[mythtv-users] xorg-server-1.5 & Intel driver causing mythfrontend to segfault

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Non-xv profiles in mplayer do not crash. xv usage causes it.
>>>
>>> I'm not comfortable yet with how to change Myth to use OpenGL but
>>> possibly that will fix Myth in the short term if I Can't figure out
>>> what is causing this xv problem.
>>
>> That's good to know.
>>
>> BTW: I use smplayer, or the mplayer gui -- easier to quickly change
>> the video driver to test
>>
>> Easy to change:
>> setup>TV settings>>Playback>>Playback profiles
>>
>>
>>> BTW - I don't care if you top post or not. I just appreciate the help!
>>
>>
>> (well.. I didn't top post, I deleted the previous msg.. maybe someone
>> thought I top posted. Or, maybe the msg was directed at someone else.)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brad Fuller
>
> OK, that helped a little bit, for about 1 minute before it crashed
> again. The crash was sort of different, but a crash is a crash is a
> crash, right? I'm using libfmpeg, OpenGL and OpenGL2 for the settings.
> The profile I created has only 1 entry so I figure it must be working
> somewhat.
>
> Before it crashed Myth was putting all sort of junk in the middle of
> the playback screen so it wouldn't have been to watch, but it worked
> for about 1 minute. Then X was gone again. I tried it a second time.
> This time is just crashed immediately. The system still works though.
> I can switch to a console, log in a root and type reboot. I cannot
> read anything, but the machine is alive and the reboot is clean.
>
> After logging back in I see this in Xorg.0.log.old:
>
> (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 439
> (EE) intel(0): Failed to pin xv buffer
>
> Backtrace:
> 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x37) [0x812735f]
>
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
>
> (II) Logitech USB Receiver: Close
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (II) Logitech USB Receiver: Close
> (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
> (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
> (II) intel(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 0
> (II) intel(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 1
> (II) intel(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 2
> (II) intel(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 3
> (II) intel(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 4
> (II) intel(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 5
>
>   Anyway, thanks for the info. It helped, but this machine has
> troubles. I'm pretty sure it isn't a Myth issue anymore but mplayer
> did better with OpenGL on playback.
>

I have to say Mark, although I was once a gentoo fanboy, and ran myth
on it for a while, I found knoppmyth or mythbuntu to be better
solutions for myth. I got just too much of this sort of breakage on
gentoo for what is supposed to be an appliance!