What are you smoking? :) You have had software that isn't stable on Linux. What software? I would be inclined to blame it on bad memory. Run some memory checking software. Did you install the 64bit version of all software installed including the kernel? I don't know much about AMD64 but I want to get one
> Well, I've had software that wasn't very stable on linux, I've had > software that brought linux to a crawl, software that consistently > froze windows and now I've managed to find a package that routinely > freezes linux - Myth. The box is a combo FE/BE and isn't lacking for > resources (AMD64 3800+, 1G RAM, 750G SATA, 20G IDE for OS, PVR-350 for > encoding, nVidia 6600 GT for tv-out) and was actually running like a > champ (recording one show, flagging another while we decoded flac to > different players) with no hiccups (maybe 40-50% CPU usage) until just > recently. I added a new sound card (Turtle Beach Riviera) so I could > get optical spdif and the setup was about as simple as they come. > However, now I'm having issues with myth freezing the box. The box is > not under load - running around 5-15% - but pausing, rewinding ffwding > all have the ability to freeze the box (though more often its rw/ff). > Someone please tell me that there is an explanation for why this is > happening. How is myth taking down this box? _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users