[mythtv-users] is this an Ringbuffer issue ???

Dhiraj K dhimyth at gmail.com
Thu Mar 9 12:00:27 UTC 2006


Thanks ..

increasing the size of the /cache partition fixed the problem...
the ringbuffer now works fine.

-Dhiraj


On 3/6/06, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
>
> Dhiraj K wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i am using KnoppMythR5A15.1, mythtv 0.18
> >
> > whenvever i click on "watch tv" and watch an channel, or leave the
> > channel running on through out the night, i see that the box freezes
> > and i am unable to do anything. mythtv does not respond to any input.
> >
> > this generally happens every 3 to 4 hours.
> >
> > i see the /cache directory is full (100%), and the "ringbuf1.nuv" file
> > is not deleted. Also my logs keep on increasing which slows down the
> > machine.
> >
> > mythbackend.log file has the following
> > "ERROR: file I/O problem in safe_write(), errcnt = 3: No Space left on
> > device"
> >
> > syslog has the following
> > "Mar  4 21:35:45 mythtv:kernel: ivtv0 warning:  ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW
> > #4537  Stealing a Buffer,  512 currently allocated"
> >
> > any help on this ...?? solutions... ?
> I'm pretty sure that KnoppMyth had a problem where the default
> ringbuffer size was greater than the size of the /cache partition
> resulting in bad things.  Increase your /cache partition size or lower
> your ringbuffer size below your partition size.
>
> Kevin
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