[mythtv] mythmusic question (again)

Michael J. Sherman msherman at dsbox.com
Wed Mar 5 17:16:13 EST 2003


Thanks Isaac!  I'll do this tonight and report back.  I appreciate your 
attention to this.


Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 March 2003 04:37 pm, Michael J. Sherman wrote:
> 
>>So, basically, if I were to play a 5-minute song, I would only be able
>>to see GUI updates and interact with it at about the 45-second mark, the
>>1:30 mark, the 2:15 mark, etc.  So if I'm playing a song and I want to
>>quit out, I can hit escape, but I have to wait for the next GUI update
>>for that escape key event to actually reach the playback box and quit
>>playing.
> 
> 
> Ok.  Could you just verify that it's still broken with _current_ cvs (just 
> committed a change, but I don't think that'll help).  If it is, here's what 
> you need to do to debug it:
> 
>  - recompile mythmusic for debugging (settings.pro)
>  - run the debug binary inside of gdb
>  - when the UI freezes, hit ctl-c to break out of it.
>  - type 'info threads' at the prompt.. there _should_ be 4 threads currently 
> running..  I'd like to see a backtrace from each.
>   - switch to thread 1 by typing 'thread 1', get a backtrace by 'bt full'
>   - rinse, repeat for each running thread.
> 
> That might help, and, well, it might not.  I dunno :(
> 
> Isaac

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