[mythtv-users] mythfrontend unresponsive after inactivity

[John Veness]

Justin Nolan wrote:
> I have the most peculiar issue that has been bugging me for months. I  
> leave my frontend/backend running 24/7, and when I'm using it I never  
> have any issues. Pressing a button on the remote wakes the graphics  
> card up, and I continue wherever I last left off. The problem is,  
> about 30% of the time, the graphics card wont wake up to a remote  
> control press. Plugging in a mouse and wiggling it wakes it up. BUT,  
> mythfrontend is completely unresponsive. I always leave myth on the  
> Watch Recordings page, and when this happens, the frontend is frozen  
> on that page, but completely empty with no recordings listed. The only  
> way to bring the system back is to ssh in from another machine and  
> kill mythfrontend. Of course I've checked the mythfrontend log, and  
> there are absolutely no errors or anything logged.
> 
> Does anyone have any insight for me? I'm not sure if it's  
> mythfrontend, lirc, or my graphics card to blame. Again, the only time  
> this happens is when the system has been idle and I press a button on  
> the remote to wake up the screen. And even then, it only happens a  
> small percentage of the time. But when it does, it drives me bonkers!
> 
> Thanks.

What state does your PC go into when you leave it idle? Just a 
screensaver? Or one of the sleep or suspend-to-ram or suspend-to-disk 
modes? Personally I've not had much luck with STR or STD.

Cheers,

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T