[mythtv-users] Frontend blocked two minutes due to sendProfile.py?

[faginbagin]

Tonight when I turned on my frontend only machine, I got the MythCenter-wide background, but no menu. After some investigation and confirming that an update to the latest available version from the mythbuntu PPA didn't change the behavior, I found the root cause was that mythfrontend is blocked for two minutes waiting for this command to complete:
/usr/share/mythtv/hardwareprofile/sendProfile.py --submitOnly -a

/var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log contains the following entries for this time period:

Mar 14 00:25:52 buus3610 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1513]: I CoreContext hardwareprofile.cpp:165 (NeedsUpdate) Last hardware profile update was > 30 days ago, update required...
Mar 14 00:25:52 buus3610 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1513]: I CoreContext mythmainwindow.cpp:2553 (LockInputDevices) Locking input devices
Mar 14 00:27:57 buus3610 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1513]: N CoreContext main.cpp:1046 (RunMenu) Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'MythCenter-wide'
Mar 14 00:27:58 buus3610 mythlogserver: mythfrontend[1513]: I CoreContext mythmainwindow.cpp:2555 (LockInputDevices) Unlocking input devices

If I exit and restart mythfrontend, I have to wait yet another two minutes before I can interact with it, unless I kill that darned sendProfile.py process. My questions are:

- Is a server down that sendProfile.py is trying to talk to?

- Why does the frontend have to wait for sendProfile.py to complete before I can interact with it?

- Can I disable this "feature" until it works more sensibly?

I can imagine that a mythtv/linux newbie might think they're dealing with something like the Windoze BSOD. I'd like to help the project by sharing hardware profiles for my machines, but not if I've got to wait an extra two minutes every time I start up a frontend.

Output from "mythfrontend.real --version":
MythTV Version : v0.26.0-112-g77259c5
MythTV Branch : fixes/0.26
Network Protocol : 75
Library API : 0.26.20130225-1
QT Version : 4.8.1
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Regards,
Helen