[mythtv-users] Unstable mythtv with Ubuntu 9.04 (, readStringList errors)

[Peter Hocking]

mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:33:01 +0100
> From: Andrew Herron <totallymaxed at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Unstable mythtv with Ubuntu 9.04 (
> 	readStringList errors)
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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> Hi,
>
> We're running 32bit Mythbuntu 9.04 with updates & updated with the 'avenard'
> vdpau stable release and we have not seen any such instability. I wonder
> whether your problems could be related to the 64bit build? Just a thought...
>
> All the best
>
> Andrew
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM, TigerGutt <tigergud at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello fellow mythtv'ians.
>>
>> I had my mythtv working flawlessly for the last 2 years.
>> Some time ago I finaly upgraded my box from Ubuntu 8.10 -> 9.04
>>
>> The upgrade went smooth and everything seems to play well.
>> After some time I noted that myth "hangs" after a while.
>>
>> I can't change channel and after some time and error message comes up
>> telling me it lost connection with the backend.
>>
>> After some work I managed to find the following relevant messages in the
>> log that happends with the hang.
>>
>> 2009-07-31 00:23:23.232 MythSocket(17576b0:26): readStringList: Error,
>> timeout (quick).
>> 2009-07-31 00:23:23.232 Connection to backend server lost
>> 2009-07-31 00:23:23.234 Connecting to backend server: 10.0.0.111:6543 (try
>> 1 of 5)
>> 2009-07-31 00:23:23.234 Using protocol version 40
>> 2009-07-31 00:23:23.240 MythSocket(fcfbe0:26): writeStringList: Error,
>> invalid string list.
>>
>> 2009-07-31 00:31:17.575 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> localhost
>> 2009-07-31 00:31:17.578 MythSocket(7fb6d0001b30:-1): writeStringList:
>> Error, socket went unconnected.
>> 2009-07-31 01:52:31.627 Connection to backend server lost
>> 2009-07-31 01:52:31.629 Connecting to backend server: 10.0.0.111:6543 (try
>> 1 of 5)
>> 2009-07-31 01:52:38.630 MythSocket(2f732c0:26): readStringList: Error,
>> timeout (quick).
>> 2009-07-31 01:52:38.630 Protocol version check failure. The response to
>> MYTH_PROTO_VERSION was empty.
>> 2009-07-31 01:52:38.631 Reconnection to backend server failed
>>
>> I was running http://www.avenard.org/files/ubuntu-repos awesome fork.
>> I have now tried the follwing:
>>
>> - clean reinstall og 9.04 on an own disk.
>> - new mythconverg database.
>> - Vanilla Ubuntu -fixes package
>> - weekly thunk builds
>> - svn (thrunk)
>>
>> All give the same symtoms after a while.
>>
>> About my setup:
>>
>> - Ubuntu 9.04 64bit
>> - 2 gig ram
>> - Intel 6600 quad
>> - Nvidia 9500
>> - 2 DVB-C cards
>> - Loads of disk
>>
>> I run both backend and frontend on the same box.
>>
>>
>>     
I've been running the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 9.04 with the fixes 
branch of MythTV without any of these issues. Could it be a hardware issue?

Regards,

Peter