[mythtv] mythtv stops recording new shows on amd64

Mike McLean libolt at libolt.net
Sun Dec 19 04:51:59 UTC 2004 

Hi,

I have 20 gigs free on the partition holding the recordings and 3.9 gigs
free on the partition holding the mysql DB.

Is it possible that 512 MB of ram is not enough for recording with a
PVR-250 and a BT-848/878 card at the same time?
 
MIke

On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 22:31 -0500, Paul Barrette wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >Out of Memory: Killed process 2718 (mythfilldatabas).
> Looks interesting to me.  Are sure your disk is not full or the
> partition on which mysql is storing the DB is not full?
> 
> Pb
> 
> 
> On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 15:21:44 -0700, Mike McLean <libolt at libolt.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Sorry for replying to my own post, but I think I have some information
> > that may be useful.  I checked my logs again and found this:
> > 
> > oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
> > DMA per-cpu:
> > cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
> > cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
> > Normal per-cpu:
> > cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
> > cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
> > HighMem per-cpu: empty
> > 
> > Free pages:        1524kB (0kB HighMem)
> > Active:81933 inactive:30061 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:381
> > slab:10422 mapped:111890 pagetables:1221
> > DMA free:20kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB active:5264kB inactive:5196kB
> > present:16384kB
> > protections[]: 0 0 0
> > Normal free:1504kB min:696kB low:1392kB high:2088kB active:322468kB
> > inactive:115048kB present:507072kB
> > protections[]: 0 0 0
> > HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB active:0kB inactive:0kB
> > present:0kB
> > protections[]: 0 0 0
> > DMA: 1*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB
> > 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 20kB
> > Normal: 108*4kB 44*8kB 5*16kB 2*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB
> > 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1504kB
> > HighMem: empty
> > Swap cache: add 142638, delete 142638, find 3195/4099, race 0+0
> > Out of Memory: Killed process 2478 (mythbackend).
> > oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
> > DMA per-cpu:
> > cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
> > cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
> > Normal per-cpu:
> > cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
> > cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
> > HighMem per-cpu: empty
> > 
> > Free pages:         716kB (0kB HighMem)
> > Active:111372 inactive:664 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:179
> > slab:10534 mapped:112050 pagetables:1176
> > DMA free:20kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB active:10360kB inactive:36kB
> > present:16384kB
> > protections[]: 0 0 0
> > Normal free:696kB min:696kB low:1392kB high:2088kB active:435128kB
> > inactive:2620kB present:507072kB
> > protections[]: 0 0 0
> > HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB active:0kB inactive:0kB
> > present:0kB
> > protections[]: 0 0 0
> > DMA: 5*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB
> > 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 20kB
> > Normal: 70*4kB 2*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB
> > 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 696kB
> > HighMem: empty
> > Swap cache: add 144830, delete 144830, find 3495/4569, race 0+0
> > Out of Memory: Killed process 2718 (mythfilldatabas).
> > 
> > I hope this helps.  If there's anything I can do to help debug the
> > problem let me know.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 10:49 -0700, Mike McLean wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm having a recurring problem with mythtv that appeared in 0.16 as well
> > > as CVS, which I am using now, on the amd64 platform.  I have it compiled
> > > and installed just fine.  This is running debian-amd64 with kernel
> > > 2.6.9-9-amd64-k8 provided by Debian.
> > >
> > > The problem is that mythtv will work fine for a while and record a few
> > > shows to completion.  Then it'll stop recording shows altogether even
> > > though it has them scheduled to be recorded.
> > >
> > > Also the mythweb interface stops working nad gives errors like the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > User Notice at /home/libolt/mythtv/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php,
> > > line 133:
> > > Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 'MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 14':
> > > ________________________________________________________________________
> > >
> > > ________________________________________________________________________
> > > Fatal Error at /home/libolt/mythtv/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php,
> > > line 32:
> > > Unable to connect to mythbackend, is it running?
> > >
> > > The system administrator has been notified and the problem will be
> > > remedied shortly.
> > >
> > >
> > > Now mythbackend is still running.  If I kill it and run it again, mythtv
> > > works for a little while before doing the same thing.
> > >
> > > I haven't seen any errors in the mythbackend log either.  The following
> > > is some of the last lines recorded to the log last night.
> > >
> > > 2004-12-17 00:00:00.535 Found changes in the todo list.
> > > 2004-12-17 00:00:01.266 Scheduled 142 items in 0.7 seconds.
> > > 2004-12-17 00:17:57.217 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> > > 2004-12-17 00:17:57.224 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> > > 2004-12-17 00:47:45.103 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> > > 2004-12-17 00:47:45.103 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> > > 2004-12-17 00:48:30.671 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> > > 2004-12-17 00:48:30.671 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> > > 2004-12-17 00:49:39.117 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> > > 2004-12-17 00:49:39.118 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> > > 2004-12-17 00:50:52.813 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> > > 2004-12-17 00:50:52.814 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > 
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