Hi,
I was the one that posted I had the script, sorry for the delay posting
it here.
There was another suggestion on the list about setting up a cronjob that
ran every minute that scanned the output of "tail /var/log/messages" for
errors and restarted mythtv-backend if there were any, but this had the
effect of restarting mythtv-backend every minute for as long as there
were any errors in the last 8 lines of /var/log/messages - not a good
situation if you're recording something and your event log isnt too busy!
This is the python script I wrote :
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#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import popen2
r, w, e = popen2.popen3('tail -f /var/log/messages')
line = r.readline().strip()
while line != '':
if 'mt2060 I2C read failed' in line:
os.system('/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend restart')
line = r.readline().strip()
r.close()
e.close()
w.close()
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you just need to start it as a background process when you boot. I had
my mythtv box running for two weeks solid and with this script running I
had no problems watching or recording anything.
Hope it helps other nova-t 500 users!
Mike
Eduard Huguet wrote:
---------- Missatge reenviat ----------
From: Robin Hill < dvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
To: linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 23:15:22 +0100
Subject: Re: nova-t 500 progress?
On Thu May 17, 2007 at 11:55:28AM +0100, Richard Morris wrote:
> I use 2 of the Nova-T 500's with MythTV, I get about 4
disconnects a day
> that either fill up the event log with messages like:
>
> May 17 10:01:00 athlon mt2060 I2C read failed
>
> and/or crash MythTV.
>
I guess you're running with EIT scanning enabled? Disabling this will
dramatically reduce the number of resets (I get about one a month with
my two cards).
Cheers,
Robin
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What kernel are you using? I'm using 2.6.21 and HG drivers and the
disconnects are way less frequent than before, even with EIT scanning
activated in MythTV. Currently most days the system doesn't experience
any, it's just about one per week now.
These are my machine specs:
· Asus Pundit P1-AH2 (AMD 3800 - 64 bit)
· 1GB RAM
· 1 PCI slot filled with Nova-T 500 (the other one is free)
· Sabayon 3.3 x86 (32 bit edition), with kernel upgraded to 2.6.21
The system is now rock stable, with only a (very) few disconnects, as
said before. It's not a 24/24 server, but it's mostly on during the
day, and EIT scanning is on and working fine.
BTW, someone posted some days ago that he had a script that
monitorizes 'dmesg' and restarts automatically MythTV backend what it
detects the mt2060 read/write error. It would be great if he could
share it, I'd really be interested :D.
Cheers
Eduard Huguet
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