[mythtv-users] MythTV backend crashing constantly (SOLVED)

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Mon Nov 5 15:21:49 UTC 2007


Steve Skarda wrote:
> 
> On 11/5/07, *Steve Skarda* <steveskarda at gmail.com
> <mailto:steveskarda at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>      I upgraded to the development truck weekly build of Mythbuntu and
>     my problem has not resurfaced yet.  It has been 24 hours with no
>     crash which is promising but I won't feel like it is really fixed
>     until I see it run for several days without a crash. 
> 
> 
> Drats!   Sending out this note jinxed me.  I just got a monit notice
> stating that my backend crashed.  Certainly, this must be a problem with
> my system, not Mythtv.   Do I rebuild it up from scratch?  Ugh.

Check your logs to see if you can determine the cause of the crash. If
that doesn't show anything I'd start by making sure you do not have a
hardware problem - test the RAM, make sure cooling is adequate - all the
"usual suspects".

beww


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