[mythtv-users] Watch TV 0.24: frontend hang with "waiting 10 ms for decoder lock"
Mark Lord
mythtv at rtr.ca
Mon Apr 4 20:10:27 UTC 2011
On 11-04-04 03:53 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
> While watching live TV, I had the frontend hang with "waiting 10 ms
> for decoder lock". Backend still seemed to be working fine. Running .24
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) what do I need to look for/worry about with that error?
Something may be misconfigured, or the software (mythtv or kernel)
may simply be having a fit with that particular tuner.
When it happens with my system here, a reboot is required to "fix" it.
> 2) I'm used to running a web server remotely and this is my first
> experience with Ubuntu in the same room. :-) How do I exit the hung
> frontend (sounds rude) gracefully and get back to the desktop without
> hitting the ol' reset button?
>From a terminal window (or from the ALT-F2 popup):
killall mythfrontend
killall mythfrontend.real
Cheers
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