[olug] A mythtv mythtery

Dave Thacker dthacker at bluestrain.net
Sat Apr 28 16:39:36 UTC 2012


On Saturday, April 21, 2012 12:19:09 PM Dave Thacker wrote:
> The characters:
> Mythbuntu 11.10-Running both front and back end
> Hauppage PVR-350
> Dell Optiplex 210L/P4 3.0 Ghz/2 GB Ram
> 
> I built this last weekend and set up recordings.  The system stayed up for
> 5 days and recorded about 15 shows.  When I play any show back, the system
> spontaneously reboots anywhere from 1-5 minutes into the show.  Top tells
> me the system is bored and is not swapping during playback.  I see no
> smoking guns in these logs:
> kern.log
> syslogl
> mythbackend.log
> mythfrontend.log
> 

Just a quick update.   It was a hectic week, so I didn't get back to my lab 
until last night.   Changing hard drives made no difference.  I rebooted about 
2 minutes into a replay.   

Next step.  Try a couple of different video cards to eliminate the Dell 
onboard video. 


The search continues.....

Dave



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