[mythtv-users] Segfault when try to run mythfrontend a second time

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 01/27/2011 05:54 AM, John Veness wrote:
> Up until a few days ago, I could run mythfrontend twice 
> (simultaneously) on my combined BE/FE system. This was occasionally 
> useful as I could keep a program playing in the background, while I 
> did some housekeeping like scheduling something new to record.
>
> Now, the second time I try to run mythfrontend, it will segmentation 
> fault after it produces a few lines of text in the terminal and before 
> it brings up any window. It does this whether the first mythfrontend 
> is actually playing a program, or just sitting in the menu.
>
> I use Ubuntu 10.10 and keep up to date with mythbuntu 0.24 autobuilds, 
> and the problem started a few days ago. I don't know if the trigger 
> was a MythTV update, or a regular Ubuntu update.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone else sees the same problem, and if so, 
> did it start just recently?

You need to set up your ServicePort in your config.xml files so that the 
2 frontends each have their own.

Mike