[mythtv-users] Hard Lock

[David Brieck Jr.]

Joshua Pollak wrote:
> 
> On Jan 22, 2004, at 7:59 PM, MythTV-at-C4L wrote:
> 
>> Wouldn't you just know it!  Here I am touting that I have an install
>> that can stand the test of time using Mandrake 9.2 with myth-0.13 & ivtv
>> 0.1.9 and the darn thing does a kernel oops!
>>
>> Only thing I see in /var/adm/messages are ICMP requests hitting my
>> Shorewall install.  Nothing in the mythbackend log as well.
>>
>> Maybe Gentoo wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.
> 
> 
> Gentoo is never a bad thing. Once you get past the initial install, its 
> a dream come true. Try a stage1 or stage2 install if you want to save 
> some time installing.
> 

Stage 3 is also a good option as well. I did mine that way so I could 
get everything running within a day so I could start working on ivtv and 
myth. Plus, once you get everything running you can always just do an 
emerge world and achieve the same thing as a stage 1 or 2 install.