Kevin Kuphal wrote:
Tom Hines wrote:
Hello. I did an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade today and now my
system is borked. I can't play any video files -- no recordings or
other. I get one second of audio and a blank screen. I see no error
messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log. My
system locks up with X taking up 99% cpu. I have to kill X to get
back to mythtv. I tried running mplayer and xine from the command
line and I get the same symptom. Mythbackend seems to be recording
away as usual, though. I just can't watch any recordings. Too bad, I
really want to watch the latest nip-tuck.
Word to the wise (and I'm sure this doesn't help you much now), but I
think you're much better off keeping to the "if it ain't broke dont' fix
it" philosophy with the underlying components that MythTV relies on such
as the OS, QT, drivers, etc. Unless you had some reason to upgrade
every component in your system at once, I'd say, leave well enough alone.
Good advice. However, there are times when it's necessary.
Security being a good reason. Running a system with vulnerable binaries
is asking for trouble. Yes, even if you are behind a firewall.
On machines where I care about not "bork"ing the system, I do a
"yum check-update" first and see what yum is going to install. If
something might break the application on the system, I use more caution.
Chris...
--
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Benjamin
Franklin
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