I ran emerge -avuD world on my system today, and now mythfrontend segfaults. Here's my info:
camille ~ # emerge -pv mythtv These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p18314-r1 USE="alsa debug dvb dvd jack lirc mmx opengl perl python -aac (-altivec) -autostart -directv -fftw -ieee1394 -lcd -xvmc" VIDEO_CARDS="-nvidia" 0 kB camille ~ # mythbackend 2009-04-11 18:31:16.670 Using runtime prefix = /usr 2009-04-11 18:31:16.686 Empty LocalHostName. 2009-04-11 18:31:16.686 Using localhost value of camille 2009-04-11 18:31:16.747 New DB connection, total: 1 2009-04-11 18:31:16.787 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:16.790 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0' 2009-04-11 18:31:16.791 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:16.821 New DB connection, total: 2 2009-04-11 18:31:16.827 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:16.839 Current Schema Version: 1214 Starting up as the master server. 2009-04-11 18:31:16.966 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server 2009-04-11 18:31:17.102 New DB connection, total: 3 2009-04-11 18:31:17.103 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:17.203 New DB scheduler connection 2009-04-11 18:31:17.204 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:18.552 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension 2009-04-11 18:31:18.553 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org 2009-04-11 18:31:18.554 Enabled verbose msgs: important general 2009-04-11 18:31:18.557 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 0.0 GB w/freq: 15 min 2009-04-11 18:31:20.212 Reschedule requested for id -1. 2009-04-11 18:31:24.479 Scheduled 281 items in 4.3 = 3.10 match + 1.16 place 2009-04-11 18:31:24.496 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 281 items in 4.3 = 3.10 match + 1.16 place 2009-04-11 18:31:24.504 Seem to be woken up by USER 2009-04-11 18:31:26.976 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread 2009-04-11 18:31:27.306 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting in :/share/Movies/dvd: 2009-04-11 18:31:27.306 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 0 objects mich...@camille ~ $ mythfrontend 2009-04-11 18:31:47.740 Using runtime prefix = /usr 2009-04-11 18:31:48.608 XScreenSaver support enabled 2009-04-11 18:31:48.609 DPMS is active. 2009-04-11 18:31:48.628 Empty LocalHostName. 2009-04-11 18:31:48.629 Using localhost value of camille 2009-04-11 18:31:48.748 New DB connection, total: 1 2009-04-11 18:31:48.753 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:48.832 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0' 2009-04-11 18:31:48.856 Primary screen 0. 2009-04-11 18:31:48.857 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:48.859 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0 2009-04-11 18:31:48.964 New DB connection, total: 2 2009-04-11 18:31:48.965 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2009-04-11 18:31:48.970 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org 2009-04-11 18:31:48.970 Enabled verbose msgs: important general 2009-04-11 18:31:51.785 No theme dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T 2009-04-11 18:31:51.788 Primary screen 0. 2009-04-11 18:31:51.789 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0 2009-04-11 18:31:51.791 No theme dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T 2009-04-11 18:31:51.792 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T) 2009-04-11 18:31:52.026 Using the Qt painter mythtv: could not connect to socket mythtv: No such file or directory 2009-04-11 18:31:52.027 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages 2009-04-11 18:31:52.028 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/michael/.mythtv/joystickmenurc Segmentation fault mich...@camille ~ $ Has anyone else experienced this or have any idea how to fix this? We record a couple of hours of television every day and I don't know if it's still being recorded. Mysql and mythbackend are both running: camille ~ # ps ax | grep mysql 20526 pts/1 R+ 0:00 grep --colour=auto mysql 25839 ? Ssl 0:05 /usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock camille ~ # ps ax | grep mythbackend 20528 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep --colour=auto mythbackend Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB But I won't know if mythbackend is actually working correctly unless I can check it (with mythfrontend, which of course isn't working.) Please help!