Comment 79 for bug 341898

Ok, I'm with u Paul,

Another update has left me with a seg faulting Myth. It runs randomly, so
getting a trace is well difficult.

WOT is going on?!

Bon

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

> I've reported my new crash issue using apport as Bug #355242.
> The strange thing is that apport has called it a SIGSEGV where as if I run
> inside gdb it is SIGILL. The stacktrace in both cases is the same.
>
> --
> Mythtv frontend does not display any fonts
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341898
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> 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"
>