MePo hangs/crashes if started w/o DirectX

[rsbrux]

TV-Server Version: n/a
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0 RC1 SVN
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo wide
Windows Version: XP MCE RU2
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz
HDD: Samsung 250GB
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: FSC Scaleo E
Motherboard Chipset: Fujitsu Siemens
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 6600
Video Card Driver: 8.1.9.7
Sound Card: Realtek High Def. Audio
Sound Card AC3: no AC3
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5319
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR-1300 MCE
1. TV Card Type: hybrid (only analog section in use)
1. TV Card Driver: 2.119.25023.0
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV Decoder Filter
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA Decoder Filter
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Telezug (WWZ) Switzerland
HTPC Case: FSC Scaleo E
Cooling: OEM
Power Supply: OEM
Remote: PDAwin.com TVRC 5.5
TV: InFocus TD40p
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI

SVN-snapshot from: MediaPortal-svn--09-18-2007--01-02-Rev15947.exe

error description:
1. start mediaportal in fullscreen mode
2. error dialog appears, concealed by splash screen
3. click OK
4. MePo continues to load
5. Desktop displays w/o toolbar
6. close MePo (w/Alt-F4, since no GUI appears)
7. Crash error dialog appears

desired behaviour:
MePo should display 1st error dialog w/o splash screen, then exit gracefully, when OK is clicked.

attachments:
rsbrux.zip
contains screenshots and logs from MediaPortal-svn--09-16-2007--01-02-Rev15917.exe
behaviour is the same in newest SVN (see above)

[ronilse]

Hi,
This it's not a MP bug but a skin bug, please post this in MePo thread instead. Only BlueTwo & BlueTwo Wide can be changed by the MP Team

Regards
Roy

[rsbrux]

Hi Roy,
Thanks for responding, but I don't understand your answer. Which MePo thread do you mean? The observed symptoms *were* with BlueTwo & BlueTwo wide.

[Mr Hipp]

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video driver provided by the hardware manufacturer. Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer.

Thats why. DirectX is a must. Please read the requirements.

[Paranoid Delusion]

Try updating your Nvidia Driver, as Mr Hip says, it is showing as not installed correctly.

Regards

[ronilse]

Hi,
rsbrux, this it's MePo, thats one of the skins MP have

Regards
Roy

[rsbrux]

Originally Posted by Paranoid Delusion

Try updating your Nvidia Driver, as Mr Hip says, it is showing as not installed correctly.

You are absolutely right, the nVidia driver was not installed at the time. However, I still expect MePo to give a legible error message and exit gracefully, if it cannot run.

Originally Posted by ronilse

rsbrux, this it's MePo, thats one of the skins MP have

Thanks, but I prefer to stick with the standard skins. I wasn't aware that there is a skin called "MePo". I was just using MePo as an abbreviation for Media Portal, as MP seems quite ambiguous ("Member of Parliament" for a Brit!)