[mythtv-users] Front end crash on re-entry to *watch TV*

[deanv at cox.net]

I am using the CVS as of 11/07, and have noticed a problem.  I can start the myth back and front ends without problems, and I can navigate menus, update settings, etc., practically without an issue.  I can *watch TV* successfully, but, after exit from that mode, I cannot return to again *watch TV*.  IF I attempt to do so, I get one of two results…a "frozen" display, or an outright segfault of the frontend.  I think I have seen similar (if not identical) issues discussed here before, but I thought that any detail I might be able to offer may help to solve the problem.  Anybody else still seeing this?

First, my system:

Kernel: 2.6.8 (gentoo)
X: xfree
IVTV: ckennedy 0.3 something   …very recent
Nvidia on board (GEForce 4 MX 440 equivalent) graphics, 6111 drivers
Using XvMC, Bob
PVR-250 capturing S-video input from satellite receiver

I am fairly certain that the issue has arisen over the last 30 days, as I did not experience it before.  It COULD have been there before and escaped my notice due to usage patterns, but I doubt it.  I have tried a variety of revisions of the ivtv software, and have used at least 4 sets of myth CVS.  I am willing to try other combinations, but I really don't know where to continue…any advice or hints would be most appreciated.

-dvh