[mythtv-users] mythbackend segfaulted. What should I gather to report?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/31/2013 12:50 AM, Stefan Jones wrote:
> I recently upgraded to Fedora 19 (32 bit) and MythTV .27. FWIW, the 
> system has 3GB, with an 8 GB swap file.
>
> I also, just a couple of days ago:
>
> Added a HDHomerun w/ CableCard, three tuners.
>
> Switched the inputs on my pcHDTV and Hauppauge 2250 to antenna. These 
> got their own new video source, with different-numbered channels.
>
> I did some test recordings on the two sources, and they worked fine. 
> My first "real" recording on the HDHR worked fine.
>
> I'm still wasn't terribly sure of things, and I was curious, so I 
> simultaneously recorded the same program on the antenna source 
> (pcHDTV) and the HDHR. Not right away, but within a few minutes, the 
> back end segfaulted.
>
> I restarted the back end and replicated this.
>
> There was some trace text, seemingly memory related, in 
> /var/log/messages. I could not find a core file, though. 
> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.(yaddayadda) had some information on what 
> was going on up to the fault.
>
> How do I best report this crash? Is there a place where core files get 
> saved, or is the trace in /var/log/messages enough?

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Debugging has a good description of what 
you'll need to do to get a good backtrace.

Mike