[mythtv-users] frontend freeze causing backend live tv recording flag problems

[Paul Harrison]

John Taylor wrote:
> Hi
>
> Can anyone help!?
>
> John
>
> On 10/18/07, John Taylor <john at vetsurgeon.org.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Running mythtv 0.20.20070821-1 on Ubuntu desktop kernel
>> 2.6.20-16-generic with 1 Nova T DVB tuner PCI card. Also have an Epia
>> M diskless frontend running minimyth
>>
>> Having a slight problem with overheating in the frontend system
>> causing the box to freeze occasionally. A quick reboot fixes it.
>>
>> My problem is then I am unable to watch live tv on the same rebooted
>> frontend. The backend reports:
>> "MythTV is already using all the available inputs for the channel you
>> selected..."
>>
>> If I then try to delete the current Live TV show being recorded from
>> the Media Library I get:
>> "This recording is currently in use by : [name of the backend
>> server](Recording)"
>>
>> I assume the backend assigns the live tv to the frontend system and
>> sets a flag preventing anyone else interfering with this (good!)
>>
>> When the frontend crashes, is the flag not being cleared to allow the
>> frontend to watch live tv again?
>>
>> If not, how can I clear the flag without restarting the backend?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> John
>>
>>     

It's a known problem. http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/2960.

For now I think the only thing you can do is restart the backend.

Paul H.