[mythtv] Ticket #1272: preview or lcd qsocket related segfault

[Steven Adeff]

On 4/1/06, Jim Westfall <jwestfall at surrealistic.net> wrote:
> Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote [03.31.06]:
> > On 3/31/06, Paul Wheeler <paulrwheeler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Daniel
> > >
> > > This occurs on my single frontend/backend box (which also has an lcd
> > > screen) by disabling the lcd and recordings preview i havent seen it
> > > crash again, renabling lcd will cause it to crash, havent tried just
> > > the recording preview (it may be a red herring). When streaming to a
> > > remote frontend i do not experience crashes (with or without the lcd
> > > enabled). I just use the inbuilt myth protocols over g wireless with
> > > standard uk dvb streams.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > On 3/31/06, MythTV <mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org> wrote:
> > > > #1272: preview or lcd qsocket related segfault
> > > > ------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
> > > >  Reporter:  paulrwheeler at gmail.com  |        Owner:  danielk
> > > >      Type:  defect                  |       Status:  new
> > > >  Priority:  minor                   |    Milestone:  0.20
> > > > Component:  mythtv                  |      Version:  head
> > > >  Severity:  medium                  |   Resolution:
> > > > ------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
> > > > Comment (by danielk):
> > > >
> > > >  Are you by any chance using streaming between the backend and frontend,
> > > >  rather than an NFS/Samba share?
> > > >
> > > >  Jim Westfall recently reported a race condition in streaming, which might
> > > >  explain this segfault...
> > > >
> >
> > I've had this same issue, with the same fix, I opened a ticket
> > http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/1245 a while back with a few
> > backtraces and a comment from Isaac.
> >
> > Which sucks, cause I haven't had use of my LCD for a few weeks, it
> > just sits there with the LCDProc default message...
> >
>
> can you give the attached patch a try.
>
> jim

applied against fixes. so far so good. I'll let you know if it crashes.

I haven't noticed the LCD change off the clock though...

--
Steve