[mythtv-users] unable to start setup

Norman Silverstone norman at littletank.org
Thu Aug 27 07:59:38 UTC 2009


On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 16:58 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 08/26/2009 03:59 PM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > < snip >
> >>> 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
> >>     
> > Thanks for the suggestion but it is not an ATI card but the video on the
> > motherboard, is it worth trying?
> 
> Won't hurt--especially if it's an ATI video "card" integrated on the 
> motherboard.  ;)  If it's not ATI, it's unlikely to do anything (good or 
> bad).

Thank you, I did as you suggested, accessed the backend setup and
everything now works. I wonder what was wrong and how your suggestion
bypassed the error.

Norman



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