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[Bug 1663744] Re: Freezes, if you tune to a channel that does not have broadcast.

 

** Description changed:

- MythTV Frontend becomes unresponsive, if you switch to a channel that
+ MythTV Frontend becomes unresponsive, if you switch to a TV channel that
  does not have broadcast.
+ 
+ After a while, program returns to main menu, and a dialog tells: "Error
+ opening jump program file buffer". If I try to watch TV again, a dialog
+ tells: "All tuners are currently busy." Program responds to commands
+ very slowly. In terminal I see rows like
+ 
+ <clip>
+ 2017-09-20 19:44:09.149999 I  MythCoreContext::ConnectCommandSocket(): Connecting to backend server: 192.168.100.51:6543 (try 1 of 1)
+ 2017-09-20 19:44:16.180626 E  MythSocket(7f3c14020c70:51): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 7000 ms.
+ 2017-09-20 19:44:16.181125 C  Protocol version check failure.
+ 			The response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION was empty.
+ 			This happens when the backend is too busy to respond,
+ 			or has deadlocked due to bugs or hardware failure.
+ </clip>
+ 
+ Workaround:
+ I have to kill frontend and run
+ sudo service mythtv-backend restart
+ in server to get it work again. 
+ 
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: mythtv-frontend 2:0.28.0+fixes.20160413.15cf421-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm wl nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Feb 10 22:33:56 2017
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-05 (36 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  Installed_mythtv_dbg: 0.0
  MythTVDirectoryPermissions:
-  total 8
-  drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 tammi  6 00:19 bare-client
-  drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root   4096 huhti 19  2016 videos
+  total 8
+  drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 tammi  6 00:19 bare-client
+  drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root   4096 huhti 19  2016 videos
  SourcePackage: mythtv
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Summary changed:

- Freezes, if you tune to a channel that does not have broadcast.
+ Freezes, if you tune to a TV channel that does not have broadcast at the moment.

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Title:
  Freezes, if you tune to a TV channel that does not have broadcast at
  the moment.

Status in mythtv package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  MythTV Frontend becomes unresponsive, if you switch to a TV channel
  that does not have broadcast.

  After a while, program returns to main menu, and a dialog tells:
  "Error opening jump program file buffer". If I try to watch TV again,
  a dialog tells: "All tuners are currently busy." Program responds to
  commands very slowly. In terminal I see rows like

  <clip>
  2017-09-20 19:44:09.149999 I  MythCoreContext::ConnectCommandSocket(): Connecting to backend server: 192.168.100.51:6543 (try 1 of 1)
  2017-09-20 19:44:16.180626 E  MythSocket(7f3c14020c70:51): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 7000 ms.
  2017-09-20 19:44:16.181125 C  Protocol version check failure.
  			The response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION was empty.
  			This happens when the backend is too busy to respond,
  			or has deadlocked due to bugs or hardware failure.
  </clip>

  Workaround:
  I have to kill frontend and run
  sudo service mythtv-backend restart
  in server to get it work again. 

  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: mythtv-frontend 2:0.28.0+fixes.20160413.15cf421-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm wl nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Feb 10 22:33:56 2017
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-05 (36 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  Installed_mythtv_dbg: 0.0
  MythTVDirectoryPermissions:
   total 8
   drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 tammi  6 00:19 bare-client
   drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root   4096 huhti 19  2016 videos
  SourcePackage: mythtv
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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