[mythtv-users] Overactive scheduler?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/10/2012 05:11 PM, Marco Quezada wrote:
> My backend has trouble reaching an idle timeout so it can shutdown on
> its own. Its logs are filled with entries like these:
>
>
> 2012-02-10 16:38:57.396 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread
> 2012-02-10 16:39:28.000 MainServer::ANN Playback
> 2012-02-10 16:39:28.002 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 0)
> 2012-02-10 16:39:28.005 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2012-02-10 16:39:28.016 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 1)
> 2012-02-10 16:39:28.019 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2012-02-10 16:39:29.434 Scheduled 144 items in 1.4 = 0.02 match + 1.37 place
> 2012-02-10 16:39:29.441 scheduler: Scheduled items: Scheduled 144
> items in 1.4 = 0.02 match + 1.37 place
> 2012-02-10 16:40:07.397 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> 2012-02-10 16:42:51.110 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2012-02-10 16:42:51.111 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 2)
> 2012-02-10 16:42:51.600 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2012-02-10 16:42:51.606 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 2)
> 2012-02-10 16:45:02.602 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2012-02-10 16:45:02.606 adding: QMHTPC-1 as a client (events: 2)
> 2012-02-10 16:55:07.627 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
>
> So I suspect that the scheduler is keeping it awake but I am not sure
> which settings I may have messed up. The information I have found
> online seems to indicate an issue with the EIT grabber but I am not
> using EIT, I am using Schedules Direct. I am using mythTV version
> "fixes/0.24 [v0.24-243-g9ba3ece]".
>
> I've reduced the idle timeout to 600 secs and the idle wait for
> recording time to 20 minutes but cannot seem to be able to get ahead
> of the scheduler or the housekeeping thread. The permissions for
> executing the shutdown script and setting the time on the RTC are
> correct, every once in a loooong while the machine seems to reach the
> idle timeout and it does shutdown, but it takes weeks some times.
>
> I've tried looking for information on the AutoExpire, Scheduled items
> and housekeeping messages to try to track them down but have not had
> much luck. Am I even on the correct track or might there be another
> issue?

You've explicitly disabled EIT on the Video Source using Schedules 
Direct data (in mythtv-setup)?

Mike