[mythtv] Problem with mythtv on a G3 imac - segfault

[Carl Fongheiser]

On Jan 21, 2008 6:08 AM, Simon Allcorn <simon.allcorn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> slightly off topic question - I'm trying to get a mythtv frontend running
> on a imac ppcG3 (500Mhz). It's running Ubuntu and I installed the standard
> myth frontend package using the package manager (myth backend  (same
> version) is running on a x86 dell box and has been working fine for sometime
> now). When I try to start mythfrontend it works fine, but then if I try to
> watch live tv or a recording it segfaults. After some googling it seems that
> there is a problem with the G3 because a cache can become corrupt on the CPU
> (sorry it's all a bit vague - it was a couple of weeks ago I ran into this
> issue).
>
> Anyway, I then tried to compile myth from source and after installing all
> dependencies gcc gave the same segfault. Next though was to re-compile the
> kernel with the pesky cache disabled (this is a kernel option), but - guess
> what ? gcc seg-faulted and I can not build a new kernel !
>
> I'm not familiar with this cache issue you refer to, but I'd suggest that
you might be wasting your time.  I've built MythTV on my 450 MHz G4.  While
it works, I'd hardly call it usable.

Carl Fongheiser
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