[mythtv-users] System hangs occasionally

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:41:23 -0700
Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> This happened to me a few months ago, but then mysteriously things
> have been normal until the last couple of weeks.
> 
> Occasionally my system hangs. Maybe a couple times a week. I won't
> know about it until I try to look at MythWeb from another machine, or
> I try to watch something I recorded.
> 
> I have a single machine running MythTV, both front end and back end,
> on Ubuntu 12.04. I'm still running Myth version 27.3, if that's the
> correct way to say that.
> 
> I recall someone recommending that I keep a remote terminal open to
> the Myth machine running something so that I can see what was
> happening when the Myth system hangs. I think the recommended program
> was top. I've got that running now, so I'll see what it tells me the
> next time I get a hang.
> 
> Does anyone have a better recommendation for watching for a crash?

You may have better luck with tail -f /var/log/messages

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Cheers, Saul