[mythtv-users] Frontend vanishes when exiting 'Watch recordings'

Jim Morton Jim at Morton.hrcoxmail.com
Wed Jul 8 21:49:57 UTC 2009



Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 08/07/2009, Jim Morton <Jim at morton.hrcoxmail.com> wrote:
>   
>>  Nick Morrott wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Start by disabling OpenGL vsync and live previews in the Watch
>>> Recordings list if you have them enabled. Does the frontend still
>>> segfault?
>>>
>>> What TV playback settings are you using?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>  I don't know how to disable OpenGL vsync, I did find and disable the live
>> previews in the Watch Recordings list. Still get the segfault. I don't know
>> what TV playback settings it is using. Where can I find that? (It should be
>> whatever the Mythbuntu default is if that is helpful.)
>>     
>
> Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback.
>
> Page 1 to disable OGL vsync. Page 3 to check your current playback profile.
>
>   
Thanks. I disabled the OGL vsync and it still does it. The Playback 
profile was set to High Quality so I tested each setting Normal, Slim, 
CPU+, CPU++ and CPU-- and still does it.

Here's the tail of the log. The last line is "Attempting to change from 
WatchingPreRecorded to None" and it segfaults.

2009-07-08 17:34:21.792 lirc init success using configuration file: 
/home/jim/.mythtv/lircrc
2009-07-08 17:34:22.374 Loading from: 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide/base.xml
2009-07-08 17:34:22.391 Loading from: 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2009-07-08 17:34:22.406 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2009-07-08 17:34:22.439 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)
2009-07-08 17:34:22.451 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'
2009-07-08 17:34:22.456 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATA'
2009-07-08 17:34:22.457 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATAPI'
2009-07-08 17:34:22.469 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40, ogg,mp3,aac,flac)
2009-07-08 17:34:22.489 No theme dir: 
/home/jim/.mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide
2009-07-08 17:34:22.796 Using NV NPOT texture extension
2009-07-08 17:35:37.639 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 
(try 1 of 5)
2009-07-08 17:35:37.640 Using protocol version 40
2009-07-08 17:35:37.646 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
2009-07-08 17:35:41.776 XMLParse::LoadTheme using 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide/ui.xml
2009-07-08 17:35:43.200 TV: Attempting to change from None to 
WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-08 17:35:43.299 DPMS Deactivated
2009-07-08 17:35:43.404 AFD: Opened codec 0x211cd20, id(MPEG2VIDEO) 
type(Video)
2009-07-08 17:35:43.404 AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
2009-07-08 17:35:43.405 AFD: Opened codec 0x2101260, id(AC3) type(Audio)
2009-07-08 17:35:43.405 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2009-07-08 17:35:43.406 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
2009-07-08 17:35:43.619 mixer unable to find control Master 1
2009-07-08 17:35:43.647 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video 
Texture'
2009-07-08 17:35:43.735 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 1280 H: 720
2009-07-08 17:35:43.896 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-08 17:35:43.898 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2009-07-08 17:35:43.998 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2009-07-08 17:35:47.718 Marking recording as unwatched
2009-07-08 17:35:47.718 TV: Attempting to change from 
WatchingPreRecorded to None
Starting mythfrontend.real..
2009-07-08 17:35:55.021 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-07-08 17:35:55.022 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 
localhost
2009-07-08 17:35:55.023 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org
2009-07-08 17:35:55.023 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-07-08 17:35:55.183 No theme dir: 
/home/jim/.mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide
2009-07-08 17:35:55.184 Primary screen 0.
2009-07-08 17:35:55.184 Using screen 0, 1920x1080 at 0,0
2009-07-08 17:35:55.184 No theme dir: 
/home/jim/.mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide
2009-07-08 17:35:55.185 Switching to wide mode (MythCenter-wide)
2009-07-08 17:35:55.195 Using the OpenGL painter
2009-07-08 17:35:55.195 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled - 
Failed to read /home/jim/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2009-07-08 17:35:55.196 lirc init success using configuration file: 
/home/jim/.mythtv/lircrc
2009-07-08 17:35:55.781 Loading from: 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide/base.xml
2009-07-08 17:35:55.798 Loading from: 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2009-07-08 17:35:55.813 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2009-07-08 17:35:55.846 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)
2009-07-08 17:35:55.858 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'
2009-07-08 17:35:55.862 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATA'
2009-07-08 17:35:55.867 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATAPI'
2009-07-08 17:35:55.878 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40, ogg,mp3,aac,flac)
2009-07-08 17:35:55.899 No theme dir: 
/home/jim/.mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide
2009-07-08 17:35:56.221 Using NV NPOT texture extension
2009-07-08 17:37:14.312 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 
(try 1 of 5)
2009-07-08 17:37:14.312 Using protocol version 40
2009-07-08 17:37:14.318 Received a remote 'Clear Cache' request
2009-07-08 17:37:20.833 XMLParse::LoadTheme using 
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide/ui.xml
2009-07-08 17:37:24.769 TV: Attempting to change from None to 
WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-08 17:37:24.972 AFD: Opened codec 0x1c92ad0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) 
type(Video)
2009-07-08 17:37:24.972 AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
2009-07-08 17:37:24.973 AFD: Opened codec 0x56500a0, id(AC3) type(Audio)
2009-07-08 17:37:24.974 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr 48000
2009-07-08 17:37:24.974 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE.
2009-07-08 17:37:25.187 mixer unable to find control Master 1
2009-07-08 17:37:25.215 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video 
Texture'
2009-07-08 17:37:25.302 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 1280 H: 720
2009-07-08 17:37:25.465 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2009-07-08 17:37:25.465 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2009-07-08 17:37:25.565 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2009-07-08 17:37:32.783 Marking recording as unwatched
2009-07-08 17:37:32.783 TV: Attempting to change from 
WatchingPreRecorded to None

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 Jim Morton   



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