November 1, 2009

There were 2 posts published on November 1, 2009 (this is page 1 of 1).

Another MythTV mystery busted

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For the past few weeks I’ve been puzzled by the significant load shown on my MythTV backend generated by the kdvb-fe-0 process. The server was running at 50% load or higher even when there was nothing being recorded.

I poked around and found that the kdvb-fe-0 process is created by the Linux DVB drivers, which is the driver used for my TV capture card. Because this driver is running so close to the kernel I am not quite sure how to troubleshoot it. The software tools I would normally use may not work at this level.
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Operation Downfall

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Today is the anniversary of the deadliest, bloodiest, most devastating military invasion that never happened. It is the day during World War II that Allied forces were to invade Kyushu in the start of a full-scale invasion of Japan – an invasion that would have cost untold millions of lives on both sides.

Fortunately, it never took place.