[mythtv-users] Total System lock [SOLVED]?

[Joe Barnhart]

--- Garry Gibson <garry.gibson at gmail.com> wrote:

> The problem
> 
> When doing anything full screen video related, my
> combined
> frontend/backend machine would lock up. No ssh, no
> ctrl+alt+backspace,
> no shouting "hellooooo" etc. The only choice was to
> hit the power
> button.

Yes, I've seen the same thing on my system.

> It seems that in 0.16, running mythfrontend with a
> UID of 0 kills it
> dead when viewing video. Insta-death.

And I discovered it when I set mythfrontend to SUID
root.  Could this be related?


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