[mythtvnz] System freezes thrashing HDD

[Steve Holdoway]

I've had problems with the 8168 ethernet driver with 8169 hardware on
debian lenny. Does 
(sudo) ifconfig -a 
show loads of errors? If so, there are articles on how to install the
8169 driver from source/blacklist the 8168.

hth,

Steve 
On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 12:58 +1200, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:
> Thanks everybody for such helpful and quick responses!
> 
> ===
> John Russell wrote:
> > Well I'm not a Ubuntu user, but I have in the past has issues with desktop 
> > indexing/search tools like Beagle and Strigi doing similar things on Suse and 
> > Mandriva.  Anything like that running?  
> 
> I don't think anything like that should be on a Mythbuntu system. It 
> certainly isn't appearing in top or iotop.
> 
> > Have you checked for anything 
> > interesting with dmesg or in /var/log/messages?
> 
> There isn't much of interest. In the syslog, I found a bunch of messages 
> saying (see around line 3000):
> "#
> Apr  5 08:07:56 mythbuntu-server init: mythtv-backend main process 
> (1414) terminated with status 254
> #
> Apr  5 08:07:56 mythbuntu-server init: mythtv-backend main process 
> ended, respawning"
> 
> What does this status mean? I'm wondering if this problem is just 
> coincidentally similar to my previous problem and this one is just 
> because I haven't yet set up the database.
> 
> Syslog:
> http://pastebin.com/QhH3eKNT
> 
> Dmesg:
> http://pastebin.com/fd0m07Qq
> 
> Dmesg.0:
> http://pastebin.com/eguWgCjT
> 
> /var/log/messages:
> http://pastebin.com/GxhyEph2
> 
> ===
> Stuart Whelan wrote:
>  > Can you describe your storage setup..
> 
>  > - Raid?
> Nope.
>  > - Number and types of Hard Drive interface (Sata/IDE/etc)?
> Single Western Digital 1TB Green Power SATA drive.
>  > - Any networked drives?
> Nope.
>  > - S.M.A.R.T. enabled on the Motherboard?
> I think so, though I understood that SMART on the MoBo was only for the 
> BIOS boot?
>  > - What does /var/log/dmesg say about storage when it gets detected?
> See link above.
>  > - Any extra messages in dmesg after a long pause?
> Not that I can see. Link above.
> 
> ===
> James Booth wrote:
>  > I had problems that were kind of simlar to what you describe after I
>  > went to 9.10/0.22 and moved to DVB-T. Turned out to be mythcommflag
>  > when processing HD files. I could never get it to work without
>  > bringing everything down so have turned mythcommflag off (sadly).
> Thanks for the suggestion. I would be surprised if this was the problem, 
> as I do not have any HD recordings yet. I am going to set up HD on this 
> machine, but at the moment I have only installed Mythbuntu (choosing 
> some MythTV-related options in the setup, but not installing anything 
> else) and have not set up any of the MythTV database, cards etc. etc.
> ===
> 
> I have since stopped mythtv-backend and mysql processes and played the 
> same video through. It worked without stalling. I then restarted mysql 
> and the video played through (well, it hasn't finished yet, but no 
> problems so far), so it does seem to be mythtv-backend.
> 
> I have tried Googling the error above, but can't find a clear answer on 
> what it means.
> 
> Thanks again -- it makes such a difference to have your help.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Aaron
> 
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