[mythtv-users] Backend seems to be crashing frontend -- recurring problem??

[Roger Heflin]

Allen Edwards wrote:
> I am about to reinstall myth.  I can't see how else to solve this
> problem.  I hope I don't have to reinstall myth every two months.
> 
> The machine doesn't die, the thing just won't play the shows right, or
> X dies, or the frontend locks up.  I get this problem without anything
> locking up some times, just plays gray screen of junk.  I don't think
> it is the video card as it happens on two frontends with completely
> different setups.  Also, I can watch the video with mythweb while the
> machine is locked up.
> 
> dmesg last line looks bad:
> [27347.790313] mythfilldatabas[7652]: segfault at 56c518f9 eip
> 0817a5b8 esp b465101c error 4
> 
> any idea what that is about?

I would ignore that error.

Mine does that pretty much all of the time, and everything seems
to be working.   It probably means that there is just something
funny with mythfilldatabase that makes it crash.

                     Roger