[mythtv-users] MythDora 10 fresh install - frontend segfault

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 31 January 2009 14:44:35 Jacob Steenhagen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Andrew Burgess <aab at cichlid.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 16:00 -0500, Jacob Steenhagen wrote:
> > > Jan 31 15:45:43 mythtv kernel: mythfrontend[6159]: segfault at 35a0300
> > > ip 035a0300 sp af54f35c error 4 in libFLAC.so.8.2.0[35e7000+3e000]
> > > ----------- End Paste -----------
> > > It always seems to be a different library that's listed at the end, so
> >
> > I'm really not sure
> >
> > > where to go from here. I've checked 'yum update' and it says my system
> > > is
> >
> > up to date.
> >
> > Random segfaults can be a symptom of memory problems.
> > Anything change recently? (overclock in BIOS, new memory, loose memory)
> > memtest86?
> > HTH
>
> I added a new tuner card (the HVR 1250) and a larger hard drive. I also
> completely reformatted the box. It's random, but it's not. The same action
> causes it ever time (exiting from viewing video). It doesn't matter if I
> just booted the box, started live TV and exited 5 seconds later or if I've
> been running for a while, go to Live TV, spend some time there (changing
> channels, wishing it had sound, etc) then exit. It's not until I exit that
> the crash happens. So while it's different modules being recorded in the
> syslog, it's the same action causing it.
>
> I suppose it's possible it's crashing when I go into the video and I just
> don't notice it until I exit, but the OSD works fine (not sure if that's
> related the the frontend process or not).

It's possible hat with new irtems in the case you are now pushing the capacity 
of your PSU. Something to think about.

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