[mythtv-users] Found answer for random backend crashes

Ben Brown mythtv at handcoder.com
Fri Jul 23 09:45:50 EDT 2004


>>I've been running mythtv for about 2.5 years.  Been on the same box the 
>>whole time.  When I upgraded to the latest version, I started having 
>>all sorts of backend problems.  Crashes, bad recordings, etc.  I found 
>>that upgrading my ram to 512MB fixed all my problems.  Not sure what 
>>changed in the latest release of myth, but it seems to need more memory 
>>then it earlier brethren.  Just thought I'd share
>  
>
>Out of curiosity, how did you upgrade to 512MB?  Replace a 256MB stick with
a 512MB stick (in which case it may have been memory gone bad) or >just add
another 256MB stick?  My machine (combined frontend/backend)--which has
512MB--is using less than 256MB RAM (and no swap space), so I >was just
wondering...

>Mike


Actually added a 256MB stick.  Didn't change the positioning of the current
RAM.
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