[mythtv-users] Mythtv-setup Segmentation fault

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Apr 12 16:26:31 UTC 2008


On 04/11/2008 09:31 AM, shacky wrote:
> I'm getting a lot of errors with mythtv-setup which causes the
> automatic kill of the application (mythtv-setup).
> Mythtv-setup closes automatically and I am returned to the terminal console.
>
> The most times mythtv-setup closes with "segmentation fault", but
> sometimes I receive other errors.
> The problem happens ever when I was searching for channels in the
> channel editor. I put the frequency, I start the scanning and suddenly
> the application crashes.

Known issue.  I've heard (though I haven't verified) that doing a scan 
on a single-core machine tends to be more reliable (though it may just 
end up being a timing thing that makes the difference).  You may want to 
try temporarily disabling any additional cores, if you have them.

Mike


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