[mythtv] mythtv stops recording new shows on amd64

[Mike McLean]

Hi,

Sorry for replying to my own post, but I think I have some information
that may be useful.  I checked my logs again and found this:


oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
DMA per-cpu:
cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Normal per-cpu:
cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
HighMem per-cpu: empty

Free pages:        1524kB (0kB HighMem)
Active:81933 inactive:30061 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:381
slab:10422 mapped:111890 pagetables:1221
DMA free:20kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB active:5264kB inactive:5196kB
present:16384kB
protections[]: 0 0 0
Normal free:1504kB min:696kB low:1392kB high:2088kB active:322468kB
inactive:115048kB present:507072kB
protections[]: 0 0 0
HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB active:0kB inactive:0kB
present:0kB
protections[]: 0 0 0
DMA: 1*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB
0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 20kB
Normal: 108*4kB 44*8kB 5*16kB 2*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB
0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1504kB
HighMem: empty
Swap cache: add 142638, delete 142638, find 3195/4099, race 0+0
Out of Memory: Killed process 2478 (mythbackend).
oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
DMA per-cpu:
cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Normal per-cpu:
cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
HighMem per-cpu: empty

Free pages:         716kB (0kB HighMem)
Active:111372 inactive:664 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:179
slab:10534 mapped:112050 pagetables:1176
DMA free:20kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB active:10360kB inactive:36kB
present:16384kB
protections[]: 0 0 0
Normal free:696kB min:696kB low:1392kB high:2088kB active:435128kB
inactive:2620kB present:507072kB
protections[]: 0 0 0
HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB active:0kB inactive:0kB
present:0kB
protections[]: 0 0 0
DMA: 5*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB
0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 20kB
Normal: 70*4kB 2*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB
0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 696kB
HighMem: empty
Swap cache: add 144830, delete 144830, find 3495/4569, race 0+0
Out of Memory: Killed process 2718 (mythfilldatabas).

I hope this helps.  If there's anything I can do to help debug the
problem let me know.

Mike

On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 10:49 -0700, Mike McLean wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a recurring problem with mythtv that appeared in 0.16 as well
> as CVS, which I am using now, on the amd64 platform.  I have it compiled
> and installed just fine.  This is running debian-amd64 with kernel
> 2.6.9-9-amd64-k8 provided by Debian.
> 
> The problem is that mythtv will work fine for a while and record a few
> shows to completion.  Then it'll stop recording shows altogether even
> though it has them scheduled to be recorded.  
> 
> Also the mythweb interface stops working nad gives errors like the
> following:
> 
> User Notice at /home/libolt/mythtv/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php,
> line 133:
> Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 'MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 14': 
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Fatal Error at /home/libolt/mythtv/mythweb/includes/mythbackend.php,
> line 32:
> Unable to connect to mythbackend, is it running? 
> 
> The system administrator has been notified and the problem will be
> remedied shortly.
> 
> 
> Now mythbackend is still running.  If I kill it and run it again, mythtv
> works for a little while before doing the same thing.
> 
> I haven't seen any errors in the mythbackend log either.  The following
> is some of the last lines recorded to the log last night.
> 
> 2004-12-17 00:00:00.535 Found changes in the todo list.
> 2004-12-17 00:00:01.266 Scheduled 142 items in 0.7 seconds.
> 2004-12-17 00:17:57.217 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-12-17 00:17:57.224 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-12-17 00:47:45.103 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-12-17 00:47:45.103 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-12-17 00:48:30.671 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-12-17 00:48:30.671 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-12-17 00:49:39.117 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-12-17 00:49:39.118 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-12-17 00:50:52.813 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-12-17 00:50:52.814 adding: mediabox as a client (events: 0)
> 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Mike
> 
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