[mythtv-users] livetv 'menu' crashes frontend

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jul 6 00:11:59 UTC 2011


On 07/05/2011 11:12 AM, Tim Draper wrote:
> i've been having some issues with mythtv and it crashing when i press 
> 'menu' when in liveTV mode. i have to 'killall mythfrontend.real' to 
> recover from this.
> recordings/mpg playback seems fine, and is isolated to liveTV only.
>
> does anyone have any pointers as to what i could try to resolve this?
>
> i dont currently have any logs available, so i guess i'll probably 
> need them :P

Using an XvMC playback profile (i.e. using CPU+, CPU++, or CPU-- 
playback profile group)?  If so, rumor has it that it will cause this 
type of issue with some hardware/driver/distro versions.

Mike


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