[mythtv-users] Frontend hangs and loses conneciton to backend

[Isaac Richards]

On Wednesday 20 October 2004 07:17 pm, Jon Kunze wrote:
> This problem just started recently, and possibly started after I
> upgraded to the ivtv 107zz drivers.
>
> It seems that after my myth box has been up and running for a few
> hours, and I try to delete a recording after i'm finished watching,
> the frontend hangs for about 30 secones after I select the delete
> confirmation. About 30 seconds later, the message comes up that the
> front end has lost contact with the back end. The only thing I've
> found to remedy this problem, is to reboot the system. This has made
> using myth quitte troublesome. Can anyone guide me inthe right
> direction to find out what is causing this problem? Is there a log
> file that will help? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have
> also noticed that the system sometimes locks up when I go to the
> status page in mythweb.

Try running mysqlcheck on your database (instructions in the troubleshooting 
section of the official docs).

Isaac