further progress (and regress) on mythtv

[sunny-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org (Laura Conrad)]

I finally managed to set up the back end, and I can use mythweb, which
is a usable interface, to schedule recordings.

On my desktop, I managed to run the front end once or twice (not to
actually watch anything, but I did some configuring), but now it
crashes X whenever I start it.  This happens even if I do something
like "mythtv --reset" or "mythtv --help" that shouldn't be opening a
window.

The desktop machine is running ubuntu feisty, with the onboard video
(lspci says: 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]).  xorg.conf is using the ati
driver.

I have installed mythfrontend on the laptop (also ubuntu feisty), and
it runs, but when I try to watch either live tv or a recording, I just
get static.  Even on stations where "mplayer dvb:" will play a the
show fine.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix either the tv viewing on the laptop
or the X crash on the desktop?

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