On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:15:37 -0800 Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a box running kernel version 2.6.13-r5, and MythTV 0.18.2 built > from portage. I'm using a video card with the nvidia nv18 chipset > (6600?). I also have a custom xorg modeline for my widescreen HDTV. My > video card is connected via a VGA to component converter. The screen > looks good and regular desktop mode works fine. The mouse moves. MythTV > menus are displayed and the cursor moves around > when I hit the arrow keys. > > The problem is when I switch to a video mode. The video freezes at the > first frame. The audio continues and plays just fine. The freezing > problem occurs whether I'm viewing LiveTV, previously recorded shows, > and even video files via MythVideo (uses mplayer). All of this used to > work until I upgraded hardware and rebuilt my system. > > I have no idea what the cause might be or where to start looking. Any ideas? > > Drew try running mplayer from the command line and see what error messages are given. also look in the standard places like dmesg and /var/log/Xorg*.log. You can also run mythfrontend from the command line with verbose logging. > > -- > > Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse > Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! > > http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
