After installing on centos (see Centos Compile post) i had lots of dead locks. Here is the stetup i use to reproduce them .

Run mythbackend to initialize the database (if not done so initially)
mythbackend

Setup xinitrc to launch a graphic front end

echo twm \& > ~/.xinitrc
echo xterm >> ~/.xinitrc

Create Dummy Movie file for Config
touch /1.mpg
Start XWindows

startx

In XTerm run mythtv-config

mythtv-config

Configure myth as follows

General – Next through everything
Capture Card – Create a DEMO capture card with the location of file:/1.mpg
Video Sources – Create TEST setup as no grabber
Channels – Add a channel, Name Callsigh test number 1 video source test
Source Input – Configure input TEST with source Test default channel 1
storage – Default Storage /tmp

exit and save

In Shell start mythbackend and front eend


mythbackend &
export DISPLAY=:0
mythfrontend &

Crash occurs at the begginging after pressing the left or right arrow. See console.

Copy of the VMWARE rared into 3 parts
MythTest.part01.rar – 488.3 MB
MythTest.part02.rar – 488.3 MB
MythTest.part03.rar – ~6MB

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