[mythtv-users] Overactive scheduler?

Marco Quezada mellamanjefe at gmail.com
Fri Feb 10 22:11:23 UTC 2012


My backend has trouble reaching an idle timeout so it can shutdown on
its own. Its logs are filled with entries like these:


2012-02-10 16:38:57.396 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread
2012-02-10 16:39:28.000 MainServer::ANN Playback
2012-02-10 16:39:28.002 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 0)
2012-02-10 16:39:28.005 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2012-02-10 16:39:28.016 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 1)
2012-02-10 16:39:28.019 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2012-02-10 16:39:29.434 Scheduled 144 items in 1.4 = 0.02 match + 1.37 place
2012-02-10 16:39:29.441 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 144
items in 1.4 = 0.02 match + 1.37 place
2012-02-10 16:40:07.397 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2012-02-10 16:42:51.110 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2012-02-10 16:42:51.111 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 2)
2012-02-10 16:42:51.600 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2012-02-10 16:42:51.606 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 2)
2012-02-10 16:45:02.602 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2012-02-10 16:45:02.606 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 2)
2012-02-10 16:55:07.627 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min

So I suspect that the scheduler is keeping it awake but I am not sure
which settings I may have messed up. The information I have found
online seems to indicate an issue with the EIT grabber but I am not
using EIT, I am using Schedules Direct. I am using mythTV version
"fixes/0.24 [v0.24-243-g9ba3ece]".

I've reduced the idle timeout to 600 secs and the idle wait for
recording time to 20 minutes but cannot seem to be able to get ahead
of the scheduler or the housekeeping thread. The permissions for
executing the shutdown script and setting the time on the RTC are
correct, every once in a loooong while the machine seems to reach the
idle timeout and it does shutdown, but it takes weeks some times.

I've tried looking for information on the AutoExpire, Scheduled items
and housekeeping messages to try to track them down but have not had
much luck. Am I even on the correct track or might there be another
issue?

Thanks!

-Marco


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