[mythtvnz] No Display

[Paulgir]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:04:56 +1200, David Kirk <davidrkirk at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:04 PM Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:24:51 +1200, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:39:40 +1200, David Kirk <davidrkirk at gmail.com>  
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've upgraded my MythTV box.  It is a backend/frontend with an  
>>>>> HVR2200 tuner card and nVidia GT220 graphics card.  I have an  
>>>>> >>>>>HDMI connection from the GT220 to my Marantz home theatre  
>>>>> system which in turn has an HDMI connection to my TV.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was running Mythbuntu 12.04.  I have done a fresh install of  
>>>>> Mythbuntu 14.04.  I've restored the old database and mounted  
>>>>> >>>>>the hard drives with my recordings.  Everything seems to be  
>>>>> running fine with one exception.
>>>>>
>>>>> I turn off my TV and home theatre system when I'm not watching  
>>>>> anything.  When I turn them back on, the MythTV frontend  
>>>>> >>>>>doesn't display.  I never had this problem on the old version  
>>>>> with the same hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can press Ctl-Alt-F1 and I can see the login prompt, but when I go  
>>>>> back to Ctl-Alt-F7 I still can't see anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only way I can get the display back is to either reboot or press  
>>>>> Ctl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it so when I power on my  
>>>>> home theatre system the frontend is displayed?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> I can't help with a solution but I might help with a clue.I'm using a  
>>>> GT220 too and if I start Mythtv before the tv is on, I >>>>also get a  
>>>> black screen that requires a reboot to correct.I believe it is  
>>>> something to do with the GT220 not getting the  EIDI >>>>info from  
>>>> the TV during boot up.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> For google assistance that should be EDID.
>>>
>>> David, you can download the EDID from your TV and hard code it to an  
>>> xorg.conf file.
>>> This problem has been dealt with a million times in the Kodi (XBMC)  
>>> forums, but they are hard to search. If I find a definitive >>>answer  
>>> I'll let you know.
>>
>> LOL  -I googled the term and copied an erroneous post
>>
>> -Paul
>>>
>>
> Thanks guys.  Your clues led me to this page.   
> http://kodi.wiki/view/Creating_and_using_edid.bin_via_xorg.conf
>
> I'll give it a go tonight and let you know how I get on.
>
>
> David
I might give this a go ,too
cheers
Paul
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