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This is a copy of my post (with screenshots) on the Ubuntu Forums, here for reference.
link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7375579
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Hi,
MythTV is not displaying any text on the frontend or the backend.
I took three screenshots:
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.
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.
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This is a copy of my post (with screenshots) on the Ubuntu Forums, here for reference.
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Hi,
MythTV is not displaying any text on the frontend or the backend.
I took three screenshots:
1. http:// i626.photobucke t.com/albums/ tt348/89f5hb/ MythTV_ no_text_ bug_screenshot_ 1.jpg i626.photobucke t.com/albums/ tt348/89f5hb/ MythTV_ no_text_ bug_screenshot_ 2.jpg i626.photobucke t.com/albums/ tt348/89f5hb/ MythTV_ no_text_ bug_screenshot_ 3.jpg
2. http://
3. http://
I did a Google search for "mythtv "no text"" and it seems to be a problem for numerous people. Four pages where particularly relevant: ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=394436# 2[/url] www.mythtvtalk. com/forum/ installation- issues/ 4400-newbie- help-qt- opengl- now-no- text-menu. html[/url] /help.ubuntu. com/community/ MythTV/ FAQs#Troublesho oting[/url] /lists. ubuntu. com/archives/ universe- bugs/2009- March/061860. html[/url]
1. [url]http://
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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.