Lan Barnes wrote:
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Myth lists itself as 0.20.2, and it doesn't deserve better. Mine (MythDora
4) locks up if I do controls too fast (no ping, reset needed) and
occaisonally needs the file system repaired with an alternate superblock.
It also does this weird thing where the frame freezes and the sound goes
into an Elmer Fudd loop ("lubba lubba lubba") of a repeated fragment --
also a reset error. And yes, I ran memtest86 overnight too. They're that
sort of errors[0].
I've run KnoppMyth <http://mysettopbox.tv> for over two years and never
had those sorts of errors. I've just upgraded to the latest KnoppMyth
R5F27 which has Myth 0.20.2 and it works fine.
I suspect Myth has a lot of race conditions, and also that the different
distros (deb, rpm, knoppix, etc) make unjustified configuration
assumptions. Sometimes changing distros "just works" (but introduces a
different set of problems).
I suspect that you are running myth on totally crap hardware because you
are a CB and just can't bring yourself to blame the hardware. Your
motherboard has a Via chipset which in the past I mentioned MIGHT (not
IS) be OK to use with MythTV, especially considering the problems with DMA.
Although my system really isn't all that much better. It is an ECS
755-A2 motherboard with an SIS chipset and Sempron 2600+ processor.
Purchased as a Fry's combo special for about $80 when I realized my
other cheap system was using a Via chipset and wouldn't work with MythTV
because of the DMA problems.
Finally, if this is happening on boot, it sounds like the type of thing a
typo or bad line in /etc/inittab is famous for causing.
[0] Has anyone else noticed that top always shows Myth using 180K swap? I
doubled my RAM from 1/2 G to a full G, and that 180K is still there.
What's that all about?
You have some other problem with your system. My box shows 512MB ram,
340MB used, swap isn't touched. This is while it is playing a recording.
Gus
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