[mythtv-users] Problems with frontend crashing

[Kevin]

        I am seeing this as well but it happens while watching recordings as well. The playback (live or recording) just freezes and mythfrontend stops responding. As with Tony, my processor usage is fine when in this mode and mythbackend continues to record fine.

Specs:
Mandrake 9.1
VIA EPIA M10000
Hauppauge PVR-350
ivtv 0.12 (11/8)
MythTV 0.12

At 08:06 PM 2003-12-06, Tony Maro wrote:
>Well, I thought my frontend freezing went away, but I fell asleep watching live TV last night and it froze sometime during the night.
>
>It again froze a few minutes ago.  I have to SSH in (or plug a keyboard back in) and send a signal 9 to the first mythfrontend process to get it to close.  A simple killall won't do it.
>
>The backend still works, in fact it recorded 2 shows while the frontend was frozen.
>
>Earlier, I noticed my IR remote wasn't working very well at all, but the keyboard worked perfectly.  I thought the batteries might be low, or something was wrong with my homebuilt receiver.  Turns out the frontend was on it's way to another freeze - after the freeze / kill -s 9 mythfrontend / restart mythfrontend the remote worked perfectly.
>
>I did check top though and there was only about 4% processor usage going on while it was frozen - the most was used by top itself.  It only seems to freeze during live TV playback, but the remote problem had been going on for about an hour and a half before the freeze, and during that time I'd been listening to music and such as well.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?  I need to smooth this out before my wife gets back into town or I'm dead ;-)  She's the one that watches TV, not me.
>
>Specs:
>
>Downloaded sources from website
>Mandrake 9.2
>Shuttle  MOBO with integrated LAN and sound (onboard sound disabled in bios)
>AMD 1800+
>ATI TV Wonder LE
>Voodoo3 3500 TV (for video out only - mandrake 9.2 wouldn't run the TV in drivers for this.)
>SB Value using ensoniq drivers
>
>-Tony Maro
>
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