[mythtv-users] Backend dies - debug info attached - please help read gdb.txt
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Mon Sep 24 02:33:55 UTC 2007
On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 10:24:59PM -0400, Steve Skarda wrote:
> Cancel this message. I am an idiot. I forgot that my computer rebooted
> during power blip so mythbackend was no longer operating under debug mode.
> That probably explains why I couldn't figure out anything from gdb output.
> Go figure that mythbackend works for a week under debug mode but dies when
> run with normal 'mythbackend' command.
That's called a Heisenbug: it goes away when you try to measure it.
They're actually surprisingly common: the instrumentation can keep the
bug from getting triggered.
Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra at baylink.com
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