[mythtv-users] a new type of error

[Jim Abernathy]

On 03/08/2018 06:49 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi James,
>
> Friday, March 9, 2018, 12:31:37 AM, you wrote:
>
>> I’ve setup my mythtv backend to daily optimize and backup the
>> database.  I have it email me with the results.  So when I don’t get
>> the 2 emails at 7:35am each day, I go looking for problems. The
>> system still records problems and the frontends work for viewing.
>
>> What I’ve seen lately is I can’t ssh or login at the PC console of
>> the backend, and I get errors on the console like:
>> Mar  7 12:11:47 mythbuntu kernel: [317584.873671] NMI watchdog:
>> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#4 stuck for 22s! [TFWWrite:25774]
>> Mar  7 12:12:15 mythbuntu kernel: [317612.872998] NMI watchdog:
>> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#4 stuck for 23s! [TFWWrite:25774]
>> Mar  7 12:12:55 mythbuntu kernel: [317652.872033] NMI watchdog:
>> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#4 stuck for 23s! [TFWWrite:25774]
>> Mar  7 12:13:23 mythbuntu kernel: [317680.871359] NMI watchdog:
>> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#4 stuck for 22s! [TFWWrite:25774]
>
>> The Host name is mythbuntu.  It’s a Ubuntu 16.04 system
>
>> Once I reboot, the system works fine and I get my optimize emails
>> after a short time.  But a day or so later I notice this problem
>> again.  I have not changed anything, but I have done some updating
>> using:  apt update and apt upgrade.
>
>> Any ideas??
>
>>   
>> Jim Abernathy
>> jfabernathy at gmail.com
>
> Sounds to me like a possible hardware issue. One of they components
> starting to die. How is your system temperature?
The CPU and Chipset temps are nominal.  All fans are running as normal.

Jim A

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