[mythtv-commits] Ticket #10247: Mythfrontend intermittently missing menu on first launch

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#10247: Mythfrontend intermittently missing menu on first launch
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 Reporter:  Alex Rasmussen <ar@…>           |          Owner:
     Type:  Bug Report - Hang/Deadlock      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major                           |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - General                |        Version:  0.24.1
 Severity:  medium                          |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  mythfrontend missing menu       |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by xentac@…):

 I am seeing the same thing, but I'm running using Zotac with Arch Linux on
 it.  I narrowed this exact problem down to a hanging pulseaudio check.  I
 will attach my log showing that the last thing that happens is a "ps -ae |
 grep pulseaudio" being launched.

 If I run mythfrontend with strace, the process never hangs.  Without
 strace it probably hangs 50-70% of the time.  If I strace the hanging
 process, nothing is happening at all to it, it is stuck in the R state if
 I look at it through ps.

 If I kill the forked process everything seems to work (I'm not actually
 running pulseaudio).  Similar hangs can happen when I actually go to watch
 video, because the same IsPulseAudioRunning call is made.

 I don't know how else to debug this problem, can anyone offer any advice?

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