[mythtv-users] frontend hangs

[Paul Harrison]

Jo Heremans wrote:
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> I have a strange problem. When I start the frontend it hangs after
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> prescaling the images. The last I see on the console is "Registering
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> Internal as a media playback plugin".
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> When I startup with logging (-v most), the last I see is :
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> "MediaMonitorUnix:GetCDROMBlockDevices() returning".
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> When I startup with loggin (-v all) mythfrontend starts !!!
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> This is a piece of the logfile
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.161 MediaMonitorUnix::GetCDROMBlockDevices() returning
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.164 MMUnix::GetDeviceFile(/sys/block/sr0/bdi)no record
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> for '/block/sr0/bdi' in database
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.164 MMUnix::GetDeviceFile(/sys/block/sr0/bdi) ->
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.164 MediaMonitorUnix::GetCDROMBlockDevices() returning
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.167 MMUnix::GetDeviceFile(/sys/block/sr0/power)no 
> record
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> for '/block/sr0/power' in database
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.167 MMUnix::GetDeviceFile(/sys/block/sr0/power) ->
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.167 MediaMonitorUnix::GetCDROMBlockDevices() returning
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.170 MMUnix::GetDeviceFile(/sys/block/sr0) -> /dev/scd0
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.170 MMUnix::AddDevice() - not adding /dev/scd0
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>                          because it appears to be a duplicate of /dev/scd0
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> 2008-09-17 22:38:08.170 Initial device list...
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> /dev/scd0 (TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203D  )
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>  
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>   

You don't say what version you are using but it sound like this problem:-
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5725

If you are using trunk try updating.

Paul H.