[mythtv-users] Blue screen of death. [1st of 2 questions]

[Leif Pihl]

Below contain responses to:
Eric Sharkey  [Sep 19, 2013, at 1:10 PM] 
mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk  [September 19, 2013 3:25:41 PM CDT] 
Eric Sharkey (again)  [Sep 19, 2013, at 1:10 PM] 
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Raymond Wagner  [September 19, 2013 12:20:02 PM CDT] : 



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On Sep 19, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
>> BTW, I did not mean to imply that the blue screen (with clouds) was a Linux thing.
>> I'm reasonably sure it has to do with some MythTV setting, or lack there of.
> 
> If it's true that "No key our mouse click combination I've been able
> to think of will get the MythBuntu box out of it's corner and
> communicate with me.", then it's either a Linux thing or you can't
> think of very much.
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> Does your keyboard have numlock/capslock LEDs?  When on this blue
> screen, do they toggle state when you push the numlock/capslock
> buttons?

The "Blue Screen" came back. 

> Did you try ctrl-alt-F1?

Yea, that worked.  I was able to get into the command line mode, and Ctrl-Alt-F7 got me back into the graphics mode, such as it was, with the Blue Screen. 

> ctrl-alt-delete?

No effect. 

> Alt-PrintScreen-b?

This worked, and did end up rebooting the machine.  
I'll have to remember this combination, so I don't have to go all the way downstairs to turn the machine off, wait and restart it. 


> Eric
> _______________________________________________ 


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On Sep 19, 2013, at 3:25 PM, mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> Quoting Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us>:
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>> Raymond Wagner:
>> If the blue screen should re-appear, AND I take a picture of it, should I post the image to this list-server?
> 
> Can you view this file?: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide/ui/background.png

Haven't had a chance to check on this just yet. 


> It sounds like this is the blue screen with three clouds. If so it means that the mythfrontend is starting up and creating the main window but is locking up before drawing anything.


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On Sep 19, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:25 PM,  <mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> It sounds like this is the blue screen with three clouds. If so it means
>> that the mythfrontend is starting up and creating the main window but is
>> locking up before drawing anything.
> 
> If he's seeing it after a long period of idle time, it's not "starting up".
> 
> In any case, as far as fixing it goes, I'd first recommend upgrading.
> 0.25 is now officially end of life, with 0.27 being the current
> released version.  It's probably best to upgrade to 0.27, then attack
> the problem if it still remains.
> 
> Eric

Yea, I thought about that, and I'm leery of doing so just yet; I need to know more before I feel comfortable doing so. 

First off, I've never done a major upgrade before, only some smaller "packets" (for lack of the correct phrase). 

Second, when I did some of what I'll call "packet" upgrades in the past, it crashed my machine, and I had to do a full install from CD. 

Third, I don't want to change my MythBuntu system into a Ubuntu system with MythTV, and I'm not sure just what doing the normal upgrade path will do. 


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Raymond: 
I did take picture(s), and will attempt to attach 1 or 2 to this E-mail.
Wether or not the mail server will forward the images, that I can't speculate on. 

I managed to get the "during" and "after" shots, and a thought just occurred to me. 
I'm seeing the same three white "Clouds" in the background of the MythTV menu that has "Media Library" at the top.
I _THOUGHT_ that the two images were just the same image, reproduced in two different modes of MythTV.
I'm now wondering if instead this is in part a malfunction of the HDTV itself.  
i.e.: The MythTV could be producing the blue screen, but the three clouds _MAY_ be a manufacturing defect that was only noticeable when this particular blue screen is splashed up on the display. 

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