hi, the Noad writes: > > i've tried to reproduce this error without success. > Maybe i can say more about this error if you translate the bt-addresses to > function-names. This could be done with I am not sure if the presence of the other noad process is essential here. Here an example where the crash happens a lot later than the other noad stops (with the function names in the end) Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[0]: /usr/local/bin/noad Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[1]: -c Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[2]: -o Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[3]: -j Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[4]: -a Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[5]: --nelonen Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[6]: - Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad arg[7]: /video0/elokuvat/Elokuva:_Morsiamen_is<E4>/2005-09-17.17:55.40.02.rec Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: noad args done Sep 21 14:15:57 vdr noad[19424]: Wednesday,21.09.2005 14:15:57 start noad-0.5.3 for /video0/elokuvat/Elokuva:_Morsiamen_is<E4>/2005-09-17.17:55.40.02.rec Sep 21 16:00:08 vdr vdr[1770]: ERROR (svdrp.c,364): Broken pipe Sep 21 18:00:08 vdr vdr[1770]: ERROR (svdrp.c,364): Broken pipe Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[0]: /usr/local/bin/noad Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[1]: -c Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[2]: -o Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[3]: -j Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[4]: -S Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[5]: --nelonen Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[6]: before Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad arg[7]: /video0/jamie/Jamien_kouluruokaa/2005-09-21.18:25.40.21.rec Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad args done Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: noad called with 'before' and online=1 and liverecording is no Sep 21 18:25:00 vdr noad[11702]: nothing to do yet Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: noad aborted by signal Segmentation fault Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] Execution path: Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x805b223] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x8057a47] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] [0xffffe420] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x804e4a3] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x80504f7] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x8050a39] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x8051430] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x8052e36] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x8053182] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x805773d] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad [0x8058060] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0xb7bd0970] Sep 21 18:54:03 vdr noad[19424]: [bt] /usr/local/bin/noad(avcodec_register_all+0x41) [0x8049be1] dr2line -e `which noad` -f -C\[0x' rap.txt | sed -e 's/.*\[//' -e s'/\]//' | ad show_stackframe(bool) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/tools.cpp:1135 signal_handler /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/main.cpp:157 getPicInfo(pic_info*, int, int, bool, bool, bool) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/noad.cpp:2345 checkMarkPair(cMark**, cMarks*, cFileName*) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/noad.cpp:2726 pass2a(cMarks*, cFileName*) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/noad.cpp:2789 MarkCleanup(cMarks*, cFileName*) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/noad.cpp:1681 scanRecord(int, cMarks*) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/noad.cpp:2063 doX11Scan(noadData*, char const*, int) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/noad.cpp:2121 doNoad(bool, char const*) /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/main.cpp:80 main /home/kex/installs/vdr/noad/noad-0.6.0/main.cpp:577 _start ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:105 kex@vdr:~$ The other problems I mentioned may come from faulty recordings - I have not yet upgraded to a VDR with a videorepacker, so the problems can come from there. yours, Jouni