DIFFERENT black screen -- main SageTV menu

[dragon]

The system was working fine with 1.4.10 (registered), and does again if I uninstall 2.0 and reinstall 1.4.10.

I've tried 2.0.11b, 2.0.14b and 2.0.15. Was ok with 2.0.11b, except I really use my mouse, so I went back to 1.4.10.

With 2.0.14b and 2.0.15b, I see the startup splash screenn for SageTV and the status changes as it loads and loads the video library.

But, then the screen goes black. I have SageTV set to come up in full-screen, so I get full-screen black. Alt-Escape does show me the Windows taskbar, etc., so I know I haven't crashed the computer. When I switch back to SageTV, it still stays black.

This is NOT the LiveTV issue people have mentioned -- I never get that far. I'd call this the Home screen.

Procedure:
1. I stopped SageTV 1.4.10
2. I copied c:\program files\frey technologies to a different drive as a backup.
3. I installed 2.0.15 into c:\program file\frey technologies
4. I rebooted
5. I started SageTV. It showed that it was starting the 2.0 beta
6. Instead of the home menu, I got a black screen -- black full screen in full screen mode or a black window in windowed mode
7. I uninstalled 2.0.15b, rebooted, reinstalled 1.4.10 and all was well.

But, for now, 2.0.15b (and 2.0.14b) are totally unusable for me.

System:
Abit AN7, AMD XP 2500+, 512MB PC3200, two Hauppauge PVR-250's, Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 8xAGP, Seagate 160GB.

Any ideas?

Terry Stockdale 4/3/04

[stanger89]

Do you have DirectX 9 installed? It sounds like you're having a problem with 3D accelleration.

[dragon]

Thanks for the help stanger89.

I had DirectX 9.0b installed, but I downloaded it and ran the install again. Upon booting, SageTV 2.0.15beta started up. I crossed my fingers. The Main Menu showed up. The recordings showed up. The music showed up.

I LIKE IT! I use my mouse with SageTV, so I really like that the mouse has been implemented now.

dragon/Terry

[waffle]

I am having the same problem (with RC1). Reinstalling DircetX did not help, however. What should I try next?

[fasteddielv]

I had a simular experience, turns out that after completely uninstalling Sage then reinstall all is well, almost, it feezes every now and then. Pause, then play brings it back to life.

[stanger89]

waffle,

Try setting this line to false:
ui/accelerated_rendering=false

It looks like it should disable 3D accelleration, but it's only a guess so back up the file first. And as always, change the file with sage closed.