[mythtv-users] Multiple mythbackend processes

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 30 April 2004 10:19 am, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I've noticed that much of the time I've got quite a few
> mythbackend processses running (even when the box is idle).
> Sometimes there are 10-15 of them.  For instance, my box has
> been up for about a day, and I've got 11 instances:
<snip>
> I presume this is normal, but what are all the children for?

Threads, not processes.

> I've also noticed that sometimes when I do an "lsof" on the box
> when it's idle, the various mythbackend processes will have a
> whole bunch of different .nuv files open.
>
> I'm also a bit surprised to see that mythbackend is an X11/Qt
> app.  Since the backend doesn't have a user-interface (right?),
> why does it need X11/Qt?

It's not an X11/Qt app, it's just Qt.

Isaac