[mythtv-users] Freezing..

Mitch Gore mitchell.gore at gmail.com
Sat May 19 02:28:21 UTC 2007


what do you mean?  Where would that be done?

Mitchell

On 5/18/07, JS Boyd <mythtv at futures.com> wrote:
>
> Do have this somewhere before mythbackend starts up?
>
> sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=1048576
>
> S.
>
> Mitch Gore wrote:
> > well i have started using gdb to start debugging.  While doing so i
> > have noticed some interesting behavior.
> >
> > When watching live tv i am getting a ton of
> >
> > NVP: prebuffering wait timed out 10 times.
> >
> > They really show up when ever the OSD is on screen.  Then when it goes
> > away its fine for some random period of time.  The all the sudden the
> > will come back and freeze liveTV.  If i esc and start liveTV over
> > again it works.  This only occurs on the HDHomeRun.
> >
> > What is causing the pre-buffering?
> >
> > Some specs on my system:
> > Intel p4 3.4Ghz
> > 512RAM
> > Nvidia 6200 w/component out and XvMC enabled.
> > PVR-150 & HDhomerun
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > On 5/16/07, *Mitch Gore* <mitchell.gore at gmail.com
> > <mailto:mitchell.gore at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Ill try the debugging.  Downgrading wont help because Myth was
> >     doing the same thing when I used .20 so I upgraded to .21 hoping
> >     the bug was fixed.
> >
> >     Mitchell
> >
> >     On 5/15/07, * Axel Thimm* <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net
> >     <mailto:Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net>> wrote:
> >
> >         On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 07:55:52PM -0500, Mitch Gore wrote:
> >         > is the rpm built in with --compile-type=debug?
> >
> >         Yes (the packages you mention, e.g. the 0.21 svn trunk packages
> in
> >         bleeding).
> >
> >         > I really dont want to learn how to compile it myself :(
> >
> >         Well, the 0.21 svn trunk packages are intended for users
> >         helping the
> >         mythtv developers in testing the svn trunk code - they are not
> >         really
> >         intended to be used in production. OTOH many people find that
> they
> >         work good enough in their environment that they switch even for
> >         production, but that shouldn't divert from their true intended
> >         use.
> >
> >         In a nutshell: If the svn trunk packages break you should either
> >         downgrade to the stable series or help out in debugging the
> issue
> >         which does include compiling yourself.
> >
> >         > Mitchell
> >         >
> >         > On 5/15/07, Michael T. Dean < mtdean at thirdcontact.com
> >         <mailto:mtdean at thirdcontact.com>> wrote:
> >         > >
> >         > >On 05/15/2007 08:37 PM, Mitch Gore wrote:
> >         > >> Anyway, I have one problem left that is really
> >         irritating.  For some
> >         > >> reason at random times Myth will crash or
> >         freeze.  Sometimes the
> >         > >> backend or sometimes the frontend.  How do i go about
> >         diagnosing
> >         > >> this?  I have tried to look at the dmesg but how do in
> >         know where too
> >         > >> look in that huge file?  Also looked at mythbackend.log
> >         but nothing
> >         > >> sticks out, it just ends.
> >         > >>
> >         > >> I am running the ATrpm's Bleeding edge .21 package.  FC6
> >         > >
> >         > > http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.2
> >         --
> >         Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
> >
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