[mythtv-users] Trashed file system after "Video frame buffering failed too many times"

[Rodd Clarkson]

On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 21:49 +1100, The GUIGuy wrote:
> I'm running mythbuntu 9.10 (0.22), Assume combined front/backend.
> 
> 
> A couple of weeks ago "Video frame buffering failed too many times" 
> errors started to pop up. Logs complained that files couldn't be written 
> because the FS was read only. On a reboot I had to fsck /dev/sda1. A 
> number of files finished up being trashed so I suspected the HDD was on 
> its way out.
> 
> I replaced the HDD (new) and did a fresh install. All was well until a 
> few days ago. Same "Video frame buffering failed too many times". Logs 
> again suggested something was very sick on the HDD. Tried to reboot and 
> it tells me it couldn't because the file system was read only!!??
> 
> I held the  big button down for a few seconds. On the boot had to do the 
> fsck /dev/sda1 again. The feed back wasn't good lots of "corrupted 
> file" messages.
> 
> Another HDD, another clean install, another week, same problem started 
> again tonight.
> 
> Is there something in MythTV that could be trashing the file system?
> 
Straight of the bat, by initial thought was a faulty power supply.  Have
you tried this line of thinking.

I've had a number of situations where strange hardware problems turned
out to be a failing power supply.


R.