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

[Steven Adeff]

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...

--
Steve