your
>> purpose is just to create a MythTV box, I'd recommend using 11.0
>> and avoiding updating.
> 
> Moving to users list. I personally run openSUSE 11.0 on my frontend,  
> with all updates. I have an nvidia GeForce4 MX4000 with nvidia  
> drivers. My OSD works fine.
> 
> What are you using to draw the OSD? It is likely that's where your  
> problem lies. I'm not at my box, but I believe I use the chromakey  
> option and I know that I have OSD fade turned off. Try playing around  
> with your OSD theme (not the main theme) and your OSD renderer.
> 
> Other users might have some more helpful insights.

I've certainly had the OSD go from working to non-working without
changing any config. Reinstalling and avoiding updates seemed to
fix it, but could be irrelevant.