[ubuntu-mythtv] mythfrontend wont start after suspend (illegal instruction)

[Marc Randolph]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:22 PM,  <mindoms at aon.at> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Im new to mailing lists and hope this is the right place for my problem.
>
> Ive configured an older laptop (acer aspire 1300, athlon mobile, jaunty) as frontend and everything works fine. But after suspend/resume mythfrontend  dies with: \"illegal instruction\"
>
> I only installed mythtv-frontend and some plugins, not the whole mythbuntu-package.
> On a fresh ubuntu 9.04
>
> mythfrontend -v all output is at:
> http://paste.ubuntuusers.de/394879/
> (the last line is missing, where says \"illegal instruction\"
>
> firefox, mplayer work fine.
> i can connect to mythconverg on the backend using mysql from a terminal
>
> output of ps -A and lsmod seems to be the same before and after suspend.
>
> no lines add to dmesg, when mythfrontend fails to start
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> stefan

Howdy Stefan,

This list isn't heavily used, and is actually more geared for
discussing project and package level items than debugging issues.
You'd find a much larger audience (and database of answers, if you
search) by using the Mythbuntu forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=301

or the mythtv users list (searchable archives:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/  Subscribe here:
http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users/

Having said that, my understanding is that "illegal instruction" is
more based upon your exact CPU + hardware configuration, so it is
quite possible that no-one else is going to have the exact same
problem you do.  So, if you need it fixed, you may have to do some
extra debugging (using a tool called gdb, as this person did for his
mythbackend problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/231528).

Ignoring the above, I believe that I've read that suspend and resume
can be picky on some hardware.  While I'd love to see more bugs fixed,
the easy way out might be a work-around that this person has
suggested:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1085825

Good luck,

   Marc