[mythtv-users] [Q] : how to trace "wait for 2 seconds..." problem

[manu]

Le 11.11.2003 17:03:14, Dave Weisbeck a écrit :
> From: "manu" <eallaud at yahoo dot fr>
> 
> > Hi all,
> > I run into this once a while (sometimes nothing in several days,  
> but
> > today it hit me twice). How could I trace it to nail down the bug?
> > Just to be precise : the frontend image is stalled, and on the
> console
> > I saws these messages "wait for...". I killed muythfrontend (don't
> > remember if I could just have exited cleanly from it though), and
> > restarted it, and then it worked.
> > I can place some printf in the code if necessary.
> > Bye
> > Manu
> >
> Build in debug, wait for this to happen again, attach GDB and get a
> stack
> trace.
> 
> For me, the problem was always the same. read was blocked in
> mythbackend,
> but I have a PVR250 and a VIA chipset motherboard so I'm pretty
> convinced
> that is the reason for the problems for me. I changed the code to do
> nonblocking reads and it helps in that I can usually get the Esc key
> to exit
> out of Live TV so that I can immediately reenter and not miss much of
> the
> show. This doesn't help much with recordings though. =(

I have an Aopen mobo, based on the nForce ultra2 chipset. It seems to  
be the exact same problem. I will try to get a stack trace.
Bye
Manu