[mythtv-users] Dealing with frequent crashes

[Brad DerManouelian]

On May 10, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Phill Edwards wrote:

>> MythTV has been crashing on me pretty frequently. How do I diagnose
>> the cause of the crash? The computer will completely freeze up. None
>> of the usual steps (ctrl + alt + backspace or ctrl + alt + f1) work.
>> I have to actually pull the power on the computer, which is probably
>> not such a great idea.
>
> I'm not saying this is the cause, but there are reports of similar
> lock-ups being caused by xfs file system. I don't want to start a
> flame war and am not saying anything scurrilous about xfs, but it s a
> potential candidate.

I had seen this once in a while when recordings began or ended and  
suspected jfs. I reformatted to ext3 and haven't had any lockups any  
more. I also suspect that it was an issue specifically with a 64 bit  
kernel and jfs not playing nicely, but others report no issue with  
this combination.