[mythtv-users] LiveTV locks up and crashes

Marc Chamberlin marc at marcchamberlin.com
Wed Jan 28 05:44:01 UTC 2009


Well I didn't get any takers to answer this so will repost with some 
additional info -

I believe these crashes are most likely to happen when I am trying to 
watch a show while it is being recorded. As least that seems to be an 
empirical observation..  When this last happened I also had an 
additional problem, I tried to shut off the recording process by going 
to the menu and telling MythTV to stop recording. I tried several 
different methods to shut off the recording but MythTV totally ignored 
my requests and continued to record the show! I even exited MythTV, 
restarted the backend and then restarted the front end only to find it 
was still trying to record the show. And if I said to go ahead and watch 
it, it would freeze up on me in a few seconds. So something is amiss 
with trying to watch the show while recording it...  What is the proper 
way to shut off a recording anywise, it does not appear to be obvious to 
me now?  Hope this will shed some light on the problem..

    Marc...


Marc Chamberlin wrote:
> Hi -  I am experiencing an occasional problem with watching live TV in 
> that it will suddenly freeze up and stop. I have a Hauppauge 350 PVR 
> card, running under SuSE11.1 linux. This is a single computer so both 
> the backend and the frontend are running on the same computer. Often 
> (but not always) I can hit the escape key and after a minute or so 
> MythTV will return to the main menu. From there sometimes (but again 
> not always) I can click on Watch TV and it will start back up. 
> Sometimes it will just exit completely and sometimes when I try that 
> it fails to restart and comes back to the main screen. When that 
> happens I can often just restart the backend and it will work for 
> awhile....
>
> Below is a copy of the MythTV log file for the backend taken around 
> the time when a few of these freezes occurred. Could some kind guru 
> take a look at it and decipher it for me? I could make some guesses 
> but probably better if an expert takes a look instead... Dunno what 
> other info is needed but will be glad to supply... Thanks in advance 
> for any and all help offered!
>
>   Marc...
>
> more crashlog.txt
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2009-01-22 21:05:01.554 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2009-01-22 21:05:01.590 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:05:01.670 New DB scheduler connection
> 2009-01-22 21:05:01.707 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:05:02.975 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2009-01-22 21:05:03.006 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-01-22 21:05:03.039 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-01-22 21:05:03.074 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:05:04.745 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2009-01-22 21:05:04.819 Scheduled 17 items in 0.1 = 0.04 match + 0.03 
> place
> 2009-01-22 21:05:04.869 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2009-01-22 21:05:11.775 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
> in :/share/Movies/dvd:
> 2009-01-22 21:05:11.808 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 0 objects
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.566 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.599 adding: nova as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.633 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.666 adding: nova as a client (events: 1)
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.705 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.733 adding: nova as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.768 TVRec(1): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2009-01-22 21:05:17.804 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
> 2009-01-22 21:05:18.962 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:05:18.974 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Warning: Audio sample 
> rate 32000 Hz
>                        is not supported by ivtv driver, using 48000 Hz 
> instead.
> 2009-01-22 21:05:30.119 TFW, Error: Write() -- IOBOUND begin cnt(2048) 
> free(2047)
> 2009-01-22 21:05:38.669 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2009-01-22 21:06:07.936 TFW, Error: Write() -- IOBOUND end
> 2009-01-22 21:06:08.171 Finished recording Supernatural "Criss Angel 
> Is a Douche Bag": chann
> el 1005
> 2009-01-22 21:06:08.252 MythSocket(b1f0c070:-1): writeStringList: 
> Error, socket went unconne
> cted.
> Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy
> 2009-01-22 21:06:28.517 DB Error (Error in JobQueue::GetJobCmd()):
> Query was:
> SELECT cmds FROM jobqueue WHERE id = 13;
> Driver error was [2/2006]:
> QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
> Database error was:
> MySQL server has gone away
>
> 2009-01-22 21:06:28.568 DB Error (Error in JobQueue::ChangeJobStatus()):
> Query was:
> UPDATE jobqueue SET status = 4, comment = '15% Completed @ 56.4388 
> fps.' WHERE id = 13;
> Driver error was [2/2006]:
> QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
> Database error was:
> MySQL server has gone away
>
> 2009-01-22 21:07:35.492 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-01-22 21:07:36.727 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-01-22 21:07:37.217 Using localhost value of nova
> 2009-01-22 21:07:37.647 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-01-22 21:07:37.911 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:07:38.246 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-01-22 21:07:38.315 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:07:38.410 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-01-22 21:07:38.508 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:07:38.753 Current Schema Version: 1214
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2009-01-22 21:07:39.951 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2009-01-22 21:07:40.194 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:07:40.689 New DB scheduler connection
> 2009-01-22 21:07:40.726 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:07:42.097 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2009-01-22 21:07:42.318 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-01-22 21:07:42.369 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-01-22 21:07:42.445 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:07:43.837 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2009-01-22 21:07:44.361 Scheduled 17 items in 0.5 = 0.37 match + 0.15 
> place
> 2009-01-22 21:07:44.543 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2009-01-22 21:07:50.968 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
> in :/share/Movies/dvd:
> 2009-01-22 21:07:51.086 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 0 objects
> 2009-01-22 21:08:00.823 Expiring 6 MBytes for 1005 @ Thu Jan 22 
> 21:00:00 2009 => Supernatura
> l "Criss Angel Is a Douche Bag"
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.340 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.408 adding: nova as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.434 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.459 adding: nova as a client (events: 1)
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.487 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.542 adding: nova as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.591 TVRec(1): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2009-01-22 21:08:18.623 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
> 2009-01-22 21:08:20.112 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:08:20.126 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Warning: Audio sample 
> rate 32000 Hz
>                        is not supported by ivtv driver, using 48000 Hz 
> instead.
> 2009-01-22 21:08:50.872 JobQueue: Commercial Flagging Starting for 
> Smallville "Bulletproof"
> recorded from channel 1005 at Thu Jan 22 20:00:00 2009
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.090 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.206 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.284 Using localhost value of nova
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.340 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.375 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.404 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.438 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.475 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.505 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.646 Connecting to backend server: 
> 192.168.2.20:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.689 Using protocol version 40
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.723 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.756 adding: nova as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.791 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2009-01-22 21:08:51.823 adding: nova as a client (events: 1)
> 2009-01-22 21:08:54.361 AFD: Opened codec 0x821b4e0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) 
> type(Video)
> 2009-01-22 21:08:54.413 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
> 2009-01-22 21:08:54.438 AFD: Opened codec 0x821b960, id(MP2) type(Audio)
> 2009-01-22 21:09:01.157 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:24:01.231 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:24:01.274 Expiring 2081 MBytes for 1010 @ Wed Jan 21 
> 20:00:00 2009 => Make 'em
> Laugh: The Funny Business of America "The Knockabouts: Slip on a 
> Banana Peel; The Groundbre
> akers: When I'm Bad, I'm Better"
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.123 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.229 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.257 Using localhost value of nova
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.397 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.523 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.558 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.592 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.632 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.675 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:37:30.724 Current Schema Version: 1214
> 2009-01-22 21:37:31.045 AFD: Opened codec 0x82aeae0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) 
> type(Video)
> 2009-01-22 21:37:31.085 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
> 2009-01-22 21:37:31.110 AFD: Opened codec 0x82aef60, id(MP2) type(Audio)
> 2009-01-22 21:37:31.330 Preview: Grabbed preview 
> '/mediacenter/tv/1005_20090122200000.mpg' 7
> 20x480 at 64s
> 2009-01-22 21:37:54.237 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
> in :/share/Movies/dvd:
> 2009-01-22 21:37:54.338 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 0 objects
> 2009-01-22 21:39:01.362 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:54:01.430 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 21:56:08.080 TFW, Error: Write() -- IOBOUND begin cnt(2048) 
> free(2047)
> 2009-01-22 21:56:47.796 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2009-01-22 21:56:56.785 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2009-01-22 21:56:56.816 adding: nova as a client (events: 0)
> 2009-01-22 21:57:31.966 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.023 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.064 Using localhost value of nova
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.125 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.203 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.267 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.317 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.351 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.384 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.454 Current Schema Version: 1214
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.637 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.687 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.860 New DB scheduler connection
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.879 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.951 MediaServer::HttpServer Create Error
> 2009-01-22 21:57:32.972 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-01-22 21:57:33.055 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-01-22 21:57:33.099 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> 2009-01-22 21:57:33.148 Failed to bind port 6543. Exiting.
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.436 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.467 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.541 Using localhost value of nova
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.592 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.622 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.643 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.668 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.694 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.719 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.754 Current Schema Version: 1214
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.825 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2009-01-22 21:57:36.853 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:57:37.012 New DB scheduler connection
> 2009-01-22 21:57:37.063 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> 2009-01-22 21:57:37.134 MediaServer::HttpServer Create Error
> 2009-01-22 21:57:37.156 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-01-22 21:57:37.181 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-01-22 21:57:37.208 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> 2009-01-22 21:57:37.257 Failed to bind port 6543. Exiting.
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.707 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.747 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.780 Using localhost value of nova
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.821 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.861 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.891 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.924 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.958 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-01-22 21:58:14.991 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.027 Current Schema Version: 1214
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.133 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.159 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.337 New DB scheduler connection
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.360 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.415 MediaServer::HttpServer Create Error
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.445 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.478 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.520 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> 2009-01-22 21:58:15.654 Failed to bind port 6543. Exiting.
> 2009-01-22 22:01:26.402 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-01-22 22:01:26.887 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-01-22 22:01:27.075 Using localhost value of nova
> 2009-01-22 22:01:27.509 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-01-22 22:01:27.814 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 22:01:28.157 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-01-22 22:01:28.257 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 22:01:28.494 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-01-22 22:01:28.768 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 22:01:28.948 Current Schema Version: 1214
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2009-01-22 22:01:29.738 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2009-01-22 22:01:29.839 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 22:01:30.170 New DB scheduler connection
> 2009-01-22 22:01:30.792 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
> localhost
> 2009-01-22 22:01:32.685 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2009-01-22 22:01:33.091 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-01-22 22:01:33.234 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-01-22 22:01:33.494 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
> 2009-01-22 22:01:34.239 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2009-01-22 22:01:35.203 Scheduled 17 items in 1.0 = 0.60 match + 0.36 
> place
> 2009-01-22 22:01:35.354 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2009-01-22 22:01:41.520 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting 
> in :/share/Movies/dvd:
> 2009-01-22 22:01:43.806 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 0 objects
> 2009-01-22 22:02:51.212 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free 
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15
> min
>
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