[mythtv-users] apt-get upgrade = borked mythtv

[Kevin Kuphal]

Chris Trown wrote:

> Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>
>> Tom Hines wrote:
>>
>>> Hello.  I did an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade today and now my
>>> system is borked.  I can't play any video files -- no recordings or
>>> other.  I get one second of audio and a blank screen.  I see no error
>>> messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.  My
>>> system locks up with X taking up 99% cpu.  I have to kill  X to get
>>> back to mythtv.  I tried running mplayer and xine from the command
>>> line and I get the same symptom.  Mythbackend seems to be recording
>>> away as usual, though.  I just can't watch any recordings.  Too bad, I
>>> really want to watch the latest nip-tuck.
>>>  
>>>
>> Word to the wise (and I'm sure this doesn't help you much now), but I 
>> think you're much better off keeping to the "if it ain't broke dont' 
>> fix it" philosophy with the underlying components that MythTV relies 
>> on such as the OS, QT, drivers, etc.  Unless you had some reason to 
>> upgrade every component in your system at once, I'd say, leave well 
>> enough alone.
>>
>
>
>      Good advice.  However, there are times when it's necessary. 
> Security being a good reason.  Running a system with vulnerable 
> binaries is asking for trouble.  Yes, even if you are behind a firewall.
>
>      On machines where I care about not "bork"ing the system, I do a 
> "yum check-update" first and see what yum is going to install.  If 
> something might break the application on the system, I use more caution.
>
No one can convince me that security fixes fall into the *necessary* 
category on my MythTV system that sits behind my hardware firewall with 
no accessibility to the outside world. 

Kevin