[vdr] Re: [possible Bug] vdr 1.3.x and NPTL enabled Linux (glibc)

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Andreas Share wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i have the last day愀 tried to install vdr 1.3.6 under MDK 10.0 and have
> encountered some problems caused by the using of NPTL enabled glibc
> libraries (libpthread).
> 
> First at all, the RCU expansion doesen愒 work anymore. Starting vdr with
> REMOTE=RCU causes an imediadly "hang". vdr run, but takes up to 95% cpu
> time, and the rcu respond-time goes up to several minutes.
> 
> Without RCU vdr will work, but it will use only one PID for all threats, and
> i have seen some additional "hangs" at runtime, caused, i think, by
> epg-scan.
> 
> Workaround for the moment: disabling NPTL libraries by (re)moving following
> dirs out from /lib...
> 
> /lib/i686
> /lib/tls
> 
> Maybe someone with NPTL skills can take a look over the vdr source....

I've suggested that several times, but apparently there is nobody
who is interested in fixing this...

Klaus


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