[mythtv-users] Dealing with frequent crashes

[William Munson]

David wrote:
> MythTV has been crashing on me pretty frequently. How do I diagnose  
> the cause of the crash? The computer will completely freeze up. None  
> of the usual steps (ctrl + alt + backspace or ctrl + alt + f1) work.  
> I have to actually pull the power on the computer, which is probably  
> not such a great idea.
>   

If it was me, the first thing I would do is let memtest86 run for a few 
hours to see if your computer is stable. If it passes that test, post 
more details on your system, OS, mythtv version, etc.... Then we might 
be able to help.