[mythtv-users] frontend crashes

[Steve Greene]

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 3:31 PM, George Bingham <georgeb1962 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Peter Bennett <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On 11/07/2016 06:05 PM, Steve Greene wrote:
>>
>> I'm pretty sure this is related to this Mythbuntu reported bug
>> <https://www.mail-archive.com/mythbuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net/msg10233.html>,
>> except I'm running 16.04, not 16.10. It seems like mythfrontend isn't
>> really started, so the crash doesn't leave a trace I recognize in the logs.
>> The display says "Restarting Frontend: The Front end crash unexpectedly
>> (exit code 139) and is restarting. Please wait..."  This frontend is on an
>> old Nvidia ION (Asus EB1501).
>>
>> It just loops through this message. The bug report says this exit code is
>> related to timezones, so I guess I'll look through /var/log/apt and see if
>> any recent timezone updates were pushed through.
>>
>> Anyone else have any thoughts?
>>
>> I suspect it may be the Nvidia driver issue described in this email chain.
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/604163#604163
>> If you have Nvidia driver version 304.132 that may be the cause.  Try
>> downgrading your driver to the prior version.
>>
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>> Hi Steve,
>
>
> Yes, this seems to be the same problem I encountered when under security
> updates it downloaded and installed the nvidia drivers 304.132.
>
> I was successfully able to downgrade to the previous version (304.131) by
> running "Synaptic Package Manager", finding the Nvidia driver in the list,
> selecting it, then using the "Package" menu, choose "Force Version..." and
> then select the 304.131. Apply that change, then optionally "Lock Version"
> (again from the package menu), and reboot.
>
> This worked for me.
>
> Good luck!
>
> George
>
>
Yep, this worked for me. Thanks, George!

Does anyone know if nouveau supports VDPAU as far back as the ION chipsets?
That might be a simpler option.

Steve
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