[mythtv-users] Mythbackend won't start (segmentation fault)

Sat Nov 19 13:01:59 UTC 2011

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:51:28AM -0700, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:45 AM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:
> > On 28/10/11 18:27, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Gabe Rubin<gaberubin at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>> Hi List,
> >>>
> >>> I am not even sure how to diagnose this.  I am running myth on a
> >>> fedora 14 box.  Last night I updated the system via yum, which mainly
> >>> just updated the kernel.  I did a reboot and mythfrontend would not
> >>> start (and I could not log into the box remotely).  I tried rolling
> >>> back the kernel, but had issues with my nvidia driver.  I was able to
> >>> start things up again and watch tv with the updated kernel after
> >>> tinkering around and resetting (running 2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686).
> >>
> >> Some additional information, here are the packages that were updated/installed:
> >>
> >> Oct 26 22:20:13 Updated: xorg-x11-server-common-1.9.5-2.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:15 Updated: tzdata-java-2011k-0.1.20110921.fc14.noarch
> >> Oct 26 22:20:16 Updated: 6:kdelibs-common-4.6.5-6.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:18 Updated: perl-DateTime-TimeZone-1.40-1.fc14.noarch
> >> Oct 26 22:20:21 Updated: tzdata-2011k-0.1.20110921.fc14.noarch
> >> Oct 26 22:20:22 Updated: 1:autocorr-en-3.3.0-20.8.fc14.noarch
> >> Oct 26 22:20:24 Updated: python-setuptools-0.6.21-1.fc14.noarch
> >> Oct 26 22:20:27 Updated: libunicap-0.9.12-8.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:30 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:31 Updated: php-common-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:33 Installed: sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.0.22-5.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:34 Updated: sane-backends-libs-1.0.22-5.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:37 Installed: sane-backends-1.0.22-5.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:38 Updated: rpm-4.8.1-7.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:39 Updated: rpm-libs-4.8.1-7.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:47 Installed: nvidia-graphics285.05.09-libs-285.05.09-139.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:48 Updated: 1:NetworkManager-glib-0.8.5.92-1.git20110927.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:20:57 Installed: kernel-2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:01 Updated: 1:NetworkManager-0.8.5.92-1.git20110927.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:02 Updated: rpm-python-4.8.1-7.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:04 Updated: php-cli-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:05 Updated: php-pdo-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:24 Updated: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-55.1.9.10.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:26 Updated: xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.9.5-2.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:27 Updated: exiv2-libs-0.21.1-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:28 Updated: strigi-libs-0.7.5-4.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:29 Updated: 1:cups-libs-1.4.8-5.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:34 Updated: 1:cups-1.4.8-5.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:42 Updated: 6:kdelibs-4.6.5-6.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:43 Updated: xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.0.21-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:44 Updated: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-55.1.9.10.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:45 Updated: php-mysql-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:47 Updated: php-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:57 Updated: 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.5.92-1.git20110927.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:58 Updated: php-xml-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:59 Updated: php-mcrypt-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:21:59 Updated: php-mbstring-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:00 Updated: php-gd-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:01 Updated: php-process-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:02 Updated: php-ldap-5.3.8-3.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:40 Updated: BackupPC-3.2.1-6.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:42 Updated: flash-plugin-11.0.1.152-release.i386
> >> Oct 26 22:22:43 Updated: libisofs-1.1.6-1.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:49 Updated: ibus-chewing-1.3.10-1.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:50 Updated: perf-2.6.35.14-97.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:51 Updated: orc-0.4.16-1.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:52 Updated: libburn-1.1.6-1.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:53 Updated: dcraw-9.11-1.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:55 Updated: postgresql-libs-8.4.9-1.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:22:59 Updated: 2:postfix-2.7.6-1.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:23:12 Installed:
> >> nvidia-graphics285.05.09-kmdl-2.6.35.14-97.fc14-285.05.09-139.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:23:14 Updated: system-config-users-1.2.110-1.fc14.noarch
> >> Oct 26 22:23:16 Installed:
> >> nvidia-graphics280.13-kmdl-2.6.35.14-97.fc14-280.13-138.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:23:36 Installed: nvidia-graphics285.05.09-285.05.09-139.fc14.i686
> >> Oct 26 22:23:37 Updated: 3:nvidia-graphics-285.05.09-61.i386
> >> Oct 26 22:24:17 Erased: nvidia-graphics280.13-kmdl-2.6.35.13-92.fc14
> >
> >
> > I've just rolled back from the new nVidia driver 285.05.09 to 280.13 and
> > everything seems to be stable again.  ATrpms builds but x86_64.
> > Had segfaults from the frontend.  I put a tentative warning on the
> > ATrpms list.
> >
> > John P
> >
> 
> Rolling back seemed to do the trick.  The new driver has a lot of
> issues it seems.  I thought it was the new kernel preventing me from
> logging in (or worse, a hardware issue) but it appears to be the new
> driver.  Don't know how I missed the warning on the atrpms list and
> cross-posting in case someone else missed it (perhaps the new driver
> should be taken out of the stable repo or put in testing?).

I think the best way to go is to use the long lived nvidia graphics
releases, which look like were created for exactly the reasons stated
above.

I'm packaging these for ATrpms, please use

    yum install nvidia-graphics-long-lived

later today to get them on your system. Remove nvidia-graphics which
would otherwise continue to track the latest stable driver by nvidia
(where stable means blessed as such by nvidia).

Looks like ATrpms' multi driver install capabilities for nvidia are
starting to pay off again. ;)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net