Ubuntu mythtvfrontend on Windows WSLg

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zaphod
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Ubuntu mythtvfrontend on Windows WSLg

Post by zaphod »

Has anyone else experimented with Ubuntu 22.04 (Mythtv 0.32) on Windows 11, via WSLg?

It does work. ALSA audio does not work, but PulseAudio does.

My main issue with it - is that all of the themes are semi transparent, and through the glyphs, you see the windows behind. This doesn't happen when watching video content - except when a MythTV dialog box is on top.

I think that I could actually use it like this. But does anyone have any good suggestions for addressing the transparency issue?
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Re: Ubuntu mythtvfrontend on Windows WSLg

Post by pvrmine »

I have the generic Debian image running on WSL.

Mythfrontend went through its setup, but now it dies with a segfault.

None of the Error results appear to be contributing to the fatal result.

$ mythfrontend 2>&1 | egrep "Segmentation| E "
2023-01-10 09:32:15.825840 I Setup Segmentation fault handler
2023-01-10 09:32:18.320525 E Bonjour: Error: -65537
2023-01-10 09:32:18.320527 E Bonjour: Failed to register service.
2023-01-10 09:32:19.266557 E LIRC: Failed to connect to Unix socket '/var/run/lirc/lircd'
2023-01-10 09:32:20.478539 E CECAdapter: Failed to find any CEC devices.
Handling Segmentation fault

xclock and xterm do work.
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Re: Ubuntu mythtvfrontend on Windows WSLg

Post by pvrmine »

I now have a Windows 11 machine, and mythfrontend runs okay on its WSLg, with Debian underneath.

Sometimes it has audio issues that I have failed to replicate with CLI sound playback tools, and have also failed to cure completely. It gets occasional buffer underruns with Pulseaudio playback.
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