[mythtv-users] Mythtvbackend Setup Crashes

Jay Foster jayf0ster at roadrunner.com
Fri Nov 20 17:28:27 UTC 2015


On 11/19/2015 5:19 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:05:18 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> I'm running mythbuntu 14.04 (0.27.5) with the latest updates.  For the
>> last couple of weeks, while I'm watching recordings, I get these window
>> popups (from apport I think) reporting that a service has crashed.  Each
>> time it is mythtvbackend setup that has crashed.  Why would
>> mythtvbackend setup even be running?  mythtvbackend - yes,
>> mythtvfrontend - yes, mythtvbackend setup - why?
>>
>> Is there some bug in mythtvbackend setup introduced recently that is
>> causing this?  Do other users see this?  Why would mythtvbackend setup
>> even be running?
>>
>> Jay
> That sounds like an apport popup error message.  If you burrow down
> into the error data when the popup occurs, it will normally tell you
> what actually failed.  I am not sure why the top level reports the
> wrong program as having crashed, but it does.  In my case, the usual
> problem is a bad recording causing mythcommflag to crash.  Take a look
> at /var/log/apport.log*, and you should find messages pointing to
> copies of the latest crash reports.  They seem to be stored in
> /var/crash for a while, but get cleaned up later - I am not sure
> exactly when.
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Yes, indeed, it is mythcommflag that is crashing:

-rw-r----- 1 mythtv mythtv 44977212 Nov 18 17:23 
_usr_bin_mythcommflag.115.crash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root          0 Nov 18 17:23 
_usr_bin_mythcommflag.115.upload

Curious that apport reports it as mythtvbackend setup.
Jay


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