so I was playing with the appearance settings and now after the theme is resized it goes black.

I can see the edges and can hit alt+x to bring up virtual terminal but the theme is locked.

is there a config somewhere and what are the default setting I need to change?

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how do i use that?

besides i think it has moe to do with me changing from QT to open gl

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Easiest would be using an alternate virtual console or an ssh session and logging in as root. You could also boot into single user mode or use the CD as a rescue disk.

The technique demonstrated in that script with the mysql commands is general. You can just as easily use it to change any setting. You can also use the MythWeb tools page to poke at settings or Webmin.

I dont have a clue what your trying to say...

all I see there is a script.

is the a config file somewhere that I can change from OPEN GL to QT?

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Hauppauge PVR-350 (tv-out)
SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime
16X memorex DVD drive

I got VERY lucky and it just started displaying very slowly... soI fixed the setting

not exactly the easy or repeatable way, but it worked

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Hauppauge PVR-350 (tv-out)
SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime
16X memorex DVD drive

The repeatable way is to edit the database directly (as tjc's post hinted at). Specifically, you would want to change the value of ThemePainter for the affected hostname in the settings table. Something like:
Of course, insert all "You can damage your DB if you're not careful..." disclaimers here...

I'm trying to decide if you're just jerking my chain or if not how much basic information to backfill. Time to take a cue from Napolean and Oscar Wilde here and assume ignorance...

MythWeb is the web interface to the MythTV application. It is setup automatically at install time. It allows you to use a web browser to do various things like look at listings, schedule recordings, check the system status, and modify certain settings.

Webmin is a web interface for systems administration. It is installed as part of the KnoppMyth system but not enabled by default. You can find instructions for enabling it here: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=WebminHowTo Among other things it provides a GUI interface to the mysql database.

To use a script you need to grab the text and put it in a Unix text file on the machine in question. There are too many ways to do this for me to cover here (you can find information about this on the wiki). Once you've got it on the system you can run it from a command shell prompt (CLI). Again there are so many ways of getting to a command prompt that it's beyond the scope of this kind of posting. The key thing is that scripts are just lists of commands which you can even enter manually at a command prompt.

Now that we have that background covered... Almost all of the configuration settings for the MythhTV application (versus the KnoppMyth system) are kept in the MythConverg database schema in mysql, mostly in the "settings" table. To change these you have any of the several options outlined previously and expanded below.

-> You can use the MythWeb interface under settings at http://<IP-ADDR-OF-YOUR-KM-BOX-HERE>/mythweb/settings/settings to modify the "ThemePainter" setting.

-> You can enable and use the Webmin mysql interface at https://<IP-ADDR-OF-YOUR-KM-BOX-HERE>:10000/mysql/edit_dbase.cgi?db=mythconverg

-> You can use the mysql utility, following the example commands in the script, to change the settings from the command line.

If you are a lost cause when it comes to the command line I would probably recommend the first approach. It's far more limited since you can only change things in the one table and can't ask the system what the possible values are, but it will work just fine for issues like this.

I wasnt jerking your chain... this time anyway

thanks for the info, I'll have to figure it out so I can tweak this stuff next time

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MSI K8MM-V Micro ATX motherboard
3100+ socket 754 AMD Semperon
1GB DDR ram
1TB WD Green Hdd
Hauppauge PVR-350 (tv-out)
SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime
16X memorex DVD drive