[mythtv-users] mythnews lockups

[Jay Ashworth]

---- Original Message -----
> From: "Ismo Tanskanen" <ismot at telemail.fi>

> I use minimyth, so I don't have desktop or mouse access. "Hardlock" in
> this case means, that computer does not respond to ping and I can't
> telnet in. Remote does not work neither than irxevent events. Power
> button does not work except "hard shutdown" when pressing in over four
> seconds. Even imon vfd display stops.
> 
> I am 100% sure it is not hardware problem. I have changed memory chip,
> and system is other than that rock solid.
> 
> I think it has something to do with vdpau or display adapter, because
> symptoms arrived when I added display adapter to pci-e bus to get
> vdpau working. With internal GF6200 adapter I didn't have lockups.
> Maybe shared interrupt problem? I think that pci=nomsi kernel option
> should effect to shared interrupts. It really helps, but then I lost
> resume function :(

Ok, my next suggestion is: ssh into it thrice:

# dmesg | tail -f
# tail -f /var/log/messages
# tail -f $FRONTENDLOGNAME

Then tease it, and see if it drops anything in the logs as it dies.

Cheers,
-- jra
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