[mythtv-users] strange behavior

Ben Lancaster lists at benlancaster.co.uk
Tue Apr 10 07:53:50 UTC 2007


On 10 Apr 2007, at 03:45, Tim Beck wrote:

> i noticed mythweb was saying that 'data directory is not writable by
> www-data'. then i went to mythtv to view recordings. i got the master
> backend server down message. so i ssh'd in as mythtv user. su'd to  
> give
> the 'shutdown -r now' command. it said that i couldn't do it cause  
> only
> the root user could. i've never had a problem like that before. so  
> i hit
> the button to do a hard reboot. that was it. it would not reboot. i  
> got
> error message after error message.
>
> any ideas on what could cause this? i'm not too confident in my  
> hardware
> as it is an old pc and the fans sound pretty bad at times. but, i'm  
> also
> concerned that someone is gaining access to my mythbox and  
> compromising
> it. i just installed it 2 weeks ago from scratch, and it has  
> completely
> crashed.
>
> i'm looking for some ideas. reinstalling every 2 weeks is not an  
> option.
> i need to find the cause of the problem before my next install.

Sounds to me like your kernel panicked somewhere along the line -  
check /var/log/messages or dmesg and see if anything shows up.

I experienced similar symptoms caused by random USB disconnects and  
my Nova-T tuner that were fixed by an update to 2.6.20-4

Just my 1p

ben


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