Comment 75 for bug 341898

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Bon (ian-bonham) wrote : Re: [Bug 341898] Re: Mythtv frontend does not display any fonts

Not seen that one m8, mine seems pretty stable once DRI is disabled... :(

2009/4/4 Paul Broadhead <email address hidden>

> When I now run with dri disabled, while mythtv works some times, I'm
> getting some crashes on start-up.
> Running inside gdb I get:
> ...
> Program terminated with signal 4, Illegal instruction.
> ...
> (gdb) where
> #0 0xb5dbb17a in ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
> #1 0xb65f4b07 in QGLWidget::resizeEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
> #2 0xb63c199b in QWidget::event () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
> #3 0xb63224f5 in QApplication::internalNotify () from
> /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
> #4 0xb63234ad in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
> #5 0xb63246d7 in QApplication::sendPostedEvents () from
> /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
> #6 0xb63c096c in QWidget::show () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
> #7 0xb6a5d015 in MythMainWindow::Show () from /usr/lib/libmythui-0.21.so.0
> #8 0xb6a5d2a2 in MythMainWindow::Init () from /usr/lib/libmythui-0.21.so.0
> #9 0x0806f671 in ?? ()
> #10 0xb5c71775 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
> #11 0x08062851 in ?? ()
>
> The latest part of the log file reads:
> 2009-04-04 16:58:03.842 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-04-04 16:58:03.845 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: ron
> 2009-04-04 16:58:03.849 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-04-04 16:58:03.850 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.317 No theme dir: /home/paul/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.320 Primary screen 0.
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.321 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.322 No theme dir: /home/paul/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.323 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T)
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.387 Using the Qt painter
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: No such file or directory
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.388 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 2009-04-04 16:58:04.388 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled -
> Failed to read /home/paul/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
>
> If this is unrelated then I'll raise it as a new bug, I'm off to search
> the existing bugs now anyway....
>
> --
> Mythtv frontend does not display any fonts
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898
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>
> Status in MythTV: Invalid
> Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released
> Status in “mesa” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “mythtv” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “qt-x11-free” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “xorg-server” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in mesa in Ubuntu Jaunty: Confirmed
> Status in mythtv in Ubuntu Jaunty: Invalid
> Status in qt-x11-free in Ubuntu Jaunty: Invalid
> Status in xorg-server in Ubuntu Jaunty: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mythtv
>
> Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
> Release: 9.04
>
> mythtv-frontend:
> Installed: 0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu4
> Candidate: 0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu4
> Version table:
> *** 0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu4 0
> 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Expect mythtv to launch and have visible text. Instead I have blocks of
> colour and no text.
>
> mythtv front end has been working in Jaunty since I installed it a few
> weeks ago. At some stage during the last week, an update has broken the
> package for me. When I launch mythtv, I get a central black box where the
> loading text use to be, I can still see my desktop. The program hangs there
> and my desktop is unresponsive. When I hit ESC, the screen changes to a
> full screen grey box with a black central box. Below the black box is an
> orange bar and two more grey bars. I can use the arrow keys to move the
> orange bar down one bar and hit return; this causes the program to exit
> normally. It looks to me like I am just missing the text.
>
> I have removed (and dpkg --purge) and reinstalled mythtv-frontend but the
> problem persists. I also deleted my $HOME/.mythtv directory. However, some
> configure files were left behind in /etc/mythtv; they are just the defaults
> plus the mysql password.
>
> I have check bugs #93986 and #156983 and I believe they are not related; I
> did install/confirm I had installed the suggest fonts just in case but I
> still have the problem.
>
> I do not have compiz active and no other application are acting strange; 3d
> games etc are fine.
>
> This machine is a Thinkpad X31 with "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility
> M6 LY" graphics.
>
> I have attached the output when run from a terminal using "mythfrontend
> --service"
>