* Philip Stubbs (philip@???) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Since I have upgraded this machine to Gutsy, mythfrontend does not
> work. Whenever I try and play both live tv or a pre-recorded
> program, X dies. If I look in /var/crash, there is a report for
> mythfrontend and also Xgl.
>
> I can play videos with xine and mplayer from the command line OK,
> and I have tried with compiz and metacity.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestion as to what may be wrong?
OK, scrub that. It seems I needed to create a file
~/.config/xserver-xgl/disable
That stops Xgl from starting, and now mythtv works again.
Why is it that after putting up with something for a week, I find
the answer just minutes after asking for help?
--
Philip Stubbs
http://www.stuphi.co.uk
