[mythtv-users] mythbackend crashes every 6-7 hours

[Rob Verduijn]

The machine does not crash, mythbackend crashes.

The machine stays up and running, restarting myth gives it another 6-7
hours then mythbackend crashes again.
I can keep that up all week.
Rob Verduijn


2010/10/30 George Poulson <george.poulson at gmail.com>:
> On 30 October 2010 20:38, Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Especially elaborate the reason that leads you to believe I have a
>> hardware failure.
>>
>
> Sorry.. I was replying to an earlier post and I missed the extra information
> that you posted about your mythbackend process consuming the memory, though
> I've never experienced myth 'eating' memory on this scale.
> I have seen many occasions when machines that have been working well
> suddenly become very unstable due to hardware faults. It's also possible for
> a "faulty-but-almost-always-unused" area of memory that may have been unused
> for some time to be brought into use due to something as simple as an
> additional application being started, and thus crash the machine.
> I still think it may be worth running some memory tests if you can -
> presumable you have vnc or something similar for remote access? Could you
> not keep the family happy by running your tests during a quiet spell?
> George
>
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