[mythtv-users] System hangs occasionally -- more memory didn't solve the problem

[Dick Steffens]

On 11/23/2014 08:13 AM, John Finlay wrote:

> I had a problem similar to yours with my mythbuntu FEs using the 
> mythbuntu theme. When the FE was in standby and the BE started a 
> recording the CPU usage would increase by quite a bit. After a number 
> of recordings it seemed that the FE CPU usage would 'stick' at over 
> 100% and the FE would hang. Once I disabled standby mode I had no 
> further problems. It seems that the mythbuntu theme uses alphapulse 
> animation which causes excessive CPU usage on some systems. See:
>
> https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12124
>
> for more details if you are using the mythbuntu theme.

All I got from that link was a blank page.

If the problem could be related to the frontend running a long time 
without doing anything, I'll try shutting down the front end when not 
watching the TV and see if that changes anything. I generally just exit 
back to the main menu of the front end when finished watching for the 
evening.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens