[mythtv-users] mythfrontend unresponsive after inactivity
John Veness
John.Veness.myth at pelago.org.uk
Sat May 31 22:09:27 UTC 2008
Justin Nolan wrote:
> I have the most peculiar issue that has been bugging me for months. I
> leave my frontend/backend running 24/7, and when I'm using it I never
> have any issues. Pressing a button on the remote wakes the graphics
> card up, and I continue wherever I last left off. The problem is,
> about 30% of the time, the graphics card wont wake up to a remote
> control press. Plugging in a mouse and wiggling it wakes it up. BUT,
> mythfrontend is completely unresponsive. I always leave myth on the
> Watch Recordings page, and when this happens, the frontend is frozen
> on that page, but completely empty with no recordings listed. The only
> way to bring the system back is to ssh in from another machine and
> kill mythfrontend. Of course I've checked the mythfrontend log, and
> there are absolutely no errors or anything logged.
>
> Does anyone have any insight for me? I'm not sure if it's
> mythfrontend, lirc, or my graphics card to blame. Again, the only time
> this happens is when the system has been idle and I press a button on
> the remote to wake up the screen. And even then, it only happens a
> small percentage of the time. But when it does, it drives me bonkers!
>
> Thanks.
What state does your PC go into when you leave it idle? Just a
screensaver? Or one of the sleep or suspend-to-ram or suspend-to-disk
modes? Personally I've not had much luck with STR or STD.
Cheers,
John
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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T
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