[mythtv-users] JobQueue stuck on MetaData retrieval

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 02:52:46 AM Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Jerome,
> 
> Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 2:42:41 AM, you wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 02:19:13 AM Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> >> Hoi Jerome,
> >> 
> >> Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 2:07:25 AM, you wrote:
> >> 
> >> > [0.27.4, Fedora 22]
> >> 
> >> > I just noticed I have a Job Queue full of MetaData and CommFlag
> >> > jobs which I think is blocked by MetaData retrieval for the first
> >> > item in the queue. The frontend says it's "Starting" and I can't Stop or Pause it.
> >> 
> >> > Is there any way to restart the queue without restarting the
> >> > backend? I have a full evening of recording. 
> >> 
> >> You can try killing the job in linux, but I don't know the effect.
> >> Possibly you get a failure on the job or no effect at all.
> >> 
> >> Also check if the internet connection from your backend is OK.
> >> Metadata retrieval needs it.
> 
> > There's no job running to kill, and I can't Stop it from the frontend.
> 
> > And my Internet is fine, or we wouldn't be talking. :)
> 
> > I have had a few of these over time
> 
> > Jan 18 18:00:19 tv python: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/share/myt
> > htv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py'
> > Jan 18 18:00:20 tv python: can't communicate with ABRT daemon, is it running? [Er
> > rno 2] No such file or directory
> > Jan 18 18:00:20 tv python: detected unhandled Python exception in '/usr/share/myt
> > htv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py'
> > Jan 18 18:00:21 tv python: can't communicate with ABRT daemon, is it running? [Er
> > rno 2] No such file or directory
> 
> > and the metadata grabber seems to run whether I want it to or not
> > so it may be time to disable it completely. My stuck queue seems to be another reason to.
> 
> The job name for any pythonjob in MythTV is python2 (or in other cases
> possibly python3)
> Are you up to date? There was quite recent a tmdb3.py bug related to
> grabbing locale specific metadata. I think my secondary bugfix fixed
> it and that it was taken into mainstream. Max 2 month ago!

I am a little behind [0.27.4, Fedora 22]. I had a small window to restart the backend and that seems to have cleared it up.

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