MBE segfaults daily, readStringList: Error also MySQL server has gone away

[David Scammell <davescammell@…>]

I'm seeing daily or every couple of days crashes of the MBE. See myth.log for specifics of the crash. MBE becomes unresponsive.

I've tried several things in order to resolve, mysql checks of the database, backup/restore (full only). I have followed the TicketHowTo wiki page and searched the existing bugs, I can't see that any of the existing or past tickets is this exact issue. I have looking at the mailing lists (esp. long reschedule issues with mysql). I've rebuilt with debug flags per the backtrace wiki and docs pages. Enclosed is the backtrace and myth log. Happy to switch the mythbackend -v logging options or reproduce anything else thats needed to help find the problem. Thanks Dave.

source build on debian squeeze (2.6.32-5) from git pull 9th december.

gdbcommands file:

mythtv@bradford:~/build$ cat gdbcommands
handle SIGPIPE nostop noprint
handle SIG33 nostop noprint
set logging on
set pagination off
set breakpoint pending on
break qFatal
set args -l myth.log -v record,channel,siparser
run
thread apply all bt full
set logging off

mysql version and process list at crash/pre-backtrace time

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 395
Server version: 5.1.49-3-log (Debian)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL v2 license

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> show processlist;
+-----+--------+---------------------+-------------+---------+------+-------+------------------+
| Id  | User   | Host                | db          | Command | Time | State | Info             |
+-----+--------+---------------------+-------------+---------+------+-------+------------------+
| 122 | mythtv | mythdb.napier:46769 | mythconverg | Sleep   | 2026 |       | NULL             |
| 123 | mythtv | mythdb.napier:46770 | mythconverg | Sleep   | 2026 |       | NULL             |
| 125 | mythtv | mythdb.napier:46772 | mythconverg | Sleep   | 2027 |       | NULL             |
| 133 | mythtv | mythdb.napier:33025 | mythconverg | Sleep   | 2026 |       | NULL             |
| 134 | mythtv | mythdb.napier:33026 | mythconverg | Sleep   | 2026 |       | NULL             |
| 246 | mythtv | leeds.napier:46090  | mythconverg | Sleep   | 1919 |       | NULL             |
| 263 | mythtv | leeds.napier:38216  | mythconverg | Sleep   | 1919 |       | NULL             |
| 395 | mythtv | localhost           | mythconverg | Query   |    0 | NULL  | show processlist |
+-----+--------+---------------------+-------------+---------+------+-------+------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

[David Scammell <davescammell@…>]

zip of myth.log+gdb.txt

[David Scammell <davescammell@…>]

zip of myth.log+gdb.txt

[Raymond Wagner]

attaching as a file, as the text says to

[beirdo]

This looks a lot like the mysql server went AWOL for a time, but when it came back, mythbackend didn't reconnect. This bug was fixed in 0.24.

There may be more to it than than, but I would strongly suggest using a newer version, where this is likely already fixed, or mostly so.

[David Scammell <davescammell@…>]

Thank you very much. I'll upgrade, thinking outloud, wonder if I dare before the end of this week? Its actually been reasonably stable since reattaching the SBE and disabling mythfilldatabase. Happy if you want to close this, I can always re-open once on .24.

[beirdo]

Closing at user request