[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
Thanks to everybody who helped on this. My report is for Ubuntu 9.04 with Mythbuntu 9.04 using Radeon 9200 (RX280) using the open source radeon driver (I think; I uninstalled fglrx with: sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx). For me, adding 'export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1' to /etc/mythtv /session-settings didn't help. But inserting: export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 into the file: /usr/share/mythtv/mythfrontend.sh did work. -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
I can confirm the last comment of Tomasz Czapiewski : with the same packages installed (i have the proposed repo enabled too), only running the application by console using the dreaded XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 mythfrontend works. If I put it in the scripts (mythfrontend or mythtv-setup), it works too. -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
jj.myrup [2009-07-05 11:33 -]: I am not sure how to find the versions you ask for, but in /usr/lib/ I have file: libGLU.so.1.3.070500. That might tell you which Mesa version I have? dpkg -l libgl1-mesa-dri I downloaded Karmic alpha 2, but it didn't have the kernel version that Martin Pitt requested, but after an update it had 2.6.31-1-generic Right, you need to update the system after installation. You can also check the current daily CDs and their live system. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ Thanks, Martin -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
Can you confirm the Mesa version in karmic you are using that is fixed? Or at least thy live cd version you are using that is fixed? On 07/03/2009, jj.myrup jj.my...@gmail.com wrote: By the way I do have a odd screen behavior on the latest karmic, but I doubt it has anything to do with this bug fix. The odd behavior is that I have a small black rectangle constantly on my screen. It is above all applications, but below the mouse cursor. The rectangle is about the size of the mouse cursor. -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of MythTV Ubuntu Maintainers, which is subscribed to mythtv in ubuntu. -- Sent from my mobile device Mario Limonciello supe...@gmail.com -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
I was affected and can confirm that after installing the latest karmic it is no longer a problem on my system. Thanks a lot for the fix! -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
By the way I do have a odd screen behavior on the latest karmic, but I doubt it has anything to do with this bug fix. The odd behavior is that I have a small black rectangle constantly on my screen. It is above all applications, but below the mouse cursor. The rectangle is about the size of the mouse cursor. -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
I can confirm that export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 works for me. However, I found out two other workarounds. When I install xorg- driver-fglrx after logging in and neither restart nor run aticonfig --initial Mythtv runs perfectly. Of course I need to uninstall the fglrx driver before restarting the X-Server as my X1650 is not supported by ATI any more :-( The second workaround which works most of the time is to start the frontend as one user, let the black box as is on the desktop, switch to another user and start the frontend again. Maybe it helps to find the real problem... -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
As far as I can tell from this thread, the best current answer of Jaunty+MythTV users with ATI video cards was given here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/341898/comments/87 That was six weeks ago. Is there going to be an update to fix the underlying problem in the near term? -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
### This is a copy of my post (with screenshots) on the Ubuntu Forums, here for reference. link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7375579 ### Hi, MythTV is not displaying any text on the frontend or the backend. I took three screenshots: 1. http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/89f5hb/MythTV_no_text_bug_screenshot_1.jpg 2. http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/89f5hb/MythTV_no_text_bug_screenshot_2.jpg 3. http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/89f5hb/MythTV_no_text_bug_screenshot_3.jpg I did a Google search for mythtv no text and it seems to be a problem for numerous people. Four pages where particularly relevant: 1. [url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=394436#2[/url] 2. [url]http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/installation-issues/4400-newbie-help-qt-opengl-now-no-text-menu.html[/url] 3. [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV/FAQs#Troubleshooting[/url] 4. [url]https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/universe-bugs/2009-March/061860.html[/url] I installed msttcorefonts but it didn't help. I tried the command mythfrontend -O ThemePainter=qt but it didn't fix it. I then tried mythfrontend -O ThemePainter=openGL and I was finally able to see the main menu of MythTV, but all of the configuration menus are still blank. I have a (legacy) ATI Radeon 9600. Jaunty doesn't have a proprietary ATI legacy driver so I must use the open-source one. I think this may be a cause of the problem because when I used the proprietary driver in Intrepid Ibex the text was visible. Does anyone have a solution? P.S. Why aren't links differentiated from plain text? I had to highlight and underline the links manually. Solved. The solution is to open the file /etc/mythtv/session-settings as sudo and add the text (excluding square brackets) [export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1] at the bottom. (found on the bug report here: [url]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/mesa/+bug/341898/comments/102[/url]) The first proposed solution was to add the line (excluding square brackets) [Option DRI off] into the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf under the 'Device' section. This approach makes text visible but it disables DRI, which disables hardware acceleration and makes MythTV run almost unusably slow. (Info from here: [url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1154240[/url]) This problem SHOULD be fixed in Ubuntu Karmic Koala, set for release in October 2009. -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI
I've got a VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series] according to lspci, and I have just encountered this problem with a recent upgrade from mythbuntu 8.10 to 9.04. My versions of the mesa packages already match Mario's versions, but the `XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 mythfrontend` workaround seems to fix the problem for now. What is the best way to apply this workaround so that I don't have to start `mythfrontend` manually until a proper fix is released? I was thinking of moving `/usr/bin/mythfrontend` to `/usr/bin/mythfrontend.old` and making a new `/usr/bin/mythfrontend` be something like: #!/usr/bin/bash -u XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 mythfrontend.old Would that be a suitable approach while I await a proper fix in updated packages? -- MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt-x11-free in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
