[mythtv] mthtv restarting computer?

[Rick Warner]

On Wednesday 01 January 2003 05:06 pm, Tony Clark wrote:
I configure and test clusters of linux machines for a living.
Our battery of tests is the following: memtest86 for a minimum of 2 passes.  
Preferably more than 5 (ie, run overnight for some high memory systems)
After that, run a repetitve recompile of the kernel, scripted to make sure the 
compiler never bails out  (ie the script should do a 
"make bzImage || exit 1"), a repetitive read from the hard drive w/ dd, and 1 
copy/cpu of cpuburn (linux app, just search google and u will find).

If you can pass those tests for at least 12(preferably 24) hours, you have a 
pretty solid system.  
If graphics are in question as a problem, I have forgone the cpuburn 
test(still doing the others) and instead run repetitive playing of a movie 
using various -vo devices w/ mplayer.

Good luck! :)  These tests should help to figure out just how stable your 
system really is.  

> On Wednesday 01 January 2003 22.45, Ray wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 05:40:03PM +0100, Henk Poley wrote:
> > > Or/and track down "memcheck-86", it took me a while. At last I found it
> > > on a magazines CD-ROM, so I don't know where to find it on the
> > > internet.
> >
> > Memtest86 can be fount at www.memtest86.org.
>
> Personally I have never found these memory test programs of much value
> unless you have really broken RAM.  make -j bzImage does make a nice simple
> test and if you have a problem it will be either RAM, MB or processor.  The
> first 2 being the most likely.  A processor getting too hot is also
> possible.
>
> tony