[mythtv-users] How stable is your myth setup?

[Tony Maro]

Sabin Dang wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I was curious to see how stable everyone else's myth setup is.  I 
> personally have to restart myth backend every 3 - 4 days.  I run a 
> redhat 9 system with the 2.4.20 kernel,pvr250 (ivtv version 0.1.9), 
> ALSA, geforce4 for video out, and myth .14 (setup using jarod's 
> excellent guide).
> 
> Is my four day myth uptime common?  If not what is the longest your myth 
> setup has gone without requiring user intervention (and what are the 
> specs of your setup)?
> 

I've gone two weeks without killing it recently.  The last time I had to 
kill it was related to using fastforward (not skip).  It froze.  I 
unmapped the FFWD, RWD buttons in Lirc to disable use of that and 
haven't had a problem since.

AMD 1800 XP
256 MB PC2700 RAM
2 x 80 GB HD's (one for DIVX, MP3's and OS, the other for TV recordings)
Shuttle Crappola® mobo (wouldn't recommend on an enemy)
ATI TV Wonder VE
Voodoo3 3500 TV card (for TV-out)
Case with power supply that doesn't fit:
http://tony.maro.net/images/myth.jpg
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
no keyboard
Sanyo 27" TV

A client is supposed to give me a GF4-MX440 card that will probably 
become the new TV out so I can do overscan.

-Tony Maro