My qtrc files were the same. I also diff'd all the menu .xml files and all the theme files and everything is the same.

I really don't understand how the Option "DPI" setting in XF86Config-4 is only affecting the text size in the program guide... and it's just in the grid area, the episode information and the text on every other screen in the menu just does NOT change size.

Also when I bring up the menu for a recording (to play, delete, edit options, etc.) the text is really blocky looking while everywhere else the text is fine (except for being too big). Now that I think about it I think the size of this text changes with the DPI setting also.

Anyone ever seen anything like this or have any ideas on how to fix it?

In addition to the Helvetica change Bob mentions I removed the "-dpi 100" option in /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc and ran pkill xinit. This allows the DPI option in xorg.conf to control the DPI.

I had done that when I did the upgrade. Then when I was checking things on my original install I noticed it still had the option so I turned it back on but it didn't make any difference. This is just really weird!

Which file are you changing the DPI settings in? As of R5E50 XFree86 is no longer used and you need to change /etc/X11/xorg.conf...

Well I followed cecil's instructions and manually upgraded xmltv, myth and mythplugins from an R5D1 install. So I am still using XFree86 and am editing XF86Config-4.

However, before I did the upgrade this way, I tried installing R5F1 and editing xorg.conf and it had the same behavior.

Hi Cecil,

I've installed R5F1 on my crappy Celeron (128mb ram, PVR-350 in/out), but recompiling MythTV in order to use Schedules Direct eventually dies with an out-of-memory error.

Do you have a pre-release ISO of the next build maybe I could use instead, so I can avoid the compilation step? I have no idea how to cross-compile MythTV from my "normal computer" (Mac Mini).

Otherwise I'll try to manually partition the system to give it more swap space.

Thanks much

Evan

Hmm; the manual partition step didn't recognize my choices (tried multiple times) and wouldn't let me proceed. Luckily the Knoppix /usr/local/bin is writeable so I changed the SZ2 formula in KnoppMyth-auto and ran it by hand.

Seems like the manual step has a bug though.

Ahh, OK, that's probably why I thought you were running R5F1. I have no idea what may be causing the font oddity you are seeing, sorry.

Just thought of something - Does your display device provide EDID information? You can find out from your /var/log/XFree86.0.log file, and search for "EDID".

If it is providing EDID then you may need to tell X not to use the EDID DPI setting:
in your "Screen" section. AFAIK this is only valid with the nvidia driver.

If thier is a specify issue w/ X, please start another thread. Nothing is this thread should have an affect on X.

Looks like my issue with the scheduluesdirect changes were due to a bad switch or cable. Not sure which but after removing the switch and cables and using a crossover cable directly to my SBE, I haven't had a crash in about four days.

Go figure.

Thanks for bearing with me.

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Abby

I was running an older version of knoppmyth & grabbed and upgraded to the latest because of the listing service change.

I followed the directions through twice, but every time I run mythfilldatabase,
it still tries to get the data from zap2it.

Any idea how I should approach this problem?

I already paid for the schedules direct service & can log into their site fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

BTW, I use the Auto Upgrade option to upgrade myth.

Rich

Just a shot in the dark but did you delete all your video sources in mythtv-setup then create a new source with Schedules Direct?

When I did the upgrade listed on the first page of this thread I just cut and pasted Cecil's code and all went well (R5E50). Did you see Schedules Direct when you setup the new video source?

Thanks for your reply.

I deleted the sources. And no, I didn't see a reference to schedules direct from within mythtv-setup.

When I had it try to retrieve the channels it indicated that it was trying Tribune/zap2it for them.

I gave up last night and just did a full reinstall using Auto Install.

At the initial screen in the Front end, it crashed back out to the Desktop.

(This is R5F1 mind you)

I then followed the directions as laid out by Cecil for the updates.

I found out that I had to use root to do the svm on the plugins because it needed to create directories.

When I did the make on the mythtv patch, it crashed out with errors and said to send in a bug report.

I used su and started it up again before heading out to work.

I guess I'll see what it looks like when I get home tonight.

Was there any step required in between a clean install and running the update process laid out here?

Rich

Based on you statement that you didn't see Schedules Direct when doing the mythtv-setup I would say that something went wrong in the XMLTV upgrade but I am NOT a KM expert so just an guess. Also yes parts of the upgrade must be done as root to get the proper privilages to write in certain folders, unfortunately I can't help you here as I just did the whole process as root (not really the best practice as root can be dangerous, if you start the update process in /home/mythtv then you really only need to be root where Cecil tells you to su.) (please note that when I said I cut and pasted I didn't mean that literally, you have to adjust a couple things, When Cecil says things like tar xjvf xml<tab> the tab is a completer that looks for a logical end to the statement, you need to type everyting up to <tab> and then press tab. When I said I cut and pasted I meant that I pasted each instruction one at a time and watch for any errors on execution. Sorry for any confusion). Watch each step of the process for errors and you should see the SD choice in mythtv-setup and use your email addy and the password that you setup on SD.

I would think that a fresh install would work best for this upgrade as there would be nothing custom that Cecil is unaware of to break the process.