I've been having Mythtv problems for the last two or three days, and
everything I've tried to fix it has only made things worse. To start, a
little info:
camille ~ # emerge -pv mythtv
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] media-tv/mythtv-0.23.1_p27077 USE="alsa css dbus dvb
jack lirc mmx perl python tiff (-altivec) -autostart -debug -directv
-faad -fftw -ieee1394 -lcd -pulseaudio -vdpau -xvmc"
VIDEO_CARDS="-nvidia -via" 0 kB
Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
Mythtv has worked on camille since I first installed it in 2005. Mythtv
worked the last time I started it (Oct 12), but I restarted it on the
24th and it didn't. When I start mythfrontend, the list of Upcoming
Recordings is empty, when I go to Programme Finder it's empty, as is
Program Guide. Previously Recorded works fine, as are Current
recordings but Watch TV doesn't - it says Please wait... for a long time
and then drops me back at the menu screen. Of course by this time
mythfrontend is usually griping about not being connected to the
backend. I ran mythbackend at the terminal prompt to find out why.
Here's what it said:
camille ~ # mythbackend
2011-10-26 09:15:05.625 mythbackend version: branches/release-0-23-fixes
[27077] www.mythtv.org
2011-10-26 09:15:05.626 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2011-10-26 09:15:05.626 Using configuration directory = /root/.mythtv
2011-10-26 09:15:05.626 Unable to read configuration file mysql.txt
2011-10-26 09:15:05.626 Empty LocalHostName.
2011-10-26 09:15:05.626 Using localhost value of camille
2011-10-26 09:15:05.636 New DB connection, total: 1
2011-10-26 09:15:05.641 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2011-10-26 09:15:05.641 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2011-10-26 09:15:05.642 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2011-10-26 09:15:05.654 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1254
2011-10-26 09:15:05.658 MythBackend: Running as a slave backend.
2011-10-26 09:15:05.673 mythbackend: MythBackend started as a slave backend
2011-10-26 09:15:05.674 New DB connection, total: 2
2011-10-26 09:15:05.675 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2011-10-26 09:15:05.684 New DB connection, total: 3
2011-10-26 09:15:05.688 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2011-10-26 09:15:05.796 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
2011-10-26 09:15:05.796 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2011-10-26 09:15:05.796 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
2011-10-26 09:15:06.812 Connecting to master server: 192.168.2.3:6543
2011-10-26 09:15:06.813 Connected successfully
2011-10-26 09:15:15.805 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread
2011-10-26 09:15:36.830 MythSocket(8224ca0:23): readStringList: Error,
timed out after 30000 ms.
2011-10-26 09:15:36.831 MainServer, Error: Failed to open master server
socket, timeout
2011-10-26 09:15:36.848 adding: camille as a slave backend server
2011-10-26 09:15:36.855 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82000f8)
2011-10-26 09:15:36.856 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82000f8)
2011-10-26 09:15:36.856 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x8225ed0)
2011-10-26 09:15:36.856 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82253a0)
2011-10-26 09:15:36.856 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82253a0)
2011-10-26 09:15:36.856 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x8224ca0)
2011-10-26 09:15:36.857 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x8224ca0)
2011-10-26 09:15:36.871 MythSocket(82000f8:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 24 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:15:36.871 MythSocket(8225ed0:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 10 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:15:36.871 MythSocket(82253a0:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 24 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:15:36.871 MythSocket(8224ca0:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 24 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:15:37.840 Connecting to master server: 192.168.2.3:6543
2011-10-26 09:15:37.841 Connected successfully
2011-10-26 09:16:07.841 MythSocket(82031d8:23): readStringList: Error,
timed out after 30000 ms.
2011-10-26 09:16:07.841 MainServer, Error: Failed to open master server
socket, timeout
2011-10-26 09:16:07.842 adding: camille as a slave backend server
2011-10-26 09:16:07.842 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x8203998)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.842 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82029d0)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.842 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82029d0)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.843 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82033f0)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.843 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x82033f0)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.843 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x8203798)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.843 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x8203798)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.844 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-10-26 09:16:07.844 adding: camille as a client (events: 0)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.845 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2011-10-26 09:16:07.845 adding: camille as a client (events: 1)
2011-10-26 09:16:07.851 MythSocket(8203998:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 10 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:16:07.851 MythSocket(82029d0:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 24 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:16:07.851 MythSocket(82033f0:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 24 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:16:07.851 MythSocket(8203798:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 24 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:16:08.851 Connecting to master server: 192.168.2.3:6543
2011-10-26 09:16:08.851 Connected successfully
2011-10-26 09:16:38.861 MythSocket(8203c90:28): readStringList: Error,
timed out after 30000 ms.
2011-10-26 09:16:38.861 MainServer, Error: Failed to open master server
socket, timeout
2011-10-26 09:16:38.862 adding: camille as a slave backend server
2011-10-26 09:16:38.862 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing
MythSocket(0x8203c90)
2011-10-26 09:16:38.871 MythSocket(8203c90:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
We wrote 0 of 10 bytes with 1 errors
2011-10-26 09:16:39.871 Connecting to master server: 192.168.2.3:6543
2011-10-26 09:16:39.871 Connected successfully
2011-10-26 09:16:58.347 Reloading backend settings
2011-10-26 09:17:09.872 MythSocket(822d050:28): readStringList: Error,
timed out after 30000 ms.
Segmentation fault
At first I thought that sometime that installed since Oct 12 was causing
the segfault, so I tried unmerging the 350+ packages that had installed
since then and listing them in package.mask, but that blew up in my face
because I don't know a command that forces portage to ignore masked
packages and install next-highest stable versions. Please help me!
-Michael Sullivan-
