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Ring of death
After a few days my extenders and server will freeze and cause the ring of death. Besides rebooting regularly, is there anything else I can do?
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Server? Ring of death? What are you running for a server?
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That's not normal. I only reboot for updates. Other than that I can think of maybe one time in the last 6 months I have had to reboot one. Post a lot more info about your setup and maybe we can help troubleshoot.
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Windows XP SP3, 3GB of Ram, Intel Q9450, Giga-byte EP35-DS4 mobo, 4 colossus with component/stereo, firewire channel change, java 6u21, heap 164MB/310MB/779MB, running the latest SageTV, 4 HD300 extenders, recordings are local to 4 drives in 2 mirrored raids.
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Have you tried disabling most of your plugins for a while? Comskip can definitively hammer the system and cause the ring.
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Does it happen if you don't have any extenders on the network? Does it freeze while trying to do the same thing (say starting Live TV or changing channels) every time?
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I want to say it happens more when watching live TV.
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Yes it can if more than one instance is running, so I limit it to just one instance and I disabled it from running when watching live TV. I also don't see this running every time the circle of death happens.
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I've increased the Java heap size and lessened the ring of death.
I also re-boot every day. Maybe I'm not supposed to have to, but my system is more stable, HD-PVR issues have vanished, I don't get a ring of death, etc. But I would consider increasing the Java heap size first. If you Gargle that you can find out how to do that for your system. I use XP as well; it's not hard to do. And from what I have heard, the HD200's and 100's use server's RAM for themselves. As the others say, plugins can drain available Java heap RAM as well. There are plugins that let you monitor your available/used heap size.
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Asus P5Q Premium MB, E6750, 4GB RAM, 32-bit XP Pro SP3, 3Ware 9590SE controller, 80GB 7.2K Laptop boot drive w/SuperSpeed Cache Utility & eBoostr, (1) KWorld ATSC-110, (1) 950Q USB, (1) 2250 tuner, (1) HD-PVR using USB-UIRT, (1) 1600 Dual card, (1) DVICO Fusion 5 Gold, (1) Hauppauge 1250, (1) Hauppauge 2250, 8 various storage HD's, NEC-based x1 USB add-on card, 2 outdoor antennas capturing 2 different OTA markets, Dish Network w/HD Receiver for HD-PVR. Last edited by Savage1701; 07-09-2011 at 05:40 AM. |
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No need to reboot
Create a bat file that does the following: net stop SageTVThen schedule the bat file to run at 3a using the builtin windows scheduler Problem solved - script runs in 30 seconds. FYI I don't have the issue with 2 extended and heap set at 300H |
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We shouldn't have to restart anything is the problem. I never had this issue with BeyondTV.
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anyway, I don;t have to reboot sage ever...(well except for BMT updates/etc...) but I am not running any colossus's, colossi, or whatever the plural is for colossus... have you tried removing/disabling the colossi? Hauppauge makes some cool stuff... but their drivers almost always suck...
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I had issues which seemed to be cured with daily reboot, I have never turned it off. I may try the bat file idea and see how that goes.
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Media Server: Win 7 Home (32 bit), GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard, Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 Yorkfield 2.83GHz, 4 GB Ram, Geforce 9600 GT PCI-E, 1x HD PVR, HD homerun (2x for OTA, 1x for FIOS QAM), 1 x HD Homerun Prime with cablecard from FIOS. Client: Windows 10 Pro Media Extenders: HD-200 x 3, HD-200 x 2 |
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Still missing the point. Daily reboots is a stop gap fix. Not a solution! Don't get me wrong, I love the software. However, regular reboots to make it work is my biggest and only major pev with the software.
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I'd start by uninstalling all plugins and see if the system stabilizes. (Your previous posts say you are running comskip, but it's not clear if you have anything else installed.) If it does improve start adding the plugins back one at a time until you find the offender. Is your server dedicated to sage or are you running anything else on it? If neither of the above help I'd suspect it has something to do with the 4 Colossi - hard to tell if that's Sage's fault or Hauppauge though.
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Sage Server: 8th gen Intel based system w/32GB RAM running Ubuntu Linux, HDHomeRun Prime with cable card for recording. Runs headless. Accessed via RD when necessary. Four HD-300 Extenders. |
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Part of the problem found!
Flippers!
It took a visit from my Grandmother (90) to understand what is causing some of the spinning ring issues. She just flips through channels with the up and down channel button. Since there is a delay to when the channel actually changes, she hits the channel up button a few extra times. If you do this enough, the ring will appear and the system will crash. Is there a way in Sage to delay/ignoor the channel change request for a few seconds till the video is displayed? I can add a delay to my Harmony remotes but it would be nice if it was built into the system. I am using FWChannelProxy to change channels via FireWire on the cable boxes. Last edited by NoodleNT; 09-02-2011 at 10:17 PM. |
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Increase your SageTV JavaHeapSize parameter -- located in the registery
If you cannot allocate a large enough block user the /3GB boot ini parameter (on XP) or the equivalent command line OS config on Windows 7. |
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Thanks sflamm! I found the registry entry and change it appropriately. it was set to 0!
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