[mythtv-users] Myth works perfect! but sometimes it freezes when selecting "Watch Recording"
Brad DerManouelian
myth at dermanouelian.com
Fri Jul 11 15:23:41 UTC 2008
On Jul 11, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Kevin Robbins wrote:
> I have a big problem thats driving me crazy!
>
> setup is like this
>
>
> masterbackend server
>
> 3 frontends
>
> all of pc's run mythbuntu
>
> All of the frontends can watch live tv without a glitch, watch
> videos (nfs share on backend) with out a glitch
>
> 1 of the frontends can ALWAYS open "watch recordings"
>
> THIS IS THE PROBLEM
> 2 of the front ends intermittently freeze (lock up) when I select
> "Watch Recordings" requiring a restart.
> they do this for no apparent reason and quite regularly, I can
> schedule recordings fine, watch live tv, videos but when I select
> that "watch recording" menu option my blood boils!!
>
> looking for clues, to fix this.
>
> I can't be alone- I've tried all the choices to prompt for group
> filter etc and nothing seems to make a difference. Theres about 400
> recordings total but I don't see whay that matters because when it
> works its just instantaneous. But when it doesn't it DOESN'T it's
> just froze.
What does your frontend log say just before the freeze? I think
mythbuntu puts it here: /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log
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