[mythtv-users] Ubuntu VDPAU Repo crashing on screen configure

[John Pilkington]

Dave Johansen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> 2009/4/7 Dave Johansen <davejohansen at gmail.com>:
>>> Is there anything that I can do to help? Like could I do the
>>> compilation and send you the result or something?
>> can you post the output when running mythfrontend from a command line?
>>
>> Look like you've uncovered a problem with the mythbuntu Jaunty packages.
>>
>> I tried using the official mythtv packages that comes with ubuntu 9.04
>> beta, as well as the mythbuntu weekly packages:
>> they both segfault when the mysql configuration is incorrect..
>>
>> Jean-Yves
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> 
> I am also having problems with my upcoming recordings not showing up
> unless a recording is happening (
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356789 ) and I was told that it's
> probably caused by a database corruption problem and that I should try
> and do a repair, but maybe there's a broader problem with Jaunty and
> the database configuration.
> 
> What's the easiest way to capture the output from mythfrontend when I
> run it on the command line? I've tried the redirection to a file, but
> the problem is that it spawns it's own terminal when I run it from the
> command line and none of the output ends up being saved to the file.
> 
> Dave

mythfrontend --help suggests using the -l or --logfile filename option.