[mythtv-users] Myth Very Good at Killing Linux
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
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Very Good at Killing Linux
Unless you're running Myth as root, it doesn't have the power or abilities to lockup Linux. Linux is very protective about processes and their effects on the system that globally can't easily crash the whole system/kernel. It's probably the driver and/or card you added, or the increased irq/dma traffic as a result of the new hardware. Something at a hardware/driver level is causing the problem... could be ivtv, as alot of people report ivtv lockups, and I too had problems using ivtv and pvr-350 tvout on old hardware, but I see you are not doing any of that. I'd start by removing the new driver and card, and see if you regain the stability. Just don't blame userland software for system problems ;) -Kenneth On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:49:55 -0500, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Very Good at Killing Linux
Michael Haan wrote: 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? Gee, you added new hardware now the box is unstable! Yet this is the fault of MythTV, which was by your own admission was working w/o issue prior to the new hardware. See the problem here? Regards, Cecil ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Myth Very Good at Killing Linux
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
