[mythtv-users] Backend machine seems to crash every few days

[Jeffrey Ratcliffe]

On 29 September 2016 at 11:36, Damian <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:
> I don't know if this is a Myth backend issue, or something bigger, but my
> backend/sever seems to crash/hang every few days.
>
> The computer seems to still be running (the light is on), but I can't access
> the machine via vnc or ssh or anything. I can't even ping it. It's a
> headless server, so I just have to hold the power button in and then start
> it up again.

1. Look at the logs
2. Leave a couple of ssh sessions logged into it, one with htop, one
with iotop running and see what they are doing when things hang.

When I had a problem with similar symptoms, it turned out that my list
of recorded programs was so long (I had never bothered clearing it out
because I hadn't realised it could be an issue) that the scheduler was
hanging.

I cleared out all the old news programs, programs whose recording
rules I had deleted, etc., and the problem went away.

Regards

Jeff