<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Brent Bolin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brent.bolin@gmail.com">brent.bolin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Jason Ward <<a href="mailto:jasonfward@gmail.com">jasonfward@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Why is it that random things seem to happen to my MythTV system?<br>
><br>
> Things stop working, frontends that could connect now can't. My bankend<br>
> hangs once in every while (the machine is fine, I can login to it etc, but<br>
> the mythtv backend is unresponsive) I sometimes get blank recordings (no<br>
> sound, no picture, just an hour of black silence) sometimes I get zero byte<br>
> recordings, my backend at one stage suddenly for no reason I could see got<br>
> very confused about it directories, and now today, again for no apparent<br>
> reason, it suddenly can't delete live TV recordings.<br>
><br>
> 3 36327 mythbackend 4 0 2010-07-02 14:45:50<br>
> MythLivingroom Delete Recording File<br>
> /var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1006_20100618220723.mpg for chanid 1006 at Fri Jun 18<br>
> 22:07:23 2010 could not be deleted.<br>
> 4 36326 mythbackend 4 0 2010-07-02 14:45:42<br>
> MythLivingroom Delete Recording File<br>
> /var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1007_20100618210000.mpg for chanid 1007 at Fri Jun 18<br>
> 21:00:00 2010 could not be deleted.<br>
> 5 36325 mythbackend 4 0 2010-07-02 14:45:39<br>
> MythLivingroom Delete Recording File<br>
> /var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1007_20100618200000.mpg for chanid 1007 at Fri Jun 18<br>
> 20:00:00 2010 could not be deleted.<br>
> 6 36324 mythbackend 4 0 2010-07-02 14:45:36<br>
> MythLivingroom Delete Recording File<br>
> /var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1002_20100618190947.mpg for chanid 1002 at Fri Jun 18<br>
> 19:09:47 2010 could not be deleted.<br>
> 7 36323 mythbackend 4 0 2010-07-02 14:45:32<br>
> MythLivingroom Delete Recording File<br>
> /var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1007_20100618192202.mpg for chanid 1007 at Fri Jun 18<br>
> 19:22:02 2010 could not be deleted.<br>
><br>
> Why has this happened? How do it happen? Why do I keep getting these<br>
> random strange events on a system I'm doing nothing on except the basic<br>
> MythTV things of recording and playback and running the Ubuntu and Mythbuntu<br>
> updates on?<br>
><br>
> Is it because Im running the udates?<br>
><br>
> Despite what I've read here would I be better of just leaving the<br>
> installation alone and only updating say once a year?<br>
><br>
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</div>Right there in the FAQ -<br>
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<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#I_upgraded_X.2C_Y.2C_and_Z_and_now_everything_is_broken.__Help.21" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#I_upgraded_X.2C_Y.2C_and_Z_and_now_everything_is_broken.__Help.21</a><br>
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<br>Anyone know how to change the mythbackend runas user on mythbuntu? <br></div></div><br>