> > When starting VDR, the info banner showing the channel, what's on, > > etc. is normally displayed for a few seconds. Well it just occurred > > to me that it's not being displayed at all. When I start VDR, I get > > the video playing, and that's it - no interface. > > > > I've also discovered that SVDRP isn't working. The log says that it's > > running on port 2001, but netstat doesn't show anything listening on > > 2001. > > > > I started looking through the code, and it looks like the input > > routines and the SVDRP socket construction are all tied to the > > interface class. This leads me to believe that fixing whatever is > > causing the interface not to show up may fix the input and SVDRP > > problems. > > > > Another interesting thing - If I don't load ANY plugins, SVDRP will > > start (netstat shows it listening on 2001). Of course it won't accept > > any input, but at least the socket is there. If I load a plugin > > (remote, for example, but I've verified it with others, also) the > > socket doesn't show up. > > > Hm - just a wild guess: Please verify that you have > export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 > line in your start vdr script (runvdr or whatever you use). > I do. In fact, I looked into that once I discovered the above items. It does seem to lend itself to some kind of threading problem, though. I just can't imagine why. Benj