[mythtv-users] mythbackend crashing regularly (Ubuntu 8.10, x86_64, ATI radeonhd video)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/02/2009 02:08 PM, Mike Hicks wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Mike Hicks wrote:
>   
>> I've currently got a number of problems with MythTV, but I'll get at
>> the most troublesome one first.  I'm running the x86_64 version of
>> Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).  I had a lot of trouble with mythbackend
>> crashing, so I went and added a sources.list entry to point at the
>> weekly builds from Mythbuntu.org.  Same result.
>>     
> I forgot to mention that the "weekly builds" I was referring to were
> the "0.21-fixes" builds, not the 0.22-trunk ones.  The current version
> on my machine is "0.21.0+fixes19878-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2".

Good.  :)

It's quite possible that the problem is not related to Myth 
(configuration-/build-/hardware-specific failures***), but before we can 
say so, we would need a good backtrace. See 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Debugging /

And, once you figure out how to install the Ubuntu packages and get the 
good backtrace--using the same gdb commands mentioned in Section 22.2 of 
the HOWTO, please fill in that section of the page... :)  Here's 
something to get you started:  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash

Thanks,
Mike

***The only time I've ever had issues with mythbackend crashing was due 
to a chipset overheating and causing data corruption in memory.  I've 
since replaced the expensive motherboard that had a "high-performance" 
chipset with a cheap motherboard that has a "basic" chipset and the 
system is rock-solid stable, again.