[mythtv-users] Frontend segfault with 0.19 and imon LCD

[Paul Harrison]

Brian Meehan wrote:
> On 6/19/06, Andy Burns <fedora at adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Brian Meehan wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> 2006-06-18 04:32:42.665 Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 1 of 10)
>>> Segmentation fault
>>>       
>> I too have an IMON VFD display and get the same crash (has happened with
>> at least the last two ATRPMS updates for mythtv)
>>
>> I work around it by starting the frontend as follows
>>
>> $ killall mythlcdserver & mythtvfrontend
>>
>>
>>
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>
> That works well, but does yours display anything on the LCD other than
> LCDProc defaults?  What is interesting is if I shutdown mythfrontend
> and just run mythlcdserver on its own, it runs fine. I can jump onto
> Mythweb and setup and recording, which displays on the LCD in all of
> its glory.
>
> I guess I should just be patient in the meantime, maybe mythlcdserver
> will work with LCDProc 0.5.0 in myth 0.20? (I'm guessing that's the
> issue, but I don't know for sure).
>
> Thanks for the reply, Andy.
>
>   
You need to follow the instructions to compile myth with debugging 
information and get a backtrace.

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.2

Paul H.