[mythtv-users] Live & Recorded TV hangs & failures on amd64

[jgmtfia Mr]

I have setup a new amd64 3200+ with debian etch (testing) as a remote
frontend.  I am using the subversion trunk.  In general I am getting
very strange things happening.  I am using a 2.6.12 kernel.

Some of the problems include, when selecting to watch live tv, myth
will hang on a black screen, and stay hung.  No verbose output, just
hangs.  Same problem with watching recordings.

Some times it does produce verbose output:

mythtv$ mythfrontend
2005-07-16 00:25:20.326 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=1600, height=1200, numscreens=1
2005-07-16 00:25:20.338 Running in a window
2005-07-16 00:25:20.347 Using screen 0, 1600x1146 at 0,27
2005-07-16 00:25:20.360 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20050712-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-07-16 00:25:20.360 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
Total desktop width=1600, height=1200, numscreens=1
2005-07-16 00:25:20.511 Running in a window
2005-07-16 00:25:20.511 Using screen 0, 1600x1146 at 0,27
2005-07-16 00:25:20.522 Switching to square mode (Iulius)
2005-07-16 00:25:20.693 Joystick disabled.
2005-07-16 00:25:20.750 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-07-16 00:25:22.166 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-07-16 00:25:22.203 Connecting to backend server:
192.168.2.24:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2005-07-16 00:25:22.228 Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-07-16 00:25:22.239 Using protocol version 17
2005-07-16 00:25:23.370 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-07-16 00:25:42.367 StartPlayer() -- error
2005-07-16 00:25:42.425 LiveTV not successfully started
 
and then hangs on the black output screen.

And some times it works:

mythtv$ mythfrontend
2005-07-16 00:26:42.489 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=1600, height=1200, numscreens=1
2005-07-16 00:26:42.502 Running in a window
2005-07-16 00:26:42.511 Using screen 0, 1600x1146 at 0,27
2005-07-16 00:26:42.525 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20050712-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-07-16 00:26:42.525 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
Total desktop width=1600, height=1200, numscreens=1
2005-07-16 00:26:42.672 Running in a window
2005-07-16 00:26:42.672 Using screen 0, 1600x1146 at 0,27
2005-07-16 00:26:42.673 Switching to square mode (Iulius)
2005-07-16 00:26:42.859 Joystick disabled.
2005-07-16 00:26:42.907 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-07-16 00:26:44.016 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-07-16 00:26:44.052 Connecting to backend server:
192.168.2.24:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2005-07-16 00:26:44.076 Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-07-16 00:26:44.087 Using protocol version 17
2005-07-16 00:26:45.235 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-07-16 00:26:47.278 Opening audio device 'default'.
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Major opcode:  142
  Minor opcode:  14
  Resource id:  0x1cb
2005-07-16 00:26:47.316 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
You likely won't select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in
[5], left {0, 0})
read(5, "\0", 1)                        = 1
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)         = 0
ioctl(5, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
write(6, "\0", 1)                       = 1
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [5], left {0, 0})
read(5, "\0", 1)                        = 1
ioctl(5, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
write(6, "\0", 1)                       = 1
write(3, ";\3\5\0\23\0@\2\0\0\0\0t\1\330\0`\0H\0\234\6\5\0\16\2@"..., 76) = 76
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [5], left {0, 0})
read(5, "\0", 1)                        = 1
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)         = 0
ioctl(5, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
write(6, "\0", 1)                       = 1
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [5], left {0, 0})
read(5, "\0", 1)                        = 1
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)         = 0
ioctl(5, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
write(6, "\0", 1)                       = 1
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [5], left {0, 0})
read(5, "\0", 1)                        = 1
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)         = 0
ioctl(5, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
write(6, "\0", 1)                       = 1
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [5], left {0, 0})
read(5, "\0", 1)                        = 1
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)         = 0
ioctl(5, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
write(6, "\0", 1)                       = 1
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
select(17, [3 4 5 10 16], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [5], left {0, 0})
read(5, "\0", 1)    get any video.
2005-07-16 00:26:47.464 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-07-16 00:26:47.514 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2005-07-16 00:26:47.563 WriteAudio: buffer underrun
2005-07-16 00:26:47.652 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2005-07-16 00:26:47.674 prebuffering pause

and other times it works but does not allow keyboard input.  All in
All very strange for myth.

It is doing repeated selects when I look at an strace: