<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:04 PM Paulgir <<a href="mailto:paulgir@gmail.com">paulgir@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:24:51 +1200, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0.80ex;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Paulgir <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paulgir@gmail.com" target="_blank">paulgir@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div><div>On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:39:40 +1200, David Kirk <<a href="mailto:davidrkirk@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidrkirk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0.80ex;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>The only way I can get the display back is to either reboot or press Ctl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it so when I power on my home theatre system the frontend is displayed?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>David</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>For google assistance that should be EDID.</div><div><br></div><div>David, you can download the EDID from your TV and hard code it to an xorg.conf file. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div><div>LOL -I googled the term and copied an erroneous post</div><div><br></div><div>-Paul</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0.80ex;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0.80ex;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</blockquote><br></div></blockquote><div> Thanks guys. Your clues led me to this page. <a href="http://kodi.wiki/view/Creating_and_using_edid.bin_via_xorg.conf">http://kodi.wiki/view/Creating_and_using_edid.bin_via_xorg.conf</a></div><div><br></div><div>I'll give it a go tonight and let you know how I get on.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>David</div></div></div>