[mythtv-users] unable to watch recordings

sarvin sarvinc at fastmail.fm
Fri Jun 23 17:36:41 UTC 2006


On Jun 23, 2006, at 12:19 PM, Steve Daniels wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of sarvin
>> Sent: 23 June 2006 17:15
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] unable to watch recordings
>>
>>
>> On Jun 23, 2006, at 2:57 AM, Steve Daniels wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>>> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of sarvin
>>>> Sent: 23 June 2006 06:20
>>>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>> Subject: [mythtv-users] unable to watch recordings
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I lost power to my MythTV and the computer was  
>>>> shutdown
>>>> improperly. For some reason I'm not able to watch recorded or live
>>>> T.V. any longer. The logs look fine, mysql and mythbackend both  
>>>> start
>>>> fine as well. I'm not sure what the problem is or where to look.  
>>>> Any
>>>> advice would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> You say the logs look fine, did you also look at the mysql logs and
>>> check
>>> the tables, just because it starts doesn't mean mysql has clean and
>>> tidy
>>> uncorrupted tables ready for mythbackend to play with.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> mysqld.err produces:
>>
>> InnoDB: Starting crash recovery.
>> InnoDB: Reading tablespace information from the .ibd files...
>> InnoDB: Restoring possible half-written data pages from the  
>> doublewrite
>> InnoDB: buffer...
>> 060622 21:05:07  InnoDB: Starting log scan based on checkpoint at
>> InnoDB: log sequence number 0 55130.
>> InnoDB: Doing recovery: scanned up to log sequence number 0 55130
>> InnoDB: Last MySQL binlog file position 0 79, file name ./Athlon64-
>> bin.000315
>> 060622 21:05:08  InnoDB: Flushing modified pages from the buffer  
>> pool...
>> 060622 21:05:08  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 55130
>> /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
>> Version: '4.1.14-log'  socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'  port:
>> 3306  Gentoo Linux mysql-4.1.14-r1
>> 060622 21:05:20 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't open file:
>> 'mythlog.MYI' (errno: 145)
>> 060622 21:05:20 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't open file:
>> 'mythlog.MYI' (errno: 145)
>> 060623  0:00:20 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't open file:
>> 'mythlog.MYI' (errno: 145)
>> 060623  0:00:20 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't open file:
>> 'mythlog.MYI' (errno: 145)
>> 060623  0:02:15 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown
>>
>> 060623  0:02:15  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
>> 060623  0:02:18  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0  
>> 55166
>> 060623  0:02:18 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
>>
>> 060623  0:02:23  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 55166
>> /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
>> Version: '4.1.14-log'  socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'  port:
>> 3306  Gentoo Linux mysql-4.1.14-r1
>> 060623  0:04:09 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown
>>
>> Other than that, everything else appears normal.
>> I've run optimize_mythdb.pl in the hopes that that might solve the
>> problem. How would I check the tables?
>
> Hiya,
>
>> InnoDB: Starting crash recovery.
>
> Seems ominous..
>
> 060622 21:05:20 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't open file:
>> 'mythlog.MYI' (errno: 145)
>
> Is definitely an error that you do not want happening.
>
> Running the optimize_mythdb.pl should fix all these problems  
> though.. IIRC
> anyway.
>
> But it sounds like you are still experiencing problems. Do you have  
> a good
> backup to revert to?
>
> Sorry I can't be of more help :-(
>

Hopefully the backup I made a few days ago is good, I'm not sure how  
to check. It does look like optimize_mythdb.pl fixed the issues found  
in mysqld.err but I still can't watch T.V. or recordings.


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