[mythtv-users] HELP: HD died will need to delete all recordings

[Tom Dexter]

On 10/27/18, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 09:38:39 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>Thanks for that. Interestingly they were the same. Yea, for some
>>reason I have some very odd breakage happening there, and it behaves
>>differently running as root vs a non-root user. This is Gentoo running
>>Python 2.7.15.
>>
>>Running it with python -v here's what I see failing when run as root:
>>
>># /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/methodheap.pyc matches
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/methodheap.py
>>import MythTV.methodheap # precompiled from
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/methodheap.pyc
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "find_orphans.py", line 221, in <module>
>>    DB = MythDB()
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/database.py", line
>>1264, in __init__
>>    for tmpconfig in dbconfig.test(self.log):
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/database.py", line 938, in
>> test
>>    for conn in XMLConnection.fromUPNP(5.0):
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/connections.py", line
>>607, in fromUPNP
>>    ip, port = reLOC.match(res['location']).group(1,2)
>>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
>>
>>So it clearly doesn't like something in that methodheap.
>>Interestingly, run an a non-root user it gets past that but segfaults
>>later:
>>
>># /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/methodheap.pyc matches
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/methodheap.py
>>import MythTV.methodheap # precompiled from
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MythTV/methodheap.pyc
>># /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.pyc matches
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py
>>import MySQLdb.connections # precompiled from
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.pyc
>># /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.pyc
>>matches /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.py
>>import MySQLdb.constants.CLIENT # precompiled from
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/constants/CLIENT.pyc
>># /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/converters.pyc matches
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/converters.py
>>import MySQLdb.converters # precompiled from
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/converters.pyc
>># /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.pyc matches
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.py
>>import MySQLdb.constants.FLAG # precompiled from
>>/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/constants/FLAG.pyc
>>Segmentation fault
>>
>>Really odd one. Again, not all that important to me now, but strange.
>>Thanks again!
>>
>>Tom
>
> As root, the actual crash is happening in a module of the MythTV
> Python bindings.  So do you have the correct version of that
> installed?  Does it match your MythTV version?  Maybe it would be
> worthwhile trying reinstalling that package.  In Ubuntu, the package
> is libmyth-python.

This is a Gentoo ebuild that gets all the python stuff out of the
exact same git version as everything else, so there's no chance of
that being incorrect.

What I did notice, as per Bill's reply, root had no
.mythtv/config.xml. However if I add that, then root segfaults in the
same manner as a non-root user. Really odd.

It's very doubtful that I have a core python issue. Python tends to be
very solid in Gentoo, especially given that it's used for portage
itself.

Tom

Tom