[mythtv-users] Random Hard Frontend Lockups

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Fri Mar 27 01:17:02 UTC 2015


Hoi R.,

Friday, March 27, 2015, 2:09:40 AM, you wrote:

> On 26/03/15 06:27 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:

>> So the backend still runs, but the network is down!
> Well the network *appears* to be down. It may not actually be down, but
> not reachable.
>> It means the kernel is still somehow running.
> Yes: the backend and mysql are running, and recordings are made as 
> scheduled. That is why this is so weird

>> Does syslog show any kernel exceptions?

> Nothing, nada, zip, zilch and not one iota. or even a neutrino!

>> Does it still respond to powering down by short pressing the power
>> button? (if of cause you have set it in the bios to respond that way)

> It only seems to react to a long reset. although to be clear, I am not
> sure what a short press does on the system when it is NOT locked up.

It normally sends a soft poweroff, but often can be set in the bios to
do an S3 suspend. It is an indication of how responsive the kernel still
is.

> Geoff


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