[mythtv-users] mythbackend

[Robert Kulagowski]

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> As for a more accurate description of the "crash", here it 
> is. Actually, one
> of two things takes place:
> 1. The systems locks up completely, and will not respond to 
> anything. I
> cannot ping it, the escape sequence (I have Alt-Esc to shut 
> down MythTV)
> doesn't work. Nothing. I have to do a hard reset to bring it back.
> 2. The system reboots itself during playback. I usually get 
> about 5 minutes
> before shutdown (long enough to get my hopes up that it will 
> actually work).
> I am running mythbackend with the -l arguement hoping to 
> catch a glimpse of
> what's going on, but when I reboot, the file is missing. This 
> perhaps is
> something that I'm doing wrong?

To me, this sounds like the classic symptoms of a system that's
overheating under load.  Do you have lm-sensors running?

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