[mythtvnz] No Display

[Paulgir]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:15:09 +1200, David Kirk <davidrkirk at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 5:34 PM Stephen Worthington  
> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:35:48 +1200, you wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>
>> I have a recollection of there being another solution, something about
>> killing a task and preventing it from starting so that event of the
>> HDMI going away was not monitored.  That was on the mythtv-users
>> mailing list.  Sorry I have only a vague recollection of this, as I am
>> not affected by the problem and did not follow the thread.
>
> I followed those instructions yesterday and it has fixed my problem.   
> Step 4 didn't work for me, but looking at the xlog.txt file I >found my  
> Marantz home theatre system on DFP-1.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> David
>
>Were there any changes you needed to make to the commands posted on the  
> Kodi page to make them work for Mythtv?
-Paul
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