[mythtv-commits] Ticket #9681: Lock-up of Myth-frontend while playing recorded TV

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#9681: Lock-up of Myth-frontend while playing recorded TV
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 Reporter:  garry.leach@…             |           Type:  Bug Report - Crash
   Status:  new                       |       Priority:  minor
Milestone:  unknown                   |      Component:  MythTV - General
  Version:  0.24-fixes                |       Severity:  medium
 Keywords:                            |  Ticket locked:  0
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 I am basically an end-user, so my way of expressing things may not be very
 technical.

 On the evenings of both 20/03/2011 & 21/03/11, the recording (different
 for each night) that I was watching stopped playing, but left the image on
 the screen (similar to pause).  The keyboard & mouse were also locked-up.
 I left it for 30 minutes, but nothing changed.  The only way to shut the
 computer down was by holding the power button for about 6 seconds (I
 expect that reset would also have worked).

 On both evenings, & prior to the failure, I had watched several recordings
 without incident.

 I don't know how to reproduce the problem, other than keep watching
 recordings until some factor causes one to lock-up.

 I recently upgraded to Mythbuntu 10.10, then used the PPA system to
 upgrade to Myth 0.24; I have downloaded all proposed updates since then.

 Up until 11/03/2011, I was using Mythbuntu 9.10.  This was quite stable
 for over 12 months usage (as were previous versions).  I had had problems
 with Ubuntu 10.04, so didn't want to go to Mythbuntu 10.04.

 However, I wanted to have the better shut-down screen (part of
 Consolekit?), & I hoped that there may be some Myth improvements.

 On 12/03/2011, I upgraded to Mythbuntu 10.04.  There were lots of problems
 with this, including that I could not delete recordings made on that day
 (apart from using file manager).  Another problem: WatchTV crashed the
 Myth fontend back to the desktop.

 So on 13/03/2011, I upgraded to 10.10.  This was not much better.

 So I researched the PPA facility & upgraded to stable Myth 0.24.  While
 doing this, I noticed (somewhere) a button to do something to the
 database, so I clicked on that.

 Whether it was the installation process for 0.24, or the database review,
 the system now worked as it should.

 However, I didn't have the logout screen that I wanted (& had seen on a
 live CD of 10.10).  On 19/03/11, a friend helped me fix the logout screen
 (ticking the Prompt on Logout field on the Session & Start-up screen).

 Since then, Myth frontend does not start automatically.  Should it be
 listed in Session & Start-up?

 I have copied an extract of the backend log file (covering the 30 minutes
 on 21/03/2011 when the screen locked-up) & attached that below.  (There
 was no frontend log file).

 My hardware is 2.5 years old, with more than adequate "capacity" to handle
 Myth; the PC is dedicated to MythTV & is not used for anything else.

 Thanks in advance, Garry.

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