[mythtv-users] mythbackend still eats memory: the current status

Udo van den Heuvel udovdh at xs4all.nl
Wed Jan 7 16:44:45 UTC 2009


Steve Daniels wrote:
> 2009/1/7 Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh at xs4all.nl>:
>> Steve Daniels wrote:
>>> you tried a different distro/fresh install to eliminate a
>>> configuration quirk of your current system that is causing valgrind
>>> not to work?
>> Valgrind ran bu the load of mythbackend *AND** valgrind was too much.
>> I wrote about that.
>> How can a distro help here?
>> Or does valgrind need much optimisation when building it?
> 
> I remember now, sorry about that, a lighter weight setup might help
> but it'd likely take too long to get it running. Consider moving the
> entire setup to the more powerful machine and using the EN12000 as
> your desktop for a short while?

Not so possible.
I didn't build a Phenom setup with 4G and 4-drive raid5 to waste watts 
while my desktop crawls?

>> OK, so how do I do that without moving the DVB card?
> 
> Same way anyone else would, buy another one :-) 

80 euro? I spent less on the multirec feature.

> Both of these suggestions require investment of either or both of two
> resources, your time and/or money. (Or someone elses, but no one else
> seems driven enough by the problems so it seems it's up to you :-)

Hmmm. If only I could get a virtual tuner (or virtual signal) I could 
virtualbox the whole thing.

Udo


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