[mythtvnz] No Display

[Nick Rout]

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.

>
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