[mythtvnz] mythfrontend closes unexpectedly

[Noel & Di]

Nick Rout wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:14 PM,  <noel at igrin.co.nz> wrote:
>   
>>> That is not your mythfrontend log. Try giving us that...
>>>
>>> I do see a radeon error, presumably you are using an ATi video card, tsk
>>> tsk.
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>> Well this machine has onboard video, and I use VGA to the TV.
>> Anyway here's frontend log snip..
>>
>> 2010-08-30 06:39:38.575 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'Childish'
>> 2010-08-30 06:39:38.679 Using NV NPOT texture extension
>> 2010-08-30 06:39:39.079 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
>> 192.168.0.50:6543 (try 1 of 1)
>> 2010-08-30 06:39:39.081 Using protocol version 56
>> drmRadeonCmdBuffer: -12. Kernel failed to parse or rejected command
>> stream. See dmesg for more info.
>>
>>     
>
> googling this error seems to indicate it is a GL error. Perhaps
> turning off opengl rendering would "fix" it.
>
> Or reverting the update that introduced a new driver for your ATi card?
>
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Well I have been running our frontend off the live CD for the last week 
- with no remote support.  It seems to have settings persistence when 
the frontend is powered off, which is good in that respect.  So... How 
do we /really/ know when a fix is implemented successfully?  Don't want 
to risk depleting the WAF again.