[mythtv] Mythfrontend hang with CVS

Bob Cottingham bob at bobnvic.com
Tue Jun 8 10:47:00 EDT 2004


James Armstrong wrote:
> Mark wrote:
>>> On Monday 07 June 2004 10:11 am, Mark wrote:
>>>> Mythfrontend is hanging up just before the icons come up using an
>>>> CVS after June 3. Changing the resolution to 800x600 I see that it
>>>> is hangin up at  98% while "Prescaling theme images".
>>>>
>> Here is the output from gdb... As Frode said, disablinng Media
>> Monitoring fixes the problem
>>
> I am having this problem also. Where do I disable the MediaMonitoring
> setting? I remember seeing it in the frontend settings, but I can't get
> there because of the lockup.

go into mysql and issue the following:

UPDATE settings SET data='0' where value='MonitorDrives';

It took me about three passes through the 300+ settings to spot
"MonitorDrives".  After making the change my mythfrontend came right up. 
Hopes this helps.

Bob



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