[mythtv-users] [Opinion] FC3 really sucks for mythtv use

[James Emmrich]

I did a complete reinstall, with fedora core 3 and now mines working. I 
think to make it easier and prevent weird and strange problems, with 
atleast your first install is to have a clean system.

james

Ken Mink wrote:

>I'm going to have to agree here. I'm a long time Linux user. It's been
>my main desktop since '95. And that was my problem. I thought I could
>just skim through the instructions and go because I knew what I was
>doing. WRONG. Two installation failures and I tucked my ego in my back
>packet. I then took it slow and read and followed the FC3 instructions
>very carefully. I now have a FC3 MythTV box that runs great.
>
>Currently MythTV is a tough install. The instructions are good, but
>you have to read them and follow them.
>
>Ken
>
>
>On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:09:12 -0800, M. Barnabas Luntzel <mark at luntzel.com> wrote:
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>>On Mar 6, 2005, at 8:36 AM, Darryl Wisneski - ski wrote:
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>>>If you don't follow the instructions meticulously there are bound to
>>>be "anomolies," (to put it scientifically) regardless of distro, in
>>>your system.  I wonder if you tried again from scratch with the same
>>>distro, if you would have gotten it to work?  I think there is a high
>>>probability of success.
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>>right. I found that any problems that came up during the whole
>>installation were due to me not following the directions explicitly.
>>take the time to read each part through and don't skip ANYTHING, there
>>is a reason its in the instructions!
>>
>>as far as different distributions and different hardware, that problem
>>isn't going to go away anytime soon. too many different hardware
>>configurations and cosmic rays and gremlins. You cant get FC3 to work?
>>I cant get FC2 to work, etc etc. Even if we all had the exact same
>>hardware and the exact same OS, I imagine there'd still be installation
>>anomalies (however probably less so...see Mac os X and Solaris). But
>>that aint the world we live in...
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>>I have absolutely everything running on my FC3 myth box. web, email,
>>tv, web dev (tomcat / apache / mysql). I'd even run a quake server on
>>it if it was just a bit more beefy. Granted I have a little more
>>experience than the average user, but I don't feel like I needed to
>>rely on this in order to get the whole system running using the
>>wilsonet instructions. Just follow them, success can be yours.
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>>as an aside I just sold my tivo. good riddance. and I've got about a
>>dozen people wanting me to help them build a myth box at some point,
>>after I've showed them what it can do and how great it is.
>>
>>anyway keep plugging away at it, take your time and have fun!
>>
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