[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #1272: mythfrontend segfault during livetv/recordings

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 16 February 2006 22:40, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 03:26 +0000, MythTV wrote:
> > #1272: mythfrontend segfault during livetv/recordings
> >  Reporter:  paulrwheeler at gmail.com  |        Owner:  danielk
> >  Daniel, I'm almost positive that this is related to the unsafe QSocket
> >  usage in PreviewGenerator's subthread.
>
> The PreviewGenerator sub-thread should be disabled in 0.19 & SVN.
>
> I couldn't locate the actual problem with it, and figured I
> would have a clearer head for it, and more room for significant
> changes, after the release.

Hrm.. Well, from those backtraces, it looks like _something_ is using a 
QSocket in a subthread unsafely.  Hard to tell what, since it doesn't die 
right away.  We really should be using QSocketDevice for everything, but 
there's some few places that don't.
 
Isaac