Hi
I don't watch much tv so this was a new issue for me. Normally I record something then later, watch the recording. What occurs is after a few, 3~4 hours, the screen goes black, but you can back out with esc to the menu if noticed early enough..
A quick peek at the drive status (df -h) using a terminal will show the cache at 100% which is not good. This can be prevented by adjusting the cache size in mythtv-setup. It has the default Live tv buffer at 5 gig however the install only reserves 3.1 gig. Where I come from, you can't put 5 of anything into something that only holds 3. Be sure to also adjust the
Home > Setup/Utilities > Setup > TV Settings > General >page3"
and set AutoExpire for about 3~4 gig or so and New Record for ~1400 meg.
Do those steps now and you may never require this script
If you add this to your "tools" directory, it may help you gracefully recover.
I call it "reset-mythbackend" and then copy it to
/usr/local/bin/reset-mythbackend
#<code>
#!/bin/sh
#
(play /usr/share/games/frozen-bubble/snd/lose.wav >& /dev/null)&
sudo sh /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend stop
sleep 7
echo " " > /var/log/messages
echo " " > /var/log/kern.log
echo " " > /var/log/syslog
echo " " > /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
echo " " > /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.1
rm /cache/cache/*.nuv
sudo sh /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend start
(play /usr/share/games/frozen-bubble/snd/applause.wav >& /dev/null)
sleep 2
#
#<end code>
I also added a button in the KnoppMyth menu in case it might be needed by the family. I put it first in the list to make it handy
nano /usr/share/mythtv/knoppmyth.xml and add just under <mythmenu name="KnoppMyth">
<button>
<type>Reset Backend</type>
<text>Reset Backend</text>
<action>EXEC sh /usr/local/bin/reset-mythbackend</action>
</button>
This is just a slightly expanded clean-up script that I posted a while back. If you store this some place safe, (/myth/tools) and a problem arises with a 100% drive full issue you can run it from the command line and do the same clean-up.
As a note, R5A16 did not crash, nor did the OS supporting it. Cache was told that it had 5 gig to use and it was trying hard to find it.
Hope this is helpful.
Mike