Chris wrote: > > I run mythbackend on FC3 with a 1 GHz P3 and a pinnacle > capture card, and the system is generally unstable. I > generally run my front end on a 400 Mhz PII running > KnoppMyth, and that system is more stable. > > I know this isn't terribly helpful, but I often run other > apps (mostly firefox and bittorrent) while mythbackend is > running, and I get a lot of system crashes. > > What I'm trying to say is, I don't believe FC3 is a terribly > stable OS.
When I first went and looked at building a mythtv system I went with what I knew[1] SuSE 9.1, got to the bit about installing IvyTV drivers and after a bit more googling came across Jarod's site. Because of the step by step instructions (and atrpms) there I installed FC2, got it working (sort of) then because of stability and sound issues[2] swapped HD's and installed FC3, got it working then got fed up of the crashes/lockups and installed SuSE 9.1 again and it was *much* better, still crashed but not as often. I traced my stability issues in the end to dodgy memory, SuSE *seemed* to crash less but TBH that might be because I prefer SuSE. Make your own mind up but personally I say go with whatever you are the most comfortable with. FWIW my SuSE 9.1 system (Pundit-R/Nova-T/PVR-350) has had *zero* crashes. *HOWEVER* what I (and at least one other) have a problem with is if you play a mpeg2 file with errors[3] through mythtv and the pvr-350 tv out you can get the screen to freeze (normally when FF/REW) with errors in the frontend log such as 2005-02-23 15:27:26.722 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-02-23 15:27:26.722 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'. 2005-02-23 15:27:26.725 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000 Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out 2005-02-23 15:27:27.098 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-02-23 15:27:27.113 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. IVTV_IOC_GET_TIMING: Input/output error ivtv rawframes descreased! did the decoder reset? IVTV_IOC_GET_TIMING: Input/output error ivtv rawframes descreased! did the decoder reset? This doesn't lock the box but needs a reboot for the frontend/X to work properly again. Druid [1] And had install disks for :-) [2] Which were stupidity issues not sound issues in the end ;-) [3] Such as for example a recording off a DVB-T/S card when the weathers crap.
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