[mythtv-users] unable to start setup

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/26/2009 04:00 AM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> Because of changes in TV transmission I need to run a re-scan and,
> therefore, access the setup menu. I am using Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop
> machine and tried to access setup from Administration -> MythTV Backend
> Setup the process starts by asking for any mythbackend processes to be
> closed. I click OK, enter my password, the process starts and then
> hangs. A window labelled mythtv-setup.real opens having within it a
> large, solid, black rectangle and a smaller rectangle which lists what
> is going on. Towards the end of the listing there is a failure to
> read /home/norman/.mythtv/joystickmenurc which is then followed by a
> list of entries such as:-
>
> X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
>   Major opcode: 2
>   Minor opcode: 0
>   Resource id: )x400000e
>
> The last time I needed to re-scan was quite a long time ago and this I
> did without any problem and I have never had a joystick. Despite
> searching I have not been able to resolve this difficulty and would
> prefer not to have to remove and re-install MythTV. Please, is there
> anything more I should do?

ATI card?  If so, try:

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
mythtv-setup

Mike