[mythtv-users] Playback hung

[Dick Steffens]

On 03/17/2014 05:17 AM, Will Dormann wrote:
> On 3/17/14, 12:31 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>> While watching a recorded program it hung.
>>
>> <snip>
> If the lights on your keyboard were blinking, then you had a kernel
> panic.  Check your logs (in /var/log/) for the cause, looking at
> timestamps around when the problem happened.

I recently added a Logitech wireless keyboard. I don't know if that 
matters, but there were no blinking lights.

I found this in /var/log/syslog.1:

Mar 16 19:45:03 ThinkCentre-M58p kernel: [1648447.398129] kernel tried 
to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
Mar 16 19:45:03 ThinkCentre-M58p kernel: [1648447.398134] BUG: unable to 
handle kernel paging request at ffff8800643c2180

followed by a bunch of stuff that someone who understands things at that 
level would probably recognize, the last line of which was:

Mar 16 19:45:03 ThinkCentre-M58p kernel: [1648447.398326] ---[ end trace 
4e5550a59766eea3 ]---

The lines after that shows the machine rebooting:

Mar 16 19:52:58 ThinkCentre-M58p kernel: imklog 5.8.6, log source = 
/proc/kmsg started.
Mar 16 19:52:58 ThinkCentre-M58p rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" 
swVersion="5.8.6" x-pid="854" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start

> Otherwise, perhaps check for a dying hard drive via smartmontool's smartctl.

I've installed smartmontools. Now just to find a time when I can let it 
do its thing. :-)

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens