ICEauthority issues after remote frontend wakes up database server

Another user sees the same behaviour - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8748605

Thank you for helping to improve Mythbuntu by opening this ticket. Unfortunately it is missing some items necessary to understand or reproduce the problem. Could you please provide the full version of MythTV and what version of Mythbuntu you are using? Please also let us know if this is a Mythbuntu install, or if you installed Ubuntu and added MythTV.

If you would prefer then we can always wait for someone with more experience debugging this product to come along and offer some assistance.

This is a Mythbuntu 9.10 x64 install.

The attached log files are from Mythtv release-0-22-fixes [23069].

I've tested it again and have the same issue with Mythtv release-0-23-fixes [23983]

I can confirm this fault and I am also using Mythbuntu 9.10 x64 install with Mythtv release-0-22-fixes.

I've done some further testing and this issue only occurs when using the mythbuntu desktop (xfce). If you use ubuntu desktop (gnome) it works fine.

The WOL command is sent in libs/mythdbcon - OpenDatabase (if frontend 'Ping test server?' is disabled) or in libs/mythcontext - TestDBconnection (if frontend 'Ping test server?' is enabled.

Commenting out the line that sends the WOL Command and then manually starting the backend still shows the same issue.

Steps to reproduce :-
On a remote frontend using the mythbuntu desktop (xfce)

1. Install wakeonlan - sudo apt-get install wakeonlan
2. In the frontend -> setup -> general -> Database Configuration 2/2 . Enable Database Server Wakeup, set reconnect time (e.g. 60), retry attempts (e.g. 5) and set wake command to /usr/bin/wakeonlan <Backend MAC ADDRESS>
3. Make sure backend network card is set-up for WOL - although for testing you can manually start it up when required
4. Shutdown backend.
5. Start frontend. When frontend detects that the backend is available it will start to load the theme but then quits back to desktop

Backtrace attached.

It's ending with

Program received signal SIGPIPE, Broken pipe.
0x00007ffff205b8dd in write () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82
82 ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S: No such file or directory.
 in ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S
(gdb)

I am seeing this (no crashes though) with MythBuntu 10.04, so using XFCE and 0.23-fixes.

Will probably switch the desktop to gnome as a workaround.

I am currently running a MythUbuntu 10.4 x86 install, with MythTV .23 fixes [26437] and I'm having exactly the same problem. Although I'm running WOL instead of wakeonlan.

We really do appreciate you opening this ticket to help improve Mythbuntu, but it needs to be closed for a number of reasons. The biggest one is that upstream has moved on to a new version and believes this to be fixed. Could you please verify if this issue still exists in the latest version?

Please do not let the closing of this ticket dissuade you from opening a new ticket if this (or any other) problem occurs with the newer versions.