[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase issue

[Ken Mandelberg]

I recently did a couple of updates including hardware are OS. Now on 
Ubuntu 22.04. I noticed that mythfilldatabase was failing and initially 
it was because xmltv wasn't installed. I fixed that but now instead of 
failing it taking FOREVER, at least its been running for 3 hours. I know 
there was a recent FOREVER posting, but I'm not sure that this is the 
same issue. This is what I see when I run it


2022-06-08 11:56:52.235758 I MythCoreContext::ConnectCommandSocket(): 
Connecting to backend server: 192.168.10.10:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2022-06-08 11:56:52.236925 I MythCoreContext::CheckProtoVersion(): Using 
protocol version 91 BuzzOff
2022-06-08 11:56:52.237118 I  Opening blocking connection to master backend
2022-06-08 11:56:53.517461 I  Updating source #3 (zap1) with grabber 
tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite
2022-06-08 11:56:53.520288 I  Found 843 channels for source 3 which use 
grabber
2022-06-08 11:56:53.520451 I  Starting process manager
2022-06-08 11:56:53.520485 I  Starting process signal handler
2022-06-08 11:56:53.520504 I  Starting IO manager (read)
2022-06-08 11:56:53.520564 I  Starting IO manager (write)
2022-06-08 11:56:54.572640 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline 
manualconfig preferredmethod lineups apiconfig
2022-06-08 11:56:55.173715 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2022-06-08 11:56:55.196139 I  XMLTV config file is: 
/home/km/.mythtv/zap1.xmltv
2022-06-08 12:12:21.823235 N  Skipping Channel Updates
2022-06-08 12:19:20.763425 N  Unknown xmltv channel identifier: 
I10021.json.schedulesdirect.org - Skipping channel.

an there its been sitting for 3 hours so far. ps shows both 
mythfilldatabase and mysql using time and an strace show a constant 
stream of read and writes between them, for example (fd 9 is the connection)

write(9, 
"\27\3\3\0\205\210Jeo\213D\334l%\301\325kw]\305\372\244\177\355I\361\320\200\225\236\374I"..., 
138) = 138
read(9, "\27\3\3\0\303", 5)             = 5
read(9, 
"\260\373\323$\312\6\342D+:5~\311\332\223\316P4\10\234\n\3602\275S\350i\347\337\367\247\307"..., 
195) = 195
write(9, 
"\27\3\3\0\32\234\376\321\17X\315\2364A+\205#\16\342\3535\310\250j\7:H2\232\245`", 
31) = 31
read(9, "\27\3\3\0\34", 5)              = 5
read(9, 
"\4\342\202\276\20\270a\343y\251\1\346\256\252\316\210\270\346\270\304|\217FZ\224P\244\302", 
28) = 28

Will this ever end? Is there a better debug tool?

The mythfrontend is working, but the days are decreasing, and some 
recordings are not getting done since generic descriptions that get 
normally get updated look like reruns.