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