[mythtv-users] Consistent Crash On First Run
Geoff at Hundekeandroyal dot com
mythtv at hundekeandroyal.com
Mon Aug 2 11:38:57 EDT 2004
Joe . wrote:
> hi guys,
>
> after getting stuck with fedora core 2, i switched to fc1 and following
> jarod's guide i've finally got a working set up :-) i must say that i am
> eternally grateful to isaac, jarod and axel for making the whole process
> so easy. the work you guys have done has helped thousands of people (and
> saved millions of hair follicles!). it might seem like everyone has
> problems, but that's just because that's usually the only people you
> actually hear from, and for every person with serious problems, there's
> problably ten who've followed things through and not had any problems.
Agreed!
> okay, arse kissing over :P having completed my install i'm having a
> rather strange problem, in that the first time i run mythfronted after
> boot, it crashes with no errors printed to the console. although when i
> go back to the console, ctrl-c to close it, then run it again, it works
> fine (and all features are working for me, live tv, epg, recording, dvd,
> weather, news, web, etc.). the first time it is run, sometimes it gets
> to the menu's but keyboard/lirc input does nothing at it seems that it
> has crashed, sometimes it doesn't get that far and all you see is the
> background image. like i say, there are no errors to the console (i.e.
> output is exactly the same the 2nd time it is run, and that time it
> works!).
Do you have "media monitor" (I think that's what it's called) selected?
I did, and I would get the same exact problem. I turned off "media
monitor" and everything is groovy now.
Geoff
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