[mythtv-users] kt133 problem question

[Boyd II, Willy]

Hello all...
 
I checked out Mythtv way back when, and just recently got it going once
again (my only hold off was getting the pvr250 'cause I didn't wanna deal
with software encoding).
 
My question is regarding the supposed problem with via kt133 chipsets --
what are the symptoms of such a problem?
 
Mythbackend 0.11 for me is segfaulting quite often.  However, there usually
is nothing out-of-the-ordinary written to the log when this happens.  And
usually nothing (again, error-related) from ivtv in /var/log/messages.  It
just segfaults, anywhere from 10min to an hour of viewing.  Sometimes I can
duplicate it easily by going to the guide, hitting Up (scrolling through the
guide) about 10 times, and bam it's gone.  This is on a Abit KT7 board, with
said chipset.  Looking at my *overnight* logs, I do see some entries like
"backend stuffed up" or "not enough free buffers" for ivtv, but when I'm
able to reproduce the crashes, these errors are printed out.  Just a
segfault.  (I'm able to get "overnight" logs because I have mythbackend
respawning inside a while[true] loop...)
 
I can provide debugging output later (I'm at work right now), but I'm just
curious if it's likely my problem is due to this problematic chipset, or
potentially a mythbackend bug.  Others that have the kt133 problem:  do you
see anything special in the logs?  Does mythbackend segfault, freeze, or
what?  Are mythbackend crashes fairly common right now even on stable
hardware?
 
Thanks!
 
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William Boyd, II 
Web Developer 
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 
713-651-5687 


 
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